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USA Trump Slams Biden's Autopen Pardons as 'Tremendous Scandal'
These "Some People" must be the best minds in the world. Look how the captured your mind. -
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More discrimination ....
Thankfully not in Thailand, that is western woke BS, mainly confined to the USA -
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Change of address
I do my own TM-30's. Why should I bother my landlord to do when I am 15 minutes from my almost daily trip to 7-11, the IO is 5 minutes from the 7-11. I do after our holiday trips, usually takes 5 to 10 minutes of my time during my super busy retirement days. I want to protect my extension of stay. All I say at the TM-30 office is, "returning home". I have also done TM-30's for foreign visitors staying at our home - the last one 2 adults 1 child, with no problems. -
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New Driving License
I got my license in the end, here's the full details. First, if you're a Thai / British citizen and had a previous Thai driving licence (even over 17 years ago) as in the case with my wife - you HAVE to go via the Thai driving test route which involves going to a driving school, getting at least 5 hours worth of lessons, then doing the practical, online theory test and the 4 mini tests - that's what we were told by the admin staff at Klaeng DLT - my wife will call them to confirm this. So unfortunately she was unable to convert her UK / IDP to a Thai license. In my case, I went to Rayong DLT first at 7:30am when the office opens, I was 4th in the walk in queue but Rayong doesn't allow new license issues for walk-ins (unless you pre-arrange with an agent and pay a higher "fast-track" fee). The next new license booking was in October and the lady advised I go to Klaeng DLT as they allow walk-ins. So we went to Klaeng a week later, only a 45 minute drive from Rayong where we're based. Office opens at 8:30am but when we got there we found 6 people already waiting in the queue. At our turn the guy mentioned my wife may have a problem with the conversion route but we wanted to try anyway so he gave us both a ticket to come back at 10:30 for walk-ins. There are a limited number of places available for walk-ins so either get there early or try to pre-book if you are able to plan this in advance. They required 2 copies of the following as well as the originals: * IDP book (we used the 1949 ones), front page and the page with your name and picture - they don't like double-sided copies! So had to get them re-printed at the print counter inside the building * Certificate of residence * Passport - picture page as well as the VISA stamp page (for me it was the DTV entry stamp) * Your long-term VISA (DTV for me) * Medical certificate ** I had copies of my UK license, front and back, they didn't seem interested in those but I had them anyway ** I also had the QR code for the DLT smart app training completion for foreigners - they didn't ask for it but it may be a good idea to do it anyway Ay 10:30 they started processing the walk-ins - I was asked to sit in the queue for the 4 mini-tests. I saw a couple of foreigners, one was from US and I got chatting to him. He came down all the way from Pattaya as he said his agent advised him to avoid both local and Rayong branches. He did the tests "outside" - I didn't ask what he meant by that but he paid 8,000 baht to an agent for these tests and didn't have to do the mini-tests at the DLT. Mini-tests: I'm sure most of you know what these are but I'll give a brief run-down. 1) Traffic lights - just call out the colour you see. They dont know the word amber, so say yellow when you see that. 2) Peripheral test - press the right or left button when you see a white light in your peripheral vision area. 3) Reflex test - press the "gas" pedal, and as soon as you see the red light then slam on the brakes. 4) Depth perception - this is probably the hardest test due to the controls. I had to trial it a couple of times to get the gist of it. Basically you have a game-pad type controller in your hands. In front of you (3m away) there are 2 pegs. Right side is fixed and the left moves up or down. When it stops moving, you have to press the up or down buttons on the pad, to align the 2 pegs horizontally then press the confirm button. One young lady failed this test 10 times until she passed and was awarded a license - so dont worry if you get it wrong! Next I joined the queue for the license photo and within 5 minutes, the licenses were ready! I say licenses because unknown to me, my UK licence allows both cars and motorcyles and the IDP reflected that - so that was a nice surprise! Hope this helps anyone in the same position. Next step is to get the missus licensed up... -
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Report Race Against Time: Bangkok May Be Below Sea Level by 2030
Here, have a life jacket. -
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What Would Make You Leave Thailand, Permanently?
deportation and a life ban would be a good enough reason
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