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The US FDA approved the Rutgers University saliva test TWO WEEKS AGO. No need for Thailand to reinvent the wheel. Just use the one that's proven to work.
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I lived 11 years in the same place. That's 44 90 day reports, some requiring more than 150km round trip. I've been trying for five years to submit the forms online. Never could. And, the office I have to use refuses to take the forms by mail.
Get with the program, Bangkok! Consistency and competency are the two things that are lacking in the 90 day and visa renewal programs throughout the country.-
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10 minutes ago, NanLaew said:
Your specific needs were better addressed by the Thai DL whereas five of my specific needs over the past 10 years were better addressed with either the YB or the PIDC (pink ID card). If the poll was about the value of having a Thai DL, you would be in the resoundingly large percentile saying it is a necessity and I would have graded it as mostly only good for what it is intended, ie. driving a vehicle legally (as I also have a YB and PIDC for other, differing personal ID / proof of address circumstances).
I agree wholeheartedly. For example, domestic air travel is greatly simplified by the use of the ID card. A few months ago, when the local plan-clothes constabulary came around doing a "do you live here" check (funny, because a couple of them know my wife and me personally) they were all surprised when I pulled out my ID card. They had never seen one before. We got a phone call an hour after they left asking for instructions on how to obtain them, because they wanted to share that with more farang on their list! Granted, I'm out in the middle f nowhere, Isaan, but it's obvious that some officials don't know about it.
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15 minutes ago, petedk said:
Are you serious? - a degree in English? Any Thai student who has graduated from a Thai university?My experience has been that translatins must be performed by the MFA or an MFA-certified translator. It's not easy finding a certied translator out here in the boonies, but it's easier than having to fly to Bangkok for a day! Being friends with over a dozen Thai English teachers, there is only one in that group that I would trust with the translation of an official document, and he got his secondary, bachelor's and doctorate in London.
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55 minutes ago, steven100 said:
Normally 1,000 baht in a blank envelope which will be collected on a plate by a close relative ( principal mourner )
Your name should be on the envelope. You may even be given one with your name written on it to use for the donation. They keep a book for mourners to write in, and to list the donors and donations.
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My tambien baan was 20 baht, ID card was 100 baht. Went with copies of my passport, wife signed a document. A bit less than an hour, all up. ID is sweet for getting on planes, signing up for SIM cards. Tambien Baan is your proof of residence, comes in handy when renewing driver's license and such.
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Had the IOs out to the house three times in the past 9 years. 75 kms each way from the Udon Thani office. Never been asked for compensation, and they always drove an Immigration-labeled and police-plated vehicle. Nice folks too.
Today, my wife and I were visted by the three of the local constabulary. We know them, was on the up and up. Just verifing their records of where farang were living, due to an order early this year from Bangkok. They had a sheaf of paper with an Excel printout of farang in the province. Gave them signed copies of my passport, tambien baan, and ID card...no compensation suggested, polite as anything.
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Thank you, jaiyenyen.
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Thank you, Ubonjoe. As always, a quick response with great information!
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Hi all,
Perhaps a silly question, but I have searched the forum and don't see an answer. For an extension to my non-O (marriage), several photos of my wife and I are required. What size are they required to be? And do they need to be printed on photo paper, or is regular stock ok?
Thanks for your help.
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Guess I'm lucky. Got some friends in Oz that put me up for a couple of weeks before I left NZ -they were living in NZ at that time. They said they'd do that anytime. Got Thai and non-Thai friends who would put up with me for a bit, another friend in the US has offered to let me liive rent and utility free in one of his apartments. But what made me feel over the moon was when my son in NZ said, out of the blue, that if I ever needed to come back to NZ permanently, that he would have his double garage converted into a grannie flat for me. Brought a tear to my eye, that one did.
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The posting certainly appears to be on ThaiPost letterhead, with a start date of today, June 2. This wouldn't be the first time that info has been released to the public before being given to the workers.
As for it fighting the war on drugs, well...
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Both of these manufacturers are in and around Chiang Mai. If you're thinking of just having yours repaired, they may be able to tell you to take it in Phuket. Or, you might find one to buy. Good luck.
http://www.jedicreations.com/wholesale-garden-parasols-umbrellas-000.php
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From the US, longest successful delivery was 8 months. From the UK, 14 months (christmas card sent November, 2012, arrived January 2014).
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It's not that unusual here. I find it difficult to cook from recipies - having to weigh each item on my electronic kitchen scale and then figuring out the proper ratios. But the only one I've seen that is so blatant as yours is the whipping cream for my CO2 dispenser, which consistently comes up 250 ml short of what's labeled.
It's not just food. Sometimes 50-kg cement bags only have 47kg, even tiles are shorter than marked in some cases. But not all the time. It's just something you have to add in to your own calculations of the true cost of what you're buying. You either learn to live with it, or it will eat you alive.
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So, do they provide the WP as well?
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They dropped the amount to 5k a couple of years ago, and made it bloody cumulative from month to month. So, if it's 5.1k in the month of April, you're supposed to report it. I don't personally know anybody doing a cumulative report for what would be very small amounts.
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"The most common cause is short circuit." With the quality of electrical work around, that's certainly no surprise.
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Closing her bank accounts?
Don't know about WA state, but can she bring in some of her favorite factory-sealed foods?
How did she get her plane ticket? If it was through an agent, no problem. But if it were through a credit card, she may be asked to show the card. If she can't they can deny her boarding.
Sell the car and/or motorcycle.
Make copies of all paperwork; carry one copy with her, and one copy in each of her suitcases.
I hope she has a good flight and sails through customs and immigration.
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You might consider Lord of the Flies, Brave New World, A Clockwork Orange (maybe too odd with the vernacular there), and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Blade Runner basis).
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I think I'd like to be GK for a day, just to walk a mile in his shoes and see how he thinks.
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20 baht a month per head in this village. It's not expected to cover the whole cost, that's what the envelopes are for. Think of it as a type of lotto...if they're "dropping like Thais" there won't be much in the kitty.
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Assume is sometimes a replacement word for guessing.When they say "five dedicated counters" I would have preferred that they say how many employees are working at each one.
If we assume that it takes the same amount of time to process each visa, which og course it does not, and there's one emplee per counter, then
60,000 apps per year
/ 5 emloyees =
12,000 apps per employee per year
/ 50 weeks (their holidays, our holidays =
240 apps per employee per week
/ 5 days in a week =
48 apps per employee per day
/ 8 hours per day=
6 apps in an hour
So, 10 minutes per app!
As a brilliant mind once said, "What could possibly go wrong?.
The figures seem to be hypothetical. What could go wrong? I wouldn't know as I cant look into the future.
The post was intended to be humorous. The words "if we assume" were put in there as a setup to go through the litany of numbers to reach AllSeeingEye's comment of of "What could possibly go wrong?"
I hope that provides you with a flashlight.
Here's another bit of humor: many of us have heard or been victims of out-sourced customer service. Many of these outsourcings have gone to India. I wonder where VFS is doing its outsourcing from - the Philippines?
Burmese baby dies at birth after parents unable to afford Thai hospital
in Chiang Rai
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And Thailand is ranked #6 in the world for health care, as touted by the P.M. and the Health Minister.
You can imagine how the bereaved feel about that.