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jcb2001

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  1. Just have to rant about the Thai immigration system.  

     

    I am a 73 YO American, married to a dual citizen, Thai/American. I am seeking a 30 day extension to my tourist visa.  My wife used her Thai passport to enter Thailand.  This afternoon, I went to the Ubon Immigration thinking I was fully prepared to apply for my 30 day tourist visa extension.  Strangely, they asked me for copies of my wife's tambon home registration.  She did not bring it with her on this visit. I am curious as to what this has to do with me. As a tourist on a tourist visa, why are they wanting to process me using her thai home registration?  How would they process me if she was not with me?  I have in my American passport several old OA visas which I used when we lived here, way before covid. I had to use my wife's home registration to apply for these OA visas. Could this be the reason they asked for it?

     

    I just don't understand Thailand.  We have been waiting over 2 years to visit Thailand again, thanks to covid.  Now, after all the Thai businesses suffering due to lack of tourist money during covid, Thai Immigration tries to use these stupid requirements to frustrate us or me.  So much for asking for 10 extra days to go to the beaches down south around Krabi.  I'm sure all the hotels are too busy and full to worry about tourist who can't get a visa extension.

  2. I think martial law and military rule are here to stay. The guy has acquired a family heirloom and he isn't going to give it up. lifting martial law would put this a risk.

    In a way... but I think they will work over time to ensure there is only one result in elections. I think there will be 'processes and procedures' and a tight running of an election where Thais get to choose any candidate as long as they are yellow.

    Hobson's Choice the same with any new constitution referendum and then they will declare to the world 'Look we did it - we have democracy - Thai style'

    It will be a pretense wrapped up in a cloak of obfuscation surrounded by BS

    And do you believe the previous elections were fair? You seem to insinuate that Thai elections in the past were fair. In my Red village here in Issan, if my family didn't vote red, then they were in a lot of trouble. Do you consider this democratic? The gov't is trying to get rid of all this BS red democracy now. After this old criminal and inept gov't is completely removed, then I don't think they will care about who you vote for. Anyone but red. Thais have learned their lesson and never want to face this scum PT type government again. It's a bitter pill that is needed to facilitate this much need change.

  3. THAI AIRWAYS never get the hint do they? Thai airfares are almost always significantly higher than their competitiors.

    Passenger numbers are down 17% for 2014. There are too many discount carriers flying on the same routes as THAI.

    THAI cant compete expecially on the Seoul -LA route and most Australian destinations which are now flooded with carriers.

    For years hundreds of wealthy Thai families have flown free in business class and maybe even 1 st class with almost unlimited travel. Former Thai execs and their family get

    up to 20 international trips per year....for life! PM Prayuth said he was going to shut down all these rorts but did he?

    He's entitled to the freebies as well !

    THAI is a private airline club subsidised by economy class passengers and tax payers.

    The gov will bail it out. They wont let that incompetently run airline collapse.

    Its Thailands NO 1 QANGO

    I lost my confidence in Thai Airways when I bought an upgrade to business class at Los Angeles several years ago, later that day to be told that the bought business class seats were no longer available and I would get a refund. Seems there was a HiSo that was more important than me and needed my seat. Some way to run an airline.

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  4. Smedley I will ask you a simple question .

    Is the current military junta legal or not illegal?

    Now if it's illegal why should anyone on either side of politics abide by their decisions ?

    The Head of State endorsed the PM...so yes, it's legal. Accusing the Head of State of being involved in illegal matters IS illegal. You might want to get your stuttering rhetoric under control or you might just find yourself in prison.

    your logic is a perfect reflection of the current fascist LM feeding-frenzy going on in Thailand.

    Your rhetoric is not only acceptable to the current regime, your type can even go out and protest in front of a foreign embassy without any fear of retribution.

    This is how unbalanced the country has become.

    You sound like you are trying to apply democratic practices from western societies and make them fit to Thailand's current situation. They do not fit. Thailand has it's own rules of law and we foreigners must respect that.

  5. Yingluck, the kingdom's first female premier and the sister of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, is already facing an impeachment vote later Friday over her administration's populist rice subsidy programme, which funnelled cash to her rural base but cost billions of dollars and inspired protests that felled her government.

    What is AFP on about? The protesters didn't bring down the government it was yet another illegal military coup under the pretense that it was the only way to bring peace.

    "Illegal Military coup"??? clap2.gifcheesy.gifcheesy.gif

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  6. I would just like to find a breakfast place in Ubon that knows what an over easy egg is.

    What part of an English breakfast is that then?

    My bad, I should have known that this forum is for English breakfasts only. Do the Brits not eat eggs for breakfast?

  7. I don't give a damn what they sell.

    I am more interested in the now 3 months of invoices they have failed to pay us for our products they have been stocking and have now cut off their credit line.

    Worst customer we have on the books.

    Haven't shopped at Tesco Lotus in 4 years. Agree with you, not a good retailer. But glad to see they stopped selling parrot fish.

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  8. Maybe he lost his job. Public schools do not employ teachers once they reach the Thai mandatory retirement age of 60.

    He wasn't a public school teacher. He was a prominent professor in the English dept. at Rachapat University. (Had an advance degree.) He will be missed.

    We're all born, and go naked. Does it really matter what sort of degree he had? Let him rest, please.

    I guess I'm just trying to say he made something of himself in this life, something we tend to overlook when wondering why.

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