Category Archives: Visa

Thai Visa Rate Increase

June 27, 2007 – 11:46 pm

“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” JFK. One thing the military junta discovered upon overthrowing the previous government was that the treasury had been plundered to finance the ex-PM’s popularity. To refill the nation’s coffers without alerting the international financial markets that revenue pirates have […]

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Bangkok UK Embassy Closure – June 2007

June 6, 2007 – 11:22 pm

Last year the UK Government sold the British Embassy grounds in Bangkok to finance the war in Iraq. All services at that Sukhumvit location have been terminated and the British Embassy (Bangkok) issued the following notice. Visa Applications: Important Visa Notice “We regret to inform you that the UK Visa application centre (VFS) will be closed […]

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GHOST VISA II

June 3, 2007 – 10:00 pm

Back in 1982 I worked at a Paris nightclub without a carte de travail. That’s a work permit for those who failed French. At the time Paris had one color photocopier on which I forged a friend’s permit in my name. A terrible job, however the nightclub owner was satisfied with the documentation. Taxes were […]

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Illegal Farang Raid – Pattaya

May 24, 2007 – 10:23 pm

INTRUDER ALERT. Pattaya Immigration Police under the supervision of their superiors staged a precision raid on the Niran Grand Condo Complex in Soi Arunothai. Each of the condo blocks was searched by police and volunteers on the lookout for foreigners without visas or proper papers. After several hours the official contingent successfully concluded the mission with […]

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Tourist Visa Rule Rumor

May 22, 2007 – 12:07 am

Nothing riles the vagrant farang population more than a rumor about a tourist visa change. Forget the southern unrest, the coup, Thaksin, rising gas prices, the rains, or a stuttering economy. Any threat to these foreigners’ semi-illegal residence in the Land of Smiles is regarded as a danger worst than Global Warming. The newest is that […]

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