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    Rude immigration staff

    By ChiefSealth, Created on: 27/04/2009, Last updated on: 19/08/2010

    » Is it just me or have you also notice how rude and disgruntled the Thai immigration staff seems to be at BKK? I thought it was just a fluke my first visit but now I've experienced very unfriendly and rude staff multiple times entering and exiting Thailand. And before anyone asks all of my forms and...

    • Happy Expat commented : Dear Chief Selth, You must have a very limited travelling experience. If you had as much as mine you would by now have come to the realisation that ALL immigration staff, wherever they are, are rude. By comparison however I can say that Thai immigration staff do not normally fit into this category. I have found them to be the opposite of what you describe. If you want to experience REAL rudeness try going to any of the following countries:- Australia (Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane), USA (Hawaii or Anchorage take the cake), Russia (Moscow or Vladivostok), China (any point of entry), India, but the one that really takes the cake is Dubai. Been there for the first and last time. Generally the reason is, in my opinion, that these people are drawn from a low level of education and invested with far more authority than they can handle. Add to that the people they deal with inbound are likely to be stressed out after a long flight and are oversensitive to the behaviour directed at them. A mixture guaranteed to create unpleasantness. My advice is don't try to be "nice". Remain stoic, do not try to promote "pleasant" conversation, hand over your passport,remain silent and get on with it. Happy Expat

    • 21 replies, 76,772 views

    Getting married / divorced in Thailand - what's required

    Thai Marriage Laws

    By Anonymous, Created on: 18/05/2007, Last updated on: 11/08/2010

    » I am trying to understand why Westerners living and married to Thai nationals are denied permanent residency status once they are legally married in the kingdom. In the west a Thai national receives residency once they are officially married to a western citizen. Procedures are followed and intensive...

    • sundayjam commented : [quote="singpurdonki":3cnn6r0s]sawadee mele.nani a very good post indeed! i thought hawaii was "alloha" with a few dancing girls and flowers in their hair. what an eye opener for me, thank you. these christian missionaries are not there just to preach only ? you mean they really took over the running of the gov of hawaii and not some other yankees ? (who came after them) US do have the indian reservations, run by native indians, with casinos, brooze, hookering, drugs. any help for the poor and destitude indians in the reservations by the reservations? do native hawaiian have any special rights in hawaii? sure glad to hear from you... in any posts [/quote:3cnn6r0s] Be careful of hearsay history. Hawaii was united by a king that exploited Western technology. Subsequent Hawaiian monarcies exploited their own subjects to increase the grandeur of their now European style kingdom. The first queen of these united island kingdoms converted to Christianity as it served herself and her people to do so. The father of modern China, Dr.Sun Yat Sen was educated at Iolani, an Anglican school established in the islands at the request of the king and queen of Hawaii. The Iolani schools are still prominent educators of Hawaii's children. A native Hawaiian trust owns and operates the RICHEST private school in the USA, Kamehameha. It's soul purpose is to provide the best education for all native Hawaiian children. Consequently, native Hawaiians are both economically and politically powerful.

    • 68 replies, 108,200 views

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