This is NOT an official government website. We are an independent resource providing information and assistance to travelers.

cultural norms

Showing 4 questions

This page displays all the results for the cultural norms tag, sorted by the most recent activity. There are a total of 4 questions that have been tagged with cultural norms. Explore the questions to find discussions and information relevant to this topic.
Jul 31, 2025
3 days ago
Pete *******
ORIGINAL POSTER
Had an interesting experience at Jomtien Immigration Office this morning. I was there applying for my yearly extension of stay based on marriage. Handed over the wad of paperwork to the lady at desk 6 that deals with Thai family. After checking all the financials and marriage documents she homes in on the family photos. She spoke to my wife and returned all the documents and rejected our application. Apparently my wife was inappropriately dressed for a visa application in the photos. We were both wearing shorts and T-shirts. All three previous extensions had been granted with the exact same photos. So we had to return to our condo and get a fresh set of photos taken and printed and then back to Immigration to resubmit our application. Eventually we walked out of the Office at 1pm with the under consideration stamp in my passport. The Immigration Officer who rejected the photos was the same Officer who had previously accepted them. Go figure....
Oct 20, 2024
9 months ago
Derek *******
ORIGINAL POSTER
What about volunteering in Thailand?

i have a wat i work with. they have helped me greatly and when i go there in person this year, i’m planning to offer to help them with anything they may need a hand with.

is it really true you can’t help monks and practice merit as a farang? it’s against the law?

how does this on any way protect thai workers and how is this even appropriate? i thought wats and monks were given some special preference. how can they deprive them of farang helping them out around the wat?

Seems kinda un-Buddhist

Edit: i’m kind of bummed out how this thread is going. Nobody knows what they’re talking about first of all, second, people aren’t even reading what I wrote or getting the right idea of what happened. I’m talking to my teacher who is ordained at the temple, I’m trying to go help out at. They thought it was a great idea to help out, and give some merit that way as well as the money I already give. So drop all these weird posts please with all the bizarre assumptions
Previous page
Page 1 of 1
Next page