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Well, keep waiting... I'm back in the poor house at the moment, and can't afford a Vancouver trip right now. Especially since my mother wants to come, hence I'm stuck paying probably $400/night for a nice AirBnb. Thankfully I'm in online software, so it doesn't take much for things to change. All it takes is one correct phone call and I'm $20k wealthier.
Well, I guess at least I know the relationship is genuine. If Leo's a gold digger, he's sure as shit digging in the wrong place. :)
I don't buy the whole validity story. Why would the Canadian government care when you want to renew your passport ? As long as you pay the fee, I see no reason why they would care.
In my country, they have now introduced passports that are valid for 10 years. Nice, unfortunately the number of pages remained the same. My last passport, which I used for 4.5 years had only 2.5 pages of the 30 something left. So with my travel habits (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam amongst others, I will probably need a new passport after about five years, simply because it is full, and adding pages is not possible. No doubt this will be possible, regardless of the fact that it would still have five years validity left.
You could 'loose' your passport, wash it with your laundry or put it in a microwave, certainly they will supply you with a shiny new one.
I have no idea why they care, go ask the Canadian government. Apparently, us plebs in society aren't capable of anything in Canada, so every last detail of our lives needs to be regulated to the tilt. Or if you don't believe me, go Google it.
It's not strictly law, but it is a regulation, and an immigration officer can lift it if they want. I've unfortunately been unsuccessful because of that stupid blacklist stamp, which makes me out to be some hardened criminal, hence the government doesn't exactly seem to be too willing to assist me in anything.
In other words, they're just being cunts for the simple fact that they can be.
Strange country, Canada, most countries I know immigration officers are not responsible for issuing passports. Usually ones goes to the nearest town hall to be issued a passport. In any case, you have wasted enough time, loose it or wash it, hardly rocket science :)
By the way, forgive me for not following but how is dear Leo doing ? Did he re-unite with the dogs, or did he bugger off back to Savan ?
Apparently, you can't damage these passports, I've tried. I poured a large cup of hot black coffee on the photo page, and the thing is still totally fine. So if I show up with a damaged passport, it will be pretty obvious I voluntarily damaged it, which could lead to even more problems.
Only way I'm willing to "lose" a pssport is if I find a RCMP officer who's willing to help me, "find" the lost passport, return it to the government, and quickly open and close an investigation. Not really willing to risk an open ended investigation like that.
Doesn't matter right now anyway. Money first, then try one last time to get that validity restriction lifted.
Oh boy, ask Leo, the Lao do this all the time, they loose their passport, get a police report, and get a new one, surely the same can be done in Canada, there must be loads of canadians that loose their passport on a yearly basis.
Yes, about 55,000 Canadian passports are reported as lost / stolen each year. Nonetheless, considering my luck, I'm not risking it. That, and I don't know what if any notes the passport office has logged about me due to my previous two tries. There's always the chance they will say "we know you lost it intentionally", then deny me passport services for 5 or 10 years.
Right now I'm only being denied passport services until Jan 26th, 2019. Would prefer not to have that extended until 2029 or so, which they can do if they decide to be complete cunts. Much better if I just try to go the legit route, and simply get them to lift that validity restriction. Working on it.
Let's just call it karma shall we ... you being Buddhist and all, as you insist.
You lived illegally -- by your own words -- in Thailand for 7 or 8 years, got found out, got blacklisted. And now you cry like a baby that everyone within Immigration is screwing you around, and are cunts for not letting you bullshit them.
You deserve all of this.
No, I don't. I deserve to be blacklisted from Thailand until April 2023. That's my punishment. Not being barred from leaving Canada.
You know what happens when an illegal immigrant leaves Canada after a 5 year overstay? Absolutely nothing, except maybe a note quietly gets added to an internal immigration database for future VISA applications. That's it, and I'm uncertain if it even goes that far, as there are no exit points in Canada.
You have 8 months left on your current VALID passport, you can travel on it, you were told if you flew into Laos you'd probably be admitted - what's stopping you from trying, they can only say no and then you're back to Canada no worse off than before - but at least you tried, as apparently your other option now is just to give up until Jan 2019, as you're obviously not going to change the Canadian Governments mind on this one by the looks of it. So, what's keeping you. just go........or MAYBE you're actually happy enough being back home just and it's all a good cover for poor Leo as to why you can't POSSIBLY return for several months "at LEAST".......
Well, I don't know that for sure. That's what the cops in Nong Khai said, but who knows if that's right.
That, and finances are tight again. Spending $2000 just to get deported would be really stupid at the moment. Who knows, it's online software, so that could easily change any hour or day.
Once I get some cash, and that documentation from Leo, I'll give it another spin. Will also head to the US for a "shopping trip" where I'm quite confident I will be refused entry. The Canadian government says I can still travel on that passport, but I know full well I can't, and will prove it to them.
Or......they could be right and you could be in Laos RIGHT NOW, with Leo and making those same calls you're making now to find work, from there and together - but hey, where would be the drama in that right - oh no, wait, I'm SURE there would still be plenty.
Bottom line is you DO have a VALID passport, you've been told you can travel on it by your Government, you've been told you'll more than likely get into Laos with it ( as its just a normal valid passport albeit with a stamp saying you're excluded from THAILAND just), but you're CHOOSING not to bother going to try and find out and THAT is the bottom line no matter WHAT way you try to dress it up as anything other than that. You've a higher than 50-50 chance of succeeding and you could be in Laos by the end of the week - I really cant think what's stopping you - aside from your own lack of will that is.
And as for a lack of funds sure just dip into your Bit coin reserves that you'd plenty of before as sure the bitcoin price is still great so you must be doing / have done well out of all that so you couldn't be THAT skint that you cant afford a flight - as if thats the case then perhaps you shouldn't ever being going back - or if you think no it's fine I can make money in no time again - well, as I said, so, what's keeping you !! Get on with it !
Even IF they suspect you lost it on purpose, you are very likely to receive a shiny new passport. You are just looking for silly excuses not to go. Whether you don't want to re-unite with Leo, or just want to drag this whole saga on, out of sheer boredom I don't know. A silly excuse this most certainly is.
Well, like a lot of folks...my BF was robbed in the theft capital of the world...Barcelona and that included the small bag containing his passport.
Fortunately, we were well prepared with the necessary back-up documentation to identify and replace the lost passport temporarily in Madrid for our re-scheduled flight back home. When my partner returned home, he had to take the temporary passport (that doesn't look like a passport) to the passport office to apply for a new one. That's when things got unpleasant. Even if your passport is stolen, our ridiculous gov't blames the holder for not being more careful. A new passport is issued, but not with the same expiry as the original or with a new issue. They tell you, even if an asteroid lands on your head and squashes you into oblivion...they won't be replacing the replacement ever again...no matter what, until that expiry date comes and goes.
Some years back, some Israeli agents were doing nasty things in the world while using stolen Canadian passports. Ever since then, they've been ugly about passport replacements...especially the unexplained...where you and they don't know for sure where the lost passport is.
It's sad that such a beautiful country as ours is run by a pack of idiots!
Surfcrest
Not entirely. There are tax implications...since you probably haven't filed a tax return since you lived in Canada.You also, don't qualify for benefits, seeing as how you haven't been a taxpayer paying for those benefits.If you need medical care, perhaps don't mention that you've been out of the country and come up with an excuse why your MSP card isn't one we've used for quite some time. Being blind (no disrespect) might help.
Additionally, a temporary passport may get you home...but it does not look like a passport and can not be used for travelling anywhere else outside Canada until it is replaced. The Americans will not accept a temporary and you'd be crazy to even try, especially with someone with you. Your partner would be deported if you don't qualify to be there and his qualification is based on yours. If you try to use a temporary passport when the passport office or CBSA tells you you can't, they won't replace that passport for a very long time...as I said until the replacement expires. If you get stopped at the US border, you could be denied entry to the US permanently or have to ask permission each and every time, for the rest of your life.
The folks that run our gov't are idiots...and our neighbors to the south, in this time of Trump...also have a gov't of idiots.
Surfcrest
Just as well that Matt has a fully valid and useable passport then eh - and one with such a short ( 8 months) expiry date so once in Laos in a week or two he can look forward to getting his shiny new replacement sent out to him there then in just a few months from now then eh.....
Oh and the Brits are exactly the same about the Asteroid thing - they'll give you one replacement ( very begrudgingly) but you lose that one, dont bother applying for a new one ! I'm not sure and I've never heard if they ACTUALLY hold to that and it's maybe not just a line they fire out to warn you to be more careful but it's not a scenario I'd like to find myself in to find out the answer too perhaps either !
So again, just as well it's not a temporary travel document Matt was issued but a full passport with a limited expiry date ( rather than the usual 10 years etc) and also lucky then that his very own CBSA HAVE told him he can use it too - there comes a point of what more does he want them to do, they've issued him a new passport as requested AND confirmed he can use it to travel to Laos, so may be about him he was getting on with it just perhaps and stop trying to second guess the department he seemingly needs to keep fighting with over something they've already given him.
You will have to ask Matt's script writer, but wasn't it that he was worried about being denied entry to Laos rather than anything the Canadians might do?
yes, but already told there that if he'd of flown in in the first instance rather than by a land border he'd of probably been fine, either way for the sake of $1500- $2000 fare one would think it would be better to go and find out one way or the other rather than leaving poor Leo and the dogs to fend for themselves if not financially but emotionally. Mind you if that $2000 is to much to risk to find out then one would wonder at the wisdom of going back at all perhaps if he cant even afford the plane fare now ! Those bitcoin must have really nose dived eh ( except they haven't of course !)
Yeah, don't think I will do that, as could see how that would easily backfire. Go ask for some form of benefits and convince them I've been in Canada this whole time, and their response would be something like, "Ok, here's your $3000 in benefits, plus $280,000 tax bill for the last 10 years.". I think they can only come after you for back taxes for 10 years, right. In that case, I'm basically in the clear, as last time I resided in Canada was 2008 for one year, and I got a passport with overstay entries to prove it! :)
Besides, I don't need or want any benefits anyway. Maybe in 15 years or so when they figure out how to regenerate optic nerves, but not now. Hell, II'm staying at a #800k house rent free, so can't complain.
@NIrishGuy -- Again, technically, yes I can still travel on that passport. Realistically, it's as useful as a coaster for my coffee mug, and the passport officers know this. They're just being dicks.
I was thinking I would head to the US border first during my next Vancouver trip, just to get a quick refusal of entry letter, helping prove to the Canadian government that I can not travel on that passport. Having second thoughts now though after what Surfcrest said, because he is right. US immigration officers have the power to blacklist for 5 years just because they don't like your hairstyle, and there's no right to appeal, so probably shouldn't risk that one. Would imagine I'll want to visit the US sometime in the next 5 years for work. Maybe a quick flight to Mexico and getting deported from there would help. I would be very surprised if any country let me in with that passport.
I have no idea if I would be allowed entry into Laos or not if I flew into Vientiane. I know I was refused entry once due to that blacklist stamp once, and maybe the Nong Khai cops were right, and flying into Vientiane would have yielded a different result. I don't know. However, I do know it's about $1500 for a return flight (need the return portion or won't be allowed to board the plane), and a decent chance of getting refused entry again. If that happens, then I get thrown into a cell for a couple days, and spend another $2000 for an urgent flight back to Canada on an airline of their choice. That's $3500 just to spend a couple nights in a Laos holding cell and a couple more days on planes.
Maybe I'd get lucky, and get through, but then what? There's a good chance in the near future I will need to visit Israel for business, as he already wants me there. How the hell am I supposed to get into Israel with that passport? There's not a chance. Same goes for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Cyprus, etc.
And I can't get a new passport in a few months. Jan 26th, 2019 is when I can apply for a new one. Again, best way is to try one last time to convince them to lift that 12 month validity rule again.
OK, I have not been following this, just bump into your situatiion as I read. But, if memory serves me well, there is a small Island off eastern Canada that is a depatment of France. Could you not visit it rather cheaply?
No idea what island you're talking about, but even if it exists, Mexico would be far cheaper to travel to than Eastern Canada. I'm as west as you can get, that's about as east as you can get, and Canada is a really fucken big country that spans 5 timezones. :)
You most likely just heard about some island somewhere in the Atlantic that speak French, but I'm sure is still part of Canada. Kinda like Quebec. Can't see the French government actually controlling some small rock out in the Atlantic close to Canada. That would be stupid.
You were told from the very beginning to not leave Thailand overland. But alas you did not listen. I know a few people that have been blacklisted, and yes they can still travel on their passports even with the Thai blacklist stamp. I am almost 100% certain that the US will let you cross no questions asked. You are a Canadian citizen, and unless you look like a bum they won't care about a black list stamp from Thailand. If those immigration officers are like your average Americans, they won't even know where exactly Thailand is located.
By the way, there is NO onward ticket requirement for Lao PDR, so it is perfectly possible to get a one way ticket.
Just to add a bit more rot to Cndmatt's melodrama(s): now that you are back in Canada (never to leave by the sound of it) he'd better watch out for the CRA. A few posts back Surfcrest alluded to Matt's never having filed a tax return, or at least hasn't for many a year.
This is Very Big Deal if found out, and costly. The CRA is much smarter than Cndmatt. It's against the law in Canada to not file, even if the person is abroad, or has no income at all, and/or is deemed a non-resident of Canada.
Cndmatt is his own worst enemy, he over-rates his own intelligence every time he puts finger to keyboard, or opens his mouth. He fucks up everything he touches. A walking talking disaster on wheels.
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ASIDE: the French islands Paborn is refering to above are named St Pierre and Michelon (sp?). They are in fact part of France ... a last remanent of the French empire in North America. The islands are about 30 miles from the southern coast of Newfoundland.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, officially the Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité d'Outre-mer de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.pjɛʁ.e.mi.klɔ̃]), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near the Newfoundland and Labrador province of Canada.[3] It is the only part of New France that remains under French control,[3] with an area of 242 km2 and a population of 6,080 at the January 2011 census.[1]
Sorry for redundancy. Posted simultaneously with Smiles
A bit harsh but not a million miles from the truth. His present woes all seem to flow from his failure to keep up his visa when in Thailand. I'm not actually sure how that came about. Was there any reason for it apart from sheer laziness? As one late lamented poster used to say, he does seem to have an exaggerated sense of entitlement. Discrepancies in his reportings I put down to nothing more sinister than his generally chaotic personality. Those who maintain that he is sitting in a room somewhere making it all up really need to play a different tune. No one could keep up the level of detail of his life that Matt has done over a period of many years just as a fictional exercise. As for totally insensitive taunts that he isn't really blind - well, I'm glad it isn't me making them.
I didn't keep my immigration status up to date because there is no legal route for someone such as myself to stay in Thailand, and I decided that love trumps immigration law. Then when Kim and myself broke up, I had the dogs, plus was comfortable in Khon Kaen and knew my way around and the Thai language enough, so fuck it, I stayed. Then I met Leo, went blind, ended up being probably genuinely happier than I've ever been and same goes for Leo, and now I'm now sitting here in my parent's spare bedroom for some reason, and Leo is sitting in his village which he detests.
I don't know, bad day today...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg
I don't know, I think I might just say fuck it, and hop on a plane. What's the worst that can happen? $3500 lost, hang out in a cell for a couple days in Laos, break Leo's heart again, put my parent's through more stress than they deserve by asking them to pick me up again, but eh.... that's about it. There's a chance I would get through again, and everything would be fine once again.
Gottqa say though, without question I made the right decision by staying in Thailand upon going blind. My entire family was very adamant that I NEED to come back to Canada, and even Leo thought I should go back, but thank fuck I stayed. How in the hell would I have possibly learned how to be blind in this environment? I probably would be like many blind people, and not even able to cook right now, and instead stick with pre-made shit you throw in the microwave or even. If I went for a walk outside in the area I'm living, the only assistance I'm going to get is from the police because someone called the cops due to the strange guy wandering lost in the area -- you know, he might be on drugs or trying to steal, or something.
if I didn't stay in Thailand, there's no chance in hell I'd be this good at being blind right now. Leo, my dogs, and the dozens of locals in my area were instrumental in helping me get back on my feet quickly upon going blind. That level of support simply doesn't exist in Canada.
Fucken ThaiVisa. I can't find the bloody WYSIWYG editor for their post topic page with my screen reader.
Alright, guess I won't ask if anyone has experience flying into Laos with a Thailand blacklist stamp.
Looks like you found it?
https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic..._campaign=news
ThaiVisa has always been on the puritanical side when it comes to naughty language. Not like this here cesspool ... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cdnmatt on ThaiVisa
Can we guess what word Cndmatt used there. OK, I'll go first: I think "CUNT"
Cdnmatt is using the handle of 'BlindCanuck' on ThaiVisa. Mighty original that.
He is not only blind or so it seems:
"I received a 5 year blacklist stamp on March 25th, 2019 in Nong Khai"
In any case, for crying out loud, follow the advice you have been given, and do NOT try to board a plane to Bangkok, but I am certain the airline will not let you board with a blacklist stamp from Thailand anyway. As mentioned, Singapore, KL, or HCMC are much better options to fly into, short from flying into VTE directly, but not sure if that is an option from Canada.
Of course I'll avoid Bangkok, but was just saying I can't possibly see it being a problem. They're not going to grab me upon deplaning unless I'm wanted for criminal charges. They would prefer not to throw me into IDC, and that would only happen if I tried to pass through immigration.
Nonetheless, Nanaimo -> Vancouver -> Seoul -> Ho Chi Ming -> Vientiane looks good.