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Sorry, for your mishappen OP, but I bet the Thais enjoyed it more than the actual film.

I bet his "Mrs" lost a lot of face for sure..............

And the OP gained some weight.....

It seems unlikely you would need a bigger power supply.

The guy needs to sell some stuff, C'mon....

Once the paperwork is ready, which for us takes about 2 to 3 weeks, then the applicant has to go to Laos to get the non-immigrant B visa. After the visa is granted, then the applicant can start the Work Permit process. The paperwork will depend on having all the correct documentation.

If the school you where you are applying is in a desperate situation, then you might want to be straight forward about your plan. They may need you until they can find a permanent teacher. Also, there are language schools that are an option.

Best of luck.

You can actually change visa in Bangkok at emigration 1 in the government complex I tried it once... It's easier and quicker to go to Laos!

For me now it's a wait on the provisional teachers license. I asked my school last week if they got it yet as I want to start the WP proses ASAP, they told me that they had not applied for it yet... I given them the application and copies of my documents my first day and another set of papers again last week as they lost the first set!

When you have your provisional teacher license then you can apply for you WP and extend your stay, you don't need it to apply/get a visa.

Do you teach English in Bangkok? Just curious on what type of visa you are now......

"But foreigners are NOT registered, as Thais are."

But you are in the SS system. That's all that counts, really.

"Just checked on mine and will be able to take 70,000 baht out next year when I turn 55."

"...we're all entitled to get the whole amount back, when 55."

You're going to be very disappointed. You don't get the whole amount back, just the part that goes towards the retirement benefit.

You've been able to use the health benefit portion, so no refund of those funds. They've already been spent.

If you've been paying in long enough to get 70k back from just the retirement portion, then kudos to you.

Let us know how that works for you next year when you turn 55.

I'd just visited them to get my dentist refund and a bill from another hospital. They told me that I can take that full amount out next year, right now 68,685 baht.

If it's true, I'm happy, if not, I won't die, why would they lie?

I just passed on Mr. Prapat's number to my GF via Skype. She rang him and it worked. Seems like he's still in business. I don't know if he's moved shop as we haven't used his service before.

Thanks for the info lostinisaan. A great help.

C.

Seems to be pretty weird that he'd changed his phone number and moved. His office in in his wife's pharmacy, opposite the 7- Eleven.

If he still works, I'd reckon to get in touch with him. You won't find such an honest guy elsewhere.

Seems that I'm the only one, as I haven't heard that before. But what could be the reason?

Driver only knows 2 positions of the throttle: Full on and full off.

Diesels are different than a gas engine, there isn't a throttle plate. The engine speed is regulated by the amount of fuel fed to the engine, the full amount of air always goes in. Too much fuel for the speed or load on the engine and you get black smoke.

I'm happy that you are NOT my mechanic, dude, or mate.-

I knew that you'd tune your Pick Up sooner or later. But why did you choose black?

Okay, whatever color you'll choose, you can always look at my Mitsubishi's muffler.-

It's BLUE............ ..........

Thought I saw t\your truck in this video. Hope you don't see pink elephants, trans.

Believe me when I say this - within a few hours upon arrival !!

Schools are desperate and I know for a fact were you to come to our school, we'd hire you in an instant. Obviously during this time the processing of work permit etc would be in place ..

Thanks for your intelligent post.

in swimming pool in france theres the price for locals and none locals ,world over

That's why i always speak French when in France.....

You seem to be different to a German guy, I've met a couple of moons ago. He'd payed 30 baht, instead of the usual 20 baht for some flowers from street vendors waiting at traffic lights.

He freaked out and got\t so upset about the whole country, I tried to calm him down and said\d that he might have made a good deed, as the woman might have ten kids to feed.

Finally, it got into an argument between the guy and me, because I had to fell him to frog off here, as he made his wife have unprotected sex with a ladyboy.

Then it turned out that both were HIV positive and the German guy died after a car accident.Have you ever thought about different sizes of squid, which also means a different price for it?

Or maybe it was a customer who bought seafood freaking every day? Don't you think that customers let's say at the fish market in let's say Hamburg/Germany get a better deal, when they buy more and every day?

The moral of the story is that you won't be happy in this country, when you're not trying to understand certain things.

Even with an ok cat you get the occasional black smoke when switching gears. That's normal.

The problem with Diesel on the other hand is not the fuel, it's the cars. You can't buy any small diesel car in Thailand. I'd 10 times prefer a small diesel that let's me drive 100km on just 4l compared to any petrol or hybrid fake you can buy here.

Plus considering the fact that Diesel engines are built much stronger, as they've got a much higher compression. I've got 255,000 km on the clock, engine running smoothly like an electric car.

Had some cab driving friends in Germany who put more than one million km on one Benz engine. It's all about maintaining them.

I'm trying to keep mine alive until 600- 700,000 km.

Many foreigners here don't even shower daily, as they're not doing that at home. There's no black smoke coming out, but some do smell bad.

Diesel should be forbidden and will be, everywhere in the world.

And Kerosine for airplanes too. Then they can't suddenly disappear. Makes sense to me.

My Mitsu L 200, 2.8 l, is 15 years old, always a well maintenance and there's no black smoke coming out. Guess why?

It's like to castrate all men. because some rape women, or molest kids.

Or forbid Thai teachers to enter a classroom, because many of them hit kids with a bamboo stick? Need a big beer now.-

Hello and Sawasdee khrap,

I'd just switched schools and had to come up with a government employee to make a sort of a guarantee for me .Wasn't difficult, as my neighbor, an older Thai teacher and friend, was happy to do that for me.

Just curious if anybody else has heard of a similar procedure yet?

Thanks a lot in advance.-

The worst thing that happens is I spend 2-2.5 months in Thailand, and then I fly to Korea for my job in September.

Can I find part time work teaching? Is that even possible?

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Maybe you can find a school or language school that's interested in your services short time.

But, be upfront. Breaking contracts, the apparent ease with which you are willing to do it, says a lot about your values and world views. The schools and pupils are not just there for your personal convenience. Would you act the same way in the US or South Korea?

You're right, that's why I'd sent the OP a message to get in touch with an agency. Guess it won't be a problem to work for them until he's leaving to SK.

Better to play with open cards, the turnover at agencies wouldn't be worse through him at all, roughly speaking.

The worst thing that happens is I spend 2-2.5 months in Thailand, and then I fly to Korea for my job in September.

Can I find part time work teaching? Is that even possible?

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Take no notice of these negative, off-topic comments...pm me and I'll give you good info!

Guess he already has enough info.

The invitation to get the non-immigrant B is written by the MOE. We have to send the paperwork to the MOE, they issue a letter and the person then takes the letter and the paperwork to the embassy/consulate. How long it takes depends on how long the MOE decides to take. At one point some years back, it took 2 1/2 months because the person who approves the letter was gone and they didn't know when she/he would be back!

I work with 4 different provinces and the procedure and times varies a great deal from one to the other. The OP will be in Bangkok, it sounds like (although some of the greater Bangkok area covers other provinces, such as Samut Prakharn). Bangkok is rather pedantic.

I will have to check with our visa girl, but I know she was sending the paperwork to the TCT as well and at one point they were making the preliminary approval. I am not sure right now if it is the MOE or the TCT that issues the initial request for approval of the non-immigrant visa.

AS far as I know is it not the MoE that has to issue that letter. It's usually the local educational area XX office, which of course are part of the MoE.

Might be different in Bangkok. Here in the lower northeast, you can get this needed letter within one, or two days. -

I knew that you'd tune your Pick Up sooner or later. But why did you choose black?

Okay, whatever color you'll choose, you can always look at my Mitsubishi's muffler.-

Wouldn't be surprised if some truckies burn a mix of Mama's used cooking oil with diesel. An old mate in Aus used to run his landcruiser on cooking oil and sump oil ... and he was a diesel mechanic!

Shows how much money a mechanic in your country makes......lol.-

It's neither the piston rings, nor did somebody manipulate the Diesel pump.....

Black smoke indicates that the engine doesn't burn all Diesel, which is injected into the cylinders through injectors. There're two different types of Diesel pumps, but both need maintenance.

There're valves, o-rings and other parts inside the pump that have to be renewed, once black smoke comes out of the exhaust system. Then the injectors have to be renewed as well.

No truck owner wants to have black smoke coming out of the exhaust system, and filters wouldn't fix that problem. Some trucks only have that "problem" because the air filter was never cleaned/ changed.This black smoke is money that comes out, unused by the engine........

So less air the engine gets, so more un- burned Diesel will come out through the muffler,

Diesel engines do have a high compression, and the mixture will self fire through the high compression. Blue smoke shows that the piston rings are worn out.

Hope that explains your question, not too many people in Thailand can afford an overhaul of their Diesel pump, plus new injectors.

When you see some 30 year old Pick up trucks, with a lot of black smoke coming out, do you think they can spend 3-5,000 baht to get that fixed?

And it's difficult to find the right garage, familiar with that stuff. For those people who live in Sisaket area, Sisaket Diesel does a great job and it's affordable. located at Kantharalk Road.

By the way, this black smoke is pretty much dangerous and can develop cancer for people who inhale that too often.

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" It was 750 baht for many years and is 600 baht now. Might have changed again...."

While working, it's a percentage of your salary, up to a max of 750 baht (for employee and employer - each = 1500).

600 baht a month would indicate one of two things.

1 Your salary is 12k a month. 5% of that is 600.

2 The government is again helping the folks by subsidizing the amount due. They've been doing that on and off for the last couple of years.

OP

" I told my girlfriend to fight them all the way, then leave after she wins..."

What will that accomplish? If they really do want her to leave, and she leaves, they win.

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2 The government is again helping the folks by subsidizing the amount due. They've been doing that on and off for the last couple of years.

Seems your second point is right.

What really bugs me is that they give all foreign teachers a 14 digit number, that doesn't even exist. It usually shows age, gender, etc...but it's just made up.

Had a friend, who works at an Amphoe office, trying to "look" mine up, typed my number in, but doesn't exist. So he phoned the social security in Sisaket and they're lying about all and said that there'd be also my passport number on it Which is-of course- not true.

The reason might be the social security itself, as your Filipino gf would also be entitled to receive money for her child, as far as I remember 500 baht/month, plus paying for the hospital where she'll give birth. Did she tell them that she was pregnant before she'd started?

Something's wrong with the OP's story, sorry.

But I do agree with your last sentences, would like to add ten more question marks to it. Cheers-

I have a 13 digit number. Works fine, both at the office when I pay my one dues, now working at private school, and when I have hospital treatment.

I'm sorry, it's a 13 digit number. But you do not exist when they're trying to "look you up" online. Of course do they have to accept that card at a hospital.

But foreigners are NOT registered, as Thais are. Just checked on mine and will be able to take 70,000 baht out next year when I turn 55.

Will buy a lot of Somtham, or might be some money for my new big bike,, if I'm still alive then....we're all entitled to get the whole amount back, when 55.

You can tell them to print out what's being paid in already.Cheers-

The police now have all of the evidence in custody.

what they gonna do? lock it all up for life!

They'll re-sell it, as they do with the captured drugs.

who on earth would move to Isaan??? is this for real?

Who on earth would rent an over-priced, shoe box in Bangkok to call home?

Apparently millions!

Not all can say that they lot him bike though.But they seem to be happy in their tiny little rooms.

Some people left their brains in a cab and never got it back. They're too tiny and a vacuum cleaner, or "Hoover" sucked them away later...

I remember when an American "forgot" his bag in a cab, with his notebook and a bag with an unknown amount of pot in it.

The problem was that he was so stoned that he didn't remember where he was before. Could have been Alzheimer, too. Sorry, Les.-

Once the paperwork is ready, which for us takes about 2 to 3 weeks, then the applicant has to go to Laos to get the non-immigrant B visa. After the visa is granted, then the applicant can start the Work Permit process. The paperwork will depend on having all the correct documentation.

If the school you where you are applying is in a desperate situation, then you might want to be straight forward about your plan. They may need you until they can find a permanent teacher. Also, there are language schools that are an option.

Best of luck.

There're schools and schools. The documents needed for a Non-B can be "produced" in two, or three days. Even if it takes a week, it wouldn't be a problem.

Once the school's administrators are familiar with the procedures, it can be done pretty fast. Just my own personal experience.-