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Do online dating - in bars and discos 90% will be working girls or gold diggers - respectable Thai girls either don't go to such places or only in groups and are not easily approachable.

On some occasions, girls are out to "get a falang", just to try. Can be the case in Bangkok with university girls going in herds to discos. Happened to me one time, memorable night. Just after the highest moment of the night, the girl laughed loud and exclaimed "Po farang!!!"

LOL.

That being said, p4p in Thailand is not the same as back home. Some of the working girls make very sweet and good companions, Just remember to keep your wits.

Or forget any advice and just use every occasion to go out, and you shall find what you seek.

<flame removed> 100% of the girls in bars are working girls thats where they work for christ sake

where do you get the 90% from are the other 10% there to study religion

my daughter goes to a goverment school it completely free up to about p6 which is about 12 years old there are about 40 kids to a class not that many more than a cheap private school, my kid is doing quite well. learnt to read and write thai in 1 year

the school give you cash every year to buy uniform and books with but you need to show the recipt afterwards

hope this is a help to you

hi does anyone know if the 12 baht 20 litre plastic drinking water bottles that are delivered to your door contain BPA chemicals

hi

i have a i year extension bases on taking care of my thai child

i just heard that you now have to have 500,000 baht in the bank instead of 400,000 baht,

just wondered if anyone knows about this and if they are aware of any other changes that are now required such as letters from the mother , last year i had to produce a family photo of the 3 of us.

interested in hearing from other people with this type of extension.

thanks

You will never stop corruption in Thailand. If you did, the wages would go up to that of western countries, for all employees of all companies and government people. eg The Police would have to be paid about Bt 100,000 a month instead of Bt 9000 a month. Book everyone legally, then there would be no need to take tea money. Put traffic infringement cameras in all traffic lights and on the side of the highways etc.

This would then effect all the industries that deal in Thailand that have their products made here with cheap labour. They would leave for Vietnam or other cheap manufacturing labour countries. So by doing this you would increase the prices of all demestic products, food and the like. I could guarantee, there would be no Falungs living here as they would be in the same boat as they were in their country.

Bottom line, NOT GONNA HAPPEN. to Thailand.

thats a load of crap ozemade your just justifing corruption same as the locals, maybe your corrup as well

hi dont know if anyone else has noticed but in 2 of the large supermarket retailers prices displayed on the shelf are less than they charge when rung up on the till.

as i only buy a few things at a time and i have a brain like a calculator i notice this every time i shop, anyone else that buys a lot of things proberly wont notice, or maybe dont care.

just thought i would bring this to shopper's attention, i wont say who the 2 retailers are tyhrough fear of reprisal.

now when i shop i get a price check on everthing i buy.

the shuttle bus will take you to the transport area where you proberly wont find any transport at that time of night

i went into sainsbury last time i was in the uk bought some things got to the check out and handed the girl a 20 pound note she told me sorry sir we only take thai baht.

proberly because the pound is so weak, another year and it will proberly disapear up its own a**e

hi people i recently returned to the uk with my thai born child (just the 2 of us) which has duel nationality, and has the same family name as me .

i was unable to leave without writen permission from the mother. ok maybe a good idea to stop parental child abduction. which i understand is not an offence in thailand anyway.

so why is it ok for the mother to leave the uk and thailand on her own without writen permission from the father ??????????

i have a 1 year extension to a non imigrant o visa based on supporting a thai child , i am also the leagal father by court order in thailand, does this apply to me, do i have to now marry the mother, if so it makes this type of extension non existant because you might just as well get a marriage visa

In have also had experience at Samut Prakan, after sitting like you for a couple of hours and the immigration saying, WHAT DO WANT? after 9 years in the country I got a stamp to leave in 7 days, off course this is thailand, and I left with the 7 days crossed out and now a sixty day extension awaiting decision. Now prizes for guessing why the change of heart????

Required Documents

• Immigration form 7 (Tor Mor 7)
  
• A copy of passport
  
• A 4 cm. X 6 cm. Photograph
  
• 1,900 baht application fee
  
• Evidence indicating the parental status; birth certificate or a Judical Custody order of the child
  
• Evidence presenting financial status:
  
  • Bank pass-book, bank statement certifying amount of money in the applicant's account, a certified documents of money transferring from oversea or evidence of income with related documents
    

  [*]A record of interviewing the applicant

i took all the above to the samut prakarn immigration office. i have a court judgement stating a have custody of my daughter 5 days a week. i was told i need the house book with my daughters name on it and 4 photo's (2 copies of each) of me and my daughter in front of the house, in the garden, in the living room and in her bedroom. they said if her mother came it would be much easier.

as we are no longer together i said i highly doubt she would be so helpful. the immigration officer phoned and asked her and to my amazement she agreed to go with me on the 19th october

19th october came and she was nowhere to be found so i went to the immigration office again to explain and ask what my options were. i had the pleasure of sitting at a male officers desk for nearly 2 hours knowing full well i wasn't going to get a visa. he even stepped out to lunch for 30 minutes. all i wanted him to say was. "you have to do this".

after going through my paperwork he said if i get my daughters name on the house book or bring her mother in and bring the photo's and a a new letter from the bank with updated passbook with 400k + in it they would issue me with a 12 month visa.

today i went there with my daughters mother and all the paperwork required. as soon as i entered i noticed the nice, helpful officer wasn't there and the guy that "served" me last time told me to take a ticket and take a seat. when my number was called i had to see him. i noticed immediately that he looked pissed off. the first thing he said was "where's your ticket? you need a ticket to see me!" i gave him my ticket and tried to jog his memory that i sat with him the previous week for 2 hours. "i don't know what you want? what do you want? i explained i had come hoping for a 12 month visa and that i had all the necessary paperwork and my daughters mother in attendance. "yes i remember you, what did i tell you last time?" i told him what he told me last time and what i had been told the previous time. "I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT!!" um... yes... you did and the lady i spoke to 4 weeks previous told me the same. "DON'T TELL ME WHAT I SAID! I TOLD YOU YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY!" well, if you had told me that i would of done so as i am not in the habit of completely wasting my time for no reason..."

on the previous visit the very last words he said to me were "when you have the pictures and letter from the bank and the necessary paperwork or your wife in attendance (she was never my wife) you can come back anytime" i remember vividly as he got up from his desk and walked with me outside for about 20 metres

just before i left empty handed once again he spoke to my daughters mother. he told her that i have to leave the country and that is what he told me last time. i said so why did an immigration officer call her and ask her to attend so i could get a visa and lake care of my daughter who stays with me 99% of the time? why did you tell me to take the photographs? no answer...

on that note i felt it was best to leave as a free man rather than in handcuffs...

even the immigration officers are liars and completely incompetent (generalization). i now have 2 weeks left on my 2 month extension of my immigrant "o" visa

sorry to post all this here, i just wanted to give the op a heads up on what paperwork is actually needed. even though there's a chance you still won't get a visa...

all immigration offices are different on a different day and different with different officers. the reason for this is its up to the discretion of the immigration officer on that day, so they could ask for anything depending on how they feel that day

Sorry to hijack this thread slightly.

Has anyone had success in getting a one year extension in Bangkok based on children as dependents ?

I'm divorced but have court docs to prove legal custody. Work permit, but income below 40k per month.

Thanks,

GFL.

i got my first 12 month extension based on the thai child from bangkok because the imigration where i live refused it as is the case whith a lot of provinces, im informed that many people went to bkk to do this, so now bkk is refusing the issue them any more and states that you have to apply to the immigration where you live. might be woth getting an address in bkk so you can apply there as bkk go by the book and its much less hassle there

its worth remembering that if you use nationwide to transfere money to thailand that it will cost you 45 pounds at least 25 pounds from the n/w and another 20 pounds from HSBC which nationwide use to do the transfere but they wont admit this and definitly wont tell you

hi all

i want to transfere money from my nationwide account in the uk via swift to my bangkok bank "foreign currency deposit" account in thailand

n/w tells me 25 pounds for this to send bangkok bank tell me 500 baht to recive, but ive heard that n/w transfrere through anintermeditary bank which also charge, anyone had any experience of this or know anything about it.

regards

yea easy to open a bank account here even tourist can

im english but i cant open one in england so i opened one in thailand now thailand has got my money

instead of the dumb british banks.

Of course, in addition to properly aged funds, you must be over age 50 to apply for the retirement extension. Also, they may ask for "proof" of residency and I always bring a letter from the manager of our condo building, but I've never been asked for it in Chiang Mai.

interested in your reply as you live in chiang mai im in phuket can you tell me what the immigration are like there as im thinking of moving , are they very strict as in phuket

hi everyone

i have a 1 year extention to a non immigrant o visa for taking care of my thai child.

i would like to change it to a retirement visa .

does anyone know whats involved and how i go about it.

i know i have to have 800,000 baht in the bank instead of the 400,000 that i have now

hi has anyone had any experience transfering money from nationwide uk to bangkok bank thailand

i hear that you can transfere from nationwide to bangkok bank in london, and then the money is sent from bangkok bank in london to your bangkok bank in thailand

all i know is that parental child abduction is not an offence in thailand

hi i just wondered if anyone else has had this experience.

i arrived at suvarnabhuni at 11pm, i wanted to get into bkk city, got a shuttle bus to the transport centre by 11.15

only to find virtualy no buses 1 very irrate man in a ticket office and i mini van who offered to take me me bangna bts for 100 baht.

do all the busses finish by a certain time in the evening ?

are there any public buses into town ?

i didn't think that 11.15pm was so late!!!!!!!!

silly man didn't you know you have to pay your girlfriend to ask for you

hi

i just wondered if children with duel nationality ie: thai/british

have to choose which nationality they want when they reach the age of consent. under british law you can have duel nationality, im not sure if you can have duel nationality under thai law

if that is the case did mark abisit born in newcastel with a british father have to choose thai nationality to be prime minister

hi can anyone tell me how old a thai national has to be before they are allowed to buy property for themselves in their own name and be the full owner (assuming they have the money to do so)

im getting a lot of conflicting answers from lawyer

thanks

are the bars in phuket run by some sort of mafia cartel, all the prices for short time entertainment with a bar girl seem to be fixed and not negotiable no matter what the girl is like or how old

my experience of a thai massage is an hour massage lasts for 50 mins and the first 10 mins of tat is arguing about money