salavan

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

whether they get confiscated by immigration depends on whether the immigration officer has a use for them

Its a family visit visa you require if she had a British passport then you would not require a visa.

UK/BA

VAT2.4 What is a family visitor?

The same as for a visitor. Under the Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2003, a family visitor is defined as someone who intends to visit someone who is related to them in the following way:

1. the applicant's spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece or first cousin (note: "first cousin" means, in relation to a person, the son or daughter of his uncle or aunt);
2. the father, mother, brother or sister of the applicant's spouse;
3. the spouse of the applicant's son or daughter;
4. the applicant's stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister; or
5. a person with whom the applicant has lived as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which his application for entry clearance was made.

Regards Paul

anyone know the cost of this family visit visa and how long it takes to obtain one

Hi i would like to take my 8 year old daughter to the uk for a visit she only has a thai passport , does anyone know what sort of visa i should get, and if it would have to be a dependant visa has anyone had any experience of how long this would take . (i am a non resident british citizen)

Thanks

hi all

I have an 8 year old daughter i would like to register as a british citizen

The material facts are as follows:

I am a non resident british citizen by birth,

the child was born in thailand and has a thai mother,

i am not married therefore the child remains illigitimate,

i am able to show a D.N.A. proving i am the biological father,

i have a court order in thailand making me the legal father in thailand,

i unfortantly failed to register the childs birth with the uk embassy before she was i year old,

because she was born before 2006 (before the law was changed) and illigitimate i am not considered the leagal father in the uk,

i have been told the only way i can get her a uk passport in to get her a dependant visa and take her to live in the uk for 3 years,

i can also apply using a form MN1 but this is discretionary.

I just wondered if anyone has been in the same situation as me and been successful in registering there child as a british citizen despite the uk's draconian laws on family and immigration

hi everyone i have a thai daughter 8 years old from my thai girlfriend, the girlfriend is now working abroard,

the child only has a thai passport, and i am the legal father in thailand, i have to return to my own country (uk) on business and would like to take my child with me, i just wondered if anyone knows if i have to get ant sort of permission from the mother (who is unavalible) the take the child out as i dont want to buy a ticket and find that the child is refussed exit from thailand.

Thanks