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It often depends upon the airline and the person at check in. My Thai wife flew from Brazil to have a holiday in Thailand. She had a Brazilian Residents visa but was denied check in. I got a desperate phone call and fortunately had booked with Expedia. They created a dummy flight and spoke directly with checkin at BBK. All sorted in an hour but not much fun for my wife.

8 minutes ago, Beckham Beach said:

33,000 people a year die in traffic accidents in Thailand, that's 3.3% of the population will die this way. Only 500 from Covid so far, yet they have trashed the economy with COVID lockdowns. Why not ban cars if they really care about people? Which they don't, hence the appalling state of the Thai education system which produces seniority loving idiots, charming yes, but able to think for themselves, not really!! Such a shame, Thailand deserves so much better.

If you can not do a simple % calculation I doubt your ability to construct a reasoned argument or comment. 

3 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

As a former Business Excellence and Quality Management consultant, I can assure you that the concept of business process modelling and improvement (let alone SixSigma or Kaizen) is totally alien for Thai Immigration.

In my experience the Thai Immigration offices I have dealt with have been very efficient. My last two marriage extensions have been completed in 30 mins, cost very little and have been easy. Compare that with the shambles that is the UK Home Office ............perhaps they spent too much money on Business Excellence and Quality Management Consultants !!!

Just a thought .....(ex AMIQA, 6-Sigma, QM, LA etc,)

Last year I went to collect my extension at the end of the consideration period and it had still not returned from Korat. IO were very relaxed about it and sent me off with no additional stamp in my passport. About a week later they called me to say the paperwork had arrived. I was a little worried about not having coverage for that week but they were very relaxed about it. 

I have always found Buriram Immigration to be helpful and happy to assist. If I were you I would contact your IO and ask for their guidance. Your request will have no bearing on the marriage extension and they will give you a solution / answer to your question.

Would like to help but a little confused by your question. I assume you were married outside Thailand. Is your marriage registered by the MFI ? If it is you should be able to get the KP22 from your local Amphur. 

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1 hour ago, NancyL said:

This became a problem with some Financial Advisors in the U.S. a while back.  Maybe all of them.  We solved the problem by establishing a Power of Attorney with our U.S. Attorney and funneling all correspondence, emails and phone calls with our FA thru him.

 

I'd stay away from allowing any IFA in Thailand, especially an expat, to manage your money.  They aren't regulated.  If they say they are regulated by an authority overseas, that authority doesn't care what happens when they're operating overseas with an overseas client.  The Thai authorities don't care what goes on between expat IFAs and their expat clients, either.

 

Thanks NancyL and agree. Fortunately I can run it myself with the Third party that holds all the funds. However I am P***** that having paid the up front fee they have dumped me four years later !!!

Anyone else having this problem ???

As part of my planning to move to Thailand I chose a Financial Advisor to combine and run my pensions. For 4 years they have done a good job, made me some money  and I had no complaints. Then in January and with no prior notice they terminated my relationship with them. To say I was Pi$$$$$ was an understatement and their failure to provide a valid reason for their action only made me more annoyed. I have obviously raised a complaint against the company however my initial thought was 'What the hell do I do now ?'

The funds are held separate to my  Financial advisor with a third party (Standard Life) . Having received an email from Standard Life confirming my FA had dumped me I gave them a call.  As with most companies these days the call system is ''automated to benefit our customers'' (ie kept on hold for ages as their agents were busy !!) however when I did get through the guy I spoke with was excellent. He explained what would happen and answered all my questions really well. Towards the end of the conversation we spoke about his previous / future trips to Thailand and when the borders will open etc. During this less formal conversation he also mentioned that he had dealt wit other overseas customers whose FA had dropped them in recent weeks.

My question is have other TV members been faced with this situation ?  I know some UK banks have made problems for overseas customers following Brexit.  Are UK Financial advisors following a similar path ??

It will be interesting to see the size of grant promised to Nissan. Having suggested that they would close Sunderland when faced with the loss of the Single Market and Customs Union they suddenly went very quiet. Hopefully the information will be made public or will it be hidden for several years along with the details of the trade agreements this government is making. So much for open government. 

It might be useful to indicate where you are and when the extension is due.

I believe in some provinces it can be sorted (for a donation) or you could head to one of the well known agents by the sea

3 hours ago, Saraburi121 said:

Maybe I need to move to Buriram lol!  Great that you don’t have to deal with any bs.  

Buriram IO provides a great service. Very little hassle and they make it easy. Last year they just took my file, checked documents and completed the forms for me. All done and dusted in 30 mins.

Credit where credit is due. Sorry to hear other areas have a little more hassle but some of the posts on TV suggest a number of those having extension problems should look at their own actions & knowledge of the requirements 

36 minutes ago, Isaan sailor said:

Sûre seems like a net loss of garment workers to me.  Might have something to do with an uncompetitive currency, ya think?

Naaaaaaaaaa ..... Currency rates are pretty much the same.

More likely a small thing called Covid which has 'slightly' reduced demand worldwide . Not much call for a new party dress or a 'going out' shirt at the moment

Plan to buy a RE Himalayan in the next few weeks. Despite Buriram being the home of Bric there is no RE dealership here (???). Nearest dealerships are KK, Ubon Rat, Udon T but I think I will head to Bangkok given the number of dealerships there. Can anyone recommend which are the larger / best dealerships in Bangkok ?   

1 hour ago, In the jungle said:

Thank you Joe.  Very helpful.

Sorry to add a little more frustration to the process  however  ............ The Marriage Certificate needs to be verified by the Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages in Milton Keynes before you send it to the Thai Consulate in London

Please give Buriram a chance and let there be a Thai GP.  I live in hope

4 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Yeah it was stopped back in 2005 or so, we just scraped in when we married in November 2004.

 

In hindsight it would have been better to get married in Thailand, less hassle getting the paperwork in order for marriage extensions.

What extra hassle ? Once you have your Certified Marriage Licence from MFA the renewal paperwork is exactly the same as if you married in Thailand year after year. If you want to be picky you could argue that there are two extra pages to photocopy but I hardly call that hassle !!

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46 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Yes, but you didn't have a blue passport then, did you!

Rather have a red passport printed in England than a Blue one printed in FRANCE !!!  

9 minutes ago, Ketyo said:

Yes, if there is turmoil in Thailand the baht will plummet. But, if there is stability it will do better over the next 5 years than the GBP.

Last time there was a 'little turmoil' in Thailand (2014 coup) the Baht hardly changed against the UKP, 

At the moment I am more concerned that debt, Covid, Brexit and and the bunch of donkeys we have for a government will crash  the UKP

Almost 3 years since I went through the process however I found it easy to progress at MFA. I used the translation service within the MFA. There are a number of them based from a clearly identified Kiosk on the Ground floor. 

I believe the same day service was cancelled several years ago. It was certainly not available when I went. MFA will help arrange postal return for you which worked fine for me.

I don't remember needing any photocopies

Hope that helps

11 minutes ago, CanadaSam said:

Pick up a girl on the way to the hotel, let her check in, and you go to the room later.

 

Bon Voyage!

That's the way to do it 

Recently did a two week travelling holiday with my wife. Each night was a new hotel and I let my wife check us in. I was only asked for my details once after she checked us in and that was at the Hop Inn Buriram (my home province !!!).  (must be PP, DL not acceptable)

Watching the news I am aghast at the queues and length of time taken for people to vote in the US. There are quotes of 1hr to 5hr queues.

In the UK I think the longest it has ever taken me to vote was about 10 mins.

It would be interesting to know if these reports from the US are correct and if so, how they can be justified in a country that can serve fast food in less than 3 minutes.

It would also be interesting to know typical voting times in other countries