KronbergTH

Normally, I will sell the old one and buy a new.

Regards, Robert

"Consumers will now know if they are cheated"

How many people in Thailand actually get out their cars to check what is being put in ???....what you going to do demand a "p*ss test" of the pump before they put the fuel in

I have never been outside my car, so yes, stupid.

Correct.

Then, after 6 months, try to apply for a marriage visa.

By that I mean go back to TH and apply.

You and you husband need to stay together for at least four years - plus some other requirements - for applying for permanent stay.

Otherwise you have to apply with your husband as supporter, but then he needs to stay in UK.

Also you can apply for a "normal" visa for max 6 month, but here you have to show that you have enough money to support yourself.

Then, after 6 month, try to apply for a marriage visa.

Hi,

I suddenly realizing that I have a smaller problem.

I have visa/work-permit in Thailand and has ordered a new passport at my embassy as it is expiring first in July, but that will not be finished before a month or the like.

Now I am going to Laos during songkran with my Lao girlfriend (by land, i.e. bus to Vientiane en then deeper into Laos).

And then I suddenly remember that I need at least 6 months in my passport to enter/get visa to Laos, and most other Asian countries...

One opportunity is to request my embassy to extend my passport, which they do not like, another opportunity is to take the change and see what happen at the border.

Does anybody has any such experiences?

Thanks, Robert

I am still confused.

Do anyone knows where it is exactly - if it still exist.

I believe a condominium or the like it to be raised upon the original location.

Thx, but the Labour Law and the Social Security is not the same.

I know that SSO will pay 50% (of max 15,000 a month) to the employee - the question is, what I have to pay to the employee.

If Labour Law says 45 days (within a year), and if SSO also pays 7,500, it seems like SSO compensates the deducted salary?

I just want to do it the right way, and make sure that the employee gets as much as possible, as well as making sure that I pay as little as possible...

Pls pls, does Labout Law saying that the employer has to pay 50% of the salary?

Hi,

I understand that maternity leave is for max 90 days - and that there is some compensation from Social Office.

My question is about the remuneration.

According to:

www.labour.go.th/en/right.html#1

"Leave pay

...

* Wages must be paid for maternity leave that not exceeding 45 days per year."

Does that mean, if the leave is within one year, that the max leave is 90 days, but the max salary is 45 days, i.e. 50% - or is it 45 working days (est. 2 months)?

Thanks, Robert

Now, accountant has contact me to say we need to file balance sheet beofre 31 May, and aside from my work permit obligations, and side from a internet bills, etc...there is no real transactions in this Thai company as of yet.

You need an annual report - and normally, at least in Bangkok, you need to show that you have paid min. 18.000 i personal tax upon renewal of your work permit.

The gave me a map with the new location. But I lost the paper... I am also suprised the wanna move.

The Danish Admirals Pub & Restaurant at Sukhumvit 18 is also about to move. They have a invested a lot in a very cozy sett up, and a prime location as well, but they could no more extend the land lease.

Coliseum at Sukhumvit between Ekkamai and Tong Lor is moved.

I got that idea, it was moved to Rama 9 nearby Soonvijai/RCA and was to open on April 10. I am however not able to find it.

Can anybody help?

The article in Bangkok Post is not fully true, which I know as I work close with Thai Elite.

yes, its quite strange too, how your work permit is tied to working to a certain location. this problem has become a right pain for me.

Hopefully someone will be able to give more info on the OP here.

You can move your co. to BKK and make a 150 baht add-on in your W/P that you have to work in Pattaya or what ever place in TH.

Hi,

We have just called Immigration and they told us that renewal still will be possible?

From Jomtien Immigration Office (Pattaya) about 2 hour ago :

"The 3 million baht investment visa will no longer be available in October...

... but a 10 million baht investment visa will substitute it."

"The renewal will be possible by investing 7 million baht more..."

"Most visa financial requirement will be "updated" before the end of 2006"

"The 2 border runs limitation will not concern people arriving in thailand by plane"

There was an "unofficial meeting" this afternoon at the Immigration Office

with several people of the "Pattaya Expat Club".

I suppose they will make soon a complete report on their web site.

Wait & see...

Pataya46

Okay, it seems like there are some confusion at the immigration offices as well...

However, new regulations are often concerning new visas and their renewals and not concerning renewals of old visas? And the officer in Bangkok told us exactly that if the old visa expires without renewal it will be subject to the new regulations.

Anyway, lets se what will happen…

Kronberg; now THAT would be great! And very fair as mentioned before - as people bought based on the old rules. Do you have some more details? Cheers!

We have just called Immigration and they told us that renewal still will be possible?

No, I do not have, but they told my staff so - and it seems reasonable? For now I think we should keep the breath and see what happen.

Anyway, thanks to Sunbelt for bringing this matter into our attention.

We have just called Immigration and they told us that renewal still will be possible?

Even thru the new regulations as of August 15, I am still looking into this case, but I have an additional question.

Is there any requirements about share capital and maximum numbers of alien employees when applying for ADD ON work permits?

EXAMPEL:

Let’s say a 10 MB fully paid up company has 5 unmarried alien employees with what ever visa and with work permit. Then there is no more space for additional alien work permits (if we do not want to raise the capital), but we need two more aliens, which are a part time Managing Director and a part time expert:

1) The company is an subsidiary of another company, e.g. Mother Co.,Ltd., and the Managing Director of the Mother Co.,Ltd. is unmarried alien as well and holds a work permit and gets his salary in Mother Co.,Ltd.

My question is whether it is possible for the Managing Director of the Mother Co.,Ltd. to obtain an ADD ON WORK PERMIT to the “10 MB subsidiary”, which has 5 aliens already?

2) If it’s possible to get the ADD ON for the Managing Director, even thru the “10 MB subsidiary” has 5 unmarried aliens already, then the next question is about the expert.

One of the Mother Co.,Ltd.’s partners has an unmarried alien employed with work permit and required salary. He is an expert, and we want him to help as part time in the “10 MB subsidiary” that now has 5 work permits and 1 ADD ON, i.e. we need yet another ADD ON.

It is possible to obtain yet another ADD ON work permit for him if he gets what ever salary, and/or if he does not get salary?

It seems like the Bangkok Post journalist, Chatrudee Theparat, writes writing about visa-exemption, visa-on-arrival and the blacklisting system at the same time without enough knowledge to making it clear and distinct.

Especially because the US as well as most other western countries already has 30 days visa-exemption; meaning those Westerners do not get visa-on-arrival and thus cannot get a “renewal” anyway as they have visa-exemption…

(And by the way, how can a visa-on-arrival being renewed? If a Chinese or an Indian leaves the Kingdom and then return, he may get a new visa-on-arrival, and not a renewal? Any restrictions about how many visa-on-arrivals granted annually should be another case?)

And the problem with overstayed Chinese and Indians on visa-on-arrival should be a different story than Westerners on monthly visa runs.

Bottom line is that the journalist writes about overstay on visa-on-arrival “renewal” and not about visa-runs on visa-exemption. Whether the IPB-officer actually was taking about that they are going to have more focus on the fourth visa-run in a row for foreigners from countries with visa-exemption is now the question?

Now its okay from here.

What ever I do, except for the IP, says:

Network Error (tcp_error)

A communication error occurred: "Operation timed out"

Where did you called?

Do you know the IP for gmail.com and mail.google.com/hosted/

I have as well not been able to raise google (incl. gmail and gmail hosted) since last night. Furthermore is my ADSL really slow...

Off topic, or according to the first post, who controls the kid's votes on the annual meeting? Lets say he holds 51% of the shares in a company limited.

Yes, if the directors are not employed by other investors, they can be denied to get insurance. But if you can prove by showing the shareholder list that they in reality are minor shareholders, and if you confirm that they are working eight hours every day, they cannot deny.

You need a work permit, and work permit requires proof of employement etc.