JosephMcCann

Hey just wondering if anyone knows of a Thai Language school offereing Ed Visa course that is close so Sathon?

And importantly one that either does lessons on the the weekend or in the morning during the week.

I checked TLS but they only have week day evening courses. Walen looks like they do saturday courses but if any closer it would be ideal

Thanks in advance

Our true vision HD box doesn't work this evening;

- Tried checking the cables (all seem fine)

- Called the help desk (no staff on duty), got automated message that said turn off the power > wait for the true logo to appear then press exit > a box to enter a pin appears > enter the pin and all should be ok;

Well did that, but pressing exit does nothing. tried again with ok instead still no joy. also tried holding down the button, tapping the button continually, and single tap. no joy

any idea how to run the update?

I'm on firmware 202 i think latest update is 401 (i think)

The true site gives this info

http://www.truevisionstv.com/photo/download/Upgrade_SolfwareHD_401.pdf

which i followed not getting past the logo part tho.... help!!!

ah great thanks, so lets say im due to get a the ED visa stamp on July 2nd - as long as I return July 1st all will be fine.

I guess as you said ill just take the school paper work with me incase

cheers!

Hey Guys,

I have a single Entry ED visa which I got in April. I need to get it restamped for another 3 months in July (which all seems straight forward).

However I wish to exit before that time as have a little work to do abroad.

Pretty much have all the information from searching the forums however I have a couple questions I'm not sure on;

1) If i get a re-entry permit how long can I exit for (if it matters)? ideally i'd be gone a month

2) I was thinking i'd get the restamp in july for another 3 months, leave a couple days after, then return before that 3 months expires.. is that acceptable? or would i need to start again and get another ED visa?

Cheers

Hey Guys,

I'm about to ship my stuff over from the UK - Seven Seas Worldwide seemed to be the best as far as quote was concerned.

Have any of you used them before and if so are they any good?

Modern Hebrew is one of the official languages of Israel, along with Arabic.

They where not speaking arabic, I was with an Arab (UAE) at the time am just saying it was a coinicence

I bet if that is true they will find you Bye Bye Fool

lets hope im wrong :S

Hezbollah and Palestine? Where you making this stuff up from? Hezbollah is from Lebanon, Palestinians live in the area occupied by the Israelis since 1948 called Palestine. I fail to see your connection. Ah maybe i do....they're both Muslim!

Thats correct, I never said it Hezbollah was from Palestine. My connection was why would Hezbollah want to target a country who has just recognised Palestine as a state when Hezbollah also support a palestinian state.

How did you identify them? Were they wearing a star on their armbands, and reading the Torah?

They where speaking isrealie

They recognized Palestine and the Hezbollah government,

so Thailand wouldn't be hassled by them.

Tons of Hezbollah zealots in Lebanon.

Exactly what I was thinking. They recognised them at the UN a couple days before the 'terroisst' warning, so no reason for Labanon or Iran to be involved, especially when they have their own problems in the middle east.

Another coincidence is I've seen a surprisingly higher number of Isrealies in town recently

Dam pretty sad news.

I doubt the Lebanon / Iran connection holds any ground tho. even tho the Americans would like us to believe that.

Hey,

I need to deposit some cash into Thanachart bank today. I was hopening to last night (using the deposit atms) however when getting to the first few branches there wasnt a deposit machine (and sadly it was after 7pm so the branch was shut)/

Do you know any in bangkok that are open on the weekend? and / or do you know if they have deposit machines anywhere in bangkok for this bank

cheers

wonderfull i think that solves it!

It would be studying part time. I'll take a 6 month course and do the trip to imigration every 90 days. Get the passport during that time then posibly do the same but a yearly course.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest!

As said local Consulates normally will not issue more than single entry 90 day ED visa. If this is for part time language study that is definitely all they will issue. You extend your stay every 90 days at immigration in such case. No you could not apply for a one year visa with your current passport.

Ok great this is making sense;

So signup to language school for 6 months, get paperwork and get ED visa for 90 day at local consulate, then get the new passport and after the course is up do one for a year?

I thought you were getting and ED visa? Now you are talking about tourist visa? Or are you not in possession of paperwork for the ED for a couple months? If that is the case yes you must obtain the visa now that you have six months remaining on passport (none issued after goes below) and you can enter without ticket and stay up to 90 days (60 + 30) or until you have paperwork for ED and new passport to obtain it in.

Yes sorry about that I thought you where refering to a tourist visa - my fault.

Ok so, no paper work yet, but am sorting it at the moment. Could in theory apply for a 1 year ED visa even tho my passport expires in October?

Or do i pay the school for a year first, get them to do the paper work, get the ED visa (60 + 90), re-enter and get new passport job done?

Thanks for the help

Local Consulates will not normally issue more than a single entry (90 day) visa so should not be an issue. Get the visa, get the new passport.

Ah ok thanks, so I just take a flight to some bordering country and apply for a single entry 90 day tourist visa in that country... what will they need to know regarding flights?, as at that stage I'll only have a ticket back into thailand

Hey Guys,

Ok I'm kind of thinking out loud here, and have a few questions on tourist visas.

I'm going to be applying for a years ED visa but unfortunatly my passport runs out this year (My current non-im O visa expires in march).

I dont really want to go back to the UK to get a new passport and know I can get one via hong kong - this was all well and good but if I apply now i run the risk of not getting a new one back in time for me to exit and get the ED visa.

So my questions are;

- If I get a flight out for a weekend somewhere close (prior to sending my passport off), can I extend the 30 day visa on arrival in thailand?

- If I need to get a 60 day tourist visa outside of thailand how does that work with flights, as technically I wont be needing a flight back to the uk as I'd exit to somewhere close to get the ED visa after once the new passport arrives

- Is there another option?

--- update ----

I just thought my passport expires in october, so could I for example get a 6 month ED visa now, then when I re-enter send off for the new passport?

Thanks as always for the help

Hey, I need to do a visa run fairly soon, and looking at the developments with the flooding it looks like it could get interesting.

Does anyone know if the route from bangkok to cambodia is currently flooded, or at least moving towards that way?

Also if it is indeed flooded or going that way, any ideas and another border crossing to try?

I'm guessing worst case scenario I could get a flight out somewhere.

Thanks in advance

Single entry 90days and than try extension of stay, but that depends on school and paperwork provided.

Ah ok, so am i right in thinking every ED visa is single entry for 90 days - and if i do plan on leaving for a weekend or whatever I need a re-entry permit?

Unfortunatly not falling into the new non-im o requirements, i cant just get the multi-entry o visa.<br><br>but knowing i have an extra 3 months to decide what i'll do is a bonus.<br><br>thanks for all the help<br>

Why fly back to the UK, you can get a visa in the local area from a Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate.

Exactly! I thought the visa ended in December and the price for a ticket to the UK over christmas is a lot higer than normal.

The guys above pointed out that if i do a border run just before it expires I can get a stamp for 3 months, then worry about what I'm doing next.

and if i decide to return to the UK the price will be cheaper in feb / march

No, the Thai Immigration law did!

Thank you thai immigration law, you have just saved me a flight to the uk!

I was thinking of studying for a year, then maybe more... but within that time would probably leave / enter the country on various occasions.

is this possible?

cheers

Hey thanks,

Thats the reason I asked for multi-entry from countries close to thailand.

UK, States and Australia are no problem for getting multi-entry ED visas (based on the consulate websites), however I don't really want to have to travel to any of those places if posible, would quite like to find somewhere in asia.

... or maybe im reading the sites wrong?