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Unbelievable, isn't it?

I don't normally get on a political high horse. BUT, there are so many comments and quotes from political figures here, it could fill up my WH Smiths pocket diary for a century.

Ramble on!!

Chuwit's fried rice + iced coffee care pack was a nice som nam nar opportunity. They (probably at the urging of Goh Lak, also of the bathing business) nixed his MP status but in all probability he'll get that back if he wants it. The EC crew probably will probably have to settle for living on whatever wealth they have acquired up until this point.

Unfortunately, I agree with you.

C'est la vie.

Thanks again, Vinny

Thanks Vinny. He's been through the nationality link and it forms the basis of his email correspondence with The Embassy so far. However, the information given by The Embassy misses out the details I mentioned in my original post.

Yes, he a Brit by birth, but I don't think he's seen the second link re domicile. I'll pass that on.

With due respect, your friend should get his ass to the Embassy and sort it out himself.

He got lazy? For over a year?? Thats just rediculous. Not a great way to start out taking care of the nipper eh. Hope things improve.

My daughter was registered as a British citizen within 4 weeks of her birth, though it was rather eaier because of my marriage status.

I would suggest that he goes to the embassy with hat in hand and get the gen. Illegitimate children (though i hate to use that derogatary phrase) are just not recognised.

Yeah, I suppose you're right. But, for your info, he had asked about nationality on this forum before - again through me - and thought that he had ages to sort the situation out. The thing was that he and his wife registered the birth and then got the passport with the Thai authorities first after the advice given here and they just didn't think that his marital status at the time of birth would make a difference to the British authorities.

Obviously, it does and he knows it now. However, I don't think I'll put things to him quite the way you did, because to suggest he dosn't care for his son is simply not correct.

Excuse me, but here's one for the experts.

My friend has a son of 20 mths. He and his, now wife, were officially married less than a month after the birth. Officially, they were "together and married" for years before - but not officially. It was a Buddhist wedding etc.

The problem is this:

Their son is registered in Thailand and has a Thai passport already. My friend has asked , through me, how long he had to apply to the British Embassy? He, admittedly got lazy, didn't look at all the words on the Embassy website, or misunderstood them.

The rub is that The Embassy are saying that strictly speaking his son is illigitimate. They do suggest that it's resolvable with the requisite fee paid and appointment made.

Now, this is obviously worrying my friend.

As far as my friend is concerned, through numerous emails and replies, a resolution is possible. However, there are a number of issues that have not been answered yet, despite the questions having been asked. Namely :

1. Countersignature for the son. Does this have to come from England? I don't think so, but what will suffice?

2. The Embassy have said that the son's British birth registration has to be done with in 12 mths of his birth, if it's out of wedlock.

Additional info is that my friend has been here for 8 years with work permits etc. Oh yes, and his wife is pregnant agin, so I don't think they'll make the same mistake again.

They're just worried about their first-born.

Any info would be well appreciated.

Thanks everyone. I think we've pretty much got it covered now. I'll wait for the info to arrive from the UK and then apply. We'll let you all know how we got on.

Just a quick question regarding the accommodation letter from my parents. Should this be in the format of "To whom it may concern etc", or a general social letter to the two of us?

Either way, it'll cover the size of the house, that they own it and how long they've lived there.

Thanks.

OK, but she's only applying for a "Tourist visa", not settlement.

As long as we've got our affairs in order, so there's no need for an interview, I thought a decision might well be forthcoming within say a week or so.

At least that's the impression I've got from other threads here.

Thanks.

Your points are duly noted.

We expect to be applying for the above within the next couple of weeks and I have the following "checklist" and a couple of questions. I'd appreciate any advice.

I've been living in Thailand for 8 years. We have been together for 3.5 years and can demonstrate it. We were officially married July 16th 2005.

My brother's getting married mid Sept and we've been invited.

I can show a regular income from my property in London, so do not expect a problem with financial sponsorship. I will supply 6 mths bank statements and letting agent statements.

We will be staying with my parents in the family home. Will a letter from them, notarised if necessary, confirming that they've lived in the property for 30 years, own it outright and that it has ample accommodation for us, suffice?

We'll supply a copy of the wedding invite.

I've got correspondence from two years ago to my wife whilst I was back in the UK temporarily.

I'll suppy all the relevant visa pages from my passports - old and current - that show I've been here for 8 yrs. Do I need to photocopy the blank pages?

Does our marriage certificate need to be translated into English?

I think that should cover it, but if we're missing anything obvious we'd appreciate any advice.

Thanks.

A bigger bunch of idiots, I've never seen.

You all make me laugh.

And if you're carted off to hospital with your leg split open and you're screaming for the police ?

Then a needle goes into you and you go sort of blurry. Then a 4 hour operation to get it all together again.

In a haze the next day, you wake up on a gurney in the middle of the corridor with the cleaning staff, heat and mossies?

Sure, there are insurance people around and you insist that you go somewhere better as your friends have come to see you and explained that you would really like to keep your leg.

My "anger shouts". It's a long while ago.

Insurance - sod them. Just as well the idiot who hit me paid for it.

I've arrived at this thread a bit late, however my life here seems to split into two distinct parts. In answer to the OP, for the first 5 years, being with my ex, I can say that I never bought her a mobile or gold. I never sent her money because I was here, definitely I went and joined in upcountry, I have never built a house in my life, BUT I did buy a bar (still came out of it reasonably. Just a little down and I do mean a little, financially).

The next 2.5 years to date. Gold- yes, but just a little for special occasions. Money sent - yes, whilst I was back home for 3 months two years ago. The rest of it all - no.

Maybe the reason for the change is that in the second instance, the lady's my wife?

The situation is this:

Foreigner living and working in Thailand for several years on non-imm B visa with work permit loses his job.

He is married to a Thai national with a luuk kreung, what are requirements to change visa to non-imm O visa?

There are sufficient savings to support the immigration requirements for non-imm O (400,000) from the previous job. Will this be accepted or does an additional 400k need to be brought in from overseas?

Too right. How many times do we all see advance warning, day or night, of major roadworks? The answer's probably most of the time, but there just isn't enough of them.

Coming over the brow of a hill at 160kph, overtaking on the inside and getting visual warning 400mts ahead of a lane closed is just not enough.

Admittedly, noone should be doing 160kph and overtaking on the inside on the brow of a hill, but try telling that to the Thais.

In the UK, last time I was there, there were warnings 3 miles out.

Let alone the beakdowns who think they're being socially responsible by breaking a twig off a tree and laying it down on the hard shoulder 10mt behind the accident.

Too late.

I've asked this question before on the forum and have always wondered why they stipulate 40k income as well?

I do have, but from abroad, going into my account abroad. If I was earning it in Thailand, I'd need a WP. No need for the "marriage" one.

Unless they want to see 40k transferred to a bank account here from abroad each month? It just dosn't make any sense otherwise - at least to me.

I asked this question a while ago on behalf of a Thai lady and her farang boyfriend. The details, as I remember them, were that the Thai husband had deserted some 6 years previously.

The advice given on the board was that after 3 years, either party could apply for divorce seperately.

Mind you, there weren't any demands for money from the Thai husband in the above instance. He simply couldn't be tracked down.

There is one at Singkhon, just a few kms south of the main crossroads that lead to Prachuap itself. It's via a new road that leads off to the right and is well signposted.

Havn't been there myself, but I hear that it's for Thais and Burmese only. You can't cross the border. I think you can get extensions, but that can be done in HH now.

Apparantly, the Thai side is fairly developed, but there's nothing on the Burmese side other than a dirt track and jungle.

Maybe in the future?

I don't want to cut across anything that others have said here - the advice is sound, particularly because of the overstay.

But, about 7 years ago, I went with my invalidated Brit passport and my virgin new one to Sungai Kolok. The Embassy had already told me that there was no visa, either for Thailand or any other country valid on the old one - I was just doing a 30 day run.

When I arrived at SK, on the right day, I handed my old passport in. The officer pointed out that the passport wasn't valid and I showed my new one. After a moment, he stamped me out on the old one.

No problem at all not having an entry stamp in the new passport, until Malaysia, where it was and I had to walk back over the bridge and persuade the Thais to stamp me out again on the new passport so I could be allowed into Malaysia.

OK, no overstay and no Visa. But then again the OP's friend hasn't got one now either. Maybe he was on a 30 day run as well - just rather late.

My point is that I did leave Thailand with a brand new passport and the entry stamp in the old one.

I have a friend there and asked him to check if they could issue me with a Non O on the basis of marriage.

He called back about a month ago to say that they couldn't, but were hoping to be able to do so in the future.

I'm not sure what else they do/don't do there.

I have read a few things on here already regarding this but still have a few unanswered questions.

Some background: A luuk kreung born in Thailand is in the process of applying for two passports, one Thai one UK. The Thai passport has already been received.

My questions are:

1) Is there an age that the child needs to decide upon one nationality over the other?

2) How does national service in Thailand effect the child? I've heard that by the age of 20 he needs to have registered for national service to retain his Thai nationality. Is this correct?

3) If travelling to the UK and leaving Thailand on the Thai passport, does the child get stamped out of Thailand and do they need to show any proof of final destination? (Vice versa for returning).

4) Is there a time/age limit on birth registration and passport application at the British Embassy?

My comprehension was that if the child had both passports he would have no problems entering or leaving either country as he is considered to have "dual nationality".

Thanks.

I seriously hope my ex from 3 years ago isn't released.

Then again, I've heard she's in foreign pastures new.

All this will mean is that some people with BIG chips on their shoulders get out.

I appreciate the King's amnesty etc, but surely there must be some control.

What is/are they?

Get a grip, people.

Britmaveric has already stated the limitations.

That's it.

Studies show per capita drinking in Thailand since the 1960's has climbed up to an incredible 100:1. It's soared so high it questions if they were able to really measure it very well back then or not. It's either that or Thai's used to just drink on a special occassion, but now continually. It is proven to me from all the studies that drinking alcohol in moderation is good for the heart. But at the same time alcohol can be addictive and too much of anything is bad for you and becomes destructive in those cases. Thus, using it for anything is risky.

The thing about this law though is it does not seem aimed at curbing drinking. Instead, it sounds like it was drafted by people who don't like to see voluptuous girls in skimpy attire. If you were to list 100 things that might really make a difference, this would surely be near the very bottom. I would suspect for the most part beer girls do not tend to make people drink more, but rather sway people to one brand versus the next. If they really were genuine about alcohol control, they would do simple study on a place with and without beer girls to see if it made any difference. Who knows, drinking might actually go up due to the depressed people.

That is about the most sensible rationale I've heard in ages.