randymarsh

Not what I was asking but thanks for the info

Thanks a lot. It says enter before 20 Jan 2016. Currently expires 20th Dec so with 30 day extension, it doesn't give you a lot of time to get out and get back in if you want to use the full 30 day extension... Will plan a Laos trip around Jan 18th to be safe. Thanks a lot as wouldn't have spotted that.. I thought the Enter Before date was only relevant to the first entry, not to both.

And yes I meant immigration office earlier, thanks.

My first entry expires at the end of December, which I'll probably extend by 30 days at the embassy. My questions are:

1) Do you forsee any issues with getting my second 60 days on arrival back into Thailand (around end of January) considering the visa is no longer issued. I'm hoping no issues considering I have mine already.

2) A more general query on double entry. Where am I meant to go between entries? I'm very near Laos. Is a land crossing over to Laos ok? Could I come back to Thailand same day?

Thanks

Hi,

Thinking of coming over to Bangkok for a month but I will need to work at the same time. All I need is a reliable internet connection, so somewhere with wifi.

Reasonably cheap too, I don't need anything flashy. So 1k a night max, ideally less.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Anyone know how to say this in Thai?

Are there any good lawyers out there who will specialise in my many many 'what if' scenarios relating to marrying a thai girl and bringing her over here? At the point now where I'd like to get a bit of legal advice but not sure who to turn to.

Surprised there haven't been any stories from English guys who have divorced Thai girls over here... maybe everyone is happily in love (just like me...)

She speaks to me in English. This is a thai facebook status she's written as she knows I don't really understand.

Yes have a rough idea of the translation but it's never great.

You got a thai speaking girlfriend who can help me?

Not sure if it's reasonable to ask but would appreciate it. Having a few problems with my girlfriend and pretty sure what's she's saying isn't good but would like to double check. If you are willing to help, please PM.

Thanks

Her preferences will be as expensive as possible. Thanks for the advice

Ok thanks. It's really just to get an idea. Problem is I'm in UK and probably won't be over there much, if at all, before she has the baby so I'm wondering how much she's gonna start asking me for.

60k to have the baby sounds a lot to be honest but if that's the price then sobeit.

Double post.

Thanks. Is there such a thing as free health care in Thailand?

Hello,

Some of you might have seen my other thread - my thai girlfriend is pregnant and I'm wondering what the usual costs are in Thailand for monthly examinations up to and including the point of having the baby.

I know I could ask her but I'd like to get some information from people who have been through it.

Guessing the costs might vary depending on insurance / each hospital etc? If so, would appreciate a breakdown of each and we can assume she doesn't have insurance if that makes it easier.

Thanks

It wasn't unplanned to be honest and I've posted before that I know it's mine.

VisasPlus,

Don't think there was a problem with how I described your response but happy for you to have expanded on it and I will take the advice to slow things down.

Thanks

Spent a couple of weeks with the family already but yes, think it's good advice.

Guess I can say this... I contacted an agency I found on here to ask for some initial advice and having reviewed it, they have said they wouldn't be able to support me with a visitor visa at this time so I guess that says it all.

3 and 4 aren't part of my plans, believe me.

OP (Original Poster) ... there is a weath of information here here about similiar situations you are currently faced with.

No-one knows you nor your girl here and everytime relationship is different.

Don't become weighed down the by the negativity HOWEVER do read and learn for others mistakes.

Here is a post worth reading for when it all goes TiTs up.

http://www.thaivisa....-and-i-know-it/ ... it's titled "i-am-screwed-and-i-know-it"

As I find more, I'll post them here for you.

This one is scary but would be good to understand from a UK law perspective for quite a few possible outcomes:

1. Marry in Thailand, have baby in England. Goes wrong a few years later and she wants to separate / divorce.

2. Have baby in Thailand, never get married. What is the law on my requirement to provide for the child if I'm in the UK and they are both in Thailand

3. Have baby in England on fiance visa but never get married. She stays in England as makes some claim on not being separated from baby. Where would this leave me legally?

4. Same as number 3 but on a visitor visa where she refuses to leave?

Think they're the main ones.

As many questions as I'm asking, I do trust her but the number of stories I've read on here means I can't help but want to ask.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to understand the laws in English were I to ever find myself in the same / a similar situation?

david, norrona and beano... very helpful posts, thanks.

Why the rush?

Yes, she is pregnant, but they have medical facilities which change that situation.

If your gf was unpregnant, would you be rushing to marry her?

The rush is really because of her.

She has only been back at home with her family for three days and she's already unhappy. We talk every day and she says 9 months at home is a very long time and that she wants to see me, either in England or Thailand. Because of this, yesterday we decided that it would make more sense for me to go back over there and for her to then come back here to have the baby.

I'm worried that she will get more and more unhappy over the next couple of months and might consider alternatives around whether or not to even have the baby. It's been brought up between us a couple of times already and my immediate reaction is that I want her to have the baby and that's why I'm where I am now... trying to find a solution and to ensure she's happy.

If she was no longer pregnant then I don't know where that would leave our relationship. I'd hope we'd stay together and try and do things at a more reasonable pace but you never know.

But 2 months is a very short time ... I suspect the Immigration officials in the UK will see that fact in a similar light.

I know! Does anyone have any experience of successful applications for settlement / fiance visas after such a short space of time. By the time I were to apply, the relationship would have been ongoing for nearer 6 months, only with the last 4 months as long distance.

Have you really contemplated the question that she will really hate it in the UK?

Yes which is why I wanted a visitor visa so she could get a first impression. But now we really don't have the time to do this.

Someone else gave me some advice that she could arrive on a visitor visa and declare herself too sick to travel back, having the baby here. I'm trying to find out where that would leave me financially as far as medical support considering there would be really nothing I could do to make her go back to Thailand.

What is Plan 'B' ?

Your gf is declined a Visitor Visa ... or any other type of Visa.

She is pregnant and can't get to the UK.

You go back and visit again.

I would be happy for her to have the baby in Thailand and for me to visit a few times, maybe once before the birth and then again for it. But what she decides to do in the next couple of months could change all that. She has said a couple of times very firmly that she doesn't want to have the baby in Thailand. If we were to get to 6 or 7 months and our application was declined, clearly she'd have no choice but she wants to know as of today that it's not only possible but realistic for her to come here in time to have the baby.

Could you live in Thailand full time?

No, definitely not and I'm not sure she'd want that - she wants to come to England.

Do you have the money to retire now and support your gf, the new baby AND her family.

No I'm 27. I have the money providing I work full time.

You do know that you will be expected to support her extended family?

Yes but I'll think about that if I ever get that far. We have had conversations in the past and she understands what is and isn't possible for me financially.

Does any of that help?

I actually think Razz might have the right idea, it just doesn't look like I'm likely to be successful at this stage even if I do go for the fiance / marriage route. I could end up going to thailand, marrying her with the hope of bringing her back here to have the baby only for it to be rejected and then I really don't know where that would leave us... definitely not with enough time to appeal before she has the baby.

Not quite as convinced by the visitor visa though now... bringing her over here for a month when she's 4 months pregnant then sending her back off to thailand doesn't seem right.

If you apply for a fiancee visa you have 6 months to decide if you want to get married (she can also have the baby on the NHS). It wouldn't be unheard of for people to meet and get engaged quickly but you have to convince the ECO...

Might be a bit of a risk...but it seems you're a risk taker already

All the best

RAZZ

What are the implications of getting a fiance visa but not getting married?

I actually think Razz might have the right idea, it just doesn't look like I'm likely to be successful at this stage even if I do go for the fiance / marriage route. I could end up going to thailand, marrying her with the hope of bringing her back here to have the baby only for it to be rejected and then I really don't know where that would leave us... definitely not with enough time to appeal before she has the baby.

Not quite as convinced by the visitor visa though now... bringing her over here for a month when she's 4 months pregnant then sending her back off to thailand doesn't seem right.