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On 4/21/2024 at 1:06 PM, william61 said:

This happened near the village where we have a home where we stay when not in Bangkok. 

One young village girl, 16 years old and from a poor family found an 40/50 year old expat online from a city 50 or 60 km away, and they chatted online for few months. He speaks and chats in English and she only knows Thai. Then a month ago, during the school holiday the guy visited and offered to marry the girl.  The family seemed to think a dream came true and asked for half million baht financial support, which was negotiated down to 200.000 or less.  There was no real marriage and no paperwork done. Lots of stories were going around as the family has to ask other villagers to help with translations...

 

Then the guy stayed in the village for a month with the girl and after the first days it went downhill according to the stories. The guy could not communicate in Thai and his only interest seems to be in the sex.   He then left and took all that he bought for the family with him. Now they seem to have broken up, with the girl staying in another village for her safety, and the foreigner coming back the first time, threatening with lawyers and police to demand back the money, and coming back a few days later with flowers to make up and ask to take the girl with him.

 

Surprisingly, after all this time, nobody knows his name or address, not even the "wife". Nobody knows where he lives, what he does for a living etc.

So many things are wrong, so many red flags, and with a foreigner involved (who should know better!).

If the girl would have been forced to go with the guy then this would be trafficking but luckily she is still in the village.

I am interested to hear your views and if there are similar experiences, and suggestions on what to do / not to do.

PURE GOSSIP

We drove Korat to Udon yesterday and the traffic was horrendous. Take your time and overnight if you have to. We left at 5am therefore far less traffic to start our with.

Make sure your destination has liquor available when you arrive

Good luck

how! go to immigration

13 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Solid Effort !

Foolish and disrespectful comment

A great story and hoping you both have many days weeks months etc together 

God Bless

Why is it always a "quick Question" and not a "Long drawn out question"??

17 hours ago, fvw53 said:

I thought I would find a reply to this question in the Search of this Forum but nothing pops up.

Can a Forum member provide a list of required documents to submit to Immigration to obtain one year extension of my retirement visa (it can be in Thai language as my TF will help and it can also be a link to another source)

You dont search the Forum you search using Google

I had blood in my stool and a screening was suggested. I had it done in Udonthani and eventually they confirmed that I had cancer of the Colon. By the way they DO NOT PUT YOU TO SLEEP for an MRI. 

God certainly isnt going to help.

Read what it says or go to Immigration and ask Why would you believe anyone here

1 hour ago, Nordic summer said:

Why are they always bold?

Why? Booze

4 hours ago, zhounan said:

Please, specify Moroccan-Belgian.

Who cares what nationality 

13 hours ago, Galong said:

My Will lists my bank accounts and gives her full access to my money upon my death. I didn't list my US accounts. My brother has access to them and will transfer the money to her upon my death.

Hopefully it is a Thai will and realize the process through Thai Courts it will take months

On 1/19/2024 at 10:15 AM, siftasam said:

I know that I must speak to my Thai lawyer about this, but I wondered if anyone has any experience of, or thoughts on, a bad situation I face.

 

I have yet more serious surgery soon. I am 77 years old.

 

My EX-girlfriend (EX for 6 years) still lives in my house because I 100% support her wonderful 10 year old daughter. I call her my 'daughter'. Inevitably, that means I support her mother too but there is no legal affiliation between her mother and me. She is a bad woman to me but, because of her daughter, I made my EX the heiress in my Will to my house (held by usufruct), money etc.

 

My EX doesn't deserve to inherit. My daughter does.

 

But can I leave everything to a 10 year old girl? Even if I can, a big problem would be the executor. I have nobody and, obviously, I cannot ask one of her family. A lawyer can be an executor but I cannot see this working. Much too complicated and expensive.

 

I want my daughter to continue living in the house. 

 

What if I left my house to my EX together with some money? Could I then arrange with my lawyer that the rest of my money (enough for my daughter to finish her schooling) be 'invested' for her? The only safe way would seem to be in a Thai bank?

 

But held for her until what age? Inflation would presumably far exceed interest paid at a bank BUT at least she would have some money when she is say 16 or 18. And she is intelligent enough to use it wisely, I think. Her mother would have spent most of it on herself long before, without any thought for the future. My EX would have to get a job meanwhile, something she has not had for 8 years.

 

I presume, if I do this, that I must involve a lawyer so that my daughter will be able to access this account without any problem when she reaches the contractually stipulated age. I don't think I can arrange this legally myself with the bank?

 

A difficult situation. Many thanks for any comments!

LAWYER for sure

16 hours ago, kickstart said:

As far as I know, they will be a lot of forms to fill out, first thing they will need will be the death certificate your passport,bank passbook, marriage certificate if you have one, that will make life a lot easier, and anything else .ie yellow registration book ID card, your wife /partner should be able to sort it all out.

When I asked at our locale bank, they said it will take 6 months, but that was some cashier at the bank, how reliably that information is I could not say.

Note: I have a will in the UK. they will need a death certificate as well, as far as I know only one is issued, no photocopies allowed, you can see the scenario who gets the death certificate.

You will need a THAI WILL

16 hours ago, MickTurator said:

This is a subject of great interest to me.

 

I asked at the bank (ayudhya) last week and they said my wife would not be able to access the 800k baht.

A death certificate would not be enough and the matter would have to go to court.

Maybe the bank is talking rubbish so does anyone have an answer and know what form the OP has mentioned?

 

Go to court with what documents and do what?

16 hours ago, MickTurator said:

This is a subject of great interest to me.

 

I asked at the bank (ayudhya) last week and they said my wife would not be able to access the 800k baht.

A death certificate would not be enough and the matter would have to go to court.

Maybe the bank is talking rubbish so does anyone have an answer and know what form the OP has mentioned?

 

I know that you are correct

But we also have a Will naming her  the Benefactor of the 800,000 

Does it really matter if the injured in articles are American, Thai, UK etc they all bleed and succumb to their injuries no mater what nationality

8 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

I dunno, but sound pretty unsanitary....

 

 

then you dont understand the process of farming, Cattle thrive in manure, pigs roll in their own excrement, fish swim in their own urine etc

Heaven non existent

Dont expect anything

OR havent been there so how do you expect for some one to describe it

Foolish question

Heaven non existent

Dont expect anything

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

 

I've heard of a few horror stories about those that avoided the bar girl trap and were hooked by a respectable, older government worker or teacher who, once they spliced the mainbrace, found themselves obligated to assist with the incredible debt that their 'respectable' partner had amassed prior to marriage due to the easy access to loans and finance that these government workers get.

 

Plus they gamble like crazy. Even the ones that (say they) don't.

Thai women gamble, haha

So do women from Canada, USA, Uk, France etc