Debothai

I was thinking of taking my family for a trip to Ko Chang during July when my parents will be visiting. We live in Si Racha which is about 250 kms from the ferry boat harbour. I would like to know is it worth going there, what is your experience should I take the car or not, costs of accommodation etc. We have a 1 year old boy and our parents..

Yes, but before getting the passport for the child, he must be registered on a tabien ban right? I have arranged with one of our employees and he has agreed to let me register the baby on his tabien ban.

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This is little DINO he is 9.5 months old and his full name is Constantino.

He is half-Thai and quarter-British and quarter-Cypriot....

My baby boy is 9 months old. I am married to a Thai lady and the Baby boy was born in BKK.

Now in order for us to travel the baby should have a passport.

To do the passport the baby needs to be on the house resgistration certificate. Since my wife's family has no house of their own, and we are also renting, most of the family members are registered on other house certificates. My baby was registered on a neighbours house certificate for convenience and now we wish to transfer his name to the house registration certificate where also his mother is registered, however we cannot locate the holder of the original. The neighbour wants our baby out of their house certificate as he only agreed to keep it there temporarily.

I am confused with all this, and however well I speak thai, I can't get through to my wife to comprehend the legality of the tabien ban. Please can someone explain to me how this system works. Isn't it illegal to be on others tabien ban? Or is it merely frowned upon. Why does the thai law have no provision for persons that do not own property? Now we are at an impasse.

Finally, can I forget all this and just make a UK passport for my Boy? Or does he need first to have a thai passport?

The best option is to have them both...OR if you don't want a third woman in your bed, then change your location...Move to another province.

Don't know about you guys - but I am buffer-stocking my two favourites already - Coke ZERO and Bia-Singh.

www.siamlegal.com that should be helpful, they can arrange it for you but they are a bit expensive.

I may be wrong but this may be somehow related to french...As in Dead-c'est molee or something like that...But I can't speak friench anyway...so this may be total BS...

just get a cab man directly from the airport...You will be in Nana within 30 minutes....No stairs no trains or hassles. You will pay 250-300 baht.

The money you are planning to save on this and that transport option could be easily off-set by an extra drink or two for a friend of your barfine...And they will ask you....

I did the same last year in Dubai. 90 days multiple entry Non-O visa valid for a year.

Please can you advise the steps for renewing an exisitng UK passport while in Thailand. I understand the application must be done by DHL to the Hong Kong UK Embassy?

www.siamlegal.com expensive but gets the job done...

Hi Friends, I am a british citizen, married to a thai lady. I am working in Thailand and I have a WP and a NON-IMM Extended one year visa based on employment. My WP will expire in 07 July 2012 and my visa in 03 October 2012. My Passport is valid till 07 July 2014 but it only has 3 pages left.

I originally entered Thailand on 06 August 2011 using a NON-IMM O visa.

I would like to renew my passport via the DHL-Hong Kong method.

My question is when to do the new UK passport, so as not to disrupt the WP and visa extension procedures?

I would think that I should wait to renew my WP and then apply for a new passport. When it arrives, I could use this to extend my visa. Would I need to do a new wok permit too? Or just endorse the new passport in the WP blue book?

The way to get a one year visa, is to either have a thai wife, or work in Thailand, or be retired.

For all of these options, you need to obtain a NON-IMM visa. This must be done at a thai diplomatic mission such as embassy or consulate outside Thailand.

If you don't belong to the above categories, then I suggest getting a tourist visa or no-visa, that should give you only 60 days or 30 days respectively. Enter Thailand and look for a job or a wife. It is by FAR easier to get a wife...! You can also get a feel for the country. Thailand in general is a very nice place to live and work and play, but visas are not easy but not impossible either. Be aware that Thailand is much better for you if you can speak the language. Honestly, Thailand is a great place with the only real drawback being the restirctive legislations regarding foreigners.

If you do belong to the above categories you are likely to obtain a 90 day NON-IMM visa at a Thai embassy or consulate abroad. Then duirng this stay in Thailand, you can proceed to EXTEND it up to one year from the day of entry, If you are employed then the employer will take you to the immigration to do this. If with your wife then you must go with her to the immigration. In case of employment you need also to have a work permit. If you get the one year extention then you must take your passport to the immigration office to report your address every 90 days. Once the one year extension is over, you can have another one year exension. Again this must be applied for a and you need quite a lot of paperwork. It is not easy in any way but it can be done. It is beurauecratic...

If you can stay for 3 consecutive extentions you can also apply for a Permanent Residence Permit, that quite hard to obtain. I certainly aim (dream) to do that when the right time comes...

In summary, staying legally in Thailand is much more difficult than, say Dubai, but it beats living in the desert.

hey you don't have to pay me I go with you for free

Siam Legal is a very good company. They arranged my marriage and UAE visa for my thai wife. they are a bit expensive, but they sure get things done for you.

In Dubai it only takes 2 days but, its much more expensive to go there than Cambodia...

Actually if you are a father and not married, then the child status is questionable. So I think what they are saying is that to be eligible for an O visa and if you are the father of the child, then its mother should also be you wife under thai law. Which makes sense....However, it makes it difficult to obtain a visa for those fathers who may not be ready to marry due to other commitments (such as a wife at the home country)

There should be stricter controls for individuals with links to the following countries: Iran, Iraq, KSA, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lybia, Palestinians, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc...Also for individuals of naturalised citizens of western nations that have orgins from the afore mantioned countries. Furthermore, there should be closer co-operation with agencies like M16 (or 5) and CIA and maybe Mossad to share information on threats. Additional controls in places where chemicals can be purchased and made into explosives, plus involvement of double agents...Similar techniques to those used in drug-enforcement operations. It would not hurt for certain law enforcement operatives to go on courses in the US Uk or maybe even Israel to learn more on how to tackle the problem. Adding more camera surveillance will help, but it's the intelligence information that is lacking.

took jai!!!

it s a hobby....like collecting stamps or marbles...Wow...10,000 knickers...maybe he was selling them....

Well, I hope this paki vermin suffers in hell after it dies and I hope this paki meat worm lives long enough to be tortured by in-mates in the way it deserves to be tortured. I wish I could legally get my hands on the paki pubic louse, I would enjoy torturing it myself.

No, I will not be using deveres, I have already decided to get myself an LTF and RMF with the local thai banks, probably K-Bank...If anything, I can reduce my tax payments...