Scoop1

Hi all, Happy New Year, i am thinking of applying for Non B Visa package from one of the sponsors on TV and have been in contact with them via email and i have been assured that it is a legal way of getting a longer visa, i will have to get it stamped every 90 days at a border can anyone tell me how much this stamp will cost at the border

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Scoop1

Thanks for that scully, i cant seem to find any houses for rent on the net, for me beer O clock is 4pm, i want to set up a hydroponic garden so that will keep me busy enough.

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Scoop

Hi,Scully, i will be moving to Non Bua Lamphu in 2012, my gf lives in Ban Knok, and i dont know much about the area are you living there? can you give me an idea of what it is like? Any houses for rent? any info would help

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Scoop

Scoop:

I am not certain we are talking about the same village but here goes anyway.

I live some 40 kilometers west of Nong Bua Lamphu just off the Loei highway (Hgwy 210). Country road 3012 goes north off of 210 and there is a road sign at the intersection saying it is 22 kilometers to a village named "Ban Khok Nong Bua". That means this village is around 65 kilometers from Nong Bua Lamphu and would place it nearer to Loei than to Nong Bua Lamphu.

If you are going to this village there are NO educational facilities catering to farangs unless you should happen to find something in Loei.

I frankly cannot see how you can survive without some sort of transportation if this is the village you are talking about.

Hi Chuckd. thank you for that info, yes i think you are right thats where it is, on the map it does look closer to Loei, and the transport is a definate concern, i think a motorbike would help, but its still in the sticks, i was going to get an ed visa, but a language school seems too far away , i also think i will have to rent somewhere closer to a bigger town, but i really dont want to be in a big city, any sugestions?

Scoop

Hi Can anyone tell me if i can get an ED Visa in Thailand after i arrive on a 90 day tourist visa from Austalia, i want to come on a tourist visa and find a decent language school and rent a house near that school and after i get all that sorted, apply for an Ed visa and study the thai language.

Thank You

Scoop

Hi, i am looking for a 2-3 bedroom house to rent in non bua lamphu, furnished, 10000bt/th max

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scoop

Hi All, can anyone help me find a thai language school close to Ban Knok, Non Bua Lamphu, i am coming to live there soon and want to get ed visa and learn thai, and Udon Thani is to far away, and i wont have a car, please help!!!!!!!!!!!

Scoop

well does anyone know where in the pattaya or surrounding areas i can find metal halide and high pressure sodium lights, ive checked every lighting store in town and they dont have anything like that at all.... only high pressure mercury if thats a metal halide light as im not sure

Hi, kirkinpattaya, my advice to you is, High Pressure Sodium! is the best colour spectrum, the others are of a cooler colour spectrum and although they will work, they are not as good for flowering ,they are not as balanced as the HPS, pm me if you need any more help

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Scoop1

Hello Scoop1, sorry, I thought I was cought up on PM's.

Yes, I've been busy with the hydro and the dirt here.

I was trying to get 800 Lt of coir ordered and they couldn't

ship as they are S. of BKK, flooded and shipping is down.

Plan B.,dirt, the tractor guy couldn't come as he's harvesting

cassava.

Will try to order coir again next week.

Here's the start of my limited tom growing this year, TP'ed

on Nov.11, and what they look like today. Still cleaning up

an area to move them to.

The chillies were my main growing item this season, not a

Thai chili in sight.

rice555

ps, the tom's are OP

Hey Rice they are looking the goods what variety are they, my toms are at the moment 3mtrs tall and i have had to tie them down because they are out of control, i have 9 x tigerella's and they are the most prolific tomatoes , i have picked over 80kg so far!

scoop1

Hello Rice, Thanks. Unfortunately I don't get further west than Kalasin. The thumbnails will help. I can show to our local farm store. I'm growing chi faa chili. The local flower stand had them. I planted other kinds last year, but the nematodes got them. This year I poisoned them. I lost chilis,melons, tomato too last year from those little nasties. My green beans were eaten before the seed broke the surface. It's too bad that good granular insecticides like abamectin aren't available here. Still questing for calcium nitrate, any leads appreciated.

Hi, Hawaiiman, i have been talking to a guy at Wesco via email with my requirements for my hydro nutriens, he was so helpful, and knows his stuff his email is Veerapol Niyomthai <[email protected]>; he will have what you want

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Scoop1

In reading your post, I don't think anyone has addressed the basic problem you are faced with: you want to set up a hydroponic vegetable farm on her property. You need a work permit to do ANY work in Thailand, paid for or not. You won't be able to get a work permit to set up a business, unless you actually set up a Thai company, hire four workers for each work permit you require, and get a B (business) visa. On that basis you could stay here indefinitely, IF you continue to meet the business visa requirements..

If, as you state, you don't need a 'work visa', then what is your objection to a retirement visa? Or an extension of stay, based on retirement? If you are 50 years old or over, those would be your best options for long stay, assuming you don't work.

Otherwise, I'm afraid you have few options.

Hi Sateev, thank you for your information, i thought if i setup a hydroponic garden at her house, whats the problem? and she could do all the business stuff, if it ends up that way, to start with it will just be small so we can supply ourselves

whats your thoughts on this? i read a lot of people on tv that farm in thailand i dont think they have a work permits or business visa

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Scoop1

Your best short term solution would be a double entry tourist visa, Nong Bua Lam Phu is not that far from the Laotian border so crossing the border should not be too much of an inconvenience. If you decide to apply for retirement, the tourist visa can be converted to a Non-O and extended for retirement. The financial requirement stands, but no medical or police check. You can not work on either.

Lopburi3: correction noted and put in memory, all be it short!

Thank you, so if i get that visa, a double entry tourist visa. how long does it last, can i just keep getting it stamped every 90 days, for how longcan i keep doing this for, this what i dont understand

Scoop1

To get the maximum time on one visa, you could get a triple entry tourist visa which is also valid for six months. If the visa is issued close to your departure date and you manage your extensions and two border crossings correctly you can get 260+ days. On the first entry you get 60 days permission to stay and then extend for 30 days at immigration in Thailand (1900 baht). On the last day of the extension exit and re-enter and you wiil get 60 days. Extend that for another 30 (1900 baht) Now you have to be careful! Even if the 30 day extension hasn't expired, the day before the VISA expires you must exit and re-enter Thailand. You will get 60 days and that can be extended for another 30 (1900 baht). When that extension expires you must leave and apply for a new visa. The cost of the initial visa is determined by the number of entries and the maximum is 3 and it is valid for entry 6 months from date of issue.

Does that mean i will have to return to Australia and get another visa or can i just go to a nearby country and get a new visa and start all over again?

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Scoop

Your best short term solution would be a double entry tourist visa, Nong Bua Lam Phu is not that far from the Laotian border so crossing the border should not be too much of an inconvenience. If you decide to apply for retirement, the tourist visa can be converted to a Non-O and extended for retirement. The financial requirement stands, but no medical or police check. You can not work on either.

Lopburi3: correction noted and put in memory, all be it short!

Thank you, so if i get that visa, a double entry tourist visa. how long does it last, can i just keep getting it stamped every 90 days, for how longcan i keep doing this for, this what i dont understand

Scoop1

High can some one advise me on what is the best hassle free visa to enable me to to stay in Thailand long term? i will be living in Non Bua Lamphu, i really dont want a retirement visa, and dont need a work visa, my gf has a bit of land and i might want to set up a hydroponic vegetable business on her property, so i think i can be a consultant to her? any help would be of great help, i will be applying for the visa in Australia, and i see some visas you have to do border runs? how long can you do this and still be legal?

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Scoop1

Hello Scoop1, I use(see pics) to water my plug trays just after they

are seeded.

rice555

Thanks Rice, i have been wondering why you have been so quiet lately, i sent you a pm a while ago, and didnt get a reply i thought you may have been busy, i have been in contact with the guy at wesco and have organised all the fertilizers that i need to make my own nutrients, he was very very helpful, thanks for the information.

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Scoop1

Hi, can anyoe recomend a good fungicide for tomatoes readily available in thailand

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Scoop1

Hi Peterdes, i was in Thailand for 3 months just recently, and i stayed at the SC Park hotel just outside BKK and it was good,1400tbt/ night they have there own website and you book your own room, and it has a great pool, staff are wonderful

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Scoop1

Hoping someone can help with a thai language school near Ban khok , non bua lamphu, i know there are some in udon thani but its a 2 hour drive, i have posted this in the language section but had no replies.

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scoop

Can any one tell me if they know anyone who can render a concrete block wall in the nong bua lamphu area and if there is any concreters who do stamped or stencil concrete?

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scoop

Thanks all for the information, its a bit late she already purchased it, when i get there i will get a large water tank and pump and whole house filter

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scoop

she is in nong bua lamphu. i am not happy, could have got a tank and pump for that

Hi all can someone give me some information and pricing on a water filter to do a whole house, my gf has informed me she has ordered a water filter from amway for 24,000tbt. i checked on their web site and it looks nothing more than a 1 tap drinking water filter, its called "espring" i have looked at whole house filters here in OZ and they are nowhere near that price, any one with any advice please, my thoughts were to buy a large water tank and a pump and filter it from there!

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Scoop

Hi Davo, i have a Thai Birdseye Chilli in Hydroponics here in NSW and it is very slow i think its normal some are quicker than others i dont know why i am growing it because i dont like hot spicy food

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Scoop

Some breaking news from Australia, Alan Joyce has just grounded "ALL" Qantas internationaland and Domestic flights , because of on going industrial and all staff will be locked "INDEFINATLEY", its is unberlievable,!!!!

Hello Scoop1, I forgot to ask you before, where in LOS

are you moving to? Bring your own tom seeds, western

type toms seed is hard to find here.

With all the rain we've been having here, I still have had

a steady supply of Early Jals to flavor my food.

Part of this years hydro & dirt garden, 18 more trays

seeded yesterday.

rice555

Hi Rice , i think i will end up somewhere near nong bua lamphu, , ban knok, where the GF is ,if you want i can send you some seeds from an organic grower here, i go there a fair bit " what ever you want, check out there website, www.greenpatchseeds.com.au, just let me know, its not to expensive to send via the post" i had a request from someone about sending, To Thailand, 5ltr of A and and 5ltr of B to help him get started , Fedex $420 wowwwww, for 11 kg weight, well i guess he will have to wait until i get there and set up, i checked the composition of the ACK stuff and i would not use it.

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rkets

Graeme

There is a very good hydropnic shop at Chatuchak they have A & B nutients seeds and all. I find rocket lettuce grows easy. It is very expensive i Superma

Thanks Gamini, but i prefer to make and use my own, i know whats in it and it has been widely tested, and most of all it is perfectly balanced, and when i get to thailand i will probably prepare it and market it as a little business to keep me occupied,and someof the nutrients i have seen and read about in thailand, the concertrations of the particular fertilizers are way to high, a good nutrient is all about balance and not "more is better".

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scoop1