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Sorry being a bit late with an update. It could interest some.

Even though I was told from http://visafrancethailande.fr that a AirBnB reservation would not be accepted as proof of accommodation. My GF got her Visa with an AirBnB reservation at the Consulate in Bangkok through TSL contact.

I am French citizen expatriated to Thailand for over 9 years.
I have planed a vacation trip to France with my Thai girl friend I live with now for 8 years.
We have planed a 3 week trip to southern France. I have booked flights back and forth (to France) for us two and booked an apartment in a village we want to stay in via Airbnb on my and her name.
I like the chosen place as I have been there before and it is the purpose of our trip to be in that village.
As a My Girl friend is Thai she needs proof of accommodation. It is her first trip to Europe. But we have travelled around other countries in Asia as Japan, HongKong, Korea to name a few.
 

I would like to hear if some know if AirBnB accommodation for schengen visa is accepted (primarily at the french consulate in Bangkok)

Searching the internet for information on the subject is not clear. Most have no problems, some have. But I haven’t found any for a Thai. 
It seems different from Consulate to Consulate depending on Country, and the French Embassy/Consulate is not very helpful in this regard.

Thank you for your attention to this matter
 

On 3/15/2018 at 8:19 AM, phetpeter said:

The answer is the expats hanging around in Pattaya should set up the own patrol to follow them and VDO their actions, and the failings when Thai's are ignored. Watch them closely, prove that providing bins and ashtrays that the teams could empty every hour would be a much better idea, than seeking around trying to squeeze money out of people.

I got stopped last mont at a road block in Phuket. I had helmet and everything clear, drove behind a thai motorbike with 2 without helmet. who got stopped at the road block and who got not stopped? guess.

On 3/8/2018 at 4:07 PM, sirocco said:

I got mine from the Embassy of France, via the Internet.
Have a good day.

Me too, but since 2017 they stopped making an English version. Now it is French only and quite useless here in Thailand. My last one was made buy my Condo management in Thai.

Wille i agree that it is sad to se Thai people becoming fat and especially no education and government information campaigns to teach people how to live healthy and remedy to the problem. We must remember that most writing here are way fater, and we can thank the farlangs for this kind of evolution.

i live in Thailand and got my personal account in HSBC HK.
When i opened the account 1.5 years ago. I had to use my European address, using a Thai address was not possible any more. (it was possible some years ago, a european friend of mine living in thailand opened an account without any problem 5 years ago in HK)
Last month, in HK, i changed my address to the Thai one. I asked why it was now possible. They told me now i have the account it is not a problem to later change the address.

Actually i opened an account in HK because my European Bank gave me the option to change my residency address to Europe or leave and find a new bank if i wanted to keep my residency address in Thailand. They told me they would not have clients living in Thailand anymore. Thailand became blacklisted for some reason i never got. i suspect it had something to do with Thai Banks not complying on some exchange of information requirements.

Transfering funds to a Thai Bank via net banking is Fast (2 hours) Compared to the 3-4 days when using a European based bank.

Didn’t the King write in his testament or say at some time prior to his death that he would’t like the mourning period to disrupt with the daily life and businesses of his citizens?
I heard that a couple of times last year, it could be just a rumor.

Something not right here, the video footage is clear enough for the police to identify parts of the licens plates, then they are at the location before the Pajero flees. Police would have identified the car owner on the day.

22 hours ago, Pib said:

What VPN protocol are you using?  OpenVPN/UDP, OpenVPN/TCP, PPTP, L2TP, SSTP, etc.   PPTP and L2TP will usually give you the best speed...and even SSTP can give very good speed....depends on your internet provider and internet service provide.  

 

Also, if could be your VPN service provider or the particular VPN location/city/country you are connecting to...if not already tried, you may want to try a VPN connection to a different country/city and see what happens to your speed.

I Use ExpressVPN on OSX, set to choose Protocol Automatically. VPN location changes does give different speeds, but after 5-10 min the speeds drops to near 1/100.

Torrents download speeds were 0.5 to 1.2 MB/s and drops to 1 figure kB/s on a TRUE 30M/3M connection.

I will try with selecting protocol manually and see if it makes any difference.

Thanks for the advice.

I was looking for new answers on this matter and it seems there is more Throttling by True now compared to a couple of month ago.

i Started to use VPN connection a year ago. Until around 2 month ago i had fast connections through VPN. Now it is clearly Throttled too after 5 min connection.

Maybe its just me living out here in the Styx. But why do folk have to drink after midnight , who leaves work at ,say , 11pm and need to find a drink somewhere ? Surely you can eat dinner ,go out at 8pm and drink merrliy 'till midnight, Who is desperate to need the bar to prop up for another hour ?

I leave work at 11pm when dealing with Europe and i know some other people that do the same.

This happened 3 times for me, I am used to the european and NZ method, get card first and cash after. most of the time was because i was distracted talking with the GF that wanted to know how much i keyed in . I find the system silly, but at least you can get a new visa card in 30 min. at your bank, in Europe i would have to wait a week.

Me thinks...the same your GF's sister thinks...she should keep her distance and not encourage you...she is loyal to her sister...not you...wants to protect that relationship...not develop one with you...

Try not to take it personally...she is being...refreshingly...true to her blood relative...not taking a chance on any misunderstanding...

Try to find another annoyance...let this one go...

Here is your answer OP, it is amazing you have to read 110 replies before finding a post with the obvious answear. And it also often aplies to GF friends of same sex.

Lack of education...

Nothing to do with that.I am educated and havent got a clue where to dump rubbish. The government need to do something about it.

You got a point there, every time i leave my office i don’t know where to dump the waste. I walk to a tree nearby where there is a lot waiting for the Trash truck. When i buy a drink walking in whichever big shopping mall, it is very hard to find a bin to throw the waste. I got fined 2 years ago for throwing a cigaret bud on the street. I did actually walk with it half a kilometer to find a bin.

education, or lack of it, I see people throwing rubbish out of car windows all the time, kids on scooters throwing icecoffee containers and bag onto side of road, ??????

it is lack of education, it is not a matter that thai society and media talk about.

When driving with my GF, she often throws the garbage that is in a plastic bag out of the window. I get angry and try to educate her to keep it till we come home and drop it in the bin.

Her response is always you stupid farlang, this is thailand and i do what i want.

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If you have a back to back business meeting you would not legally be able to use an entry given at the airport as you must have a non-O visa for that.

I think you mean he needs a Non-immigrant B visa:

From http://canberra.thaiembassy.org/

"Business visitors or people engaged in any business activities such as attending a meeting or a conference, working or conducting a business in Thailand must have a Non-immigrant B visa before entering Thailand. The non – immigrant B visa is categorized into 2 categories:

A single entry visa allows you to stay up to 90 days. The application must be supported by a letter from an employer in Australia or a business counterpart in Thailand, The fee is $90.00 AUD. (nonrefundable)

A multiple entries visa allows you to stay up to 90 days for each entry and valid for multiple entries to Thailand within one year, however the applicant must report himself/herself to the nearest immigration office or to the police station. The fee is $225.00 AUD (nonrefundable) "

That is true, and nobody does it. Have you seen the amount of paperwork needed to get a B Visa at the Embassy, It is ridiculous.

There are lots of people who work online and choose Thailand as their base of operations. Now that immigration seems to be against people staying longer than a few months, is it even possible for a freelancer to live in Thailand now?

In Chiang Mai a couple of years ago they had an event at the hotel run by immigration where the commanding officer was asked about people who work online but their work has no connection to Thailand whatsoever, and his answer was it was fine to work online as long as you're not doing any sort of work that deals with Thailand.

So at this point what are the options for someone who has been living here for years already and has built a life here?

I'm going to go get another tourist visa in Cambodia and hopefully that will be alright for the short term. But after that what is there? ED visa?

Their intention is to stop people working illegally in Thailand in jobs such as tour guides and such where Thais could potentially have a job, but in this case it's individuals supporting themselves in a situation that only adds money to the Thai economy and does not take away any jobs at all.

Are they just going to start telling me 'no you can't come back' since I've been living here a long time already?

There are lots and lots of people just like me who aren't doing anything wrong and contribute to the Thai economy by living here. It doesn't sound like we're not welcome, but we're being painted with the same brush as others and it's going to affect a very large amount of people.

I don't see the problem. Start a company, pay tax and social security for you and 4 Thais and get a work permit and extension of stay based on employment. Then you contribute more than buying subsidized rice, eating subsidized food, fueling your car/motorbike with subsidized fuel and using subsidized electricity.

Yes I know that 80% of Thai people also don't pay much tax, but it is their country. Thailand expects foreigners to contribute at least 100,000 baht annually in order to be welcome. Be that via taxes or a PE elite visa they don't care.

I am quite in the same situation as the OP, had in 3 years a company, paid taxes and social security for 4 Thais, but didn’t pay them salary as i didn’t need them around the clock in office and i usually hired different skilled thai people on project basis.

A control visit from the social security forced me to close the company as i was not in office the day of control and no staff was there.

My Lawyer suggested me to open a new company with staff there in the opening hours, but i choose to wait and look at other options. I simply don’t need 4 full time people working for me. And they must work on the registered office premises, not a thing that is valuable for my business.

As far i understand it is the only legal way to have a business and work in thailand?

What if you have an expertise and are consulting?

As usual such statements are BS, Thai police will not enforce it as it would be a loss for the legal mafia.

I see everyday police come and collect money at a gambling place.

With the world cup starting in a weeks time i hope watching a match in a bar will be a urgent reason enough for being out during the curfew

I'm surprised the Junta hasn't yet pulled the plug on the internet and GSM networks yet.

business has to continue working, you pull the plug on that an the Junta has even greater problems to restore the situation in the country.

Second even the junta wants to chat on social media, unhappy soldiers is not a good thing. Pull the plug might be today the thing that will make you the most unpopular . See what happened in turkey some month ago.

When is this picture from? the banner on one says 2010, and this is a 2013 story...

"It's a good idea that Twitter has this policy to take care and prevent its users from violating the law, because freedom of expression must not violate other people's rights or the laws in each country,"

All people are equal, but some are more equal than others.

Props to Animal Farm, George Orwell.

mmm...What about laws voted while there was a Dictatorship.

I live in BKK, and have never been to Pattaya, so please excuse me for not knowing my way around. Often, in this forum, stories like these open the flood gates of some broad criticisms of Thailand. I certainly think armed robbery is the most dangerous situation, since it only takes a second to move to "homicide." Kudos to the person for having sense to hand it over and walk away.

i will venture to guess that Soi 16/1 off the Naklua Road is not a temple or meditation center. I will guess, it is a red light area.

So, before the Thai bashers get into overdrive, here is some adult advice. In other words, not really a Thai issue.

No matter what country you are in, or what continent...flashing around a sum of money equivalent to three month's wages after last call in the red light district is just plain stupid. That girl on the back of the bike? Hmmmm....do you think she might have noticed that rather attractive bulge in his pocket...and yes...I do mean 16,000 Baht. (plus the parting gift of a watch, phone and ATM card) Oh, and let me get this straight, he has 16,000 baht and is w-a-l-k-i-n-g alone in the dark Pure genius!

Sorry dude, if you are looking for sympathy, forget it...you went to the tiger cage in a suit made out of prime rib.

Ask (for it) and ye shall receive. At least he lived to tell the tale, I have lived in American cities where they would have eliminated the witness.

Naklua 16/1 is not red light district area, and carrying large amounts of money happens from time to time. He might have to pay something as rent or whatever the next day and withdrew the money from a ATM. Most transactions are in cash in thailand. I wouldn't say the man was stupid, mostly unlucky.

I lived a year in Pattaya, and felt more safe there than any big city in Europe.

It's not only the official information channels that failed to provide the needed information. I would blame the TV media too. They sensationalize, find the deepest water hole in an area, and dump a reporter in it. I have seen no maps with explanation of affected areas, extent of the flood in particular areas, progression in time etc…

Maybe it's just because I am farang and don't understand enough Thai, normally in situation like this you would also find an official information channel in English. Maybe there is, i don't know, Pattaya has local English TV media, what about BKK. Maybe we should ask mr. Colov to do a Bangkok People.

I don't know who runs thaivisa.com, if it's a big media player who's behind, i would expect them too to come with information and maps. Right now it is normal people, forum users, who finds out to make a google map with updated information on the flood situation.