llewynx

My ex boyfriend always confused the words "prawn" and "porn". He always cracked me up when he told stories about his job at the porn farm when he was younger. It also got pretty funny when we were in Bangkok and he said he had to buy some prawn movies for his friends in Pantip...

Tears come to my eyes... You just put words to my feelings when I had to leave after over four years in Thailand. I thought the plane would flood from all my tears during take-off...

Most 1st world countries don't have enough children to provide a decent sized work force for the future and you want to cut the population further? Forget it!

Where do you get that rediculous assumption from - the world is over populated. The main concern of many governments is depopulation. We are actually running short of resources. Immigration is a massive problem, wake up.

No, it's not. Your second last statement shows what kind of peson you are and for what reason you state such trite and false facts.

In a lot of countries, outside the few larger cities, there is huge amounts of open space. And this without having to cut any trees down or remove farms.

The overpopulation/too crowded/no space/no food-myth is just that, a myth.

We could feed everyone in the world over without problems, if transporting the food wasn't an issue. Oh, Star Trek, where is your technology now?

Oh yeah?

Overshoot day

Report from Pedang Besar border (train) - the girl in front of me in the qeue had her first entry to Thailand in November, stayed 20 days, second entry in February, 15 days. They would only give her 13 days, and told her to go somewhere else for the rest of the time to her flight back home (from Bangkok) on the 16th of May. These guys where obviously genuine tourists and got quite pissed off (all the time acting very nice with the officers though), wondering why they couldn't have a 30-day stamp when they had not spent 90 days in Thailand in a six month period. So she (and boyfriend with same stamps) decided to go to Cambodia for the rest of their stay and return to Thailand only for the flight. Lost tourist dollars for Thailand, earned tourist dollars for Cambodia.

So obviously, no rolling block there, but fixed 6-month block from day of first entry, no exceptions.

Forget about Sweden. Not friendly at all. No multiple entries for any type of visa. Have heard Finland is a good one though.

Following scenario is possible : get a Tourist Visa at a Embassy/Consulate in a neighboring country which is valid for a stay of 60 day , after that period you can apply at the BKK Immigration@ Soi Suan Plu for a extension of 30days for THB 1,900.-.

A Tourist Visa will always be extended for 30days.

Not exactly true. Samui Immigration has denied people with 60-day TV's their 30-day extension saying they have too many stamps and TV's in their passports. As always, up to the issuing officer.

Got a report from a friend (South African) who entered the airport on a visa exempt entry and got only two days, although his last entry to Thailand was on a Tourist Visa from Penang. Before this TV he had three months of visa runs (88 days in total). He demanded to speak to the top officer, who told him they were very sorry but these where the new rules, ie they count six months backwards from the day you enter, check how many visa exempt entries you have and count the days. So 90 days in any 6 months period, regardless if you have any TV's in between. The TV's don't calculate into the days, as I understand it, but any visa exempt entries will do. Any ideas on this?

Multiple Non B are not available in the region anymore.

It's easy in yr homecountry.

Not if you're Scandinavian it isn't... No multiple entries even if you have a ton of the right paperwork. They don't issue double entry TR's either.

Thanks for the replies guys! Don't I need a load of cash for the extension though? Or is that just for men married to Thai women? A bit sexist if you ask me, not that I'm complaining if that is the case...

Ah, but I have Swedish friends who are married, well qualified for a multiple, with money in the bank and all the paperwork, still no luck. I haven't even tried applying for one in Sweden yet, just for this reason. Waste of time and money. That's why I'm asking for options. As far as I know all Scandi countries have same policy - no multiple entries, period. Unless the officer has a good day I guess. Maybe I should send them flowers And yes, I'll get marriage underway before I apply, except for if I can get one in Hull, since they gave my friend a one year non-o for having a Thai boyfriend, they are not married.

Hi,

I've asked this question in another thread but got no answers, so I'll try again in a separate topic:

If your home country consulate/embassy (Sweden in my case) won't issue multiple non-imm-o's, what to do? We can't get multiples around Asia either as it seems now, we're supposed to go to our "home countries" to get these visas, but if not even your "home consulate" issues them, what are we supposed to do? Just up and leave? Or have to go to Penang/KL/wherever every three months and maybe not get one? Getting a tad tired of the insecurity, as I think many others do as well.

Just for the record: I'm not working, under 50, will possibly soon get married to Thai boyfriend so researching visa possibilities. At the moment I'm on TR, but who knows if I'll be able to get another one... Seems like I'm one of those people who falls between the cracks in the visa classes I would have no problem going back "home" to get my visa sorted, but since I can't get it sorted in Sweden, it would just be a waste of money on an expensive flight ticket. Would Hull for example issue visas for non-UK citizens? I've got some friends to visit in the UK...

Hi all,

A few questions on Non-O's:

1. I have a Thai national boyfriend, we've been together for a while now and might get married in the future, but until then I need a visa, since the tourist visa situation - well, we all now about that. I'm not working, my boyfriend supports me, so Non-B is not an option. Any chance getting a Non-O if I get ID-cards, letters from puu-yai-baan, photos, his bank statement etc to Immigration? Any possibilities to do in neighboring countries or have to go home? Have heard is easier for a farang girl to get this visa based on Thai boyfriend than the other way around, could this be true (a friend of mine got a Non-O for Thai boyfriend without any paperwork at all, in Hull)?

2. My home Thai consulate is in Stockholm, Sweden. They never issue multiple entries for any visa, be it Non-O, Non-B or tourist, as far as I know (from own experience and first-hand reports). Anyone know any different? What to do when your home consulate doesn't issue multiple entries and countries neighboring Thailand don't either? Anyone know about Finland, Norway, Denmark? Can I go there? I can't afford doing visa runs to Sweden to get new Non-O every three months...

Lots of questions, but getting slightly nervous, as probably a lot of people right now.... I'm good until March, so still got some time to sort all this out.

I flew in to Suvarnabhumi the day after the opening, and while immigration and baggage claim went without any major problems, to actually get out of the airport and in to the city proved to be a nightmare. The arrivals area was far too small and jammed packed with people waving signs - no fences to keep the people waiting away from the arriving passengers just wanting to get out. It was use of elbows and knees to be able to get through the throng of people blocking the way out - but where? No signs or information on where to go to get transport, no taxi signs, a few expensive limousine services touting, ended up being directed to three different shuttle buses by three different people. The shuttle bus took us to the "Public Transportation Center" where we supposedly would be able to get a taxi or a bus in to Bangkok. Total chaos. No information, no signs, just a row of buses, lots of confused travellers and no taxis. After scouting around a bit we found the taxi parking lot - hundreds of them with equally confused taxi drivers driving around in circles, a few passengers trying to flag them down but to no avail. We finally managed to catch one by the drivers' eating place, the poor driver lamenting the lack of organisation (and coming from a Thai, you can imagine how bad it must be...). He told us it would take about one and a half hours to get in to Bangkok, about half an hour was spent waiting at the toll station from the airport, where the traffic jam was, well, a very thick jam indeed. After that it went fairly smoothly. So I would say, until they get the transportation issue sorted, the new airport will be a nightmare to get to and from...

Common sense would say that it shoudl be allowed and you don't need a visa?

This is Thailand. Common sense doesn't apply here

Mmmm, Johnny Depp is definitely one of my top five favourites, if not the top one... Just watched Pirates 2 and The Libertine, two completely different movies and oh my god what an actor he is! Not just the good looks there. Others on my top five would be Mark Dacascos, especially in "Brotherhood of the Wolves" and Jet Li, in all his movies, sooo cute and seems like a really nice guy

Thanks guys, will try!

Hi

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Several of them have got tired of the game & would like to meet one to settle down with but once the reputation is there it is very hard for them to shake it off & for a women to be able to take them seriously. Many a time a girl has asked me what a guy was like & it is hard explaining the truth to someone who doesn't know the lifestyle & I don't beleive it is my place to slag him off for living life of a single man.

Yeah, this is exactly what my guy's been saying as well. He's wanted a "real" girlfriend for a long time, but since he's not that into Thai girls (like I'm not that into farang men...) he's been having trouble finding someone he likes that is actually staying around for more than a couple of months. There are not many longterm farang girls where I live (are there anywhere in Thailand?) so he had kind of given up before we met through a common friend. Amazing that we've been living on the same small island for years and not knowing of each other. Or maybe it was just that the timing was right just then

My husband and I were just discussing this, I mentioned llewynx's post regarding her husbands friends and he said "must be the company he keeps". His believes that of the men he knows that he thinks don't cheat, he doesn't see any reason why they would hide it from him. His point being that cheaters cheat openly (at least amongst the guys) so those who don't appear to be cheating (and don't seem to have that kind of personality) most likely aren't. No point in hiding it here, everyone here would know about it already anyway.

The company he keeps is actually very varied and from different parts of the country, some local to the island and some have moved in from other parts. They are from different social backgrounds, and only one of them is what we would call a beach boy. The rest are just normal guys, some have money/property, some not. Since I too found it a bit strange that all of his friends/acquaintances had been unfaithful (at some point, not all the time) I asked what their wives /girlfriends did about it and the ones who knew what was going on accepted it after a day or two of shouting and the "silent treatment". My guy says he's never cheated on a girl he's been with, unless you count the times he's been in a "relationship" with a girl who's left and he got tired of waiting, which was the case when we met. However, before it got serious between us he phoned the girl, asked her if she was planning on coming back, and when she still didn't know hen or if he finished it. So yes, there are a few decent beach boys out there, mine seems to be one of them

I had a discussion with my (Thai) boyfriend about beach boys and unfaithfulness recently after reading the threads here and lo and behold - he fully agreed on most Thai men being cheaters and the beach boys normally being after a short one-week fling with a farang girl, no strings attached.

On the cheating thing, when I asked him about if his friends cheated on their wives and girlfriends (and they are guys from all parts of society - from poor to rich, "beach boys" and land and resort owners), he thought for a while and then said "All of them cheat". I was amazed. I asked if he thought it was OK and he said no, but that's the way it is, that's the way men are and it's accepted in Thai culture. His point was that it has been like that for so many generations that it is hard to change it, but he agreed on the change coming now, with the younger generation becoming more and more "westernised" - or shall we say enlightened? We also discussed the differences between how the western world and the Thai world looks at cheating - where I come from cheating is frowned upon by everyone, including the cheater's friends, but here they are being hailed as studs (yes, I'm generalizing, and we're talking men here, not women). He agreed with me on this as well.

On the beach boy thing he said that he himself could probably be considered a beach boy, since he owns a couple of bars on the beach and work in them from time to time, and so he agreed on the "free sex" issue as well. With all the good-looking, young farang girls throwing themselves at them, and offering them money and sex, it's not strange they take them up on their offers. However, he made the point that noone wants to get their heart broken again and again by tourist girls who are only after a holiday fling and so they "lock up" and won't give their hearts away so easily. I've been together with him for quite a while and it's only recently he's started to open up to me and believe that I'm not gonna leave him - I have my own business here and had been living in Thailand for several years before we met and will continue doing that whatever happens between us. He's been hurt too many times by tourist girls who leave and say they will come back within a few months, he waited but they never did. So finally he stopped waiting and got a new girl...

Just some thoughts on why "beach boys" are the way they are, they are humans with hearts and emotions too, and if you get your heart broken enough times it tends to make you a bit hard.

Thanks guys, will try and see what happens

Grrrrr....

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As I understand it, what's relevant is:

- Did he, or did he not invest money or equivalent in the company? Did he participate in paying in the company capital? Is there evidence of that?

If he indeed invest money, in my view what you are trying to do is illegal.

No, he did not invest with money, equipment or anything else. At least as far as I know (I came in to the company after that would have happened) and as there is not any paperwork or evidence of it I suppose it never happened.

Each and Every company registered in Thailand has minimum of 7 shareholders. Did you never see your sharholders list? Or is it a Limited Partnership you have and not a company at all?

Ah, sorry again, my fault for not being up to scratch with terminlogy. Yes, it's a limited partnership (checked with lawyer, I'm quite new with all this legal stuff). Didn't know there was a difference between company and partnership, maybe my english again Will that make things easier, being a partnership?

Anyway, thank you all for your help, and again, we do not want to do anything illegal and we're not after to screw this guy over, he's already taken good care of that himself.

Ok, maybe I should clarify:

The guy in question has not been working in the company for almost a year, he was involved in some illegal activities and has done a runner - could be somewhere else in Thailand or left the country - it doesn't really matter. This guy has been causing us a lot of headaches and we have been trying to get him off our papers for a long time, our lawyer has said she can do it (has been telling us for a long time) but now when she was getting around to actually do it she turns around and says she can't. Just wondering how we can (legally) get him "expelled" (sorry, I'm not English, again I might be using the wrong words). Now, as we have a new person coming in we need the "space" he's taking up for a new work permit to be issued.

As for the 7 shareholders (maybe I'm using the wrong word - is "partner" the correct one?) - this sounds very strange, as many many of my friends with limited companies here have a Thai majority partner and one or two farang (where the farangs have workpermits for that reason, and working in the company), no problems with that. On our current paperwork there is three names, the MD (Thai) and two farangs, one of which should not be on there, since he is no longer involved in anything we're doing.

Could not read from SunbeltAsia's post that it was illegal to do this, can someone please tell me why/how?

We are honest people that got ######ed over by a <deleted>, and now want to go on with our business (yes, legally). Is the only way to start a new company (expensive and a lot of hassle...)?

Sunbelt: Thanks for clarifying that, thought that was the case. Ok, off for another frustrating phone call to lawyer. Sigh.

Chang: Thanks for the advice, but we're a limited company with only three shareholders: Thai majority ("silent") and two farang, one of which is soon to be "expelled" and replaced with a more trustworthy person. It's a small company where the shareholders (except the Thai partner) are actually working in the company.

I have a question concerning the change of shareholder in a limited company. Our current lawyer tells us that there is no way we can change the name (taking one name off and put a new one on) without the signature of the person who is getting out. The person to be taken off the company papers is British and has as far as we know left the country or is somewhere else in Thailand as he left the company in a hurry after causing us and several others problems (in other words, he did a runner). Our lawyer tells us we need this persons signature and passport as well as the Thai major shareholder's signature to take him off the papers. Is this true or is there a way around it? Then what's the point of having a Thai majority shareholder (except that it's required by law) if they don't have any power to "kick someone out"? Otherwise I guess we have to cancel the current company and start a new one, which would be a lot of hassle and quite expensive. Any suggestions anyone?