krisb

600 baht!

Get over it <deleted>.

I thought online applications have been around for a while now?

You could in fact buy more than 20 condos easily.

If you wanted smaller 27square condos that needed a little work but great for rent, then you could buy well over 30 condos and rent for say 3 or 4k a month each.

I'd buy 15 condos around bkk and rent them for 5k a month each.

Bugger, just re read the quote from Booklet AN, and it says "7. Have lived in the UK for a minimum of 3 years before you apply and meet the following residence requirements:"

So the question is; does being in the UK as a visitor count as living in the UK for this purpose?

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that one.

Can't answer for the UK, but for the Aussie side it's any time spent on Aussie soil counts. Maybe it's the same for the UK?

Jesus everyone's so quick to put this guy in his place.

Go have fun with her mate, enjoy. There is no trap. Maybe she was going home for a visit anyway and now has invited you.

If you want to start getting serious with a bar girl then that's your choice, good luck I say.

We sent an Australian atm card through the post(registered mail) to my wife's sister who's husband was doing the building. We just pay smaller sums for each stage of the build.

Probably could be better opening a forex account, but I'm not familiar with how that all works.

Can you not get a new pin number? Or change the pin using online banking?

Friends looking for a place for a month a bit later in the year, around early January 2016.

Just a 1 bedroom, in Chaweng is prefered. Nothing special, just clean and comfortable...price around 15k, maybe 20k for the month.

Can anyone suggest his best options please?

You can double or triple or as many layers as you like. Not sure about Thailand but in Aus it comes in various thicknesses and plenty of houses use it as external walling.

David48

We all miss his hilarious, insightful and knowledgeable forum observations and anecdotes from the life in Thailand he loved and lived for so many years. What began as a relationship of crossed swords developed to a frank and personal exchange of close and lasting friendship and we keep in touch to this very day. David has a wonderful new life in Australia, an honourable job driving lorries, and a new bub on the way. An expert in all manner of Thailand customs, Issaan farm life and relationships the man is a tragic loss to this forum.

Wow, driving lorries! He'll get a fat gut doing that job.

Yes he knew the Thai/Issan life well.

David48

I enjoyed his photos, especially those of his sister-in-law.

HardenedSoul

He was very amusing, in a twisted sort of way.

The burning ring of fire springs to my mind...

Yeah if you miss her that much She works on Soi 23, third bar on the left.

Khun ozzieovaseas, welcome to the banter. *burp*

We as a forum are better than that.

Play the ball, not the man.

Cheers.

Aye up ,The bigmango.club must be quiet ,they're all here ...Fishing

You could easily look the other way.

Oh wait. ...

We as a forum are better than this khun Kurt.

The new forums not that bad...at least they let you swear and cuss.....

Please mate let's just discuss this place, No others.

Lol, Ramsbottom is a town in the UK,mad the way everyone guffaws at it like 13 yo kids .

Lal again Mr Kris ,did you not start this baiting thread?

Well khun Kurt, it's a funny old name for a town isn't it.

I'd think thrice before being asked for a pint down the Ramsbottom hotel.

How I could forget...Kurtramsbottom

Who rattled your cage?

Baiting topics are usually closed,why is this allowed?

How goes the rope access /scaffolding business Kurt ?

The bigmangoclub is trying very hard today to catch a big fish ,so they can all gather round and bash it with their inflated egos.

I'd take you seriously if your name wasn't Kurt rams bottom.

Seriously, we as a forum are better than this khun Kurt.

Come on guys, we as a forum, a collective, are better than this.

Sounds like a <deleted> bar.

The onces active on the new forum....let them stay there....forever...

New forum or news forum?

Seems you do not have confidence in me using a complete keyboard with all letters from A to Z.

What does onces mean?

I used to work at an international school in Thailand. Farang staff was about 50 people. Most years the school paid immigration to come to the school and handle the renewal of work and re-entry permits. Staff members submitted paperwork about ten days in advance. It was well understood and appreciated that the school was paying immigration for this service. It required a highly organized Thai native who could speak fluent English and develop a goof rapport with the immigration officials involved. Every few years the Thai staff member assigned to this task changed. A couple of them loved the job. Most of them hated it.

I don't know how to use the "multi-quote" feature, or else I would also include a section of Trujillo's post about how the Japanese club does it. Much like how Luther's described the visa extensions being done when he worked at the international school.

While I mentioned the "lack of a copier" as a problem, what is really the problem is the lack of organization skills & will within CEC to get this off the ground. The system Luther describes is how it would have to work, with people submitting paperwork in advance and having someone check and organize it, so that the Immigration officers can work quickly.

I think most expats would expect this to be a free service where they could just wander in during the "open hours" and hold up the queue asking questions of the Immigration officer. It can't work that way to be efficient. Part of what caused us to shelf the idea was the Immigration wanted a minimum guaranteed income for the day and the only way that would work was to either expedite the traffic or pay them extra.

Incidentally, the membership of CEC is not majority Americans. They are only about 40% of the members, with British and Aussies being pretty tied for the number two spot at about 25% each, with a nice representation from Canada, New Zealand and Europe. So, anything that CEC would put together would have to be available to all members.

I'm sorry, but it's not just a matter of setting up a table for the Immigration people and getting a copier/scanner for those who neglect to do their copies in advance. It would involve a fair amount of publicity, education and planning to be sure that people understand the ground rules of using the service.

So in other words, the Japanese managed to get their act together in CM

The onces active on the new forum....let them stay there....forever...

New forum or news forum?

Yep bondcrete gets painted on the old surface.

Enjoy your salsa and muu with a rising tone.

I do, while I watch the planes fly over to swampy while my wife washes my clothes in the pond the Thai/ Issan way.

And I mean it in the nicest possible way, freedom of speech and all that, up to them.

Just thinking out loud. ..sitting under my salsa eating muu with a rising tone.

Many of us have had one.

But, when we lose one, it leaves a hole, a gap.

Thanks guys.