Muggi1968

Hi

I extended my visa not so long time ago and will apply for Thai citizenship or PR in December....

Local immigration told me, that it would be very difficulty to apply/get Thai citizenship next year .
They told me that total quota for all countries together has been lowered to 50 persons.

They tell me that I should apply for PR instead..
(I already know that Immigration has nothing to do with citizenship....)

The local immigration is very nice and trust worthy but it was just before April 1... soooooo

Anybody hear about this ???

(Or maybe just a misunderstanding in communication)

""I hope to hear from you and look forward to become a part of the community"" no that aint going to happen

Sad but true. All foreigners here are considered Tourists and ATM machines.

(Life is what you make it )

Ups:

Hot dry weather.

Hospitals are fine but I not yet been able to find a private hospital in Gaan that accept social sequiety.

Cheap living.

I have 10 MBit Internet and have mo problem streaming video (But you will need ups).

C/tesco/homepro and all that money can buy

riwer kwai festival

Immigration is nice and helpfull, but I have newer got the online TM47 to work.
BKK is only 110 Baht (2 Hours) away with bus.

Nature.
Dentists are half price BKK.

Air smell much better than in BKK
Not many farrangs

Downs:

Level of education varies a lot so be careful where you settle down

Bad service, unless you look like a rich tourist.

traffic.

corruption.
Banking can be a challenge, so I use bank in BKK.

No taxies (Only motorcycles and pickup trucks)

Job opportunities are limited.

Not many farrangs

Many areas have own dialect of Thai language so people from BKK tell me that Thais from Gaan are difficulty to understand.

I am not trying to scare you away but since gaan have many tourists, they will consider you an ATM machine.
Most common question thais give me is: How much money do you give your wife

I am convinces that the Thai's simile because they see farrang's and think about the money they can cheat them....

Could be a good story martial for the next new X-file series.....

Scientist's has already performed teleportation (Entanglement) of particles so you newer know ...

Thanx

Hi

My Thai wife bought a new mobile battery at “sai day mai” busstation in BKK 2 month ago.

It is a Samsung brand… But it is of cause a Chinese copy .

Now it start to get bigger (fatter) and look like it could explode.
(It do not work anymore)

We had to use force to get it out of the mobile phone..

Morale: Pay a little extra and buy original…

Anybody have experienced this ?

I think they wanted to see where the money come from.

When I in 1 month get the stamp.... I will ask them why they ask for WP.

And report back here ;-)

sorry, mate, can you please explain that to me again...

you went for an extension based on marriage, had the right amount of thb in your account, and they wanted you to produce evidence of your thai income?

They required a Workpermit

I am just and expat living in Thailand for years and now want to apply for Thai citizenship and not lose my origin citizenship so I do not thin sec 21/22 comply to me.

But I am real happy about the feed back and it is very informative

I will just apply next year and if I get the citizenship... I will keep low profile

Gaining Thai citizen status is a long, involved, and expensive process.

There are some excellent threads/topics on the subject which you should read.

Thanx

I am just and expat living in Thailand for years and now want to apply for Thai citizenship and not lose my origin citizenship so I do not thin sec 21/22 comply to me.

But I am real happy about the feed back and it is very informative



I will just apply next year and if I get the citizenship... I will keep low profile

There is no requirement to have a work permit unless you are using the income from working to meet the 40k baht income requirement.

Were they aware you are working? If yes I suspect that is the reason they asked for it.

I Know...

"Yes" - They know I am working.

They say that I need to document I earn money, since I have 400000+.

The officer is the same officer as last year and a very nice woman who speak

very good english and always are nice..

I know people here do not want to hear about good police officers, but they

do exist

(P.s Officers in the immigration is actually police officers)

Hi

I just extended my Non"O" visa based on marriage (~Marriage visa)

As always I document that I have 400000+ in the bank for min 2 month according to the rules.

But this year they further required a copy of my work permit to document I earn money......

(I have work permit so.... "mai bpen ray")

This this a new requirement or did I just apply on a bad day ??

I newer had to document work permit before, if i have 400000+ in bank...

I can answer my question my self finally:

I ask my friend Who is a high ranking officer In royal Thai police in Bangkok to check for me.
I also ask immigration about this (Even thought they have nothing to do with Citizenship)

They both just come back and say :

1. "No - Thailand do not accept dual citizen ship"...
2. You have to cancel your old citizenship yourself and Thailand do not check..
3. If you get cough with 2 passports you will have to choose which to keep.

I guess no 3. means that they know that people do not cancel origin citizenship

Now question is:

If I get caught at airport with 2 passport, am I then carrying a fake passport??

So sad...

My Thai friends always warn me about riding elephants.

They tell me elephants are dangerous, unpredictable and get annoyed easy.

I guess they forget to tell the tourist's ...

What happens with the TM6 when you get Thai passport. Canceled or will it stick forever to your old passport ??

Hi

I know Many farangs with 2 passport.
Royal Thai Police in BKK told me that After I get my Thai passport I had go go to

my Embassy and Show it.. Then he smiled

I guess if you do not decline your original citizenship nobody find out.

I once traveled with a bud where the driver was clearly using drugs to stay awake.

The bus contained a delegate of monks so I thought I would be safe...

When the monks got off the buss i decided to get of myself ...

I ask because I had a meeting with an officer from Royal Thai police to check if I was qualified.

He told me, that if I get the citizen ship, I had to go to my own embassy and change my citizenship.

(I guess it could also mean that I have to report the new dual citizen ship to my embassy myself :-)

Thanx

Hi

Next year I will apply for Thai Citizenship but.

The police told her that Thailand would not allow people to have 2 passports, so she had to give up her US citizenship, which she did not want.

He and I had not been drinking much

Have anybody ever heard something like this ?

(Maybe she got denied and just did not want to lose face)

According to Dhammajayo, the late abbot of Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen believed that Adolf Hitler was intrinsically a good person whose victory in World War II would have been good for the world.

I do not think Hiltler considered Thais as part of the "Master people"
But most Thais know nothing about WW2

Religion is opium for the people.

Normally they want same day or within a day or two - weeks old is not likely to be accepted anywhere.

The credit card issue could effect the letter and cause questions but as long as account has held the required funds for the time needed would probably not be a serious issue.

Think I will just get a new statement...

Cost very little :-)

I will ask immigration about the credit card issue and post their answer here.

My salery is higher than the minimum, but the paper work for the 400000 is much easier then the paperwork for salary....

Thanks

Hi

In 3 weeks I will extend my marriage visa.

I already have a bank statement stating that I have min. 400000 in the bank, but it is 2 weeks old.

1) Do anybody know how "New" a Bank statement have to be since my Bank statement will be 5 weeks old when I apply for extension ?

2) I have a credit card with a limit of 100000 Baht on the same account.
My account contain 480000 Baht but the Bank deduct the 100000 as security for the credit card,
I can still use 480000 since I do not use the credit card at all........but could this be a problem ?

Only want sex 2-3 times a day ?

He should have the ultimate sentence:

Deportation back to Denmark......
Maybe that is against human rights