Waterloo

Could be Sensations Bar in Action Street off Soi Buakhao.

That's the one.

Then to answer the OP's question: I hear it's doing well with a regular clientele.

Cheers for that would probably make an interesting follow up programme considering how much the odds are stacked against making a success of it

Hi

Sky Living has just finished re-running their series Ladyboys here in the UK and in episode 3 there was a character called Scot a heating engineer from the north east of england.

Scot was in a serious relationship with a Ladyboy & they both seemed genuinely happy, at the time he was planning to buy & run a bar in Pattaya, does anyone know if he bought the bar & how it is going?

Do please keep us up to date on how it goes, seems very harsh if all is as it appears

Thanks for the positive post I agree with all the boys have already said

would recommend looking up your nearest CAB with a specialist imigration department, they will have a list of local solicitors which they have personnal experience of.

yes thats the organisation, I personally contacted them by my local office who had there own inhouse accredited advisers.

I would contact your local office & ask them who there nearest accredit adviser is I suspect this will vary depending on your size of local population.

Hi Ron

Further to advice by 7by7 who is clearly the expert here & well informed I would add the following comments as I also think you would be advised to at least persevere with trying to acheive ILR.

The last 6 years have seen a steady increase in cost & difficulty to acheive both ILR & citizenship & I don't think it is likley that the direction of travel is likley to change.

The last changes coming into affect on the 9th July 2012 ie income thresholds & an increase in the qualifying period.

My understanding is that anyone who started the process prior to the changes are not affected by them, but if your wife returns home she will definitely be subject to the new rules, so I can only see things getting harder.

Why don't you make an appointment with the Citizens advice Service they run a specialist imigration advisory service and it is free & in my experience pretty good.

They at the very least should be able to give you an idea of wether you have a case & put you in touch with a good local solicitor

DonW

Basic mistake 101 applied for citizenship prior to getting ILR, they are currently applying for ILR which should be a shoe in but needs to be done quickley or she will be deemed an over stayer.

They are a tad pissed off as they did e-mail the border agency to clarifie this clearly stating the wifes status & were not told they were making a mistake, I suspect they will complain once the ILR is in the bag.

Interestingly one of the couples who were succesful made the same mistake had an almost identical application (were not eaa nationals) & the Border Agency approved there application.

I have seen there paperwork & I can only assume the Border Agency made a mistake in approving it.

Indicidentally if you ring your MP's constituency office they have a hotline number for the agency & they can make inquiries on your behalf, they have for me in the past.

If memory serves at the time a coa was over £400 to the border agency.

a) Wife was a widow so proof of eligabilty to marry was required from the location were she is registerded

we were both living in the UK at the time & still are

c) Wife registered in Pattayya, MIL living in Surin 500-600km a full days travel

d) applications had to be done in person by someone with a letter of authority

e) Documents had to be couried from the uk, death cert for one

f) Documents had to be translated in both countrys

g) Documents then had to be couried back to the uk

i) Travel costs Accommadation costs

I know a £1000 sounds a lot of money, but it all adds up when stuff you need doing is half way roud the world

When the Wife and I started this process some 4 years ago we had put up with indignity of asking the border agencie permission to marry, they called it a certificate of approval at the time & the cost exceeded £1000 when you processed the paper work they required.

The courts eventually forced them to abandon the policey, but they went done swinging, I think it took 3 court cases in the end

Further

to the ops original post see attached documents taken straight from the Border Agencies own web sight covering there statement on this subject

Border Agency Statement on Fee's.pdf

ia-cost-recovery-fee.pdf

Currently processing times would appear to be 3 months give or take a week.

We have two close friends who have been succesful

One who have been refused

Hi

Just wanted to share a little peice of advice & acept my apology if this advice is already on here.

Currently my Mother in Law is staying with us in the UK for a few months to help out with child care due to the recent birth of our second child.

We obtained the correct visa for her & arranged a return ticket, but she still got held at border control in a side room for over an hour.

With hindsight she speaks no english & border control in these circumstances rely on fellow passengers to translate, things get lost in translation.

In future when she visits we will give her a letter of introduction & our mobile phone numbers for border control to contact us on arrival.

Thanks Kevjohn

I was not hitting the more reply options button, every thing is easey from there

Hi

I realise I am probably being a little slow, but I can't see add attachement any chance of someone providing a screen print so I know what I am looking for?

Personally I have nothing but respect for the Mother in law she is currently staying with us in the UK to help out with our 8 week old little girl & will be staying with us until mid november when our little boy turns 2.

She has been a great help & our little boy will be heartbroken when she goes home & contrary to some peoples expectations she is 9 years older than me.

Cheers Trembly

For the steer the Bangkok Post article has now been archived so I couldn't read all of it but changing my search criteria as suggested has led to severale other articles, very interesting.

I would still be interested to hear from anyone who has actualy done service in the Cadets

Hi Breadbin

As stated in my original post I have no vested interest currently in Thai Conscription & won't have for 16 to 18 years & make no comments on the rights or wrongs currently of Thai Conscription.

However I do read the various threads on the subject & the Cadet option nearly always gets a mention but no one expands on this.

Having googled the subject myself I could only find one small mention on what appeared to be a Thai private school.

Does anyone know if the Thai Cadets are only affiliatted to private schools, or are they an option open to any Thai school boy?

Cheers for the feedback Samran

In the UK you can join the Cadets at 13 & are not required to leave until you are 18.

Usually involves one evening a week & a weeks camp away from home, personally I had a great time.

Hi

as the father of 2 very young Luk Keung only one of whom is a boy I have been reading with interest the various threads on Thai Army conscription.

Now we currently live in the UK & the children are so young that it is entirely possible that things could have changed completely before there are any implications for us personaly so I am not seeking anymore information on this subject.

I am however curious if anyone has any personnal experience of the Thai Army Cadets, as an ex army cadet in the UK I am curious as to how they compare?