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    Visa For Son

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    An education visa (non immigrant ED) would seem the logical choice. All it requires is a letter from the school and once here the 90 day stay can be extended.
    Transcript / Letter of acceptance from the concerned schools/universities or institutes ("ED")

    If i am understanding you correctly he would come to thailand with a NON Immigrant ED visa from America?

    The letter from the school would be from here,thailand or from America school?

    then once here and in school for 90 days he can get what type of visa 1 year?

    thank you for all your help

    Ben

    Visa For Son

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    Hello,

    I have am a retired American now living here for 5 years ,I have a 13 year old son thats now living with my ex wife.I want to bring him here as he's having problems with school in the states. what are my opions?

    I need to take care of this real soon so any imformation woulkd be a great help.

    thank you

    Ben

    Four Children Electrocuted In Chiang Mai

    in Chiang Mai

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    We have had several building jobs done, over the years, as we have progressively enlarged/extended/renewed our house in a village in Isaan.

    Each time, the electrician contractor has properly included an earth-leakage-circuit-breaker (ELCB) in his list of materials for my wife to buy for him to do the job, and he has installed it correctly. (The American for ELCB is GFI (ground fault interruptor).)

    This could be because my wife always chooses the building team and sub-contractors very carefully.

    When looking for who to give the contract to, she weeds out any 'cowboys' by chatting to them about their past.

    Mostly we get men (and, sometimes, their wives, too) who have spent many years doing high-quality work in the building of palaces and hotels in the Gulf, or in Bangkok.

    Even then, she keeps a close eye on the standard of their work.

    After they have been told, a few times, to slow down and do it even better, they get the message.

    I thought at first that they might be resistant to that (as it makes them spend more hours/days on the job), but they seem pleased to be able to show their workmanship at its best.

    (She does include an excellent lunch, and the occasional drop of Lao Khao at 'home time', in the deal. I think she knows them to be more concerned about it being a happy job than getting it done quickly.)

    When I first came, I wanted to do a little electrical installation and wondered if I could get an ELCB here.

    In the electrical-installation-supplies shop in Udon, I started to draw a picture of what I wanted, but the moment that I wrote 'ELCB', the assistant beckoned me to a whole shelfful to choose the rating that I wanted. I was impressed.

    Like in any other country, there is a need to get the 'cowboys' here up to the standard of the best.

    I can remember in Canada, USA and UK, when "Grounding" and "Urffing", was a bit of a mystery.

    Even the Technical College textbooks were weak on it, and the University graduates learnt nothing about it. But Health and Safety is taught better now.

    Thinking about this tragic accident, I had come to the conclusion that it must have been caused by a fault occurring on the primary-side wiring, such as a broken neutral, where the supply transformer (not the welding transformer) is on the other side of the klong.

    When this sort of thing happened in Britain's power stations (and some may remember the four electricians 'fried' in a precipitator at Eggborough), the Safety Engineers used to get the Coroner's Report circulated to them.

    I hope the young engineers here get trained similarly, but I can't find out as I don't speak or read Thai.

    Britons Avoid Surat Thani After Killing

    in Thailand News

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    I just returned from kho samui ,my buddy and i took our harleys and i have to tell you kho samui is a big garbage dump.I could'nt belive the amount of trash both on the way in the water but also when we got there.The island just stunk and the roads omg the roads had hugh holes in them .I won't be going back to that sh-t hole again

    Visitors Visa USA

    in Visas and migration to other countries

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    I want to get a tourist visa for my tee rac to america by the end of may.I would like her to meet my mom in calif. and go to strgius in north dakota.she has no job and also is not attending school.My question is do you think a visa service that cost a lot of money is the right way to go ? :o I have heard so many times how people have paided alot of money and still have'nt recived a visa.I would like to get other peoples opions. :D

    please help

    Are We Married Or Not, Some Confussion?

    in General Topics

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    i married a thai lady in a wat tempal and gave here mother 100,000 baht in bangkok had a small party and all was great.we went home to phuket and 9 days alter she came after me with a meat cliver and until this day i will never know why.she has since marryed another america and has moved to the u.s.a i feel sorry for that guy.my point is whats is marrige to thai anyway?a money money grab or???????????

    Engine Overhaul

    in Thailand Motor Discussion

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    I ride a Harley Davison and my machnic told me if i run 95 octane or gasohol you will have big problems with the rubbers in the carb.I then went to google and looked up gasohol and they did a study on the effect gasohol has on rubber and they said that if you have a fuel line of rubber that would last 10 years under normal fuel then under gasohol it would last 9 years. so thats the skinny on gasohol as far as retarding timing i would'nt do it.

    As my pappy used to say if it ain't broke don't fix it :o

    Crackdown On Internet

    in Thailand News

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    Is something escapeing me here or does this guy have time to block 5,000,000 web sites and solve the problems in southern thailand at the same time.this dude is a superman .My hats off to him if he can do either one ................

    Cribbage

    in General Topics

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    Does anyone know of a club or other place that people can go to play cribbage with others?  I love the game but none of my friends here play.

    Maybe once a week or so, just to have fun.  I'm not really intrested in big tournaments, just friendly matches

    I also love the game of cribbage and like yourself have asked here in Patong and have'nt yet found anyone to play with.where do you live maybe we can get a game in. :o

    Images From Patong

    in Thailand News

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    http://soieasy.com/modules.php?set_albumNa...=view_photo.php

    This is where I sold time share.

    The sales deck was in the BASEMENT lobby. Whoever took this photo was stood on the top of those stairs facing the THIRD floor internal walk around balcony which is where the waterline is.

    We started work at 8:45 so if there were any fatalities it would have been the sleazy timeshare managers - who were <deleted>, though I don't think I'd wish drowning on them.

    It is so strange seeing these pictures.

    I also sale vacation holidays at club absolute and my house is still on the hill over the bridge .I could'nt belive these pictures when i saw them.I'm in californain visiting my mother but will be back in mid jan.I just need to know how to help directly.

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