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    Passport for my daughter.

    in Visas and migration to other countries

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    Extra info:

     

    I am a british citizen, and I am the biological father. My daughter is 7, so she falls into the old law. The paternity documents are needed because we were not married at the time of the birth.

     

     

    Ok I was on the old law and same as u but we where married before thier birth 10 years back so yes your right you need that also...

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    Passport for my daughter.

    in Visas and migration to other countries

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    I have a few questions about getting a passport for my British/Thai daughter.

     

    1. I will be going to The British Embassy to sign paterity documents. The pice quoted is about 4000Bt. Is that x2 wife and I ?

     

    2. I then have to book and take a domicile interview. Any ideas on waiting time/ price/ questions asked/ documents needed?

     

    3. Do i submit the passport application on the day of the domicile interview?

     

    4. What happened to the Brith Embassy Bankok website? It now shows a very poor Uk and Thailand site that is not as comprehensive as the old one.

     

    I do not live in Bangkok, so i dont want to be travelling back and forth many times. Moreover, I would like to do all of the above in October when my daughter is not at school.

    Any constructive input is appreciated.

    Hi I did my 2 kids of 10 and 8 about 3 months back I simply applied for british passport. No interviews never even registered them at the British emmbassy before. Staff there where very helpful I just emailed them proir as to confirm docos needed one visit and 4,800 thb per kid and 2 weeks later they both had uk passports....

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    Should I carry my passport original or a photocopy when walking around in Bangkok?

    in Bangkok

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    There is one floor to the thai law of having to carry your passport at all times - what happens when you apply for your visa (china, india even extended 1 year in thailand) those embassies take your passports for xx days... that is the line I used in the past to police here just said doing the visa - and pp is there. If really they got an issue then yes they can insist and arrest u and wait for u to produce the pp when the embassy opened - but again its a floor noone wants to go out thier way over this...

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    Camerata's Guide To The Permanent Residence Process

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    I tried hard. The top person in the local office explained me that he understand by law I should have it, but it is intended for Burmese, Cambodians and Laotians only. As per him there are people with PR living in Thailand for past 20-30 years and they don't posses it.  I would have insisted and got it but I gave him face and save him trouble (He would have to get cards from somewhere) . As for convenience I keep a photocopy of page (having my personal details) in PR book. So far I have not missed pink i.d. card. However this way officers became known to me and would be easy to deal with for any help needed in future.

     

    Honestly I can't understand why you are so generous with this guy. He won't even help you by doing his job as a government employee as he is required to do by law. So what use will he ever be in the future? I know it isn't easy as a foreigner to throw your weight around in a government office so you may need the assistance of a Thai that is knowledgeable and confident enough to stand up to him. You had to jump through a lot of hoops, wait far too long and pay a considerable amount of money to get PR which in the end gives you precious few entitlements. So when one of those entitlements (in fact requirements) is denied I think you should scream blue murder.

     

    I got the same reaction from my local office but my wife was with me and when the boss tried to brush it off she showed all the relevant documents that prove they are required to issue this card and said something to the effect of "it's the law so please do it. If there is a problem further up the chain of command please tell me where and I will contact them. I will not give up". It took some time but eventually the call came saying come and get your card.

     

    I think they're just lazy and don't care. Only when you make it harder for them not to do something than to do it will you see action.

     

    On a more positive note the card is actually very useful. Much more than I originally thought it would be.

     

     

    Please send (or link to) the relevant documents that prove that they have to issue the pink ID.

     

    There was something about the pink ID (including a sample copy)  in this thread earlier, but I cannot find it in the over 2,100 posts. Should a new thread be opened, named "Pink ID"?

    No don't bother its plain and simple pink id card is for immigrant workers (burma, laos etc) my maid is from burma and explained it to me. I been to immigration and the um pur its simple just to keep tabs on those guys period... yes you can ask and maybe get one but its like having a l plate on your car :) learner lol

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    and yes prakret are happy to give me a pink id card I simply declined :)

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    Camerata's Guide To The Permanent Residence Process

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    I tried hard. The top person in the local office explained me that he understand by law I should have it, but it is intended for Burmese, Cambodians and Laotians only. As per him there are people with PR living in Thailand for past 20-30 years and they don't posses it.  I would have insisted and got it but I gave him face and save him trouble (He would have to get cards from somewhere) . As for convenience I keep a photocopy of page (having my personal details) in PR book. So far I have not missed pink i.d. card. However this way officers became known to me and would be easy to deal with for any help needed in future.

     

    Honestly I can't understand why you are so generous with this guy. He won't even help you by doing his job as a government employee as he is required to do by law. So what use will he ever be in the future? I know it isn't easy as a foreigner to throw your weight around in a government office so you may need the assistance of a Thai that is knowledgeable and confident enough to stand up to him. You had to jump through a lot of hoops, wait far too long and pay a considerable amount of money to get PR which in the end gives you precious few entitlements. So when one of those entitlements (in fact requirements) is denied I think you should scream blue murder.

     

    I got the same reaction from my local office but my wife was with me and when the boss tried to brush it off she showed all the relevant documents that prove they are required to issue this card and said something to the effect of "it's the law so please do it. If there is a problem further up the chain of command please tell me where and I will contact them. I will not give up". It took some time but eventually the call came saying come and get your card.

     

    I think they're just lazy and don't care. Only when you make it harder for them not to do something than to do it will you see action.

     

    On a more positive note the card is actually very useful. Much more than I originally thought it would be.

     

     

    Please send (or link to) the relevant documents that prove that they have to issue the pink ID.

     

    There was something about the pink ID (including a sample copy)  in this thread earlier, but I cannot find it in the over 2,100 posts. Should a new thread be opened, named "Pink ID"?

    No don't bother its plain and simple pink id card is for immigrant workers (burma, laos etc) my maid is from burma and explained it to me. I been to immigration and the um pur its simple just to keep tabs on those guys period... yes you can ask and maybe get one but its like having a l plate on your car :) learner lol

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    Camerata's Guide To The Permanent Residence Process

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

    Posted

     

    Can you elaborate how you found the card useful which exceeded your expectations? In my opinion, I don't really see any advantage of having it comparing a normal driving license

     

     

    That the card can be used as an acceptable form of ID in Thailand isn’t surprising. For day to day things that require ID like checking into a hotel, boarding a domestic flight or simple bank transactions I agree, a driving licence will be fine. But for any kind of government business or banking procedures such as opening a new account, for a foreigner that means a combination of passport, work permit, proof of residence etc.

     

    But because as a PR you already have your name listed in a blue Tabien Ban (TR14), once you have an ID card as well you now have the same type of identification as a Thai citizen and in most situations that require proper ID, get treated the same as one. It has been quite surprising to me that though I would imagine not many clerks etc. would have seen a PR’s ID card before they intuitively know how to deal with it. When they are entering data into e.g. a bank computer terminal, there is a field for ID card and for Tabien Ban and once those are filled they’re done, rather than fumbling through a Passport, Residence Certificate, Alien Certificate and Work Permit and making copious copies of them all but not really knowing how to deal with them.

     

    I have gradually been changing my registered ID over from Passport/WP to ID card/Tabien Ban for bank accounts, credit cards and various company documents. So far I have been able to;

     

     

    Register a vehicle in my name at the Dept of Land Transportation with just copies of ID & Tabien Ban, not the originals since I didn’t go myself. My office messenger did that without any queries. Any foreigner that has done this before knows what a pain the DLT can be.

     

    Open a new bank account. Used only the ID card and a copy of Tabien Ban.

     

    Transfer land at the Land Department as a company director. Previously this has been quite a time consuming process requiring copies of everything with the officer constantly querying the boss as to what I was qualified to sign. This time no issues at all and most surprisingly they didn’t ask for my Work Permit. Tabien Ban & ID card was the only ID presented.

     

    Make a substantial cash withdrawal from a branch that I’ve never been to before. The only ID I had was the pink ID card.

     

     

    I’m not quite sure why so many people on this forum are so sceptical about the ID card for Permanent Residents. For me, it really has made my life easier. In fact though I’ve only had PR since last October, it’s the biggest tangible benefit of PR that I have noticed. I can’t see why anyone wouldn’t want it.

    Your not listed in any blue book just the farang yellow on t.m.13

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    Reading the lines and understanding women

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    I been here near on 20 years married kids and till recentaly had a gf (all thai apart fom me)

    I am not proud I dont like my wife and I do everything for my family no questions asked.

    Today I was "discovered chatting to another thai bird" by my gf of nearly 2 years

    Outcome lost her - can not blame her - lost also my focus.

    I never sleeped behind my womens back nor would I! guess I just got bored and being a man I went the wrong track!

    I know people will attack me but I live that life as I belive my kids are important and moreover the people I support. My wife of 12 years is no idiot either, calm me is better...

    So my question is why oh why do thai women pretend to be involved in a relashionship when indeed they got no real fight to stay in it... even given the facts prior

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    Anyone remember the old thermae bar?

    in General Topics

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    Used to have an office just down the road,in the 90's God i had some fun there and in the other places mentioned ,met up with the old girl that used to work in the thermae on sukhumvit a few months back when i was back in BKK  .happy days 

    There is a thermae 2 but its too clinical, doesnt have that "this is really the last resort" about it....

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    Thai Citizenship

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    Hey thanks guys!

     

    Went through all of the things and just a small clarification question which is obviously important for my case:

     

    Without Work Permit for the past 3 years is it just a no, no?

     

    Even I speak and read excellent Thai, married with children, in Thailand since 15 years?

     

    Cheers

     

    JP

    Yeah sorry to say its a no. I looked at the 18 things needed even though I had all them even getting them all together has honestly taken 4 months now. Without the tax returns special branch wouldn't even look at the rest!

    They maybe another way but I have been focused on the married working route so could not advise in that sorry....

    Cheers

    Chris

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