Mike T

On 2/17/2025 at 5:58 AM, Woke to Sounds said:

 

Excellent post.

 

My advice to the OP is buy a good razor handle (even a hard plastic one will do the trick) and fill it with blades from Dorco or whatever brand is out there. I've seen Dorco safety blades sold on the streets by vendors in BKK in packs of 5 or 10.

 

Get a good shave soap like the Italian Proraso (I have yet to find a better smelling shave soap) and a brush and get back to basics.

 

Take your time, turn your morning shave into a daily ritual. Working with a brush and soap is more satisfying than slathering on some aerosol gel product.

 

The multiblade stuff (3, 4, 5 ... blades now?)  is just clever marketing, not necessarily better. It's certainly a lot more expensive.

 

Cheers buddy

This is my shaving kit. Just as a reference.

on the subject of soap, Prorado is excellent, but, just as a matter of interest, the soap in the pic is also really good and made in Thailand. 

20 hours ago, rebbu said:

F that mate, I'm married to a national & I wouldn't part with that money for an elite visa

I hear you, same here. 
I work outside of Thailand myself as well, but on a different rotation, three months on three weeks off. 
I just stamp in on an exempt for the few weeks. 
it works for me, but I could see how month on month off could get problematic. 
Best of luck with a solution.

On 1/8/2024 at 9:25 AM, rebbu said:

The money is not a problem. OK, cheers, that's one option available. 

If money isn’t an issue, do you think one of the Elite Visa packages might be worth a look ? 

 

46 minutes ago, LukKrueng said:

I never applied for an Irish visa, but have applied many times to other European countries. Assuming you're all about a visa for a Thai national, it makes a difference the nationality of the other person and the relationship of the 2. If you are the other person, you are a citizen of a European country and you are married to the Thai person, it will be much easier to apply at your own Embassy as you won't have to show financial proof nor a hotel reservation. You still might have to show flights reservations which can be booked by a travel agency without issuing the ticket so the booking can later be cancelled. Once you get the Schengen visa you can travel to any of the Schengen countries. If you are not a European or not married to the Thai person you'll probably have to show a hotel reservation for the full duration of your visit (can book through any of the booking website, look for a hotel that you only have to pay for upon arrival and that you can cancel the reservation without penalty). On both cases the Thai person will need a medical insurance and the embassy would give you a list of insurance companies acceptable by them.

A few things incorrect here. 
Ireland is not in the Schengen area, so a Schengen visa is useless to gain entry to Ireland. 
Even if the Thai citizen is married to an Irish citizen. Financial proofs are still required, along with proof of return (flights), insurance etc. 

This is because there is no “marriage visa” in the irish system for short term visits, so the applicant has to apply for a standard short stay tourist visa.

It looks more complicated than it is, although the amount of documents required for a tourist visa is a bit excessive. 
just follow the instructions in the “document guidance” section of the Embassy’s website and you’ll be grand. 
Only apply for a single entry visa if it’s your first time. After a few single entry trips you can apply for a multi-entry and that can be issued for up to three years. 

6 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

 

If you can easily get a single entry non-O where you are now that would be my choice, and if needed get the 60 day visit wife extension after the 90 day entry (provided a total of 150 days is enough).  No financials or bank account required.

 

Yes, non-o based on marriage won’t be an issue here, my wife’s been told that at the embassy, in fact she’s been told it’s the only we’ll get, and yes, the 60 day extension should be ample. 
thanks a million. 

Hi Dr. Jack. 
The only visa I can get here is the marriage, and I won’t be allowed to board without one and it’s accompanying certificate of entry, so the visa exempts route is a non starter. 
I don’t have a Thai bank account, because I’ve not lived in Thailand before, always in an out on the old visa exempt stamp. So hence the first time non-o. 
however, if I understand you correctly it’s possible to extend to extend it for 60 days without having to tie up €11,000 in a Thai bank ? 
Thanks. 

Hi all, 

im coming to Thailand in May from another SEA country with my Thai wife. 
The plan is to apply for a non-o by way of marriage, because it’s the only visa available here from the local RTE. 

I’m not planning to live in Thailand, I’m finishing my current posting here, take a two month break, and head off to my new posting in the ME. The non-o is 90 days, so not an issue if all goes according to plan. However, there is a small possibility that the visa for my new gig might take a while being processed and it’s possible that I’ll run over the 90 days of my Thai visa.

So, the question is, can I renew, or extend my the non-o marriage, for another 90 days ? Most people that get this visa are intending to live in Thailand and normally go for the one year extension multi, which I don’t need. if I can, do I need to have all the money in the bank etc etc that goes with the one year extension, or is it a case of re-presenting the proof I’ll submit here for a simple 90 day one ? 
Any wisdom would be much appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

May I suggest that your campaign to have more Thai visitors could possibly aided by reducing the ridiculous amount  paperwork required for a tourist visa. We can arrive in Thailand and get stamped in for 30 days, but Thai people, even those married to Irish citizens, have to produce an enormous amount of paperwork to get a visa to travel in the opposite direction. Things like “copies of every passport you’ve ever owned”, for a tourist visa ! 

Ireland of the “hundred thousand welcomes” my @rse. 

Got married in Din Deang office last October. Absolutely no problems. Made an appointment a couple of days in advance, first one in the queue.
A senior civil servant used to occasion as a training opportunity for a junior colleague, so it took a bit longer than I'd anticipated but no big deal.

Nice one,

Thanks a lot.

Hi all,

I'm heading to Bangkok in a day or so, and will be in town for Paddy's Day.

I'm traveling with my kilt in tow for the big day and wondering if anyone could recommend somewhere in and around Sukhumvit area (I'm staying around Phrom Phong) where I could get it pressed ?

Thanks

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