seabass69

Hi all,

I'm here with my Thai partner (de facto) on the last legs of my Non Imm O (based on our Thai son), which was granted in Sydney last year (I'm Australian).

We are currently awaiting a decision on her application for a permanent visa for Australia, which we expect to have sometime between September and the end of the year. Hopefully it will be the right decision and the three of us will leave Thailand together.

I must leave Thailand on or before 26th May. My plan was to just fly to KL every month and return to Thailand on visa exempt entry until we all leave for Oz. Now, I realise that this plan will have to change. I have a flight booked for and returning on the 26th, which I still plan to use.

I have previously had 6 Tourist, 2 Non Imm B and 1 Non Imm O visas, and a few Visa Exempt entries in the last five years.

Any thoughts?: - 3 or 4 back to back Tourist Visas a viable option?

- Visa friendly consulates?

- Non Imm O (I'm just short of 400k)?

- ???

I really don't want to go back to Sydney now. Winter's just starting.

Thanks for any ideas

Any reason given for not wanting to find the female visitors? Seems they may have witnessed the incident....

Might create more work.

She looks sooooo angry at life!

"Why isn't anyone pointing at me?"

Given that there is no consumer protection in Thailand, it's only logical that your landlord would seek to recoup any previously incurred losses unscrupulously.

I think Tesco Lotus just ran out of plastic bags, and because they couldn't cover it up with black paint, some bright spark piped up with "Why don't we just have a 'no plastic bag' campaign?"

To those who don't know from "stones" this fine dude lost well over 100 pounds in a year. Wow! That is remarkable. Good luck to him to keep it going (the even harder part).

Thanks for the clarification on that...makes about as much sense to me as "To those who don't know from 'Azerbaijani manat', it's the same as 100 Congolese francs"

The municipal pawn shop "to support parents"

That reminds me I must phone my brother later to put my football bets on,is that also breaking the law.

Since the betting happens outside of Thailand you probably don't break any gambling laws here, though I guess you will need a workpermit to make the phone call.

You only need a Work Permit if you win.

Better ramp up that airport security to keep those nasty aftershocks out. But I don't understand why they don't just have an all out crackdown on earthquakes and aftershocks.

Showbags, may I ask why Korat was a no go?

I actually start to wonder how any bus company can make a profit, seeing the amount of buses that never come back.

This one doesn't look too bad...weekend in the shop, should be back on the road by Monday.

My question is: How do they know that someone smuggled the earthquake and the aftershocks at Chiang Rai through the airport? They could have just as easily been driven up in a couple of pickups. And how was the earthquake detonated?

He has the all important "visiting Thai police etiquette" thing going on there...wallet in one hand, point with the other.

Just rock up at the tarmac, look for the Bangkok Airways ATR 72 with the cardboard sign on the windscreen which says 'Samui'. Walk up the stairs and take a seat (first come, first served). When the plane is full, they will taxi for take off and an attendant will walk up the aisle and collect payment from you.

So they can make a perfect passport copy in Thailand, but nowhere can you find a decent pizza.

There's been an epidemic of Foot in Mouth disease for years in this country.

"Seen the latest headline, Somchai?...Thai Consumer Body Urges Double -Decker Buses on Kerbs".

"I'm sure we can manage that, Dumchai".

I knew it... I knew it...

They would fit up a couple of migrants to save the TAT image.

Of course no Thai would ever do such a thing to a tourist..... what a complete joke.

Without being racist, a lot of crime emanates from the Burmese labour camps on Phuket.

I understand there are more than 100000 working here both legally and illegally.

They are frequently poorly paid and confined to their camps after hours where there is a lot of drunkenness and gambling. There has been a number of gruesome and senseless murders among them in recent times.

While they aren't the only group committing house break ins they are responsible for much of this crime.

It seems this unfortunate Frenchman came home at the wrong time.

Why would anyone view your comment as racist anyway? 'Burmese' is not a race.

I thought h1n1 was bird flu.

Are they trying hard not to say it?

No that is H5N1

Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza)

That is from wikipedia. So, I think they maybe trying really hard not to say it

Moo Flu?...Pigs may fly.

I hope they repair it quickly so the poor pedestrians who live on the other side are able to cross safely.

I can picture the Thai guys now, plotting to overthrow the Singaporeans at next year's "study".

"Wanna buy this rock? If you stand on it, it'll make you 3cm taller."