The Dan Sai Kid

I worked with a Filipino teacher once, and I asked her why Filipinos can speak English well, and Thais not. She simply said that if they are no good, they fail...

At Grace:

Dr Korakot for crowns and Dr Jarunee for deep cleaning and extractions....a dream ticket.

UK dentists suck by comparison.

You don't get UK dentists anymore - only Polish ones

So why say you are open til 5, if you are not - would put me off going there...

too lazy? Must be all of 12 feet from your place to there!

Fair enough....so you are saying that this is a requirement of the UK Government, and not the prospective employer?

Technically, it is a requirement of the Scottish government, with regards to care that falls under the jurisdiction of Scotland and I don't know anything about the legislation that would cover England and Wales.

Sorry if I had came across as aggresive, I didn't mean that

No confusion, and no mysterious sub-plot I'm afraid.

A condition of the job is that I have a background check done. Usually this would be done by Disclosure Scotland, but that doesn't cover periods of time spent living abroad. My potential employer wants a background check from Thailand, so that if they are audited by the Care Commision then they have done all they can to ensure that they have not employed someone who should not be working with the relevant client group.

What a cynical lot...

UK, why is that relevant?

Right, I fear this is very confusing.

I have been offered a job in the UK. I am currently living in the UK. I must provide a Police Clearance Certificate from Thailand.

I have a number of questions:

When I get my passport certified must I get every page certified with Thailand entries, or only the most recent one?

Do I need to did out old passports to get certified as well?

The form asks for old Work Permits, which were handed back to the relevant government department at the end of contracts? Do I still need to submit them?

Has anyone done this? How did you get on doing this? What sort of timescale would I be looking at? ie. how long to get the passport certified? How long to get the Police Clearance Certificate?

Any comments on when other members did this would be most welcome, however I am not in Thailand, so would like the point of view from getting this from living abroad.

Thanks very much

grant

Erm, what skytrain station leaves from Aberdeen...

I need to get fingerprints done at a police station in Scotland and send them to Thailand - has anyone done that?

Any idea how much it costs to get fingerprints from a ik police station - is this something the police do often. Also, how long would a background check like this take?

Cheers

Grant

I found the requirements on the hull consulate's website after I posted here, it is still interesting to hear others experiences.

You wonder why they need the fingerprints if you don't have a record...

And nice to see you, to see you nice...

Hi

I am applying for a job where I have been told that since I lived in Thailand for a significant time I need to prove I have had no convictions, etc. How would I go about applying for such a thing - also how much is it likely to cost and would it be in Thai, which I would then need to translate.

Cheers for any advice

Grant

if you go onto the hi5 social network, which is very popular with Thai teenagers you can do your own research...

it didn't mention a proposed sentence, but it may wind up severe.

The amount was very small and obviously for personal use.

In what world are 30 Es personal use?

I taught the Dan Sai wife to drive at Dara Academy - it's like a 50 acre site. On a saturday it is usually deserted...

Hmm

I criticized a person who has a business in CM, who treated me most shabbily and I got a warning. Although I wasn't told I had a warning, found out about it nearly a year later.

I won't be commenting here...

I have a PS3 and they can play dvds in high def...

pity isuzu don't make cars...

Black Booty

(a real film, not to be confused with balck beauty)

I never saw anyone squat down to eat noodles - thai, chinese, or martian...

yup, jus the thing for the next few months - manys a day I've been out and sweltering in the hot 37 degree heat thinking, "you know what? I need some fleece."

No, and you have to get surgically joined at the hip too

pair of DOPES 5 5 5 5

It's like RAM are looking for anything they might treat or charge for. They told my wife she had not had a rubella vaccination when they did her pregnancy bloods - when we got back to the UK they did the bloods twice and both times it showed up that she had had the vaccination.

Are you sure you won't be taking the "drink beer" advice?