dietergerhard

An excellent reply wow

Not clear they seized your passport when given bail but later in your story you had it again ?

About time

Driving to Kap Choeng from Buriram on Monday if anyone needs a ride let me know ... Online no success yet to get to step 2

I get to step 1 after accepting terms / conditions but when I submit step 1 the notice about contacting them comes up. I call them and they suggest come in person as system is not stable yet. Anyone get to step 2?

Also if I go in person is Korat the closest / best place to go from Buriram?

tried it today but won't go past the first screen - anyone have any success with this?

Pragmatic! Yes that's the word I was looking for when trying to articulate to my Canadian friends how much I love driving here. The rules back home make you in to an auto-bot ha ha - but seriously, if we had western style rules here in Asia traffic would come to a halt. Love the OP's post.

Thank you for your feedbacks! I run a small company and most of the works are done routinely by my other associates, hence most of my work can be done through my laptop.

By showing proof, I assume I will need to have my bankstatement / salary statement standby ?

working on your laptop is working here in Thailand

The privatized prison system advocated for this because they make more $ keeping the inmates alive ... What a sick justice system in the US

Must be a thing with Lambos ... 2 days ago this guy was caught on another car's dashcam wiping out and destroying his car in my home province of BC in Canada.

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/lamborghini-crashes-through-fence-on-highway-99-1.2158079

if that guy had been in New York for sure he would have been dead

really neat to see a fellow Victorian. My Thai wife and I live in Buriram from November - March then back to Victoria (Colwood). I had a similar awesome experience withe the Vancouver Thai consulate for $180 got my Non Immigrant O multiple entry visa based on marriage. Last year I was still doing back-to-back border runs.

Loved your story thanks for sharing ... love the way you looked at it too - good on ya

I've been married to my Thai wife for twenty years now and looking back there were many hurdles to overcome. The language barrier didn't exist for us, I was fluent before we met, but the cultural differences really had to be worked on. After a few years, I realised my wife didn't know how to think critically, so I taught her. She didn't know how to plan, so I taught her. She didn't understand the ways of the world or technology, so I taught her. Having said that, a girl from a poor farming family who left school at nine, has taught me so much about life!

I consider it to be a balanced relationship as she has helped me to learn so much about myself. I have always felt that I hit the jackpot when I met her and all of my friends (Thai and foreign) have echoed this.

"thinking critically" ... thats exactly it ... any tips on how to teach her that skill?

Keeping the Thai family name is an advantage when living in Thailand.

Perhaps but when my girl went for a small home loan (wanted her to do this to build her credit) they sure seemed impressed by her genuine connection to me ... remarked upon her last name

I am from Victoria. Got marrfied 2 months ago. Registered it 3 weeks later with her using my last name. Changed her name everywhere - banks, employer, social security, id card ... really easy including passport. Bought a house also no issues except I had to sign something at the land office as her husband but that would have been the case regardless of name. All in all it was a bit of running around but no issues at all. I am a retired lawyer and while this is only just my theory I believe Canadian immigration will take her application even more seriously when they see my last name on all her docs. Maybe not so much in practice but perhaps psychologically. Thats not why we did it but it can't hurt. We both like the idea of her first name going with my mine. Don't do it for stategy but don't not do it out of concern for anything.

problem solved

Assuming it's not the "oops wrong, or, too much chemical scenario" I am left wondering if salt water is entering the ground water table whether through rising sea levels or otherwise then there is a much larger geological problem on the horizon than the taste and/or safety, health and filtration of tap water

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thank you for sharing the photos

We are looking for a fairly decent 1 or 2 storey house in the city of Buriram with 500,000 down and looking for vendor financing for the remainder. Good solid Canadian credentials. No problem with worth or credit. For persoanl tax purposes I wish to finance the property but not bother with the hassle of the banks. If you have a house that is reasonably priced for the value of what you have, and are interested in taking back a mortgage let me know.

I could sense the fragility of the system ... Glad we went when we did ... But it has yet to arrive

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We were actually able to reach Khon Karn by phone 3 days ago and then were advised they were able to process all applicants same day but as more people find out its open and not so busy that could quickly change ... We thought about going next month but if the servers in Bangkok go down the provinces will be closed again ... The little extra effort in Korat was still a lot better than the trek to Bangkok would have been

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