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3 hours ago, Surelynot said:

Quotation marks needed.....555

hope you are right on that one ????

edit window expired, but appreciated.

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

I use the marriage visa, and they inevitably like to throw in something, to increase the difficulty of the process. Frankly, I think at least some of this comes from the rather extreme level of xenophobia and the toxic racism of the army. It filters down throughout the government. I do not think they want us here. And making these procedures difficult is one way of expressing that. 

 

Recently returned from immigration, after renewing my marriage visa. The upside to this visa, is that only 400,000 is needed as a deposit, and it does not have to stay in the bank, once your visa is granted. The downsides are:

The hurdles you need to jump over, in order to get a marriage visa are stupid, ridiculous, unnecessary, draconian, wasteful, and silly. I understand the need for them to verify that you are a legitimate couple. Upon the first application. But, the dumb requirements should not relate to renewals. You should not be required to show fresh images of the house each time, copies of the marriage papers, the house documents, either come with a local Thai witness, or bring a signed affidavit from a local Thai each time, provide new maps to the house, and dozens of other requirements.

 

I just do not even know what to say about the process. I felt like a street dog by the time I left. After hours of paperwork, copy after copy after copy, each page having to be signed, and then being grilling by the surly officer, I literally felt like a street dog. The level of disrespect that immigration shows married couples here, and foreigners in general, is totally uncalled for, beyond the pale, and inane. The copy woman, the guy sorting our papers, they were all nice. But, the officers? Such sourpusses. The woman who was helping us was so difficult to work with, when she finally rejected us over the tiniest thing she did not like, after nearly an hour of reviewing every document with a microscope, so to speak, and said no, I responded by saying yes. YES, you are going to do this. Yes, you are going to do this right now. YES, you are going to stop saying NO to me right now. This ends now. She looked at me and did not know what to say. I asked for the manager. The top brass came over, and we had it sorted in 30 minutes. Took nearly 3 hours. And as usual, it will be a month, until I have final approval. Is it worth it? NO. It is my last marriage visa. I will go back to a retirement visa next year, or leave the country, before I subject myself to that abuse one more time.

 

Fortunately, I feel very little of that sentiment from the non governmental Thai people. 

 

I still love it here. But, if I had the required cash, I would likely spend 6 months a year in Turkey or Spain, a few months traveling, a month in the US (family and work), and two months a year here. 

 

I really despise the army and their administration. But, I guess that much is obvious! 

getting past the people that can say NO because of their fear to make a possible mistake and face questions or even repercussions, or in case of business the recalcitrant wannabees aspiring for executive power that want to be able to say “I told you so” to the superiors in case a decision turns out different than anticipated,  is the big challenge in sales, business and apparently in some cases Immigration.

Guess I am lucky in the North, so far supportive and been given time to add whatever is necessary

( and to replace selfies with photos taken by someone else and take a photo in the bedroom but not on the bed... ???? )

during my 35 years or so abroad, when renewing passports the embassy used to not habitually return the old one;

so I had/have to ask to get the old passport made invalid and returned to me,

so actually one might get caught off guard on this topic.

pages with valid residence related visa and extensions they would, on request, not punch / clip or cut off corners.

"idiots" were a compliment

On 3/18/2021 at 9:52 PM, onebir said:

What broke the camel's?

prohibition of prostitution ????

Once travel is again possible, you could go to Vegas.

30K for how many hours on which days of the week ?

8 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

It has to be a registered bank. They will not accept accounts at credit unions.

Clear, thank you for elaborating.

what are the Criteria applied by Immigration as to what is an acceptable bank,
anyone has an informed opinion on this ?

Reason for the question is that there are hundreds if not thousands of local cooperative credit unions, that, depending on their balance sheet situation, may offer better rates than mainstream banks.

from BoT website:
 

On 3/6/2021 at 5:34 PM, KannikaP said:

I have seen it quite a few times recently. Please explain FIAT money, thanks.

= Currency 

but maybe I did not pay attention yet around the time Bretton Woods happened.
 

opportunities galore:

do I need a WP to be a ticket hoarder and re-seller ?

in my understanding:
if Sender is a higher ranking person, it could be "I call you (+friendly end of sentence)"
If the Receiver is the higher ranking person, it could be "you call me (+please)" 

thai2english website refers:
พี่ pêe
I (used when talking to someone younger)
you (used when talking to someone older)
he ; she ; him ; her (used when referring to someone older)
(elder) brother ; sister (or friend, relative, work colleague etc...)

53 minutes ago, Artisi said:

The "spirits" follows the tail-light, the reason many change from red light to a white light, confuses the sprits as the white lights indicates going somewhere other than home ????????????

now I understand the youngster in my village that has red headlights, smart fellow !!

and I, silly me, practice certain words all the time when I see him overtaking the car in front and I switch on indicator to follow him,

(stupidity) ^ 2
let's wait and see
whether she gets offered free lodgings of her liking in the B-Hilton

https://thailawonline.com/en/business/thai-company/starting-a-thai-company.html# has good information, as well as samuiforsale, albeit the latter is down today.

what does your lawyer say?
Is it a real Lawyer, like with a License, a Diploma from a University and an Office,
or an individual providing Land Office registration services?

A Lawyer would have such sloppy work corrected in no time.

better expensive than not available !!

whereas the Government registered marriages seem to be well documented, similar to other countries and as far as I know, there is no such register for weddings in Houses of God or Temples

12 hours ago, dick turpin said:

Site is down, reportedly back up after March 15.

am getting this screen, and no response to the App.
Rather unusual for a commercially important system to go down, or be upgraded without tested transition protocol.
based on 1.000.000 foreigners reportedly residing in Thailand over 90 days, I guess about 10.000 reports per day could be filed on line, saving thousands of hours of officer's time.
even a saving of 5 minutes window time would free up about 900 hours of time for relevant staff and allow over 100 staff to engage in other activities. 

6 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

It's a normal yellow book and has been around for decades. I've had the exact same one for about 25 years. 

 

It is needed to show proof of yellow fever and flu vaccinations to enter most countries in West Africa. 

ditto, got mine issued in 1986. 
not really verifiable to a digital world standard.
Nevertheless, the big question now is where I put it ?

11 hours ago, bangsaenguy said:

Is dancing allowed yet?

as long as it is only back to back 

2 hours ago, faraday said:

 

All I want is a blow....err...nope, better not say it.

not in that Dr. Damn's place you don't, 

first one done, almost, already!

120.000.000 to go ????

46 minutes ago, dcnx said:

Ignorant people who clearly don’t know anything about the Buddha.

indeed, knowing a little bit, yet believing to know it all, are the worst.