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9 minutes ago, transam said:

Line..

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1 minute ago, mrnaturally said:

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Jolly

3 minutes ago, transam said:

Wheels...

Wagon

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2 minutes ago, mrnaturally said:

Fist

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10 minutes ago, piersbeckett said:

Mary

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Cemetery

Yikes! Looks like a dystopian re-education center. 

15 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Just got back. NO NEED TO SHOW FUNDS FOR MULTIPLE ENTRY NON O.

I will do a full trip report Tuesday.

 

Short and sweet: guy looked at my paperwork for NON O based on married to a Thai and Thai son. He took out the real marriage certificate, did not look at the original tabien baan.

 

Wrote M on the application, M on the receipt and M on some other paper. Done. Out in 5. Did not ask for funds.

Thank you for much needed confirmation/clarification. Seems some have been telling tales for who knows what reasons. 

5 minutes ago, Somtamnication said:

Don't know what the last 2 pages have to do with the topic at hand. It is becoming vitriolic and we need this post to be up for the rest of us.

Looking forward to your update early next week upon your return. Hopefully can get this thread back on track with the latest requirements. 

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Hi Tex, 

I was in the same situation as you a few years ago minus the employers requirements (which I am curious about). 

In any case, for each rostered leave I would just fly in and get my 30 day stamp. Never overstayed as I had to be back at work before the 30 days ran out. Did that for about 7 years. There was no problem for me as I was not living or working in Thailand (which is what the authorities are looking for--guys with back to back exemptions living and working in Thailand without proper visa and work permit). I.e. doing a border run the same day. 

As well, they could see I had a long-term work visa/residency permit in my country of employ--work outside of Thailand and just come here for holidays. 

You should have no problems with Thai Immigration, though your status as a US resident may be effected. Also, not sure of the stipulations of your employer. Seems strange. Please inform. 

In any case, perhaps print the link another poster provided about visa exempt countries. That should do the trick. 

37 minutes ago, cjb123 said:

...and... I'm the guy she scammed.

 

I was never married to her.

 

There were no contracts or anything, I was stupid, I thought 10 years was long enough to be able to trust someone. Clearly not!

 

She is not a great looker, granted, though she did scrub up well sometimes. But she was more of a friend (with benefits). I probably loved Thailand more than her. But she was my point of contact, my guide, for a long time. She never asked for or cheated money out of me for most of the 10 years I knew her. Groceries, yes. But nothing more.

 

She is in jail now for 10 years, in Samui. I can go and see her tomorrow if I want. The charge is "cheating" - 65 times money was transferred, 6 months for each time, is 32 years. She confessed and got 10. It seems extreme for fraud, and I even feel bad about it. I don't want her to go to jail for 10 years, I just want my money back.

 

There is a house in Udon Thani which the police are aware of, that her family are living in, and that was built not long after I gave her the money. I went to court and won a civil case which gives the lawyer power to repossess property on my behalf.

 

The lawyer is working on a no-win, no-fee basis, and stands to make 20 percent if the money is recovered. I have had to pay court costs (30,000B) but nothing else.

 

The police and lawyer have checked land records to try to find assets belonging to her but there is nothing, she has put them under another name.

 

The police arrested her to try to get her to cough up instead of going to jail, but she has denied everything and gone to jail. No-one has come to bail her.

 

I know she has at least one house that I must have inadvertently paid for, and she has boasted of having other houses before this. Some people in Samui say she was cheating another Farang before me, and she was cheating Thai people here as well.

 

When she said she was in Lamai, running "the bar", she was in Pattaya - there never was a bar. I was back in the UK, so....

 

If she wanted out of jail, she could sell her house, or one of her other houses that she said she has, but she says she has no money and so stays in jail. She's tough, maybe she can do it, even for 10 years.

 

The other thing is... when she was telling me the story about how things went wrong with "the bar" (which was a lie, there was no bar owned by her in Samui, at least), she said she stabbed someone and had to go into hiding in Chiang Mai working as a maid for someone. Some people (yes, bar girls) in Lamai told me that she stabbed and killed someone with a broken bottle in Pattaya, and had to run away to Chiang Mai. It sounds like there is some truth here, though why the police don't know about it, I don't know. Or maybe they do, and they couldn't pin it on her, but they have sent her down for 10 years for "cheating" instead.

 

I don't know. I can see her again if I want, and if she wants, presumably, but I'm not expecting anything. I have tried to put this right, and I have spent a lot more money pursuing it when I could have forgotten about it. Now, I have no money, and she is in jail for a long time. Neither of us are happy. But it was her actions that started this, and I am at least free.

 

 

Sad story. If what you said about her stabbing someone is true, perhaps she is where she belongs and you can make a fresh start. Best of luck. 

23 minutes ago, xvend said:

 

you can predict the future? Please let me know your bank account info, I'd like to send a donation.

Huh? I am not predicting anything. Just trying to give sound advice. I.e. don't mess your body up with antibiotic cocktails prescribed by TVF posters that are not licensed MDs. 

But yes, PM me and I will send my bank details. Look forward to your huge donations. I am already predicting something in your future...

27 minutes ago, john011 said:

Oh the way, do you think I need to tell her honestly about my situation? Or shall I just go there and let her find it out first before I can tell the whole story? I don't know her and she doesn't know me. I don't want to appear as if I am trying to manipulate the entire situation at my benefit and at the expense of her expertise/profession.


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First, get professional medical advice. It is your health and far more important than a work permit. Do not seek medical advice on a forum (i.e. prescriptions from anonymous posters) . Third, be honest with your doctor. They will tell you what is or is not possible for your situation. Go see Dr. Donna as ricklev has suggested. 

1800 Thai baht for Cdns (most recent trip Jan 2017). Can pay in THB. Do not try to pay in CAD, they will not accept it. They do however provide change in THB. Hope that helps. 

Just doing her job, mate. I dont think anything to worry about. I get grilled @YVR everytime I go back and Im a bloody passport holder: "Where you been? Why? What do you do over there? Why are you coming back? Any accompanying children? Would you mind if we checked your bags?" etc. With all the BS going on with global migration nowadays, Border Services/Immigration of any country play a key role in keeping everyone safe and it is a tough and thankless job. I dont mind to wait a few extra minutes if it means nabbing some bad dudes. 

That being said, never had a problem in Thailand since 1999. 

It's prohibition. But it's not.