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First Thai ID for a Thai/Foreigner child
BritManToo replied to afuentes's topic in Family and Children
'can' be, not 'must' be. -
First Thai ID for a Thai/Foreigner child
BritManToo replied to afuentes's topic in Family and Children
My son's 12 and doesn't have an ID card yet. Generally the school takes them along to get it done when they're 14. (They did that with my daughter) -
Problem with increasingly aggressive & violent wife
BritManToo replied to JammG's topic in Family and Children
Menopause often brings on mental illness, if she's 45-55 that could be the cause. My misses back in the UK went completely bonkers at that age.- 144 replies
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Old men drinking a beer at breakfast time in bars along beach road pattaya.
BritManToo replied to jack71's topic in Pattaya
55bht in 7/11 Vs 100bht in the bar for a large Leo . The appeal is you can drink 2x as much for almost the same price. -
Not working, just helping the wife
BritManToo replied to lordmullin's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Would also point out your Thai wife can't do this either (without a tour guide license). -
Problem with increasingly aggressive & violent wife
BritManToo replied to JammG's topic in Family and Children
The police are often quite sensible bout domestic violence. I agree with them, if you don't like it leave.- 144 replies
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Not working, just helping the wife
BritManToo replied to lordmullin's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Before she starts the business you can do gardening and basement conversion. After she starts the business, you can't do anything you've mentioned. -
Not working, just helping the wife
BritManToo replied to lordmullin's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
A lot of posters don't seem to understand doing stuff around your home, and doing stuff around your woman's business are different in the eyes of immigration. I have no problems planting a tree or two in our home, but planting 50 on her farm would be entirely different. Cutting my lawn = OK, harvesting a field of rice = not OK. -
Possible return to the UK, without any money.
BritManToo replied to Terry2905's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Get off the plane, throw a brick through a shop window. Immediate free housing, food, health care and counselling for as long as you like. -
What it costs to live in Thailand, on a budget ?
BritManToo replied to Social Media's topic in Pattaya
My local eating place run by 2 little old Thai ladies in their 60s. Pat prik geng gai peeset (large portion rice with chicken in red curry sauce) = 50bht Almost more than I can eat with quality chicken breast. Auf De Au German buffet in CM, all you can eat for 230bht (lasts me all day). Including coffee, tea and a selection of puddings. And the thick cut ham is really nice. Rajadabar Indian restaurant in Loi Kro, Chicken Masala curry + Naan bread 220bht. Eating out, you just need to pick your spots and not carelessly waste money. As for western foods, cook it yourself at home, most of my meals cost a lot less than 40bht to make. Cottage pie .......... pork mince + mashed potato, around 20bht for a big portion. Chicken and chips ........... 25bht. Bacon, egg and chips ...... 25bht. Just having a double car port built, 40kbht around 900 GBP. 2 builders taking around 4-6 days, steel beams and corrugated aluminium(?) roofing. How much would that cost me back in the UK? -
What it costs to live in Thailand, on a budget ?
BritManToo replied to Social Media's topic in Pattaya
Me too! Mostly populated by female students attending MaeJo University. I'd be OK in one of these, if I didn't have all the hangers on living with me. -
What it costs to live in Thailand, on a budget ?
BritManToo replied to Social Media's topic in Pattaya
4,000bht for the ground floor shop-front. 2,500bht each for the upper 2 floors (extra if you want them to fit air-con). Each 2 condos share a staircase (free wifi, double bed, wardrobe, study desk). Covered parking for m/cs round the back, parking for cars in the front. Tesco/7-11/BigC, restaurants, bars, swimming pool all within 500m. Originally built as shop-houses 8 years back, but they didn't sell any (3Mbht) so they converted them to condos, 1 on each level of the original shop-house. Swimming pool in the next Soi (40bht) about 200m. Gym across the road, don't know the price, about 50m. -
Korat Zoo’s new 25 million baht spotted hyena enclosure wows visitors
BritManToo replied to snoop1130's topic in Isaan News
24.9M for the zoo director. 100k for the animals.- 15 replies
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1. Divorced women never enforce agreements which aren't to their benefit. 2. But they will happily undermine the father at every opportunity. 3. Courts rarely punish mothers for breaking divorce agreements. This is the way the non-Muslim world works.
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Not all that sure about that, When you get a married extension the paperwork isn't enough, they want to see her at immigration and in the home (and they generally ask her if she's happy in the marriage). As far as I can see the same rules will apply to a dependents extension, dependent will need to be present in the home, and they will ask him if he's happy living with dad. But I could be totally wrong, so OP should call immigration and ask if his dependent extension is still valid when his dependent son has run away from home. That would be better than immigration finding out later and ruling him as being on overstay since the boy moved out.
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Easier to wait for the OP to report to the police and see what happens next. Trying to force a teenage Thai boy to live with a guy he doesn't like (while his mom empowers him) will be like banging your head against a brick wall that hits back. The OP just doesn't have realistic expectations on the outcome of this situation.
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What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2023)
BritManToo replied to CharlieH's topic in Entertainment
Sadly it's not very good, Season 1 was 100x better. -
At age 15 he can make his own choices and nobody will enforce any papers. (OP hasn't declared how close to 15 the boy is) The VISA extension will have 'defacto' as a get out clause, which the Thais will prefer to enforce on a 'problem' foreigner.
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If the kid's no longer living with you, your VISA extension will be invalid. Best not to go to the police and admit he's left IMHO. They'll call immigration, then you'll be gone. At age 15 kids in Thailand can effectively choose where they want to live without any parental consent.
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Old men drinking a beer at breakfast time in bars along beach road pattaya.
BritManToo replied to jack71's topic in Pattaya
I don't think too much about people I don't know. -
Old men drinking a beer at breakfast time in bars along beach road pattaya.
BritManToo replied to jack71's topic in Pattaya
Nope, I generally believe everyone I meet that claim to have been postmen, builders, painters and decorators, etc. But my real name isn't Pollyanna. -
Old men drinking a beer at breakfast time in bars along beach road pattaya.
BritManToo replied to jack71's topic in Pattaya
I've met plenty of SAS guys ........... people in bars lie!