pjmansions

No you can not simply switch visa types, if you can cancel your non b and enter Thailand as a tourist you can apply for retirement visa in country at local immigration office, you need full 15 days remaining on tourist visa though. And make sure you have all documentation in advance as if you have lots of running around to do it may become a problem

Instead of making new laws why not just enforce the existing law and ensure ID is provided before each purchase to anyone appearing under 25 for example and stiff penalties for people breaking the law and all premises wishing to sell alcohol need a license no matter how small e.g. noodle vendor etc, or am I just talking madness

Few immigration offices seem to be asking for proof of address easy if you have wife's blue house book or a foreigners yellow book, but if in rented accommodation you will either have to go to embassy or get landlords house book and rental contract which many landlords won't give you as they are flying under the radar for tax

Sorry predictive text supposed to read Ranong

Think you will find that you can not change from ed extension to a retirement visa in country. You will either have to do a border run and return on a tourist visa exemption or visit a local Thai embassy or consulate to obtain it. Not sure what country you are from but if not a G7 country you will get only a 15 day entry from a land crossing and this will not be enough time, as in order to change from a tourist to another type of visa you require a full 14 days remaining on the exemption stamp.

Really hated that place and horrible dangerous drive especially at night, route is full of mini buses and trucks and coaches, 3 worst drivers in Thailand. Hated it so much started driving and extra 6 hours to Rayong and the casino there, so much easier and far nicer

Ah gender discrimination alive and well in Thailand lol.

On a serious note you will need to go to the UK Embassy to obtain a affirmation to marry certificate this then needs to be translated by the ministry of interior with this you can then get married in local amphur office. When you have your marriage certificate you can then apply at your local immigration office for non o visa based on marriage

you will need

passport copies all stamps

husbands I'd card copy

Copies of both marriage certificates

Husbands house book

freedom to Marry translation

map showing where you live

pics of you and husband sitting on bed and standing at front of house

passport photos

application form

not sure about money for female marrying Thai guy but others seem to know about that

and lastly your visa fee

you will be given a month extension initially and told to return on certain date to collect 11 month non o.

You can get a work permit when you are married but usual rules apply

surely if he was two months into the programme then relapsed a month ago he has not finished the programme at all he should go back to day one and start again or he is only fooling himself and will be back on the brown as soon as things start to get difficult for mim

i would suggest going to consulate in Laos and applying for double entry tourist visa if there is a possibility you may want to stay longer. just be prepared to show you have funds to support yourself. the immigration police have been warning people for months that the days of the visa run is coming to an end. you might be lucky and be able to do a visa run just don't count on it any more They can stop you from leaving Thailand into Myanmar as you can not get a visa on arrival. Laos they cant stop you leaving but can stop you from returning

even when they have a barrier some clowns try to weave in between the gates. like many Thais are unable to foresee the consequences of their actions

Accidents happen in the west but generally speaking you can predict what people in the car ahead are likely to do, here you have to expect the unexpected at every junction slip road roundabout or traffic light. its exhausting and very frustrating to drive here

had friend whose g/f decided she wanted him to buy a car and put it in her name. he paid minimal deposit and then min monthly payments on the car. several months later he found she had another guy on the side so he cancelled the insurance and drove the truck into a wall.he left her and also left her with 700,000 baht worth of finance to pay off

Get this sorted before you come or will become a hassle further down the line

Not sure how you obtained a Non O visa (Retirement Marriage etc) but to obtain an extension you will have to submit all the required paperwork for that particular visa having all the paper work from the school will not get you an extension for a Non O

If you arrive in Thailand on a Non O and need to change to a Non Ed then you will need to leave the country and visit a consul in Lao etc as you cannot change visa types in country (except from a tourist visa to another type)

you son is on the correct visa as he will be staying with you providing you have a valid extension

forget about the legal aspects for a moment what about morality why would you want to buy body parts especially that of an infant

And secondly i would no longer call a person my friend if they sent me something so gruesome in the post. i love a good practical joke but this idiot has taken things too far.

A european body but not the one we are looking for. so another dead farang in a matter of weeks hmmm unlucky or a tourist death trap

you will have no problems as you are a regular tourist not a visa runner

might as well wait till his ed visa expires then leave the country and return on a tourist visa he can then go to immigration and apply for a retirement visa providing he has all his ducks in a row, problem is if he is not from a country which gives 30 days visa exempt,on entry and immigration insist on 15 days remaining on a visa in order to process new one. that means have to do a border crossing and get to the immigration office in one day

the problem is the land is returned to the landless farmers who then sell it again, this land has not just been stolen at gun point, the farmers have sold cheaply without the deeds was offered 20 ra of hill forest a few years back for about 200,000 baht but with no deed of ownership

have you ever tried using a roundabout in Thailand it's every man for himself they ignore or don't understand the stop and give way markings

daughter friend brought the Thai highway code she was using for her test all it consisted of was road signs and road marking pictures with their names it made no reference what the signs and markings mean and what you must do when you approach them

i believe it's residency that can be applied for after 3 years of visa extensions (don't think multiple entry visas apply) then after a certain number of years can go through the long process of applying of Thai citizenship

Think Residency is still a pain and only 100 people from each nationality are approved each year

here is link about applying for citizenship

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/121353-story-of-my-thai-citizenship-application/

Don't know whether he is very brave or just very stupid

can feel his frustration but don't think this is the way to go about things, yes it's a lot of money but people are killed in Thailand for a lot less than that.

ask local married farang their wives are likely to have single/divorced/widowed friends looking to meet someone. and if they are good guys they will have heard all the gossip and steer you away from the lunatics

If you are intending to leave the country and sort out your overstay problems, why not leave the country at Laos and travel to the Consulate/embassy in either savannakhet or Vientiane and apply there for a non B visa

You will need the school to provide you with all the required paperwork together with your degree and transcript, you will be given a 3 month visa then you can go to your local immigration and apply for a years extension

during you 3 month visa you school can apply for your work permit etc ready for you to apply for the extension

Before the trolls come out from under the bridge telling me you can not work till you have the work permit in hand yes in an ideal world that is true but TIT and the bureaucracy in this country is far from perfect.

4.3 million beef cattle

has he seen the cattle in and around the provinces very few are what i would call beef cattle

and the quality of the meat is terrible compared to the west

think he should be looking at introducing better cattle breeds to the breeding programmes they have with free straws and insemination to farmers

easy way is to stop cars from being assembled in Thailand (unless it is a registered car manufacture assembly plant eg Honda) this will stop people importing luxury cars to avoid tax payments, it will also unsafe cars from being put onto the roads you all know the ones two different cars welded together that just disintegrate on impact.