SaintLouieNYC

On 5/17/2023 at 7:17 PM, bignok said:

Hard to find a good buffet outside 5 star hotels. 

Yea, not even really seeing any of the "more expensive" ones having dinner buffets, they all just seem to have breakfast.

On 5/17/2023 at 7:10 PM, KannikaP said:

Just take her to your local restaurant and order 10 different dishes, let them go lukewarm, and there you go.

My wife has her birthday coming up and she LOVES buffets.  We are in Sisaket and I wanted to take her somewhere for a nice buffet, possibly in a hotel.  I know there are a few in Nakhon Ratchasima but that's a long drive.  Ubon is less than 2 hours away and she has some friends that way so figured I'd look there.

I've googled without much success, mostly finding breakfast buffets at hotels and than the typical "shabu" places.

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks! 

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

His claims are totally believable. Except the part that the racket started only last year. This has been going on for decades. And not only are the quoted numbers ikely on the low side, this happens all over the country. It is likely way, way into the billions of baht. 

My last time in Thailand 2013 ish, had a friend who owned a business.  Had to pay the local police 10k baht a month "protection" money.  Then his business got more popular and police from another (precinct) came by and demanded money also.  Think he was paying close to 20k baht a month... To the RTP, just to stay in business.  And I believe operate out of normal times also.  

Point is, that's one case from 10 years ago.  And I clearly remember learning about "brown envelopes" and "tea money" back then.  

Also I just got my visa extension...  Not just the RTP when it comes to the envelopes.  

Did something that is not "translatable" for living abroad.  No digital nomad stuff here.

7 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

There is no requirement to apply for the extension 30 days early. It can be done up to the day it expires.

You have plenty of time to apply for your extension.

In my opinion the best thing to do to avoid problems is to use a translation service to do the translation and the certification of it at the Department of Consular Affairs' of the MFA.. 

 

We are using a translation service.  In BKK.  They just dropped the ball.  The MFA is who told us their translation was wrong (multiple parts of it).

Thank you for that, I had no clue.  I thought it was 30 days min.  Sigh of relief.

Thank you so much for your help.  Greatly appreciated.

-Lou

Hello all,

I came to Thailand Oct 6th.  I'm in Sisaket.  I have a non-o that I will get the marriage extension for.  Wife and I were married outside Thailand.  I took all of the steps necessary to have the marriage cert, certified and sealed back in the US.  

In Thailand, we have to have the documents translated into Thai and then sent to MFA.  The translation service "completed translation" and sent back to us.  We then sent to MFA in Bangkok.  Which they then sent back to us, stating that there were many translation errors (they circled and pointed them out).  Out of the 6 pages 4 had multiple errors.  (500 Baht p/p btw).

Contacted the translation company, and they're being, well, douchey about it but are "fixing it".

So question/s:

My non-o expires Jan 3rd 2022.  I have to apply for the extension a minimum of 30 days prior to visa expiration (as I understand).   At this point, I'm 99% sure that I will not have the translated docs in time to register them (Kor ror), and make it to immigration with all the required docs.

So, is my only option in that case, to get a 60 day extension on my visa?  Is that even a viable option?  Something else?

Thanks for any help,

Lou

Hello all,

So I plan on heading back to Thailand with my wife in the next few years (3) and my wife and I are looking into opening a business when we get back.  Well not just "looking", actively planning. My question is: How does that work and with which kind of visa?  We were planning on going the marriage visa route, but as far as I can tell, that doesn't permit you to work in Thailand, let alone own a business.  So would I (we) go the business visa route and scrap the marriage visa, or my wife opens the business and I apply for a work permit?  Or???

It's a while away, but this just popped into my head and I'm confused.  Just curious if any of you are or were in a similar situation and how you went about it!

Thanks!