MikeN

3 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

Get a fortune teller to reveal what is more auspicious for her. This will also shut up family and friends. He might even throw in a lottery number at a discount. 

But if the lottery number is wrong they will all say "fortune teller no good, don't do what he said."

At the moment she is going to keep her name, but that could change tomorrow.......

So nobody has had any real problems either way, which just shows that her friends and family know SFA about this subject.

57 minutes ago, EricTh said:

As far as I know, Abhisit resigned after the voting by his party members to join Prayut and NOT before.

 

So he was the leader then but he can't make the decision unilaterally.

No, he resigned as leader right after the election. He resigned as an MP when the party, lead by their new leader, decided to support Prayut.

Now that the GF and I are seriously talking marriage, the subject of what name to use has come up. Me, I am a Sensitive New Age Guy who doesn’t care either way if she uses my name or continues with her Thai name but she has already received lots of “advice” from her family and friends.

Use his name or you will have problems....

Keep using your name or you will have problems....

And when I ask “what problems” nobody can be specific.

 So for those that have been through this, did your wife have any problems because she either changed or didn’t change her surname ?

 I know that many years ago women married to foreigners were not allowed to own land because half of it would belong to the “alien” which is a no-no, so many women just kept their maiden name and nobody was the wiser. But that law changed 20 or more years ago. I know she will have to go and update her ID card, Tabien Baan, etc.

2 hours ago, EricTh said:

What is shocking is that the Democrat party led by Abhisit decided to support Prayut. 

 

Actually, when Abhisit was the Democrat leader he said they would not support Prayut. He resigned after the election and they eventually elected another leader and chose to support Prayut, whereupon Abhisit resigned as an MP.

 So while it is ironic that a Democrat party would vote for a coup leader, don’t blame it on Abhisit. He is one of the few Thai MPs with a conscience.

For that size I would think you would have to make your own ...some framework that clips together and white cloth attached.

 I have seen some fairly large light boxes in Fortune Town, but not that big.

1 hour ago, bigginhill said:

Thanks, I see the 90 day and the Tm6, but I can,t see TM 30. 

Its the "section 38" app.

@KhaoYai using rootstock is a way of getting the best of 2 varieties of a tree. A tree ( variety A) might have great fruit but be too large or susceptible to disease. Another variety B of the same fruit tree might be smaller or tougher. So you use the roots and lower stem of B then graft on a cutting of A, hopefully the graft takes and you get the best of both .....good fruit on a tough tree.

The actual chanotes to "our" blocks of land only show those particular pieces of land, not adjoining property, although both have a sketch map pinned to the document, showing the rest of the sub division and the location of "our" ( aka her) land. I would suggest you possibly do not have a full chanote ?

Looking at the TM30 form it appears that no supporting documents are required, or at least none are listed as officially required.

I have just moved to Ubon and the owner of the house where my gf and I are living does not want to get involved in submitting a TM30.

So, can my gf submit as possessor without any lease or other paperwork ? It is just a handshake deal with her sister, no contract.

The GF is on the tabian baan of another house and she is suggesting that we use that address, not something I want to do in case they or the local cops pay me a visit to check, or if I might later need a residence certificate for some reason.

5 hours ago, buick said:

are you on an extension of stay ?  when was your last renewal ?  new 'rules' have been in place for a few weeks (months ?) now.  my experience was same as yours until i visited to renew my extension of stay in may.

I did my extension of stay at CW about two weeks ago and no mention of TM30 then, so it must be a very recent change.....or they are only picking on a few people for some reason.

I just moved up to Ubon 2 days ago and having GREAT difficulty in convincing the gf and her sister who owns this house that a TM30 was required in 24 hours.

Mai pen rai, can do next week......

2 hours ago, Cuchulainn said:

Thanks to all above.

 

So, hopefully, once registered, the wife can submit the TM30 online each time I come back from abroad and no need to traipse all the way out to CW?

 

I thought only hotels and guest houses could use this online method of registering and reporting. Can we lesser mortals do it as well?

Chaeng Wattana don't ask for a TM30 if you are returning to your previous address.

On 5/20/2019 at 11:56 AM, giddyup said:

I went through the pre marriage process in Thailand about 3 years ago, but decided not to go ahead because of possible pension loss. However I still have all the documents from the Aussie Embassy, translations etc. My question is would I still be able to go ahead with the marriage now or would all those documents be considered out of date? If I need to repeat the process I would only be getting the exact same documents again.

There is a new "certificate of no impediment to marriage" instead of the old paperwork, since April I believe. I did it last week, fairly straightforward except my gf was required to produce her passport when that was not on the listed requirements. Dont know what would have happened if she did not have one. The certificate is valid for 3 months so dont get it too early.

The application form and info pdf are on the embassy website.

I don't have the links handy on phone but if you google florida gardening calendar you should get a number of suggestions. Florida has a similar climate to thailand....cooler dry season, wet season.

Tomatoes from end of wet season, lettuce in the cool season, and stick to the open leaf varieties.

19 hours ago, ChouDoufu said:

no mention of the new requirements to keep 800k on account for 3 months after, or that account can not drop below 400k at any time?

If you are asking about CW, I did my extension there recently and they gave me 2 copies of the new rules. One to sign as acknowledgement, and one to keep for future reference. The IO pointed to the relevant section ...."new rules".

8 minutes ago, khunken said:

Sadly, I expect the Bangkok Post to folow suit. In my area of Bangkok there used to be 5-6 outlets to buy the paper, now there are none.

I haven’t seen either of the English language papers on sale for a long time. 

6 hours ago, chingmai331 said:

I do think the Thai Immig does not want farang sleeping along the road side, even if in a car. 

I have read/heard that such campers are not seen in T'land is due to govt regulations.  

My suggestion: check with local land transport office before any $$ investments. 

Well I have seen them sold at the motor shows so they must be legal. In fact they nearly all had a “sold” sign on them when I visited the shows. I have seen a couple on the road. I guess you could always overnight at a service station, but there are no caravan parks as such, just campsites at national parks.

7 minutes ago, redwhiteandblue said:

What is the source of these figures.  They are not in the original article.

They were in the original article, the Nation has edited their version but if you go to thaivisanews https://news.thaivisa.com/article/35306/mandatory-health-insurance-for-retirement-visa-holders-likely-to-take-effect-in-july it was still there as I write this.

 The Nation has obviously been told the numbers are bogus, but I bet they don’t have the intestinal fortitude to tell the government that.

2 hours ago, donnacha said:

Terrific idea. Do you have his phone number?

Try twitter ..... isn’t that his preferred form of communication?

Why not just get something like a smallish Isuzu truck and a custom built body shell ? Then just fit it out as you fancy.