up-country_sinclair

Oh...."local' refers to your home country not the country where you are applying for the visa?

I put my wife for the Thai Guarantor.

OK, how about #21

Local guarantor and address......

Bear in mind that #22 is

Guarantor and address in Thailand......

The only 'local' address I'll have is my hotel near the embassy where I'm applying....and I certainly wouldn't consider them a 'guarantor'.

Thanks Sri Racha John and dr_Pat_Pong.

15. Countries for which passport is valid....

I assume they're referring to the country that issued the passport.

For example, I'm from the US and have a US passport.....so I should write US...right?

I really don't understand the point of this question...or am I being completely daft?

Thanks!

I'm thinking about taking a road trip down to Malaysia (Kota Bharu probably) to get a Non-O visa, and was wondering what docs are necessary to drive legally on the other side of the border.

Thanks.

Sorry if I've posted this in the wrong section.

Good luck mclaren1001!

I look forward to reading how it went for you.

If you don't mind, please find out at what time people are allowed to pick up their passports on the following day. The OP mentioned 11:15, but I'm hoping it is earlier because the only flight to Krabi is at 12:05.

Thanks.

I believe i promised to tell how it went down.

Wed,air asia to KL.30 min delay,but another nice flight with AA.

Took the bus to sentral,and from there the monorail.

Checked in at Tune hotel around 10 pm.

Thursday,woke up early,and gathered my stuff,and took a teksi to the embassy.

Arrived 9.15,and took my place in line,after i filled the form.

Unless you are among the 7-8 first in the line,you have time fill out the form once you are inside.So if you want to speed things up,just go straight to the line.

Around 10 am,my turn was up.It turned out i forgot to copy my wp,but acrosss the street is a hotel,that will help you with copys.

Anyway,applied for my 1 year non o,payd RM 550.-And was out of the embassy 10.15.

Friday,packed up,checked out.And took a teksi to the embassy once again.

I was purposlely early.My bought internet at the hotel was out of credit,and the hotel across from the embassy has free wifi.

Spend an hour on the net,and went to the embassy at 11.15,got my passport end checked it,a nice sticker inside confirmed the 1 year non o multiple.

Walked to Ampang park station,around 10 min walk.Took the train to sentral.

Since i still had 4 hour to kill before catching the buss to LCC,i left my luggage at a luggage storage,and went shopping at bukit binta.

At 3 pm i took the bus to LCC,and was back in Bkk 7.35,15 min early........

Needless to say i had my paperwork in order.

Other than than,a very smooth trip.

Spend friday night at The Duke.KL's only blues bar,and they even let me sit in.

If you want to find The Duke,it is not easy.

But here is the adress.

Duta Vista Excecutive suites.(the dukes is inside.and you will see it once you get to the lobby)

Jalang Duta Vista.

Its a 10-15 min drive from Tune hotel.

All in all a good trip.And i like KL a lot more than the first time i was there.

Thanks for the informative post. I have a few questions/requests if you don't mind....

Why did you wait until 11:15 to pick up your passport? Is this when the embassy told you to come back to pick it up? Could you have picked it up earlier? If I use the embassy in KL my return flight would leave at 12:05 which means I would have to stay an extra day, which is something I would like to avoid.

Also, could you please provide a detailed list of all the documents you brought (and how many copies of each), because it seems that some embassies and consulates have different requirements. I need to get a NON-O (marriage) in a few weeks, but I'm currently not working so I don't need the WP info.

Thanks very much.

A couple of questions...

1. Does the 400K have to be in a bank account, or can it be in a brokerage account? I may have asked this question on another thread, but just want to confirm.

2. What is the turnaround time in Singapore? In other words, how late can I drop off my paperwork on Monday, and how early can I pick it up on Tuesday---or will it be later in the week? This info will help me choose which flights to book.

Thanks.

OK cool.

I'm guessing a brokerage account would be acceptable?

Thanks jstumbo, lite beer and lopburi3.

Singapore will give a Multi Entry Non O if you have 400,000 Baht in a bank somewhere

i find all this visa information quite confusing, but doesn't this ^ contradict the information given on the previous page of this thread?

When you get a new visa, the best you would do would be a multi non-O visa. You would have to make 90 day border runs though. In order to not have border runs, you would need an extension.

thanks, but my question was whether i could just go an apply for another (new) NON-O. btw, what i have now is multi-entry, and will apply for the same if permissible.

And you could always go get a new visa.

Is it really that simple? My Non-O expires in mid May, and I'd rather just get a new visa than dealing with the paperwork involved in an extension---specifically, tax issues on my wife's income, and I don't know what's required for my embassy to sign off on my out of country income. I'm under 50 and we don't have kids, so those options are available.

If I could just go to KL or Singapore with the paperwork I used for my first application for the marriage NON O, I think it would be so much easier than the alternative.

Can anyone confirm that this is 1.) possible and 2.) not exceedingly cumbersome?

Thanks.

There are 5 very young puppies in Wat Gaew that could certainly do with a decent home. I think they should stay with their mother for the next few weeks, but if anyone is interested please let me know by PM and I'll be happy to let you know where they are.

I'm currently bringing the mother food and water daily, but I've already taken in two dogs and just don't have room for more.

I hope someone is interested!

I've been to Krabi Hospital twice (once for me and once for my wife) and while it's possibly not up to most Western standards, IMO they're certainly capable of taking and reading a chest x-ray.

440 sq meters is how much in rai?

thanks for your reply.

we submitted the statements without the numbers redacted.

my wife is applying for a schengen tourist visa on tuesday, and we are now finalizing all the documents. i'm a bit concerned about the financial statements....as someone could conceivably get up to no good with the account numbers.

do you think the embassy will look less favorably on the application if the account numbers are blacked out?

posting any experience you have related this matter would be greatly appreciated.

i wish their was a CNY currency etf.

this has probably been addressed on another thread, but is it possible to open a multi-currency account at one of these banks over the internet?

how are you buying cny?

so what happened to this 'global correction'? some markets have dropped a bit, but the world is still spinning.

sonic dragon,

thanks for your reply.

by commodities, i was referring to the rogers international commodities index ETN...RJI

yes, i am currently living in thailand. my wife and i are in our late 30s and have modest incomes, but are very fortunate to have our investment portfolio. of course we would like to have a large return on our investments, but are somewhat cautious because it's also our emergency fund. we'd be quite pleased with a 8-10% return annually---part of which we would use to supplement our income.

fletchthai68

thanks also to you, for your reply.

considering the responses by you and sonic dragon, i probably should re-classify my portfolio as "moderately conservative".....but with 55% in equities and another 15% in commodities (which scare the hel_l out of me) doesn't that put me at the famous 70/30?

as i said above, we're not really looking to make a killing, but rather keep it relatively safe while generating a bit of income.

i really appreciate both you taking the time to share your thoughts on this.

Anyway. A few ideas. Agree or Disagree. Very happy for ideas/open to debate or suggestions. Don't really care whether you're an expert or novice, optimist or pessimist (BingoBongo special invitation to you sir!). As long as you're open minded want to exchange ideas, learn or any other positive reason for posting.

Everyone's got a view. I believe there's a few of us interesting in hearing it. Just one request: Would appreciate if the flamers and people who just want to insult others go and play elsewhere.

OK, i'm certainly a novice....

a few months ago i got rattled and started to pull out of equities and increase my cash position. i'm from the US and still ridiculously heavy in dollars, however i've got approx. 10% of my portfolio in swiss francs. i'm looking to create a diversified portfolio that will be moderately 'aggressive'.

basically i've been waiting for the alleged correction to take place before i get back in...but it certainly is taking it's time. right now i'm at

10% US equities

10% international equities (a mutual fund)

55% cash--mostly dollars

25% US bonds---investment grade funds

here's my "idea"......if equity markets fall some more in the near term and the outlook for a recession in the US continues, i plan to move into dividend and consumer staple ETFs...at a 70/30 international/US split. i also plan to buy the international bond ETF (BWX). and finally if and when the price of oil and gold drop, i'll buy RJI (the rogers international commodities index). in the end, my proposed changes would look something like this...

20% US equities--primarily dividend and consumer staple ETFs

35% global equities---same as above

15% commodities

10% international treasury bonds

10% US treasury bonds

10% swiss francs

does this seem like a good idea for someone who really doesn't know nearly as much about this topic as he should, but wants to create a well diversified, moderately aggressive portfolio?

This is the ETF for long dated US Treasuries:

http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?tlt

Here's a better look:

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=TLT&p...id=p35367687897

As you can see it's been rallying for quite a while already.

i appreciate your reply (and all your posts on this thread), but i was asking about international bonds not US. again, i don't know much about international finance, so perhaps i'm so daft that i'm misunderstanding your post. let me try to rephrase....if the US markets go through an even larger correction (and if there is a recession) would this eventually force international bonds to rise in value---meaning wouldn't an international bond ETN be worth more?

Reading some of the posts in this thread I think that many investors are missing the bigger picture...

Namely that while the outlook for bonds and stocks remains unclear at best - we are clearly in a bull market for commodities.

Anyone who has been investing in bullion this year has done very nicely and if you have been in some of the fancier commodities such as oil you have done even better.

I cant help but feel the situation is similar to 1970-1980 where commodity investment dramatically outperformed stock investment.

I expect these trends to continue for some time driven principally by the weakening dollar.

i've been reading about rogers and his perspective, but if someone is not already invested in commodities (particularly oil and gold) wouldn't it be wise to wait for a a minor pull back before getting in? for example, i've read that oil will almost certainly go back into the 80s within the next few months...and how much higher could gold actually go?

thanks to all on this thread for your replies (and your patience in dealing with this rookie)

I assumed the opposite, thinking that he was referring to a flight to quality type of situation

sorry for being unclear, but the above is what i was referring to.

there's an international bond ETF (BWX) that has caught my interest (late, i know) because i'm trying to further diversify my portfolio.

so as i asked in my post, shouldn't this type of fund increase in value if the US and international markets go through an even more significant correction?

so if this global correction is going to happen, how would that affect the global bond market? with my limited knowledge of international finance, I would think that the cost of bonds would increase significantly---and even if the correction is primarily limited to US markets, wouldn't that make global bonds increase too?