Grauwulf

Mate get out of the country first...then review your options.why did you overstay? Surely not over a woman? Is this yr first time? They MAY be lenient on you coming back with a VISA not visa exempt. But note to self....stick to the rules or there will be more than likely a problem. How old are you can you not get work,marriage ,retirement or even a multi tourist visa? If not I would suggest an easier holiday destination

11 hours ago, cat handler said:

 

Apologies, I was unaware he had a degree in Thai immigration Law.

Na Cat he has just years of experience dealing with associated problems...besides as we all know a Thai degree ain’t worth the paper it’s printed on.... some of these guys have actually HAD these problems and been successful...never say never this is Asia...OP Good luck

Yup happens a lot usually down to shall we say financial dealings in house and they don’t want to attract the attention of RTP/immigration so therefore no;WP. But hey this is Asia. I loved teaching in the UK but very political nowadays. My choice here is quality not quantity and I do things not because I have to but because I enjoy doing things...does that kinda make sense?.....

Op please define “educational personnel”? Then maybe I can ask around please feel free to pm rather than discuss on open forum

On 08/03/2018 at 3:33 PM, MaeJoMTB said:

I thought this was a discussion about what info Thai immigration has on us.

Which is probably nothing (any 'secret info' in my passport chip will be in roman alphabet).

I don't think UK immigration has any info on us (UK citizens) either, they certainly don't know where I am (the UK authorities think I'm in Cornwall).

So you smuggled yourself out of the UK withought departing through UK immigration, then got into Thailand and they didn’t scan you in either... yeh right no one knows you’ve left or arrived here. Do you always write such nonsense when you’ve got home from the bar........your names not Denzel Pendragon is it :) ????

Yes totally possible you have to support your wife/ family yup?

just fill in the paperwork

7 hours ago, BsBs said:

 

Yes and you perfectly read all the posts from the people who had to spend a full day at least at immigration for something that should be done in 10 mns.

I also do not like that any uniform visits me or even speaks to me when I have not decided.

Life is so much easier by just leaving the country for a short trip 4 times a years. I never and will never report anything, better live in Cambodia.

 

 

 

 

Well if you can’t adapt to Thai rules and the way of life and the procedure for legal paperwork off you go to Cambodia....kindly shut the door on the way out...

I had a friend of mine (of Indian origin) highly qualified applied to be Lecturer at a well known University in BKK after previously working at a University in UK. They were highly impressed by his credentials and references which accompanied his CV. They asked him to submit a photo and he never heard from them again. I’ve heard similar stories from schools here. Not saying it’s right but it DOES happen here unfortunately. You would be better of applying for a job in the UK and the salary would be better too. Good luck young man.

So let me get this right, you are unemployed, have no assets or property in UK. You appear to be struggling financially ( noted your other post about being short on the fee for your tourist visa in Vientiane) You want to go back to the UK with your pregnant girlfriend of 5 months. Did you really think your visit in the LOS through? How are you supporting yourselves in BKK, you can’t be working if only on a tourist visa..... hard as this may be but you need to go back to the UK alone get a job save some money and come back with a sustainable future. I can totally see why they refused your visa your drowning fast and clutching at straws. Good luck.

To the OP remember you may have to show 20000 baht in cash to the IO of proof of funds on a tourist visa. Not heard of it happening on a land border yet but you never know.....

Endex

Mmmm as I said at the time when David and Hannah were murdered when I was on exchange with the Thai military Police they investigated and the run of money to Bangkok was too high for them to deal with. Koh Tao is protected or shall I say one family is protected at the highest level. The bullshit that some English guy who proclaimed it's not mafia/ family run is as it stands bull shit. So until the son of this protected family is taken out..and yes I mean taken out he and his buddies will enjoy the haven of assault rape and murder knowing they can get away with it. I believe they all hang out in one sports bar by the way........

I just asked my bank totype a letter saying I had x amount in ac no. So and so since so and so stamped and dated . In and out of branch in 20 minutes.( Barclays) Embassy accepted it without a glance. No need to take statements. But that was 2 years ago and now have different visa. You shouldn't have any probs

30 minutes ago, JAG said:

 

Yes. TEFL is a very basic, very specific qualification. As I said many posts ago teaching English as a foreign language, as practised here, is a very specific skill set.
I have a TEFL qualification, gained over a months course. I also have a degree, not related, which I gained 20 years ago as a mature student.
I absolutely don't consider myself to be a fully trained teacher by any means, although I have, I think, over the last three years, developed reasonable classroom management skills. I also think I am a good teacher, in this specific area. I take an interest in the pedagogic aspects of the job, read widely about it, and talk to those of my Thai colleagues who are interested enough to discuss it. If I were younger ( I'm pushing 60) I would make the effort to do some sort of PGCE, but there is little point now.
One of the problems is the overuse of the honorific title "teacher" here. Whilst flattering it has to be taken with a pinch of salt. People like myself, and the fellow in the OP are not "teachers" in the full sense of the word. That said, many of us ( not this chap perhaps) do a valuable job, and without us and our efforts the already rather poor education system would be further impovershed.
.Sorry I've banged on so much; it is rather a pet subject. And by the way, being slagged off as losers or presumed perverts rather boils my piss, to be crude.
 

 

Yeh I hear you on that. In many cases Ive found that kids always respond better to fun, enthusiastic adults, whether they be subject teachers, TEFL teachers, teaching assistants or sports coaches. Being qualified doesn't necessary mean you can teach it takes a special kind of person. I've known newly qualified teachers quit within one year as they couldn't handle the stress of the class and yet assistants to go on and get qualified and become fantastic teachers in their own right. Above all it's a team effort.

back on post tho, whose to say the kid didn't make it up to get said man into trouble and his parents are "influential"? Kids in the UK have made some terrible allegations     about teachers which were found to be total fabrication and they admitted didn't like the teache. But by then the damage to their reputation had been done...do we shoot first and ask questions later? Only in Thailand....

Just now, possum1931 said:

Yes it was.

That'll be it then mate. TEFL and ESOL courses are just the very basics in order to teach foreigners English. Mainstream education is different. When I was at teacher training university there was an awful lot of time spent on psychology of children, classroom behaviour and socio-economic factors which affects education. Add on that your own subject matter and it's a very intense course but very interesting as to what makes kids tick.

BTW there are cases of pupils attacking teachers and when the teacher reacts it's the kids whose story is believed first. ( and yes occasionally the kids have even lied just to get teachers sacked!) As I said ages ago many great teachers leaving the profession because teachers have fewer and fewer rights.

1 minute ago, timkeen08 said:

My Thai wife has post graduate diplomas from Thailand Universities pertaining to Autism, Downs Syndrome, Early Childhood Development, and Early Childhood Learning Disorders. So, they are taught in Thailand but I do doubt that many teachers further their education in this field.

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Might help them control classes better if they were more aware of these needs.  Very difficult to implement diversity and all inclusion in schools when so many disruptive pupils stop others learning.

2 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Yes, my friend is a teacher in Bangkok, we worked together at a school for one semester in Nakhon Sawan about eight years ago, just

after I graduated in a Teacher Training Academy in Bangkok.

Well that says it then Possum I doubt whether they would have used the term ADHD or SEN in Bangkok let alone Nakhom nowhere, as it is a term more commonly found in Education in the U.K. For about the last 10 years. So fair one not knowing it over here. ( was that a TEFL academy as those courses don't cover SEN or special educational needs either).

3 hours ago, possum1931 said:

I have just called a teacher who I used to work with and he does not know what these initials stand for.

If every teacher should know then why was I not taught it when I attended the Teacher Training Academy?

It was only mentioned briefly on some PGCE courses few years ago it's a fairly new diagnosis, again they used to be just naughty or disruptive kids but I. Education nowadays it all has to have a label to explain the behaviour - go figure. Most of the time you learn about this whilst in your first school usually from pastoral managers or head of house, Year,subject etc.

2 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

You hear that possum?

2 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

You hear that possum?

Well I would say it's known a lot more in the UK. Don't know if they have the same problem here. The problem is it's an easy card for doctors to give kids for parents who cannot control or discipline them properly. Hence naughty little s**t syndrome!! Usually re ognised in most primary and secondary schools in depravation areas in the U.K.

1 minute ago, NanLaew said:

What is? "ADHD" or "lazy s**ts"?

Read the full meaning of ADHD and the other I'll leave to your imagination!!!!?

12 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

It is still lazy typing.

Yup gives me more time to enjoy my day! Have a good one

11 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

In my teaching experience of three years, one in Mattayom school, and the other two in a Prathom one. I would say that only a small minority of boys wanted to learn while the majority of girls did.

Same all around the world ....lazy boys....

1 minute ago, possum1931 said:

Another member of the "lazy typists" brigade. What does ADHD stand for?

Oh possum not a lazy typist but it's such a long name and the short version is used in Education and medicine. Just for you ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or naughty little s**ts as my wife used to say!!!

5 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

The U.K. should not be dragged into the mud here. He may very well be a teacher of the English language, but he looks like an ozzie reject from Wolf Creek !

Looks like a Phillipino to me, that would fit because they're cheap and don't mind working the long hours....