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You need to define "they". The Thai embassy in your country gave you a visa. This has nothing to do with an official in a District Office verifying the authenticity of your passport. As an example, you need to provide a certified and legalised copy of your passport to get married or divorced in Thailand. Both of these have serious implications for child custody and for your assets. For example, what if, unbeknownst to you, a Thai lady fraudulently married you, then claimed your estate upon your death? For those with substantial assets it would be a nightmare.

It's not crazy at all. Most Thai government officers are not experts in spotting fraudulent passports from every country in the world. Some government functions have massive legal consequences, such as the registration of marriage and divorce. District offices have been presented fraudulent documents many times. To negate this certain functions require you to get your embassy to make a certified copy of your passport. If/when the document is legalised the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs verifies the document is genuine with your embassy. The Thai MFA also affixes the document with a QR code. When scanned, the QR code takes you to a unique page on the MFA website which confirms the data on the scanned document. In this way officers at other Thai government offices can be sure the passport they are being given is not a forgery. It's time consuming and expensive but government officers want to be as certain as possible that they are not legitimising a scam.

No, the British embassy certifies just the bio page of your passport.

This is imperative to understand. You could be paying money for something that shouldn't even be sold. As noted above, who owns the side road? Does the property you are looking at benefit from an easement across the neighbour's land legally guaranteeing you access by foot and vehicle? Is there an easement that allows you to pass electric cables from the main road to the piece of land you are interested in? If not, the price needs to reflect this.

No. In fact a visa would not be knowingly granted to a citizen. This is because a visa limits the duration of stay, and a citizen's stay in their country cannot be limited.

It depends on many factors: Location of land Shape of land How accessible is the land What was the land used for previously Does the land have any buildings with a blue book Category of title deed Are water and electric already installed If not, does an existing PEA electric supply run past the land What prices have been paid for similar land How motivated is the seller

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Check that the chanote you are looking at matches the land you want to buy.

What you also need to find is the water meter.

How does that work with a self driving car?

If you buy from Amorn then they offer a service where they will apply for the NTSC license for you. You pay them the license fee and an agency fee, sign a few documents and give them about a month or so. Two years ago the NTSC charged 500 baht plus vat per license. Each transceiver needs it's own license.

Moved to the Banking forum.

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They get to operate the airport until it is handed back to the state in several decades time.

@hobobo Do you have any updates you would like to share? Things that went well, or things that went awry?

You will struggle to find that in most countries from most nationalities. It's nearly always about looks and money/status.

As the British Embassy do not give advice on passport issues this topic has been moved to the Home Country forum.

It's OK to name the immigration office. It's not ok to name an individual officer. Requirements do vary between offices. It's OK to let people know what your office requires.

One option is to use the BTS to go to Wat Phra Sri Mahathat. Take this exit and you will be at the correct taxi rank: Dropped pin https://maps.app.goo.gl/cpsLzumz7ZWRXZtt7 There are always taxis arriving and departing at this location. From here it is one straight road to your destination. Note: Make sure the driver doesn't default to taking you to Immigration Building B, which is where they take foreigners 99 per cent of the time.

It would be good if you would update this topic with your experience, price paid/m, time taken, etc. It will help many others in the future.

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SuperRich are not accepting Danish or Norwegian Krone, or Swedish Krona.

I use Express Translation next to BTS Ploen Chit. Very easy to get to from BTS St Louis if you use the skytrain. I recently paid 3,000 baht for the same service you require: Translation and Legalisation of a notarised copy of my passport. Be aware that the MFA operates an online queue system and there can be a bit of a bottleneck, so don't be too surprised if you are quoted a 2-3 week turnaround. Take your original passport with you to the translation company. http://www.expresstranslationservice.co.th/cms.php?id_cms=6 https://g.co/kgs/9hPsU7

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