wallywest

I work from home for an American company and my job description just changed, starting in a couple weeks I will have to start making calls to clients over the phone.

I'm wondering what the best Softphones/VOIP are so I can have clear, quality calls to our customers in America. Does anyone have any experience with this? My boss and I spoke about it and if we can't find one with a clear enough connection I'll have to move back to the states which I don't want to do yet.

I'll be moving into a new condo next week and will have 3bb internet, 10M Download/1.5M Upload, will this be sufficient enough for 3-5 hours of talk time a day on a VOIP system?

We're also hoping we can have a system that will show the business name on caller ID but that isn't a big deal if it's not possible, the most important thing is that I can hear the clients clearly and vice versa.

Thank you for the help!

I work from home for an American company and my job description just changed, starting in a couple weeks I will have to start making calls to clients over the phone.

I'm wondering what the best Softphones/VOIP are so I can have clear, quality calls to our customers in America. Does anyone have any experience with this? My boss and I spoke about it and if we can't find one with a clear enough connection I'll have to move back to the states which I don't want to do yet.

Thank you for the help!

Thanks for your reply Wallywest!

30k THB for how many classes?

Their website says 15 sessions for 6000 baht with 3 months validity. Since we need a minimum of 2 sessions per week that would mean 105 sessions for a full year at 630000 THB, unless they have some kind of package with EDU visa? Have contacted them but haven't gotten any reply yet.

2000 THB for visa fees + $80 to pay in a neighbouring country as stated on the thai embassy website (http://www.thaiembassy.org/hochiminh/en/services/54615-Non-Immigrant-Visa-ED-(Education).html)

+ extensions every 3 months for a maximum of 1 year.

Is this correct?

It will be 32,000 for 2 classes per week for 9 months. Or you can do 4 classes a week, 6 classes a week, etc. I forget the exact number of how many but if you stick with 2 per week then it comes out to being 9 months of training at around 400thb per class.

What is the name of the other school that can offer the 1 year ED visa. I found the following on google:

http://www.chacritmuaythaischool.com/student-visa.html

Toddy's 20k baht seems quite pricey indeed and it's at Bearing, pretty far out of town and 18k per month for sleeping and training, damn!

Are there really only 2 schools who can provide this visa?

Yes only Master Toddy's and Chacrit can obtain an ED-Visa from Muay Thai in Bangkok.

I went to Chacrit and they require you to pay 9 months up front, the cost is 30,000thb for training plus 2,000thb for the visa fees.

It's half the cost of Master Toddy's and they don't charge 20,000thb to print off paper work for you, I'll be switching schools in a couple weeks.

I appreciate everyone's help, I will be speaking to the other Muay Thai school here that provides an ED-Visa.

Thank you all very much.

Have a good look in your passport and see what you actually have.

If the OP had a one year visa he would be doing a border run every 90 days to obtain a new 90 day entry. There would be no requirement/need to visit immigration or pay a 1900 Bht fee.

"Holder of this type of visa is entitled to stay in Thailand for a maximum period of 90 days. He or she may apply for an extension of stay at the Office of the Immigration Bureau and may be granted such extension for a period of one year from the date of first entry into Thailand."

Pulled from the Thai Embassy website, this is what I have since I applied for the extension after the initial 90 days.

One year extensions of stay are usually only available to people studying at a Thai university.

Are you sure that you have a one year extension of stay ? Check the dates because it is likely you only have a 90 day extension.

I go to Master Toddy's Muay Thai Academy, it is 1 of 2 Muay Thai schools that are able to get an ED-Visa. I have to extend it every 90 days with proof that I am still attending classes and I am accompanied with one of the trainers. I can only stay on this Visa for up to 1 year, then I either have to switch schools or just apply for a tourist visa and go on border runs every 90 days.

Have a good look in your passport and see what you actually have.

If the OP had a one year visa he would be doing a border run every 90 days to obtain a new 90 day entry. There would be no requirement/need to visit immigration or pay a 1900 Bht fee.

"Holder of this type of visa is entitled to stay in Thailand for a maximum period of 90 days. He or she may apply for an extension of stay at the Office of the Immigration Bureau and may be granted such extension for a period of one year from the date of first entry into Thailand."

Pulled from the Thai Embassy website, this is what I have since I applied for the extension after the initial 90 days.

I pay 18,000thb per month for training and accommodation at my gym, the 20,000thb I paid was what I was told it cost to get an ED-Visa. Did I get ripped off?

<deleted>, I hope you guys aren't telling me I got ripped of by my gym. Now that I think about it I paid it to them because they said they needed it to process the paper work. Here is the quote from the website.

"There is an application and processing fee of only 20,000 THB for the 1-year visa and only 1000 THB for the 3-month visa – plus two months advance gym and accommodation fees are due upfront for the one-year visa. Other expenses may include fees at the Thai embassy or consulate and travel expenses that we cannot predict, and a 1900 THB immigration fee due every 90 days (paid at the immigration office)."

Any extension of stay costs 1900 Bht and that is all. The fee is payable directly to immigration.

Who did you pay 18,000 to and what for ?

Something does not seem to be right ........

That is the cost of the 1 year ED-Visa, I paid it to immigration now I don't have to leave the county for 1 year. I can just stay here and check in with immigration every 3 months.

It should be possible to do it.

You would need a letter stating you have finished your studies at your current gym on the date you go to immigration. They would cancel your current extension and issue a new one based upon supporting documents from the new one.

I assume you meant 2.000 baht not 20,000 baht for the visa.

No actually the Visa cost me 2,000thb for the first 3 months, then 18,000thb for the extension to be able to stay here for an entire year. I still have to go immigration every 90 days and pay another 1,900thb.

If I have to pay 20,000thb over again then I won't do it and will just stay at my school, I'm wondering though if I can transfer over without having to pay the huge ED-Visa fee again.

Hello everyone,

I've been training at a Muay Thai school for 5 months now. I Have and Education Visa and after the first 3 months did another 3 month extension, my next extension date will be January 27th.

The school I'm at right now is too far away from central Bangkok and it's been a hassle traveling and going places, plus it's pretty expensive living there. I'm wanting to move to my own apartment and I found another gym near an apartment that is cheaper and also offers an ED-Visa.

I was wondering if it's possible to switch my ED-Visa over to them before my extension date in a month or if I would have to file for a new Visa and pay the 20,000thb cost for it?

Thank you!