joe3180

ok...thanks. new is better but if a good rebuild would work just fine too.

where can i get an aftermarket turbo here in bkk and how much will it run me? im looking for t28 bb.

thanks

move the fine up to 1000 baht. who cares. i dont really see any reason why u would overstay more then 1 day... due to miscalculation. anyone who does go over that day is either lazy or just dumb and doesnt care. hel_l they should put the limit to only 1 week and throw them in jail after that. i just thought the 200 baht a day was so cheap for breaking the law. so good for them to raise the fine.

i think the whole thing is stupid cuz u go there and you know how long your going to stay. why in the world would u ever overstay in the first place unless your retarded and change your ticket without thinking. then any reasonable person would get an extention or do the visa run a week or weeks before it expires. maybe people would take the law more serous if they chaged the over stay fine from 200 baht a day to 2000 baht a day. or just chage that whole thing...throw all the people who get caught in the airport in jail. just doesnt seem like this should ever happen. and its your own fault if it does. they really cant complain about it. and gesh...if they did ask for 5000 baht to get let off....hel_l yea id take it. you just got caught breaking the law....take the easy way out even if you gotta have then take ya down to the atm.... better then missing your flight and havin to pay 30000 baht for another ticket.

good info. thank you. yea...i have a lot of things...i mean a lot. few hundred emails, over 1000 pictures. bout 100 pages of conversations, and receipts for phone cards...thats the best i can do about that. but i do have phone records of text messages. but i think that should be good enough...haha. but wow...when i saw what you paid to that translation place i was little shocked. but i guess a little bit of money for the convenience is good for some people. im much too cheap to pay something like that...haha...poor me. but yea i wont be changing job to less money i just wont have a job at the time i fill the paper out. when i get back from bkk after getting married ill be going to the army...so i guess its safe to say that. ill just ask the people at the embassy...im sure they dont care anyway. but i just want to be honest with all of them. but ill have to bring that paper out for her to sign this time cuz i dont think she will get her visa before next year...unfortunately. thanks again for the help.

so the pictures would be 2 of me and 2 of her?

NO YOU NEED 2 OF EACH OF YOU !

what are they used for?

I just recently married in BKK. As others have said, you need to sign (and have notarized) an affidavit at the US Embassy (ACS Unit). From there, if you want, step into any translation shop, and they will take care of translating the affidavit to Thai, running it over to to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then escort you and your fiance to the Amphur, where you get married. The translation shop should charge you a fixed fee to have everything done.

After you are married, you are not required to register your marriage at the US Embassy, nor back in the States. Your marriage is automatically recognized by the US. Nevertheless, it is in your interest to have a translated version of your Thai marriage certificate. You will need to submit a copy of this to the USCIS when you eventually file the I-130 for your wife's visa.

Also, do not forget to apply for the IRS's ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) for your spouse. This serves in lieu of a Social Security Number for tax filing purposes.

When/if your wife gets a visa to come to the US, she will automatically be eligible to apply for a bonafide Social Security Number, and you can stop using the ITIN.

Thank you. i heard bout that form before too. i guess ill have to contact the irs before i leave so i can get her to sign that while im there. so when you got married the translation place did all that for you? that sounds nice. how much did they charge you for all that? ill prob just do it all myself since im going to wait a couple days after i get the papers back from the MFA to go to the amphur. but good explaination tho. at first i was just worried maybe i could get turned down for it or something cuz they are asking me for my salary and job. just cuz ill be in the middle of changing jobs at the time. but now after all this i think ill be ok. thanks for all the help guys.

It must be an international legal document and that is what registering it with the MFA does. I suspect that is also the reason to have in both languages. After you receive your marriage certificate you can have that translated into English and again registered with the MFA and it then becomes a legal document in both countries.

so after you translate back to english if you go back to MFA they are the ones to make it a certified document and you register it with them? cuz im going to need to do this so i can bring it back to the US when i get married in april.

i just got my girl her passport. the place she got hers was right next to central plaza and took just 2 days. all she needed was her id card and money. first day was just to fill everything out and it was ready to pick up the next day. just give yourself a couple hours in the building that first day.

cool...thank you for that info too.

haha...ok...got it. easy for me to ask her bout that then. thanks.

oh...never heard of that before...ill have to ask her bout that tonight. what are those other things? tabian ban and blue book? and ill be sure to get those photos too. just wasnt sure if ya ment photos of me and her like on holiday or that. thanks for clearing that up.

also thanks for that website...first time i heard bout that house registration book thing and first website i saw with it too.

lots of photos? house registration book?

and all that is the stuff you get from the embassy and other places along the way?

oh...good info...thanks guys. so the pictures would be 2 of me and 2 of her? i would assume...but im sure 1 would do of each. oh and yea...im pretty young i guess you can tell by how i write or something. im 25 and so is my girl. and both unmarried. and great info bout the translation...that will come in handy. i want to spend more time with my girl and less in line or waiting. with your guys experance how long will the whole thing take generaly....if i do everything as quick as i can and there are no real delays on my part? looking at what you 2 have said i guess its bout 4-5 days? so basicly i really dont need anything extra then what i would normaly bring with me? oh yea...bout the embassy website....i guess its been down all day today. i went to check on things before work today and only got a good 5 min glance. when i got home didnt work and hasnt since. oh and im talkin bout the us embassy in bangkok website.....ok...now i feel dumb...it started to work again. i just checked it. but good to have real life experance rather then relay on only the website....i know things can go wrong or whatever. thanks again tho.

when you say pictures you mean? like passport photos? and did the embassy ask you for any documents? or was it just like here fill this out and turn it in for them to sign? but thanks for writing back

ok i will go to bangkok in march to get married to my long term gf. im just not sure about what documents im going to need to bring with me when i go. im from USA. now the one thing im havin a prob with is on the US embassy site for bangkok they say nothing about bring bank statements or anything. but i read other places that i need to show that stuff. anyone know for sure? as far as i know from the website is i just need my passport and fill out somepapers at the embassy and they will sign it. then i go to get the papers translated and then bring those to a place to get the signature verified. then i go to the government office and register with them that we are married. then back to the us embassy to register my marriage in the US. no place does it say what "supporting documents" are needed....but it says that. im not sure if i forgot any important information but feel free to ask me for anything that will help anwser my question. oh and i will not be filing for her to come to the US until may when i join the army and can show the embassy i can support my new wife. since my income is pretty bad right now spending so much time with her in bkk not working. any help will be great. thanks!!

jason