59 minutes ago, moe666 said:

from what my agent told me was if you are claiming your income comes from off shore the US or where ever they want to see proof of that income matching your letter from your Embassy or Consulate. No they have not created a new rule, the last rule in the list that we must meet says the IO can ask for additional information to satisfy their need for proof.

i guess it never occurred to immigration that they only need the proof not the letter then..

25 minutes ago, superal said:

Well I have to say that what the IM said is logical . If married you need a lot more to be able to support your family as opposed to a single guy who only has to take care of himself , so single guy needs 400k and married needs 800k . But logic is thin on the ground in LOS .

logical in bar world maybe.

in the real world spouses are allowed to have careers and businesses too. this is the year 2018 after all not 1960.

13 hours ago, YetAnother said:

we have been predicting this for a couple years now;

all the academic studies point to a half dozen common causes; same ones;

i believe it is far more fundamental; thais are not careful, orderly people;

they do not grasp the value of order;

given them bigger,faster cars and trucks and more and more graduates from motorbikes.....;

this is what you get

not only that, when they graduate they drive their cars like they ride their bikes, weaving in and out, undertaking, diving into gaps (me first) and believing the bravest has the right of way.

i'm only surprised there is not more death on the roads

23 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Just imagine the que for the loo !

what loo? 

awesome responses, thanks for the help & links :)

Hi,

i have been living in Thailand for 15 years and have been married to a Thai national for the last 7 years. we have 2 young sons, british by descent, both with UK passports. We are planning to relocate to the UK in the next 6 months and we meet the financial requirements and have all the other documents we need.

our problem is we currently do not have anything in the UK to put down under the accommodation section.  Friends of the family have generously offered to sponsor accommodation for us but i am worried it will prejudice our application as i will be sponsoring the financial section whilst they will be sponsoring the accommodation section, plus they are not direct family members and would be living there as well (though they easily have the space). this is just for the application process for as soon as we arrive we will rent a house asap whilst looking for a house to buy.

would there actually be problems for us if we used our friends accommodation on the application? reading the Guardian front page today i'm dreading ending up in the 'complicated' application bucket and facing months and months of additional processing time..

would it be a better option to go back to the UK and buy (or rent) a house now?

if i did rent would a 6 month lease suffice?

thanks,

George

25 minutes ago, Psychic said:

I'd like to know how many people were caught because of any of these "tests".

They spend so much time, energy and paperwork on the 99% of married expats who are abiding by all the rules that they done have enough to chase down the bad guys.

How much man hours a year are devoted to all this nonsense and then the pointless 90 day reports that could be used to go after criminals, scam artists and those who don't have any valid visa and go nowhere near immigration.

office in HH immigration told us fake couples had tried turning up with photos taken in furniture shops!

so they do catch some at least

so what happened to the police 'fully investigating his work permit' after the cat stunt?

he's all in order?

i'd be interested to hear what type of work setup he has and if he hasn't does that mean 'digital nomadism' is effectively legal? hmmm..

i am applying for my thai born son (british by descent) first passport

under the Table A (photo evidence) section the following docs are acceptable:
• your British passport (if you are renewing)
• non-British uncancelled passport
• national identity card or equivalent (or colour photocopy)
• driving licence
• any government or local government produced document which includes a photograph as part of the document. 

(ref: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/564956/OS_Guidance_G2_10.16.pdf)

he is 1 years old and doesn't have any of these documents

1) should i apply for a thai passport first and take that along?

2) does he have to come with me or can i put the application in alone?

3) does the MFA translate mothers birth certificate or only certify the translation?

thanks so much,

George

3 hours ago, madmax2 said:

What they call apartments and condo's here are called flats in Australia and UK

One bedroom with a combined kitchen, dining, living area (usually has a island cupboard for a breakfast bar and stools as the dining area) is a flat in any country, calling them apartments is a real fantasy

Plenty around everywhere for sale, just make a offer at 40% of the asking price of a completed unit only and you will probably get it and not lose to much money if you want to sell it at a later date 

wow, how many did you buy at 60% off asking madmax2?

jeezus they only thought to do this now?!

what are they teaching here in police school? 

Just now, janclaes47 said:

 

I understand your sarcasm, but the reality is that I don't expect to be spoon fed to watch a tv channel, and at the end of the month come cry on this forum that someone ran off with my money. Something that was expected.

no-one's crying mate we understand the risks

there's just no need to keep constantly trolling the posters here, it just makes you look like a douchebag

we understand there are alternatives but everyone likes what they like

there are some kodi/free stream posts, why not try to be helpful there instead of trying to act clever here?

your karma will thank you.

8 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

I would suggest to quickly look for another alternative that is willing to take your money for what is available for free, and disappear in the near future, there are a few candidates mentioned on this forum.

 

You simply can't fix stupid.

i for one would like to thank you for this useful and insightful post 

please repost in every thread so we can all wonder at your awesomeness 

On 6/3/2017 at 2:52 PM, rapom said:

I use "Smart DNS Proxy" to stream blocked content from the US. I signed up for their free trial, then I subscribed to US Netflix's 30 days free program. Netflix has a lot of content that is not viewable outside the US. After making sure it worked as claimed, I subscribed. It also streams blocked content from the UK, Australia, Canada, several European countries and others. It also allows you to watch sports and listen to music. Setup is relatively easy and took me about 10 minutes, following their graphic and video instructions. I subscribed for 2 years for just over $1a month, a lot cheaper than most VPN's that sometimes don't work. Here's the link.  https://www.smartdnsproxy.com/?afid=9c06a12a3893nk 

i tried them and they were slow and crap. very unreliable with uk tv.

damn! gone for good?

looks like ilikehd site offline too

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with many surprise gift and fun games

 

will there be jelly and ice cream too?

lol at teashops on bangla hahahahaha

i was there many times before the tsunami and it was just as rowdy as it is now if not more so.

good times!

20 hours ago, Bulldozer Dawn said:

Not all Thai SMEs in Patong are failing to adapt.  During my last visit I noted a new shop selling mostly prayer clocks an some other islamic paraphernalia.  The shop was chock full of Saudi families.  I assume doing a roaring trade... 

give it a year and they'll have 50 competitors all chipping at the same pie 

1 hour ago, tugman said:

I have been thinking of trying Pulse for a month. I have a new android box so if I subscribe how do I get the app on my box ?

download it to your box and install it

39 minutes ago, BenCrew said:

It was still running when I watched the footie on Friday morning. As a replacement for Thai Expat ? Well, there's a lot more channels, sport, movies, music, etc etc, it's cheaper, but, the channels aren't always reliable because it's live TV. The biggest difference is the no 'on demand'. At the moment, IlikeHD, as far as watching sport goes, is a godsend! But give me 365 Sport any day of the week.

ilikehd has 3 day catchup in the beta5 version for most uk channels though the EPG is weak but useable

44 minutes ago, bangkok blue said:

The owners of 365 sport have been arrested. RIP 

 

if true i wonder if they will go after their customers?

58 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

WOW!!!

 

Confirmed, Ivacy VPN to Singapore! (works from the US too, so I suspect any VPN outside Thailand will work)

 

 

As to how long for ...

only need the vpn to load the player.. after its loaded the streams play from within thailand

27 minutes ago, JCH2412 said:

Quite agree George.

 

ilikeHD - does it include Skysports and BT Sport? Also can you confirm it is currently working?

yeah has those + backup sky and bt channels and bein as well. currently working