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Actually no, it's military, so there is a very high failure rate.

From each intake, probably only 30% pass.

The more you think you know a place, the more you realise how little you know.

Stayed twelve years, left four years ago, won't be back till retirement.

Thailand is a waste of a working life.

Just to give a quick update. SIL went to the amphur earlier in the week to ask.

My wife will have to go to the amphur with Mum, older sister, and village headman, and they will then issue whatever they issue, which we can use for the visa application no problems.

It's a bit of a pain as we've already started the visa application, which once approved has a number that expires 15 days after approval.

But I guess we'll just have to apply again nearer the time that my wife will be back in Thailand next month.

Only lost 300 baht, so no big deal.

Go to the district office where the birth certificate was originally issued.

That was what I thought originally, but SIL informs us that you can now go to any amphur and apply there.

Apparently services are connected online these days.

If this is the case that would be good.

Watch this space.

Would not expect an "agent" to be aware of alternatives - direct contact with government officials would likely be required for exceptions. As said Thailand can not re-issue and many people do not have access to originals or copies.

SIL is going to go to the amphur on Monday to see what they can issue.

As long as it is some kind of document that the embassy accepts, that is the main thing.

We've had dealings with them in the past and they're very particular.

Update to follow.

Thanks for all replies.

No, we spoke to the agent today. They will only accept a birth certificate, doesn't have to be an original, a reissued one will be fine, but it must be the birth certificate.

No, it's for my mother in law actually.

TIT. See what happens! Need it for a visa application....

I mean there was an original, but it was lost.

Moved to here.

They cannot produce a new original. They will do a certified copy of it.

Does you wife have a copy of the original? If not she will have to go to the Amphoe where here birth was registered and request they find a copy of the original.

She will need her ID and house book.

My wife needs to get a birth certificate. She lost the original years ago. What does she need to show at the amphur? Is it just a case of house book, ID card?

If anyone has any experience of this, their help would be appreciated.

Thank you

I don't get how or why people bitch about 90 day reporting. It's pretty painless.

It's really annoying, it doesn't really serve much of a purpose, and you get punished if you forget.

I agree.

Sure, it's relatively easy, but it really does seem pointless. Back in the US many years ago there was a requirement for aliens to report their address once each YEAR. Currently, the US alien registration card (Green Card, not too difficult to obtain) is good for TEN YEARS. Okay, the rebuttal is, "BS. Apples and oranges. Thais can do whatever they want. Go home!"

While I agree that Thais can do whatever they want, that doesn't make the 90 day reporting any less silly. That's twice as often as I get my teeth cleaned!

Myself, thai wife and kids, all have residency in Saudi Arabia. Once a year my company has to update my status online.

Personally I do nothing.

I can also check all my family information online. Passport expiry dates, exit visa expiry dates, traffic violations. I can issue my family's exit visas myself, online, on my phone.

Saudi Arabia may have many faults, but when it comes to all this stuff, they make Thailand look prehistoric.

90 day reporting is a total waste of time.

8GB is nothing, my latest phone has 64.

looking to the future, I hope your wife doesn't eventually work out it was your fault for being the one deciding where MIL went to.

It won't matter that there was no way you could have foreseen the result, but that won't enter into the equation, as the Thai mind frameset doesn't work like that.

keep up the Research on the background of the Dr \the Hospital, and be prepared to come up with a 'blame' on someone in particular.

You won't be directly blaming someone outright, unless you do come into the blame-spotlight.

Just be prepared for it...

Best never bring the subject of why-why-why up with her, as it will just keep her brooding...

she has her Monk to turn to, which will be better than her mixing the bad feelings with her GFs, as it will invariably be turned around by one of them

- against you the falang

The Dr may well have held his tongue, for wanting to keep falang out of the know - as a falang finds it easier to critisise a Dr, than a meek Thai can

Really??

I taught in Thailand for five years with no work permit and never had any problems.

To go through my experiences with job and salary.

First school was a government school in Bangkok starting on 32k. Stayed one year and was on 35k by the time I left. Regulations were changing around this time and the school actually said they didn't know how to process work permits any more, so me and the other guy there went up to Laos every so often. I didn't mind as it was a few days off, and I could go on the piss.

Second school was a well known chain of private schools where I taught English, science, maths, social studies at various times. Started on 38k, and I was on 49k when I left four years later. Didn't want a work permit really because it would have meant paying tax. I was on a non O, so still happy to do the visa runs to Laos.

I also worked part time at a couple of language schools over the years earning about 400 an hour. They would only provide a work permit to the one or two guys working there full time.

I have known so many people working illegally in Thailand over the years that it wouldn't bother me. I used to sell stuff down the local markets too, and that never bothered me either.

By the time I left Thailand for years ago I used to earn about 70k a month all in. But I realised that without better qualifications I was never going to get anywhere and life was passing me by. I didn't want to wake up at fifty with no money saved and no prospects.

So I left for Saudi. Now working for the military here. Very good benefits and a salary of 225k a month. Leaving Thailand was the best decision I ever made and I wouldn't teach there again.

But to the OP, do what you want to do. People on here will always try to shoot you down.