southerndog

With a multiple entry visa you have to do border runs every 90 days.

You can get an extension of stay for 1 year if you can show 40,000 baht income or 400,000 baht in the bank for 60 days.

Then you would only need to report to immigration every 90 days.

Tx, that helps a lot. Is it possible to show the equivalent in US dollars? It has to be in a thai bank account, correct?

Do I need to cross a boarder every three months, or can I just go to immigration here in Chiang Mai. Sorry for such a boring question, but I've been told different things.

I am a 34 year old American married to a Thai woman.

I've been going over the boarder for the past coupla years.. I really don't mind doing it, as its kind of a 'bpai tiao' but, I'd prefer to have the option to just go to the immigration office here in CM.

Thing is about the bombs last year.. In my opinion, they saved lives. How many people die in Bangkok each new years? How many died that year?

Honestly, I think you should try doing the homework with your son. If you just say "oh, I can't do it." That makes it ok for him to use a similar excuse.

Not to be a party pooper, but there's a difference between "Golfer's live longer" and "Golf makes you live longer."

Is the ticket even transferable or endorsable to another passenger? I would be surprised if it was.

What he said.. if it is, i am interested.

MarkStevens, are you always this uptight? You sound like no fun.

Find a thai friend interested in learning english. That's been my best experience. Good luck to you, i've heard cornerstone is decent.

Dude, they just don't like speaking English. Its much easier not to try and communicate. its all such a pain in the ass.

I love the flying out of Chiang Mai option. My sentiments echo calibanjr's.

when my dad came for a visit to thailand, he stopped by Grace after hearing about their great reputation.

His american dentist had given him a few quotes, and told him some work that needed to be done.. The thai dentist told him he didn't need to have that work done, and with the money he saved in dental fees, he paid for his trip to Thailand.

i dont really think teachings a joke. Ive been travelling for two years because of teaching English. Every country Ive taught in it has helped me more learn about the actual place than I probably would have otherwise. Ok the money isnt great but I eat well enough and have a nice little gaff and the experiences I have had so far being a teacher has made me not think about money too much. Im 24 and this is perhaps the best job I can have in regards to freedom it gives me to be able to travel.

Sorry, man. I should have said teaching in Thailand is a joke.

Teaching's a joke. find another way to support yourself.

I will give my valued 2 cents.

I do agree with you video taping the fact that she stole from you. But you should have just done that for you. You really didn't have to go through the whole act of showing her the tape and humiliating her. What she did was wrong , but you can certainly agree there's different levels of wrong. Was she stealing your wife's jewelry? No. She was helping herself to something she probably figured wouldn't be missed. What she did was definitely wrong, and I'm not defending it, but I think part of showing her the tape was sort of a puritanical vengeance type of thing. Or showing her that you outsmarted her or whatever. Showing her the video just seems unnecessary, and not very classy.

If it were me, I just would have made up an excuse why I didn't want her to work for me anymore, and be done with it. They'll figure out that you know you were being stolen from.

When I was ten years old, I was over my friends house. In his basement, they had a big pile of junk that me and my friends were playing around in. In the middle of this junk was a PILE of half dollar coins. It was like a buried treasure. LOL. I stole about $15 worth of coins. Unknowingly, one of my other friends did too. I guess the temptation was just too great, and I definitely had the feeling of "they'll never miss 'em." Well, my father ended up catching me, and I got the biggest punishment of my life. I never stole again, and learned my lesson.

My point is, I understand both sides, and I don't think you should try to see things as so black and white.

Ulysses, your first post is terribly disappointing, and blatantly obvious. Dlock sensed he was having things stolen from him, so he did something about it. He needs your approval for how he should go about this?

Bro, find out if she has a contract!

Hi, I have a 1 year multiple entry non imm "o" visa. This requires a stamp every three months. In the past, I have gone to Mae Sai, but can I just go to this Chiang Mai office?

lol, I know Ron, and enjoyed reading this thread.

Unreal, I hope justice is served for both families..

Let' s see, your overweight, your still a relative lad, and you don't have a job, you don't bother to learn the local language in your idleness and so you sit at home all day. I mean it is possible that you deserve their scorn even though those women neighbors of yours might be equally deserving of some scorn.

So get off your fat arse and go volunteer at a refugee camp along the border, or go work and get your financially comfortable hands dirty for some other non-profit. Crikey, I am almost twice as old as you, I am decidedly lower middle class with no hopes of an early retirement, and I still often donate my rare free time to non-profit agencies. Being idle at your age, regardless of financial status, is simply pathetic. But you will find good company here on TV.

Let's see, I've lived here for 2 years, and have managed to learn a lot of the language, as well as read and write. I'd gather i know more Thai then 90% of people who have lived here for 2 years.

Your time spent volunteering is quite noble, thanks for letting us all know about it. How long does it take you to work into an average conversation that you volunteer at non profit orgs? I bet you just can't wait to hear "oh wow, that's great that you ________, wow.. You seem like such a nice guy." Seriously bro, you're a f'in clown.

What's weird, is that you don't know if I do or don't volunteer my time. I just said i don't work here in Thailand.

But, how I spend my time on this earth is MY business. Not yours, and not my neighbors.

FWIW, I'm pretty well liked by most of my neighborhood.

WRT my physical status, I'm probably 10 pounds overweight, can run a mile in under 6 minutes, can bench press close to 100 pounds over my weight, can do 50-60 push ups non stop, and about 10 pullups. Because I carry a lot of muscle though, if I put on some fat, and where the weight is put on my body, it makes me look fatter than I am.

If you have a comfortable financial situation, as you claiming, move out from that neighborhood, cause it sounds like a low end one. Wealthy or middle class Thais will never say a word to you about anything at all. Living with them in condos in Bangkok or Pattaya is a real pleasure.

I live in one of the nicest neighborhood's I've seen since i've been in Thailand. My neighbors are very successful gov't and business types. So your assumption that I lived in a dump was wrong, and your assumption that the well to do's are above such things is wrong.

Maybe but if you don't break the law, then you should not have to fear the law, and BTW I've never ever done drugs and never will.

cheers

onzestan

I don't visit this forum much, and this is why.

This thread is a VERY IMPORTANT thread for all of us. People stating things like "just don't break the law" and "don't use drugs idot" are TOTALLY missing the point.

Everything here is speculation, but I'd think if you sign a piece of paper, as a foreigner, it seems reasonable to say "I had no idea what I was signing" in the same way an illiterate could use the same defense.

Here's a hypothetical : I write up a 10 page contract for a job. On page 9 I write that you are to come and clean my house and take care of my yard every day for the rest of your life, and I will pay you 10 cents a year. Something tells me, this contract isn't legal..

I suppose the proper thing to do is not sign the paperwork, but in the heat of the battle we're not really sure what we'll do. That's why its important to have these discussions.

Go find a milkmans outfit and enjoy.

What's the Thai equivalent?

Sawasdee Krap!!

Uan Kun...

Oh thanks, I didn't realize I'm a big fat marshmallow, thanks for pointing it out. Actually, now that I think about it, all of the other neighbors mentioned my big midsection!! thanks for reminding me! ......I really do find this stuff funny tho.. This aspect of Thai culture will always puzzle me.

One thing I'm not cool with tho... I'm 33 years old, with a Thai wife who is an adjarn at the University here, and we live in a nice small neighborhood. Well, almost none of the other women work, so there is a TON of gossiping, etc. Since I have a comfortable financial situation, I do not work either.. Anyway, I feel a lot of resentment/jealousy from the female neighbors. They really say whatever the hel_l they want to me, and to be honest, its not so much what they're saying, cause I only understand like 40% of it anyway, but its their god damned tone.. I feel like they just say whatever they want to me cause I'm younger than they are. Its obv not every woman in the muubaan, but there's a few who are surprisingly aggressive, and I seem to be the brunt of their mouths.

Thoughts??

Its their system, just sit back and laugh at how terrible it is.