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Is the Lao Border Run still a thing?
problemfarang replied to Faranguz's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
OP try cambodia or vietnam. Cambodia is open but only by air and need some paper work to do to go. Vietnam will be fully open to anf flights in a week or 2. I also believe almost no paper work needed. 3 vaccines are enough with proof of course. Though coming back to thailand will take probably 2 weeks. All the thailand pass and other documents. -
Bringing a guitar into Thailand from Laos. Customs? Tax?
problemfarang replied to Kenny202's topic in General Topics
not read all comments but i was wondering what would happen if you just hang it on your shoulder when crossing the border and tell them it is yours if they ask if you bought this rare guitar from laos or not? would that work? I have seen many people (farang) crossing the border with guitar... But its a different story if you want to carry it in with all new rare guitar box and with the paper work of it. OR ask someone to do it for you? Also, i was thinking, im not expert about guitar shops in thailand or in laos but i do believe if they have it in laos.. its a big chance they have it in thailand too. please update what happened. thanks -
Thaievisa.go.th for 90 day Non-O
problemfarang replied to Leveraged's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
do they ask return ticket or 1 way is enough. Because maybe i want to extend my visa and not planning to leave the country. -
Probably it was our unlucky day or a bad mood immigration officer, but when i went to extend my non-o with my wife, the immigration officer told me i can do that only where my wife's house book is registered or where ever she is registered. then we went to her registered city and did there. of course faced other problems as always immigration like to create but later was ok. So, just in case be ready to also move your wife's registration to the city you are moving. I dont know whats needed to do that. probably your wife can find it out from the city amphue where you will move. In my 17 yrs in thailand, i never found a friendly immigration to be honest. the level is like bad, worse, worst. And it is not about me or else. I go there speak thai, nice clothes, very polite and most importantly all paper work is ready in folders, in order, etc. Its really all up to his mood in that day. If he wants, he will find some missing paper work. i remember 1 time he checked all of my paper work 12 times (im not joking) over and over. and at the end even he confessed 'oh, wow couldnt find anything, i was hoping to find' i was shocked. Also many years before i found out very small city immigrations were really more friendly. But now i dont know.. i couldnt find any friendly one. So my suggestion is try to find a place where you are close to immigration actually. Makes things easy sometimes. You can see some immigration officers around the area, market, local bar, big c, etc. in time that will create some kind of friendship, or you can use it like ohh i remember you, you always go blah blah right? saw you few times... like that. most of the times its useless but can work. good luck
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yep i mean immigration. sorry by saying their own farm or land or their home i dont know what you mean. the law is clear you cannot work without a work permit. If you are talking about that funny 2x2 so called fish farm thing some farangs doing back at their house, then yes you are right no one will bother you for that or some farang helping harvest his wife farm again probably no one will say anything (which is actually also need a work permit) but if you have a real pro fish farm and you are seriously doing work there please dont tell me immigration will never visit you, because thats bull too. Also please dont tell me selling veggies in the market with wife is not working?! You might think its helping the wife or you are having a good time, but its not the reality what laws say. if you know someone not visited so far doing some serious work, again he is so lucky. Any time someone can complain about that to immigration. thats it. I heard some people visited by immigration because of these kinda things. the kebap shop at chonburi near burapha university was 1 example i saw with my eyes happened to my friend. The thing is it is not the reality or the truth what you think is correct but the correct thing is what immigration and the law says, full stop. Im not trying to say immigration will visit you blah blah thing like the drunks in the Op's real topic but all im saying is any kind of work which you make money is illegal without a work permit. cheers
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you were lucky. you cannot sell things at the market with wife. You can sit next to her, yes but actively selling, nope. like i said you were lucky because no one care. My friend has a kebap shop in chonburi, he was sitting next to the shop and his gf was doing all the things sometimes he was putting food into the bag, a month later police charged him. he paid some amount but dont know how much. Now he only sits
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i mean i know this post is funny and kinda joke but.. tbh what you posted is.. yes actually you cannot do that if you are not a thai citizen. you seriously need a work permit to what you are describing. You sad 'my tenants' which means you have some place to rent and belongs to you, and the way you wrote seems its not belong to you which means you are doing a business even all the things are on your wife's name.. be careful with that. whatever you do looks like a working man doing, it counts you are working there. Before i had a friend doing kebap with his girlfriend in chonburi. all he was doing is sitting there at the stand and his gf was doing the things, he was just sometimes putting the things in to the plastic bag but then chonburi immigration said its working without work permit and charged him because it was obviously not helping, he was doing it like almost every day. the truth is, things are not as you think it is true but what reality is. example is my house situation. some part of my garden is next to the soi in my village. yes, normally you think its in front of your house, right? well.. it turned out.. no! so its not like what i think but what it is. now after many talks it turned out legally people can park their car there and i cannot do anything. yes, it is in front of my house, but it is not. all i can do is politely ask them not to.
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geee.. i was thinking how many times i washed my car in my garage, changed oil and did some service by myself.. including helping the 54 year old thai man who was having problems with his car brakes and the other couple i helped with painting the house walls and cut the grass or trim trees in my garden JUST in this month... i must be the most wanted by the immigration
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Thailand Pass Processing Delays
problemfarang replied to D M G's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
So the answwr is actually yes hahaha i hate these kind of videos. Thnx -
Help needed RE: my situation
problemfarang replied to HandsomeTallFarang's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
If you are working you need 40k baht If no work 400k in the bank Plus wedding dress, party and drinks, pay to family and her spending money haha -
Thailand Pass Processing Delays
problemfarang replied to D M G's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
so is this post just to raise her viewers? lol -
Help needed RE: my situation
problemfarang replied to HandsomeTallFarang's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
you are asking the best way: marry, get a non-o, use an agency or your economical status. Extend it.. ta ta OR find a work you can change your covid visa thing to non-b or non-o my friend just did that, he got covid visa and in 2 days he changed to non-b -
TM30 questions
problemfarang replied to lisaflisa's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
not recently but i connected and it still works. I didnt do it because im still at the same address i entered there. But i know you can enter a date max 1 year. But the rules say you dont need to change it unless you change your address for good. -
Emergency Info Required
problemfarang replied to cranki's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
thnx for the update and the info -
TM30 questions
problemfarang replied to lisaflisa's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
You can try the mobile app of tm30 it worked for me. It doesnt give you any slip or paper but you can screenshot every step, it takes like 5 min to do. very easy