Racha Bates

Seriously? You make this sound "normal", I wonder if you would think it's normal if your Thai wife/gf was playing around with other guys.

Hi everyone,

I am moving to Muang Surin, Surin Province, and I am planning to stay there, no plans to leave.

1st Question: simple one, I am visiting for 3 weeks in a couple of weeks, am I right in thinking I do not need any Visa at all for this? I am a UK passport holder.

2nd Question: initially I want to come over on an Education ED 12 month Visa, while I wait to get a working/business visa. Am i right in thinking I just need to contact a language school and they will set it up for me? Can I trust the language schools to do this legally and properly? How much money do i need to show in a bank account? Is there anything else I need to do?

3rd Question: I plan on opening a business in Surin. As far as I can understand from the myriad of online information, I will need 2,000,000 Baht in a Thai bank Account held by what would be my Thai partner, and would need to employ 4 Thai nationals. Is that correct, and is there anything else I would need to do?

Any other advice would be very welcome, if I have got something wrong here ???? 

Thanks in advance for your help

Racha