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1 hour ago, Chalong circle said:

What about the salary ?

Agree it's all relative. Price to earnings. E.g. A Thai earning Thai min wage could never afford to live ( even go on holiday) In for example the uk. However a UK citizen could lead a comfortable life in Thailand on UK min wage , and can yes afford to come on holiday here

Samui has well and truly had it. All the infrastructure is in need of total repair. Electric ,water but more importantly sewage. Where do you think all the septic tank trucks empty it all . Any idiot go take a look down Lipa noi by the  back roads to certain ferry company and see the land waste oops sorry incinerator plant 

Lived on samui 25years place is now well and truly %&'k%d to much greed from locals ( who soon forgot about covid when expats kept them afloat) and corrupt officials from foreigners with money to !aunder.only getting worse with our lovely russian\ukrainan friends , not forgetting our poor persecuted Israeli ( from ww2 who now doing to the Palestinians that Hitler did to them) corrupt police ext at home from home for these basically crimal types . 

Ps these guys make the old school English  criminals look like school girls 

Use ferries from samui to mainland all the time always stay on the top deck . Safety first my butt hole all about the $$$$$$

23 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

I had a mesh inserted in a hernia some 16+ years ago. Since then I've been uncomfortable at times and just assumed it was all part and parcel of a mesh hernia repair. Lately things have become more noticeable painful wise in the hernia area. 

Today I went to the local government hospital where I had the operation done. The surgeons there didn't seem too happy doing an examination but they did. They've now given me a referral letter to go to Korat. They didn't exactly say why. I'm assuming it's the 'mesh'. Has anyone had a hernia mesh repair operation done and can it be done? If I have to live with the discomfort then so be it. But just a a side thing. The doctor asked my wife where I'm from. She told him England and he said 'why don't you take him there'? I have no idea as to his meaning.

He is being honest from my experience of government hospitals here. If ya

can get back to UK and can still access nhs ( or spend the time back home to 're qualify for nhs) do it . Proper job done by people who care and not looking at you as a cash flow, obviously you've been in los for a long time so should understand this is a 2.5 world country (being polite and not saying 3rd world) esp government hospitals and esp esp how Farang treated in then ( my personal experiences). Or pay stupid money to the private hospitals to do it with most prop the same surgeon who would do it in the dragconion government hospitals. No different in any agency here you pay for promotion. Not on skill and sadly this applies to the medical  profession

Be legal to drive full stop ie appropriate license esp Thai 1" helps

Jesus a tradie would leave his tools of the trade outside 

Reminds me of a Grace Jones song "slave to the rhythm " 

Brave guy. However I Get a funny feeling of "dead man walking"  

1 hour ago, helloagain said:

I gave free in UK as well cos the hospital gave free. Here they want free but make you pay for it, NO WAY will I give as they do that. I'm 70.

Exactly right you give it to them for free and by the way it also goes to the private hospitals. See how much the gov hospitals charge let alone, the private, for a pint esp westerners 

1 hour ago, Alixqay said:

I don't understand why Thailand don't give 90 day Visa exception to European countries?  We use a lot of money in Thailand, and don't understand why it is so expensive and problematic to stay 60 days? 

because the westerners are allowed free thinking and would soon see what a shòwer of poo thailand really is. 3rd world country dressed in western clothes

On 10/12/2023 at 4:27 PM, BritTim said:

I assume you are using a multiple entry visa (Non B or Non O). Your work permit is unaffected by your border bounce.

thank you as I got caught out by the 90 day stamp on work permit 20 years ago caused major proplems . they change it about 15 years ago that your work permit ( using multiple entry visa) was valid for 1 year no 90 ďay stamp required for your work permit. I had to cancel old work permit 6 years ago due to nasty rta. This is my 1st work permit since so just wanted to for my I's and cross my t's  . thank you

On 10/12/2023 at 4:00 PM, nikmar said:

cant get a work permit if youre on a tourist visa

on non o marrige multi entry with work permit. just done 1st border bounce with it

hi I remember years ago that after you did a 90 day border bounce.  Your work permit had to be sent back to Labour ministry to be stamped to match your latest date stamp in passport. it was then changed that this didnt happen and work permit valid for a year no need to restamp every 90 days. is this still the case 

2 minutes ago, transam said:

They open the gate for collections at 2pm, very strange, and a bummer for those queuing to collect....????

opened the gate at 1.30pm for collection today . all completely diff to web site details . 

59 minutes ago, transam said:

That is a first for me. The last time I was there, a few Russians wondered off for a beer, left one behind, the gate chap, said something about locking the gate at 11, the Russian was pleading to wait for his chums, they were locked out to return another day.....????

loads of them there yesterday causing mayhem. but locking the gate at 2pm confused me also. as per their website hours 9-11 ect. they didn't even close the 1 open window for lunch

5 minutes ago, transam said:

6 hours.........................????

They lock the gate at 11am, sharp, no exceptions.

They open the gate at 2pm, sharp, for collections the following day.

You can apply any day Monday to Friday, you collect the next day except Friday applications, you collect on Monday.

locked the gate yesterday at 2pm

hi everyone to give you all an update at savannakhet consulate. picked passport up today with multiple entry non o based on marrige.  no financials req just documents as in other post. word of warning had to queue for 6hrs yesterday to submit docs ( not pleasant at all) however got what I wanted so not a prop.  Also not sure what days they take documents for visas as submitted mine on monday and picked up today at 2pm. I got there at 12 to avoid the queues. however there was nobody there submitting docs and consulate locked unlike yesterday at this time still a massive queue. 

thanks everyone for your replies 

On 6/22/2023 at 12:36 PM, NanLaew said:

If she doesn't have one, it doesn't matter. They won't even ask.

 

Put it this way, my Mrs has a passport but I didn't provide a copy last February, just a copy of her ID card, the Tibian Bahn (blue book), both countersigned and an ORIGINAL of the marriage certificate.

thanks for that going next week ps you copied doc didn't have to be certified did they?

19 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Just to be clear.

Are you obtaining a Multi entry non O marriage visa valid for 12months  OR 

A non O marriage single entry visa? 

There is thread for ME non O Marriage posted earlier.

 

Here is excellent report for non O marriage. 

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1263040-non-o-visa-run-to-savannakhet-june-2022/ 

 

Edit: this thread is also multi entry 12 month visa. 

thanks Dr Jack think only proplem I will have is mrs hasn't got a passport. 

thanks for your replies 

ps non o marriage  to thai

hi has anyone  done this recently and can advise documents required. have heard no money requiements needed. thanks

hi all need some advice I need to return to thailand a.s.a.p. iam legiable for non o based on marrige. however I don't have time to apply for a visa in u.k. my question is can i enter visa exempt ( ie 30 day stamp) and then get 3 month extension based on marrige whilst in thailan( I don't req the 1 year ) thanks for any replies

On 4/29/2023 at 5:34 PM, it is what it is said:

agree, if a uk citizen get back asap. anyone planning on leaving the uk make sure you get and stay registered with a GP

Very good advice if my gp hadn't kept me on his list I would have been buggered