Sean Rock

9 hours ago, Excel said:

I don't think you really mean cast iron do you ? If so I doubt if there is a foundry in Thailand producing that.  Surely you mean normal carbon steel that is always used here for window protection here ? Not sure where you live but just drive around your neighbourhood you are sure to find someone who makes them. Also are you in an apartment or condo? best to check first if you are allowed to install those as it impacts the exterior look.

You are correct - I don't mean cast iron specificially, so carbon steel, or whatever window and door grates are usually made of. Yes they are allowed as all the other apartments have them. I'll have a look around, thanks.

Also, as for materials, i'm not an expert but I'd like to deter the random oportunitist, rather than a determined criminal. 

Yes, we've consider that. Its a ground floor apartment, the protection is for the evenings/nights or when the apartment is vacant. As its a ground floor apartment escape is not difficult. Thanks.

Hi

Any recommendations for cast iron door and window grating. I need to get some put on the apartment due to dodgy characters in the neighborhood. 3 windows and 2 doors however I may want some protection on the balcony depending on price.

Thalang area.

Thanks.

thanks!

Hello

Can anyone recommend a person/agency in Phuket that can install iron grills on doors and windows? My wife has been away from her apartment for quite awhile and its not being visited (by family) as much as we'd like. The satellite dish has already gone walkies. We're not likely to be in Phuket for maybe another 2 years so we'd like to get the place secured.

Thanks in advance ????

Hi

I'm off to mancland on Saturday and have a box of Yorkshire tea bags aprox 110 free to go home. Not taking them with me obviously otherwise they're in the bin.

Maenam koh samui

Can anyone recommend a thai company that can provide heath and travel insurance for thai citizens travelling abroad?

My wife has received her UK 6mth multi entry visa and we plan on going at the end jan 2020.

Thanks

We've had our appointment on 2 December in chiang mai without incident and no issues with the site. In fact i found the staff helpful.

Maybe it can be resolved by sending them an email or a phone call.

On 12/6/2019 at 2:39 PM, Stokakrishna said:

What's really crazy is that they require an invitation letter from my wife??   I am not booking any hotels as will stay at her house. But why invitation? Isn't this obvious? I am married to my wife.

I had my wife send me an email with only her address, from her email address. But it is a non-sense requirement.

On 10/26/2019 at 4:00 AM, PatOngo said:

"The Yellow River" by I.P. Daily!

I believe the chaps name is I.P. Freely ????

Multiple entry is an option - here is a screenshot from the online application site

Hello

Sorry if this is the wrong forum...

I want to bring my thai wife to the UK for a visit, not permanently, so its a tourist visa we'd apply for. She lives in Samui and we've been told by friends there is an agency on Samui that can complete visas without needing to go to the UK embassy in Bangkok. An italian friend has recommend them as he used the service to take his girlfriend to Italy. The agent says its difficult for a UK visa, I can't help being cynical and infer 'expensive'. The details on the UK embassy do not appear difficult nor expensive, its just the possible 15 day wait is inconvenient.

Has anyone on here gone through this process? Any advice?

The only caveat, shouldn't be a problem though, is i'm a US citizen with ILR in the UK. 

Thanks.

Ok thanks everyone. Question answered.

Hi

I'm considering bringing my current car (ford fiesta st, 1year old as of 2019) to thailand in approximately 2 years time (2020/21).

Has anyone here done this or looked into it? Is it worth it? Am i making a rod for my back?

Thanks.

or just use https://www.google.com/bookmarks/ to save all your bookmarks.

You could try the Chang Mai forum, i hear there are a lot of 'digital nomads' in the area. Worth a shot. 

Just my 2p (being a software engineer, not 'yet' residing in thailand FT), if you have a website you will have a monthly or annual hosting fee. Nothing is free. The only way you'll not pay that hosting fee is if you have a buddy willing to host the site under their existing account or on a VM (virtual machine), or you host it on your home pc. And if you go ecommerce you're going to want an SSL. Not expensive but still another expense plus the payment gateway fees (monthly or per transaction or both).

If you want to get a site built on a low budget there are many online freelance sites (usually india, russia, poland). A web search will get you on the right path and some have a bidding system, that is, developers place a bid for your project. Quality can be an issue however.

 You can get a very attractive, mobile adaptive design for under 50USD https://wrapbootstrap.com/

There is a web agency in udon http://udon-web-design.com/

Good luck!

12 minutes ago, happylarry said:

Just one point to add to this post.......Its the embassy that you show the divorce certificate to in order for them to issue your affirmation to marry.

The Amphur does not want to see it at all, which is why you were not asked for it, and therefore you do not need to get it translated. 

FYI, i didn't go to the embassy, its the consular service that notarizes your documents. They are directly across from each other on wireless road. The link i provided is the pdf from the thai embassy. Its not issued per se, just download it, print it, fill it out, take it to the US consular services and get it stamped.

Come to think of it - the translator asked for my divorce decree and charged me to translate it. But its possible the ministry of foreign affairs required it to legalize the affirmation.

As i've recently (within last 60 days) married my thai GF in samui, I can tell you what i did. My situation is slightly different as I don't currently reside in thailand, my current residence is in the UK (for another 2yrs), but i'm a US citizen. Also, i am divorced.

1. (if divorced) get a decree absolute. The thai embassy says its absolutely required, but no one asked to see it.

2. Make an appointment at the consular services in BKK, take a copy of your passport and a copy of this PDF, fill it out before you go to your appointment but don't sign it - you do that at the consular office

https://th.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/marriage-affidavit-bangkok.pdf

3. You'll need to get both the affirmation and passport copy notarized at the consular office - 3000 baht roughly, i was there less than 1 hour, but my appointment was 09:30.

4. Get all that translated to thai, as others have said there are several agents on wireless road, same side as the consular service (opposite side of road from the embassy). I didn't make an appointment.

5. Get it all 'legalized' by the ministry of foreign affairs in BKK. I took the easy option and had the translator do it for me (4k baht but i had the divorce doc to translate and it was a full A4 page) - money wasn't an issue, but it does take 3 business days. I did mine on a wed, had it all back fri 2pm (ish)

6. You'll register at your local amphur however I had friends sort all that out for me - and they came to us, we didn't have to go to the offices.

Hope that helps, good luck, and all the best!