Seagull Sam

A light hearted tone for a serious subject. How many reading this thread have a Thai gf? Get your affairs in order. A Thai will and a will from your home country which are consistent are required. Taking a sem-idetached somewhere in Surrey all the way to the way to the High Court is risking the judgement of Solomon. A suicide is a tragedy for all concerned. Are you comfortable with the inevitable cross cultural friction back home of a relationship with a younger Thai woman? It's not as easy as it looks from LoS.

Am I allowed to make any comment on the lese majeste law particularly in respect of its place in a democracy with free speech?...No, thought not, sorry.

The level of racism displayed by the comments here is appalling. People born in Britain have British passports and are British. The country would have collapsed many long years ago without immigration from the lands it previously colonised. When Brits like me travel to Thailand we are the foreigners. Bloody bleeding heart woolly liberals like me shouldn't be allowed visas, only those with the St George Cross hanging from their Pattaya balconies.

O-A doesn't seem to make sense. Why two insurance policies? A very small list of their buddies on the make for one policy. Their website is full of irrelevant twaddle about the very excellent king (who we all love BTW), a message from the ambassador etc. Do they actually want us to come to Thailand? It makes you wonder 🤔

👍 Thanks to you all I might be stepping off the plane in 2 or 3 weeks hand in hand with my new love the simple Non-O. 😀

Thank you. Getting a TM8 extension at Immigration Office sounds like the easiest option then. Is this 90 days each visit (or visa run style departure) or is one year extension also available? I am daily surprised at the illogical, confusing and plain difficult methods employed by the Thai government to stop you spending your hard earned cash in the LoS. Odd

Thanks but I'm not completely sure about your second reply. I have resigned myself to permanently leaving 800,000B in the Thai account solely in my name. If I apply for Non O-A in Thailand what insurance will I need?

Thank you Dr Jack. With some difficulty I have succeeded in finding the correct page on the Thai Embassy website. It appears I can get a 90 day single entry visa with only a utility bill and a bank statement. Do I need a return or onward flight? At my age I'm not in a hurry to return home and I'm not entirely sure when that will be. The question that remains is how I get a re-rentry permit. Is this simply by visiting an immigration office and if so when can I do that? I assume a downloaded bank statement will satisfy them. Best Sam

Hello All. 65 yo 'gentleman' from UK looking for O-A e-visa from London Embassy A few simple enough queries. Why do I need two insurance policies and what is the difference between the two? As is usual the information provided and paperwork required is confusing, problematic and as far as I can see largely unnecessary. I already have an expensive insurance Thai insurance company which covers COVID and is well above the 3,000,000 THB quoted. It is an ongoing policy starting before today and covering my lifetime. By 'foreign' I assume this means outside Thailand. What then does 'In case of using foreign insurance company' mean in relation to the paragraph above it? Additional to this I have had no luck in getting any UK insurance company to sign the form no less than three times. I have held 800,000B in Bangkok Bank for a few years. I'm not sure if this is important but I have turned my house upside down but can't find the bank book. And yes I have a long standing Thai gf so a Thai address is available. Thanks in advance for all your help. 'Seagull Sam'

Thanks, I'll give it a go then.

That is all I am expecting but looking for specific recommendations rather than general advice please.

Thanks but I am looking for travel in the opposite direction

Thanks, much appreciated. Good morning to you although it's 1.30am here.

Thanks for the tip. I think we tried them when last in Pattaya at Xmas last year. They are opposite a big Tesco Lotus / slightly downbeat mall I recall. Despite what I thought was an appointment the place seemed to resemble feeding time at the zoo with the woman at the desk dealing with two or three others at the same time. We left with a slightly disagreeable feeling.

Hello Peeps, I require a UK visa agent in Bangkok for my Thai gf. Minor issues re her history best dealt with by an agent. I don't want to go into detail here, either publicly or by DM (unless you are being exceptionally knowledgeable and helpful). I'm self employed and my retirement and more permanent move to LoS through property sale protracted by usual British solicitors dragging their feet over trivialities. Agent required needs to have sympathetic ear. Consider necessary relationship and financial issues dealt with at my end and family and property dealt with at hers. Thanks in advance. Seagull Sam