Matzzon

3 minutes ago, URMySunshine said:

Thanks Matzzon that's a useful template response. 

No problem, mate. You´re welcome. ???? Happy to assist. 

As the boy is already 16 years old, it should be no problem at all for your wife. A Thai person can from the age of 15 apply alone for a passport without any parent attending. I would assume that the son have all papers needed for do that, due to that he must be written in his mother parents Tabien Baan for attending school. If any paper is missing for him, it should be possible for him to get it directly from the Amphur he belongs to.

17 minutes ago, chrisandsu said:

Can you imagine ... just in the last few weeks we have had cheap Indians , thieving bogans from Australia , Russians that don’t pay their bar bills , Americans playing with guns and getting killed by the police , Scandinavians attacking their gfs , and many more (of course including those pesky brits) can we just agree their is vermin from every country descending on Thailand where even the most grubbiest of guys can get a root . 

I will remember this and, if you wish, we can keep statistic on this. I have done that for a while, and can say that there is a reason for my comment.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Why was the Ukrainian airliner mistakenly shot down near Tehran by Iranian forces last week for the loss of 176 lives even allowed to take off from a country that had just fired missiles towards its neighbour? And why didn't the airline just delay or cancel the flight?

That´s some pretty well thought and darn good questions.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Mark, who has lived in Pattaya for several years and is well known among the expat community, was described by a friend to Thaivisa as a “loveable rogue who just lost his way”

Lost his way!? Hilarious! He just the second Brit in todays news that "lost his way". ????????

On tries to beat up a Thai on Skytrain, and another selling fake watches for a living in Pattaya. Oh dear! I am so happy, I am not from the UK. They seem to frequent the news as the most troublesome non-citizens in Thailand for a long time now. How come?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The International Court of Justice's decisions are binding and not subject to appeal, though the court has no means of enforcement and countries have occasionally ignored them or failed to adhere fully.

In other words. A totally useless trial, a totally useless court and a big waste of money.

Just another British tourist behaving like a neanderthal in Thailand. Now very uncommon these days.

2 hours ago, Iandre said:

Thanks for the info. 

 

Would you suggest to enter via visa exemption, second exemption at friendly land border then to apply for metv following this?

 

Or to get metv from London embassy before?

I think you do best in getting the METV in London before.

If you do not want to pay up 500k baht for an Elite visa, the only thing for you will be tourist visas. You can both apply for a Multiple entry tourist visa, METV and with that can get up to almost 9 month stay when used the right way. After that, unfortunately, nobody can for sure tell you if there is a possibility to get another visa for stay the full year. It depends on where you will apply for the new visa and what land border crossing you will use. 

I would recommend exempt entry with extension 30 days and a second exempt entry at a friendly land border such as mukdahan-Savannakhet for example or Chong Chom- Osmach in the NE of Thailand.

Just a question. Is all Liverpool fans this positive, or is this guy an exception?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has chaired a National Cyber Security Committee meeting

Right! I´ve always looked at him like a high tech guy that should fit perfect for something hip and cyber. ????????

3 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

Pattaya = Foreigners= Mini Van = ZERO COMMON SENSE

Eeeh? What is equal to what? ????

54 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Iran will punish all those responsible for the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane, President Hassan Rouhani said

Watch Out! As they see USA as the reason for this happening, we all know what they mean with punish.

14 minutes ago, BritTim said:

I believe I do know how things work in Thailand, yes. In terms of the current discussion, there are two factors in play.

1. Thailand has been happy to host long term tourists, as long as they are financially secure, well able to finance their stays without illegal working. To try to ensure this, they have limited the time you can spend in the country without needing to apply for a fresh visa at an embassy/consulate. The consulate has used various criteria to decide whether to issue a fresh visa, with those criteria changing over the years. One constant has been a tendency to make it much harder for those from low income countries to get visas. There has also been an element of racism in the decisions. Generally, there have been few restrictions on those from high income countries getting tourist visas in their home countries, but there are exceptions (one example of what I discuss in my second main point below). It should be noted that there is still no consensus at the topmost levels of the Thai government that they want to terminate all long term tourism which is why the law has not been changed.
2. Senior officials run their own fiefdoms where, to a large extent, they are able to set their own rules. The degree to which they can get away with brazenly doing so depends on their relationships with those above them. They have often spent large sums to buy their positions, and will generally be left alone as long as their actions are not seen by those at the very top as being detrimental to their own and/or the country's interests.
   A result is that officials who wish to apply rules that are either stricter or more lenient than those decreed by the law are pretty much free to do so. Sometimes they do so in return for financial incentives. Sometimes (and this is the main driver of Immigration at some entry points inventing restrictions on tourist entries) they simply disagree with the law, and decide to invent their own.

And? Welcome to Thailand. Just something we have to accept if we are going to live here. Complaining is useless. They ain´t gonna change because of that. The other choice is another SEA´n country.

Ok, I have been using V-serve on Sukhumvit 77 i Bangkok before. They never asks for WP either. They speak good English and they can arrange pick up and all the necessary different transports needed for arrive in Canada from your location in Korat. The only thing you need is to contact them by mail an phone, as well as pay and sign the document by post or Kerry Express is a good alternative to the post. Much quicker. I have used them and they are very reliable, as well as I always got a good price.

Unfortunately I do not know any transport companies in Korat, but according to Internet here is two that should be able to help you:

Yusen Logistics: 260/6 Nakornratchasima-Chokchai Road, Nongbua Sala, Muang ,     Phone: 044 334 700 ,     Email: [email protected]

or you have Ionic Logistics here: http://ioniclogistics.com/2018/en/index.html

If you want to try V-serve in Bangkok: https://www.v-servelogistics.com/media/vserve2017/index_th_2017.php

56 minutes ago, BritTim said:

According to the Immigration Act, only the Minister has discretion. If you are correct that the Minister has delegated that discretion to his subordinates at certain entry points (something that would be against the spirit of the Act) I still do not understand the need for secrecy. Is the idea to create uncertainty and doubt among potential visitors to Thailand in order to artificially depress tourist numbers?

Let´s not be a fool. You know as well as me how things work in Thailand. Nothing is what it reads it should be. That´s one of the things everyone has to take into consideration before deciding to move to Thailand or reside here more or less permanently. That things change suddenly, is also something that is very common in this country, which also is something a person that wants to stay here must be aware of. You can not just move to Thailand and complain over everything, when it happens. In that case you came here for the wrong reasons with a far to small buffer to handle any changes in a foreign country.

All this talk now regarding the tourist visas and exempt entries, that the refusals is about. Hell Yeah! Of course they start to take a look at this and question people that tries to more or less permanently reside in the country on that kind of visa. When that was issued it was never the intention to be used as a visas for permanent residence. Apparently that has become a problem for Thailand and immigration.

Unfortunately there is no visa for an online working 27 year old single person in Thailand. In other words, Thailand is not the country for them. All other that can´t get a visa depending on their age or low income. Yeah, Thailand is not for them either. Just face it! It´s Thailand that decide who they want here, and how long time a person can stay in the country. Not you, not me and absolutely not anybody else coming to this country.

That´s also a thing that a person who wants to stay and live in Thailand must take under consideration before moving. Nothing more to say about this. No need to complain. Thailand is not a country for everybody, and that is something people have to accept. Just take health insurance as an example. People coming here are so stupid that they travel without or settle down without health insurance in a foreign country. My God! How weird is it to try and screw yourself in that kind of way. That has led to Thai immigration demanding insurance on Non-OA visas and following extensions now. Then people have the stomach to complain, for something they should have been clever enough to think about and been respectful to Thailand by having before Thai immigration have to tell them they need to have it. I really hope that they demand this for all visas and extensions that are longer than 90 days. For the shorter one, nobody without a travel insurance should be able to enter Thailand.

There is simply no secrecy! They just do not want people living in Thailand on tourist visas no more. Quite easy to understand. people that are trying to use this kind of visas for residing in Thailand, shall need to worry. Let´s say that is there punishment for using a visa that is not designed for that reason.

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Or even better, free him. Just because he told the truth.

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Why? He did nothing wrong except exposing the truth others preferred to hide.

And that did not include any classified information? It´s illegal to expose that kind of info. So, wasn´t he doing something illegal?

53 minutes ago, BritTim said:

If, indeed, the Minister has issued secret orders that those entering with tourist visas should be subject to restrictions on total duration and/or number of entries, then it is clear that the Minister's orders have only been transmitted to selected entry points (which seems a little strange). Further, instructions with respect to limitation on visa exempt entries (something Immigration does reasonably have discretion over) have apparently always been public. Please explain why orders with respect to visa exempt entry should be universal and public, whereas instructions from the Minister with respect to entry with tourist visas should be secret and only applied at selected entry points.

Discretion, my dear Watson. Discretion. That is also applicable on issued visas, due to that the embassies do not have access to visa and entry history. An issued visas is not a guarantee for being allowed entry in the kingdom.

4 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

Also, posters like Puchaiyank and Destiny who have left but still troll the forum.

It was probably so boring where they went too, that they have to spend all their time complaining about the things no longer existing in their life. It can also be a call for help, because they´ve realized their mistake.

Retirement extension of stay based on income success

Yes, Congratulations! Why wouldn´t it be if you live up to the things they need to be able to issue your extension?