BWPattaya

I have a neighbour who should have gone back ages ago. He has a new flight booked for tomorrow.n According to the BBC today there are still many Brits in Thailand waiting to get back. Not just Thailand though, many other countries.

Guinness has finished in Thailand. Fluid Asia Pacific have started bringing in a new stout, Dwyers, smoother and less bitter than Guinness. Should be good for them now that Guinness has gone.

Volunteer teachers? Work permit problems? Just because no pay is involved doesn't meant a work permit isn't required.

I have never known anyone use a lawyer for a marriage visa. Why use one? It would cost you the lawyer's fees and the outcome would be the same - if you are eligible you will be granted a visa, if not, well the lawyer won't get it anyway.

It would be far more sensible for your husband to obtain the correct visa before coming here. His new employer should provide the paperwork for him to apply at your nearest embassy/consulate.

Coming here on a tourist visa, especially on a VOA (Visa on Arrival) 30 Days (depending on your nationality - some get 15 days only), may be a recipe for disaster.

Remember that on top of the tax you pay for the vehicle you will also pay tax on the transportation fees. This tax is at very high levels. Look on the Thai customs web site to get a clearer idea on how expensive this will turn out. I think you will scrap thae idea.

Why bring them in? If you want to import them to sell them on the price would have to be way too high, if you want to make a profit. Plus, if you are importing one as a personal import there may be a time limitation on the resale. In other words you may have to keep it yourself for a lengthy period before you are allowed to sell it.

If you are importing to sell ask if you need some sort of impoter/dealer licence.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

Are you talking about health insurance? I ask because you menyioned falling off a bike or getting bitten.

Anyway, you can easily apply for health insurance. Try Bupa. Whether they will do it at short notice, and for such a short time I don't know. There is also the fact that certain things are not covered for a few weeks, and they want to contact your doctor for your previous mediacl history.

How many times have we had similar conversations on the phone here. Great stuff, better than reading about Red Shirts.

Might be worth calling first. It is a public Holiday. Saturday May 1st is Labour Day, so the holiday is Monday.

When you go into the bank just ask them for an immigration letter. They know what you need and will automatically update your passbook at the same time. Between asking for the letter, and receiving it, don't make any withdrawal. If you make a withdrawal they will start the process again. That applies to the Kasikorn Bank. They give you the letter next day. I have also done it using my SCB account. They do it whilst you wait.

Don't know about other banks but........... watch this space...................

My intitial response was that it would be a waste of time and money. A sweetener would get it removed, a lawyer or someone at the land office might remove it when it is sold on.

If someone bought it and changed the usage what could be done? A lawyer would take a long time getting it to court. This is Thailand..................................

I am not sure what you mean. It is a little unclear.

Firstly, you must have left the country at some point. When you went through immigration you were stamped out so you did, in fact, inform immigration that you were leaving.

If you have had your visa long enough to have added an extension of stay for one year - dDid you get a re-entry permit from your locall immigration office before you went out of Thailand? This is very important. Without a re-entry permit your visa is automatically cncelled when you leave.

If you were still on a multiple entry visa where you needed to either report every 90 days or leave the country every 90 days then your recent entry into Thailand starts another period of 90 days.

If I am wrong the Lite Beer will correct me.

They are so chreap it is hardly worth asking the price, certainly not worth getting one from Ebay. Plus the risk of getting a dud that you can't exchange.

Just seen the attachment, and yes it's the real thing. You were booked at 4.00pm on a clearway. Mae Ping is the place to go, and you could well get away with a couple of hundred baht seeing that there was no expense to send someone to unclamp you. My last clamping on a clearway was 400 baht so expect the worst. If they ask for more question it.

Edit:- when you go in just hand them the ticket, and they will then ask for your driver's licence...shuffle their papers and tell you to go and pay at the window, where you will get your licence and a receipt.

Wouldn't it be more sensible to send your wife to pay it? Reduce the risk of an inflated figure, and teach her to tell you next time!

I suggest that you uninstall all the browsers. Set the location and language you want, then reinstall. I doubt that you can change the language it is set to already withou reinstalling.

In the report about the British woman arrested with possibly fake immigration stamps there was a mention of the Indians being denied entry because of a lack of sufficient funds for their stay.

My friend's mother lives here. She is 82 year old and he always does the 90 day report for her.

The Charity Club of Pattaya do lots of fund raising and help many Isaan people, children etc. Immigration never interfere.

West side of Sukhumvit, Pattaya proper, comes under the jurisdiction of Pattaya City Hall with Mayor Ittiporn. East side of Sukhumvitm the so-called Darkside, comes under Nongprue Council with Mayor Mai Chianit.

Farangs can renew at any driving licence/test centre. I am told by my girlfriend's sister (who has a car business) that Thais can renew anywhere as well. Doesn't matter which province they come from or where they want to renew.

Well, the looks are awful, it is Chinese owned company..............

Would I buy one? Not a cat in hel_l's chance

I recemtly had a broken SIM card re[laced. Cost 25 Bt. Copied all my old numbers across and gave my old number back. That is the good news. However, it is a DTAC card. Prepaid.

Sat in my house, listening to BBC Radio, no worries about civil war.

You should have no problem getting a doctor's letter justifying an extension. It is not wise to fly with a fractured bone, there is an increased rixk of a fat embolism when flying.

Cheaper MacDonalds?? Who cares? Never eat there, burger King OK though!