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i am quite concerned about the guide costs.

if THB 1000/day, it will be 14k for 2 weeks!

As you may know, going to Kengtung requires an arrangement, by the farang, to pay minimum Bt.1,000/day to government-approved guide. That 1,000 doesn't cover any expenses, except guide fee. That law may change b4 2 long, if any decent sensible people decide to change it. I asked a tourist agent (next door to Burmese imm office) and she said the law is there to protect tourists (from dangers?). That surprised me, because the region north of Tachilek is not known for being dangerous to tourists, as far as I know. Colombia, yes, but Shan State?

i heard of the 1000/day thing, but isnt it already abolished? anyone can affirm?

Hi guys, i know this might be out of topic, i havent been back to my wife's hometown in years and i am thinking about doing so soon.

She lives in Kengtung , 3 hours from tachilek. We are thinking of crossing the borders and getting a "taxi"which back a few years would be about 2000thb per vehicle, does anyhow know what the rates are like now?

Hi guys, i know this might be out of topic, i havent been back to my wife's hometown in years and i am thinking about doing so soon.

She lives in Kengtung , 3 hours from tachilek. We are thinking of crossing the borders and getting a "taxi"which back a few years would be about 2000thb per vehicle, does anyhow know what the rates are like now?

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Hi guys, i know this might be out of topic, i havent been back to my wife's hometown in years and i am thinking about doing so soon.

She lives in Kengtung , 3 hours from tachilek. We are thinking of crossing the borders and getting a "taxi"which back a few years would be about 2000thb per vehicle, does anyhow know what the rates are like now?

Anyone knows what time does the Lotus Maesai open?

I'll be bring my parents to cross the borders of Maesai/Tachilek next month.

We would arrive at the Maesai bus station around 7.30am in the morning, i figured that we should get some place for a good meal and chill out till mid morning before crossing the borders.

Any suggestions so early in the morning?

Hi all,

any updates on the tachilek borders? heard that it is closed today?

Thanks guys for the replies, pretty clear now

hi all, i have a doubt on this.

My wife (Myanmar national) will be delivering our child in a thailand hospital.

I, not a Thai national, was wondering, when the kid is delivered and issued a thai birth ceritificate, i would need to have it translated and handed over to the Embassy of my country.

Now, my question is, the embassy of my country in which country? Thailand or Myanmar?

If you are talking about the $10 one gives the Burmese border officials forget it they only take 500 Bht now, i think they have cottoned on to 500 bht is better than the $10 equivalent 340 Bht

I went across the borders inbound for Kengtung last week, they still accept the 10usd

Hi,

Just wondering if there are any of those ID photo booths in the airport where we can take our passport sized photos instantly?

Would need a few and my transit flight is in the twilight hours, so i cant go out of the airport to any shops to get them done.

Guys,

a lil off topic here, I know the Shan/Burmese people in Tachilek get to come over to Maesai with a 7 day pass.

Can my Shan wife (pregnant) come over and head to the police immigration station, and request for a longer stay period, based on her seeking medical consultation and also visiting the hospital in Maesai/Chiangsean?

tried calling the station but i cant speak thai and they kept on blabbering

Hi all, i just want to share with the TS my experience.

I'm a singaporean married to a Shan lady (Burmese nationality with international passport) in thailand, bangkok

We registered on 22 Jan 08 at the registration office at Phasicharoen District Office.

It was simple actually. For my side, all i needed was to get my avidavitt from my Embassy and have the Freedom of marriage translated.

For her, i actually got a lawyer that handles Work Permits and stuff for foreign workers (ask if they do it for Burmese), and they actually got her Avidavitt done for her!

So when that is done, the lawfirm arranged a date , and ferried us down to the dIstrict office to get registerd.

all was done within 3 days upon my arrival in bangkok! (my den-gf was a student on a 1 yr ED-Visa in bangkok)

I'm not sure if i still have the lawyer's number, but if needed, drop me a PM i might be able to dig that out.

Afaik if she has an ID card your wife can get a travel permit at the amphur for a few days, but she needs the invitation from a thai guarantor, who resides in the area she wants to travel to usually in the form of a signed copy of his/her ID and tabien baan. Ask at her amphur office.

hi Bastian, my spouse has an ID but it is not the Thai ID, it's the pink laminated ID for shans over at burmese side.

please advise..

If the plan is to go Chiang rai or Chiang Mai for a couple days, you can go to the immigration office. the one 2 km from the boarder. You may take one of your Thai friend, or the driver who will take you to Chiang Mai as a sponsor/guarantor. tell your purpose of visiting. Make sure you went early, possibly you will get the permission the same day if they are not too busy. Good luck!

am i able to be the sponsor? she doesnt have any thai friends over in maesai, and we're gonna take a bus through to chiangRai

Hi all, i was wondering, since the airport taxis costs 800 1 day to the borders in maesai, does anyone carpool?

how does it go about?

im due a flight BKK-CEI on next month and i was hoping for someone to share the costs of a cab down to maesai

If your friend has a green IC he is almost certainly Tai Leu, not Tai Yai.

A minor point you may think, but it matters at Thai immigration.

He can only leave Maesai when someone signs for him at the amhpur. He needs to bring 3000 baht for a ten day permit.

Work can only be done if has a work permit (lots of those people forget to extend their permits or worse never got one because they consider it too expensive). With such a card and a work permit he can apply for a job somewhere else.

But than he needs to become a registered citizen in another province/amphur/tambon. Be careful in the South, lots of those people end up worse off than they were.

To obtain the first permit he needs a sponsor who signs up at the amphur, together with him.

I emailed a friend last night who spent years working with the Shan people and he sent me two lengthy replies on this subject, if you wish to read them in their entirety send me a PM and I will forward them to you.

The reply here is the information I think is pertinent to your friends case.

Hi there,

i have a few questions , hope u might be able to answer me.

1) may i know how or what r the requirements in order to get the GREEN IC? My gf is Tai-Leu too but resides in Kengtung.

2) When you mean by sponsor, can i be the sponsor or it has to be a thai?

anyone has stayed in taitong hotel? always wanted to book a room with them but they seems forever full!

Hmmm, well as some of you might already know, Burmese over in the tachilek, when they cross over, they need not have to have thier passports, they just bring along thier pink laminated ID, and they would get a greenish cardboard "passport" pass .

with that they are entitled to travel into maesai for 7 days with limited destinations. maybe just in maesai town, and not anywhere further.

I heard from a taxi driver that applying in the immigrations office in maesai would be possible for her to apply to travel further.

i dont think it's what the link Konjianghai has just posted.

anyone?

Although i'm not really know much on this but i've checked out at Maesai immigration website (only Thai lang).

She can aply Transit-TS visa which give her 30 days stay and travel through out the kingdom.

Or a tourist visa (Tourist-TR) for 60 days.

Not sure on what your purpose is but the safe way is to ask at immigration office they will provide you better information.

I had a Lao girlfriend once and she could get two types of visas, one that was only good for a few days and restricted travel in the Kingdom... really only good for shopping in Udon, and another standard visa that was good for a much longer period anywhere in Thailand.

Sorry I can't be more specific but it was quite a while ago.

thanks for all your reply, well my perpose was to bring her to visit chiangrai or chiangmai if possible as if she wants to do that she needs to go to yangon and than fly into chiangmai, which is a total hassle.

just 1 more question, can we pop into the immigration office and apply, would we be able to get it on the same day?

if not, how long is the processing time?

i tried calling to ask but the immigration only speaks thai and my thai is not very good.

hi guys,

i have a Shan wife, living on the tachilek side, i wish for her to cross over to maesai which is simple.

my concerns is what are her travel limitations? i heard that she can only stay within maesai, but i also heard that she could pay a visit to the immigration office in maesai and get a pass to travel to chiangrai?

does anyone have any knowledge on this?

sorry i dont know which section to post this so here i am.

hi guys,

i have a Shan wife, living on the tachilek side, i wish for her to cross over to maesai which is simple.

my concerns is what are her travel limitations? i heard that she can only stay within maesai, but i also heard that she could pay a visit to the immigration office in maesai and get a pass to travel to chiangrai?

does anyone have any knowledge on this?

sorry i dont know which section to post this so here i am.

Hi guys,

just wondering, as i just came back from a trip to Maesai Borders via a flight landing BKK-CR. As i was rushing for time, i took a airport taxi which costs me 800 THB 1 way!

Does anyone know or recommand a cheaper alternative? 800 is way too much for 1 way...

Are there other services or similar?

I understand we can take the taxi to the CR bus station and den take a bus to maesai, does anyone know how long would that take?

I'm planning another trip up in June and i really do not wish to spend too much time on travelling. Glad if there would be some helpful hands around this friendly forum

thanks guys!

hi guys,

does anyone know how can i make an advance booking for a bus ticket up from bangkok to chiangrai?

i will be in bangkok on 25 december and i need to be in maesai the next day.

I'm worried that if i reach on 25th and head down to the station the tickets might be full, ending up in a wasted trip.

is there anyway i can make an advance booking for the bus tickets?

please great assistance will be much appreaciated..