macduff

Thanks intumult. One hel_l of a big difference. Were getting robbed all ends in this country. I suppose the thai's think the same.

How much is LPG and diesel in thai now? . In england it's 46p a litre and 1.09p in manchester england

Hi Macduff

It must be the case that different colleges must have different requirements to enrol on the ESOL courses. My wife enrolled and no body said that she needed to have been in the UK for 12 months or she need did not need to have been married for 12 months .She had been in the Uk for 3 months when she started her college course.

Good luck

Scooty

Your right scooty. Looks like the rules at my college are too strict. They should be all the same, or there making the rules up as they go along. In my case i'll have to apply for a two year extention for her. I'm certainly not paying the extention fee and the flr in the space of 3 months.

Ouch. That's going to hurt. I'ts a trip to thailand money for me the wife and youngster.

But the £395 will give you 2 years to save up for the £750 (or send the wife out to work)

Oh yes that's right. I'm thinking the extention is just until arrival to uk, and then i have to apply for ilr straight after. At least this extention will give us more time for her esol and to get the funds together. It's all payout at the moment even with her course costing over 300 quid. Like you say she can get some work to cover costs and for childcare. Our son is only 5 months old.

Ouch. That's going to hurt. I'ts a trip to thailand money for me the wife and youngster.

Sounds like a back hander manout on your friends experience. And yes scouse i'm going to have to start saving up hard. My wifes going to cost me a pretty penny next year. Is it right that i have to pay for the extention and the ilr?. What sort of costs are involved at the moment?

My thai wife and myself (uk citizen) went to the local college here in sunny england for an assesment for her esol course. This appointment was booked six weeks previous due to high demand, even though you now have to pay for the course. What they never told me on the phone was that you had to be married for 1 year and also my wife had to be in the uk for a full 12 months before they would even consider to enrol her at the college. My point is this,if we went back to thailand for a holiday would this go against her as she would'nt be in the country for a full 12 months. And also my wifes settlement visa runs out at the end of november 2008 but she never arrived in the uk until the middle of feb 07 , so therefore she cannot enrol until after her passport was stamped in feb 07. Oh and we have been married for 1 year just, mid november.

Croatia deserved to win, they played brilliantly. Well done

Thank god our house is near udon thani airport. Those aircraft must be blowing the storm away

Well boo you seem to have the same problems as we do . We tried all the usual colic remedies infracol etc, but the one that seem to work was the colief. We gave him that for 2 weeks continuous and then we ran out at the weekend so could'nt get more and hey presto he settled without it. He's still on aptamil and will continue using it. So it's going to be a gamble on what we feed him when if we run out when were over there. I think that dumex seems pretty popular.

My farther in law has been cutting the lawn at our house in udon today

Well that's worth knowing now. How did you go on with a replacment milk What did you use and how did your child react to it?

Thanks Torrenova, we also looked in BKK & no go but I brought 4 canisters which all expoloded in the plane!!! Luckily didn't loose too much but now I know, always decant to plastic bags before long haul flights

Boo is that right they came apart on the plane?. Did you put them in the suitcases in the hold or in the hand luggage?. My son will be 6 months old when we travel for the first time. We too use aptamil for our son.

I have the phone numbers of a couple of Scousers who may be able to help

Ya mean terry and barry calm down calm down

Check this out

Yes we are all living in the uk. I just wanted to know if i bought travel insurance in the uk for all of us as a family policy would my wife be entitled to the same as me as regards any claims for any mishaps like lost baggage and any liabilities that could arise.

Being a uk national and having married a thai, what would the implication be with travel insurance?. I normally buy multi travel insurance valid for one year here in the uk for myself. But now i'm married with a 3 month baby boy how would i stand legally with a family insurance?. Would i have to purchase insurance from a thai company for my wife?. Or with the settlement aspect on her visa and her right to live in the uk would cover any insurances bought over here?.

Thanks mahout for that link. I think to save any problems i may have i will pursue a thai passport in the uk. As samrans pointed out about him using his foreign passport instead of thai passport at immigration. It eradicates any problems if we decide to stay any longer in thailand if we choose too over and above the 30 day limit on the uk passport. Even though there wont be fine at present, but things can change in thai overnight as we know. I can certainly do without an overstay stamp on my sons first uk passport. Thanks again to all concernedfor your advice.

Just one more question samran. Supposing a thai passport was not sort for my son and we came over on his already obtained uk passport, what would the regulation be if he stayed over past the 30 day rule?. He will be 6 month old in december. Are there any consessions for a baby?. Or would i get in trouble for the overstay?. I have already obtained a O immigrant 12 month mulity trip visa. Were only talking up to 3 months max for the visit to thailand.The visa is for myself not the child.

The only thing i dont miss about thailand when i come back to england are the mosquitoes.

I missed thailand that much i brought my little bride back with me. So now i wake up with thailand every morning. And no her name is'nt thailand.

Ok thanks scouser and everybody who replied to my post.

Thanks for your advise guys. I've gave the matter a great deal of thought and i've decided that going down to london seems the logical route. I would like to bring your attention to samrans remarks about the registration of my son on the house book. One of the requirements of proof at the london embassy is my wifes id card which has the house registration on it. As i understand it the information on it will not automatically go on the house book unless we registar my son at the amphur office sepratly if we move there permanantly. What i'm concerned about is if my son gets his thai passport and stays in england, will he still be called up for national service when the time comes?. Or is it like the child benefit and the tax credit system here in england?. One department does'nt know what the other department are doing. But that's another story.

Mahout is right. All azzzey has to do is keep his ear to the ground and eventually the truth will come out from azzzey's girlfriend or wife. she can then interpret what really happened to azzzey, then they can take the appropriate action, whoever is to blame for the breakup will eventually come out. So lets wait and see. Keep us informed.

Would it not just be easier to get the Thai passport when you are in Thailand ?

Well this is the question i'm asking. Will it be straightforward in thailand without a waiting period. It would be worth it if i could get one the same day.