ChaiyaTH

If I have to mention that after what he already did he deserves to arrive without it lol

I became the legal father now after the judge approved my claim and basically that is now done. However it is just the formal legal procedure that someone could still claim I am not or has objections against this within 30 days. So the document just states it is now official, without me being married with her. This is what the amphur wants and what immigration or my embassy wants it he document from the amphur. Yes I know it's confusing as hell, I used to not need it with immigration too, I had non-o visa + extensions for years somewhere end of covid they suddenly refused me. I could always get non-o visa on child abroad at embassies though.... TIT. It was worth it, for many things, same if she would get sick or crash in accidents, there is never parental right issues or what so ever. I didn't / not see the point of (still) getting married (in general). Once my son got his EU passport this also enables my girlfriend to move to EU and get 2-5 year visa's hassle free based on Chavez verdict (children can't be separated from their parents), in case we want to move back there. I already have a lawyer for this on pre-paid and can get travel documents within 2 weeks whenever wanted).

Yeah I think he overestimates that one too. Thai = Thai. Foreigner = Foreigner and Farang = Farang.

True I would go for suva airport bangkok, or CM. CM would be super relaxed.

BTW your post is full of lies, you state he overstayed 5+ years while he did covid extensions. Last time I checked my son is 5 years old today and born in jan 2019.... So we talk about you or what?

First get the emergency document / passport by doing a basic police report without behaving like a idiot, this is not a big deal and could be any local police station really. Stating you lost it but aren't sure when and need to get a new one. You could first try with embassy to see if without is possible in this situation too. If your friend survived this part, you should be able to obtain an (emergency) passport to travel home. When having this, you book a ticket and get to the airport 3-4 hours before the maximum early possible with checkin options, not to hang around there. At the checkin counter you right away tell the steward(ess), you normally get this tag with overstay, this already puts you safe. If not, just continue to go to immigration itself and surrender yourself there. As this was a long time + a new passport, it could take a bit longer as usual, but my guess is your friend would still be in free duty within 1-1.5 hour max. If you do it another way, your friend might face the music with X days or weeks in jail before being able to leave. For this scenario you as his friend can be his support only and prepare money (control) to buy his fines, food and ticket out.

Hi, as I read many horror stories over the years I decided to still share in short how it went for me with family court as I was not married and for that reason not the legal father yet. This delayed me so far from obtaining my son his European nationality and passport as well since covid started to be an issue with immigration to do extensions (which wasn't the case until covid). We went to the family court itself to find an lawyer, it started with 50K baht and ended with only 10K baht from another lawyer down at the airport area (where he is based). We had an appointment for the court within 1.5 month after 2 days I hired him within weeks I needed to show up at juvenile jail for a 2 hour interview. The court hearing itself was only 5-10 minutes. In a month I can collect the document and then it's officially done. So it is not a nightmare, it is not that complicated, do keep in mind that in my case both parties agreed (mother and me). The irony is that there was another 2 people from EU, at the same court, in the same day. I noticed this by seeing 3 of EU passports at security. Not sure my lawyer did multiple people that day. So basically the steps below are as follows: Find a laywer, he makes all appointments etc as well arranges police translators you pay seperated 500-1200 baht per time. Collect all documents (passport certified copy embassy, TM30 showing visa still valid, Photos / some basic proof I am in my son his life and take care) Wait for the first hearing with juvenile prison (both mother and father, alone each, interviewed for 1 hour or so, lies will be detected, don't) Wait for the court date itself: they ask you to swear speaking the truth + confirm a few questions and done in 5-10 minutes max). Wait for the legal 30 days in case anyone made objections against it but essentially the verdict is there already / done. Go to the amphur with this document to make it official, after this get a document from the amphur for your embassy or thai immigration. What set me off the most during this experience was seeing foreign kids in juvenile jail from a russian mother who had overstayed...

In CM just have motorbike taxi's you can book, for the assistance or help that is still done by tuk tuks as also originally was in Bangkok. As well the original red car drivers (songthaews).

The latest conspiracy was that it could be military drones sniffing to find something and stories of a missing nuke head from ukraine. Few valid points being at least that 1) these drones can't go long without recharge if not aliens 2) to fly at night for sight, would make each one very expensive in terms of thermal camera gear. They also depart and land from land for sure.

One reported one

Is passport based.

I'm pretty sure you are pretty much fked if you don't have the proof of insurance / contact numbers on you at all times. I had 2 accidents over 12 years and in both cases I will still responsive and the actual bills were always under 50K, yet even at a cheaper private hospital from the moment I was in, they were more concerned with me showing my Thai bank card, balance and passport copy than starting to help me out. Let alone if you would not be awake, time really matters in these situations, like with money or insurance proven an surgery with the best hospital and surgeon could be started up right away or maybe be delayed / lower quality treatment otherwise. I think it's important to just have a emergency contact aside of money / insurance ready at all times, to at least cover the first 500K instantly. I guess those at biggest threat are the ones who are single and not have any friend they can trust to be a contact too. Like you are half traumatized laying bleeding on the ER while they do all kinds of painful stuff on you, while some other one is trying to get info and money out of you at the same time lol. This is real stuff, makes you feel like your life is really worth nothing to them until the money is paid, then its top service. I think that even a insurance, specially cheaper ones, is still like russian roullette, if not having real cash ready or a credit card that can be charged, upfront, in Thailand. In a way, the 400-800K requirement for long term visa here with marriage/child/pension makes total sense.

Not filling it in and letting them close the account, if that happens in the first place. Good time to bury that 12 year banking history and start over with a new bank fresh entirely, specially since rules with taxes keep changing too. Already opened a new dormant one at Bangkok bank too. Just like covid; if you are in the front row to get a shot, you will be shot.

Exactly that, anyone within their right mind from the perspective of a westerner earning with a local girlfriend / wife, it rarely would make sense for her to work, specially if there are kids in the game. You kind of fail is a lady is equal that out.

Every girl is a short time girl until you settle with her, not really see the relevance here. It is also an assumption that most settle with one of the active working short time for bootie call services. In reality it is just as often people working in malls, restaurants or receptionists etc. The reality is that many more Thai women would love a 'rich' farang but are too shy and not speak a word of English nor have the motivation to really start learning it, let alone to date a farang on her own + to then be judged by all her friends etc. And there is at the end little difference in that too, you have just as many career ladies looking for the gold performers or being a high maintenance lady etc. Same you can have a bar girl that is happy on a budget but stable monthly 'retirement' or one that still wants more. The drama scenario and stories are almost always when you see someone obvious fat or old with a way too young girl or just too pretty girl, that the obviously will be just constantly getting attention anywhere and everywhere which eventually would lead to cheating, jealousy etc.

Life is short if you always waste time, a lot can happen in a few years.

Well they actually now crack down on people who emigrate in Europe already too, with plans to basically make you have tax liabilities similar to americans, if you were a EU tax resident for 3 years within 10 years. Secondly they crack down on people who freelance, as that means less forced social pension plan payments etc and more independence, while taxes also remain very high in general. So it seems they want the entire cake.

Maybe it got better by now with them removing it automatically or after X years, I went back to Thailand like just weeks after it expired and still with the same passport as well. Was no issue at the time to board but I did need to sign a paper for the airline (which actually got delayed 4+ hours so i got a refund and flew free). I needed a break from Thailand at the time and this was the only way to secure that lol.

Lived here since 20s and now in 30s, life for sure gets better from 30s as you simply usually found your way in life more, have some more skills, better paid wages, you don't rush life anymore as if 30 is the end of the world etc. To then speak about what life would be after 65, I'd already see it as a bonus to be honest. 1/4 males does not even make it to this age to start with, let alone in full functioning and good health in general for the 3/4 that is left by then. Meanwhile they tell you to work until 70 years old nowadays, assuming this would be my life (luckily it is not), that means I have 25% chance to be death before retire age and 50% chance to be in not tip-top health condition. What is there to even worry about, I mean you basically spend and do little the older you get from that point. Life should be lived before that age, from that age it is simply bonus years + cool in case you also have kids and grand kids. What surprises me daily is how many people toss away most of their good years only to try and secure something that they might never even witness. Same if a second great depression now started, basically anyone who now worked for 20-40 years, loses up to 75% of their wealth instantly. For people under 45 today the chances of seeing the full pension is even only 50%, funds are going bankrupt weekly.

No issue at all but the airport check-in might still see him as flagged, you can say you go on your own risk, will be taken separate maybe for asking it is sure to not happen again and welcome back. I had it myself for 1year

Depends on the package you choose, there are so many options which depend on each person needs. You can just see online. I think it is the tourist sim cards being the problem, they seem slow + not as good deals.

Funny to read this as I actually always used truemove so far and just since a week i tried out a DTAC sim card which is the fastest 5G I ever had, getting easily 130 mpbs speedtest results too, it's better than my wifi really.

Some of the replies make me laugh, like yours, as it is so stupid. Obviously check points would be mainly at very late hours and obviously they would also be at specific places. That is the entire purpose of a alcohol checkpoint >< It's like you say you never saw a boat while you live in the mountains.

Is loaded from CDN (Content Delivery Network) which basically means YouTube has datacenters all over the world, making the data you load always being nearby. IPTV services are often illegal, they just shut one down in europe last week that made like 200 million a month (euro), with the point being they usually only have few servers on specific locations (hong kong). Other than that streaming high quality simply requires a high stable connection, wifi is based on signal strength so is less stable. Things like netflix and youtube buffer this as soon you start, you can't do that with live sports either. Some IPTV services do use the buffer technique with live sports, which is fine until the bar next to you has faster and you hear the booing and cheering.

See this all the time like 2 of these old grannies on a <deleted>ty old manual bike, driving in S shapes as if they are drunk, with a 1 year old baby in between of them, and then they even raise it up as if it is cool for the baby to have the best view, like ready to launch. Same with the cars which usually are pick up trucks, right in the back or in the middle without seat belts... Well that's Thailand, I think i have gotten grey hair from it expecting the worst with my son each time he goes to the family etc during his young years. Even today it is still my main thing I always fear, when he goes out, traffic is the devil here.