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@DrJack54 yes I’ve had a good look through the requirements, looks like a couple of days faffing around in Bangkok and asking our amphur if there’s any requirements they have regarding translations of paper work, thanks for the link, I think I will get any questions I might have answered in there 👍🏻

@DrJack54 yes I’m getting married in Thailand around October or November, the family are doing a big make merit party so I might combine the wedding ‘party’ with the merit party. I intend on always having 400k in the bank anyway but want to try the monthly income method, if something goes wrong I have a back up by having the 400k sitting there, the main reason to change to my Irish passport is that the embassy do still issue the letter for immigration regarding meeting the monthly requirements.

@DrJack54 many thanks for your response, I’m going to do the marriage visa using my Irish passport as the embassy do the letter for immigration to state you have me t the monthly income requirement, I just fancy seeing if it works or if it causes problems 

Hi all, I have been in Thailand for three years now, im a Uk passport holder and and also have an Irish passport, I have today (23/5/24) just got another extension of stay on my non immigrant O visa based on retirement, I’m planning to marry the gf later this year followed by a trip next may back to the Uk for a month, I’m going to exit Thailand on the 23rd of may effectively ending my visa, I will then come back into Thailand using my Republic of Ireland passport ( I have dual citizenship) I will get a 30 day visa waiver stamp which I will then extend for another 30 days during which time I will go to immigration to apply for a 90 day non O visa based on marriage, and then finally just before the 90 days runs out I will apply for a 1 year extension of stay based on marriage to a Thai citizen, I know I need 400,000 baht in my bank account does this money need to have been in the account for a set amount of time before I apply for the non o marriage visa or does it just need to be in there on the day I apply…

looking forward to any help and advice

many thanks

Done my 90 days report there this morning, back on the 24th to extend my visa, where’s the new office going to be?

Good to see the back of him and his controlling hateful wife, his mother would be very disappointed in his behaviour and his choice of woman, let’s hope he never returns to the Uk, stay where you are please

The blokes a dick always slagging of the Uk in his videos, he will want to live here by bumming around maybe try teaching ( could teach Thai kids to say innit and bro) he will soon become another E beggar setting up patreon on his videos so you can donate to help him sustain his bum life in Thailand 

On 2/23/2024 at 12:52 PM, richard_smith237 said:

So you are also racist then? taking pleasure at fully legal Thais encountering dehumanising treatment at the hands of overzealous Korean immigration officers who are racist against Thai citizens. 

Go and hug a tree and make yourself feel better, people throw the word racism around when they don’t have a valid answer, you are just another “apologist “ who wakes up every morning looking for something to ‘ apologise ‘ about or be offended by…

Look up Greg Lange or Bangkok beef he does good prices and ships all over Thailand check their facebook pages

Tha American car hire companies used to do this in the mid 80’s I think there was a case of seven or so tourists getting gunned down because criminals knew they were tourfrom the barcodes on the bumpers from the car hire companies 

Thanks for the replies so far gents, doesn’t seem to be much in it either price wise or economy wise…I will fill up with E20 on my next visit to the petrol station and see what results I get 

Hi all, I have a 2014 fiesta 1.5S I run it on 95 octane but it can run in E20 although I have never tried it, anybody using E20 in their vehicle and if so do you notice any lack of power or more/less fuel economy.

Hi all thanks for the responses and advice,

@sometimewoodworker I’m not an electrician but despite my level of knowledge not being that high as you put it, the third pin or earth is blank it’s just a plastic prong to fit into a 3pin Uk socket 

Hi all, I e got a 12v Milwaukee drill I bought it from the Uk when I moved here, I e got a Uk plug adapter so i can still charge the batteries, just wondering how easy or safe it is to switch the 3 pin Uk plug for a two pin Thai plug

Hi all, I’m on a search to find some decent sausages, I’ve tried a lot of western food shops, a lot of them seem to buy from the same supplier and the skins used are thick, it’s like trying to chew through plastic! Anyone got a recommendation fir decent sausages without the plastic like skins, at the moment I’ve resorted to using frozen Richmond sausages, not great tasting but the skins are thin and you haven’t got to chew through them…any help much appreciated 

Thé firestick i havé that allows me to watch sky sports and movies etc plus movies from around the world and latest releases etc, I joined a group on telegram, the group is run by two guys from the Uk they send you the details on now and what to load on your firestick ( I think it’s an app called power tv) once that’s done you transfer the £55 they then give you a password and a username and that’s it your up and running, subscription is every 12 months you don’t need to download anything again just pay your subscription. The telegram group is how you ask questions and get any problems sorted out, I’ve been using it for three years and no problems

I have a firestick from the Uk, i have had it here two years it works perfectly, I get sky sports and movies plus Uk tv and loads of other stuff, tv from America and Australia etc, £55 per year subscription 

I recently got my Thai license in Khon Kaen, it consisted of the following 

medical test they check blood pressure and chest 

get a certificate of residency from immigration ( it’s free)

report to DLT for test and sign in

they wanted to see my Uk driving license

take reaction test and colour blindness test

sit and watch about 3 hours of videos on road safety etc

take a multiple choice test on road signs and traffic laws

take a physical test there are 3 things you have to pass 

1. park alongside the kerb with no more than a 25cm gap

2. drive forward between a row of poles and then reverse back

3. parallel park your car into a parking bay 

i did not have to do the multiple choice questions or the physical driving test, the head honcho checked my license and was satisfied I was ok to drive, he issued my Thai license there and then (about a 20 minute wait) I took my test on the 30th august 2023

@Crossy I’m with true and they had to run a cable using the existing electric poles from the main road down our soi to the house, I reckon that’s about a quarter mile, I get pretty good speed but the network often flashes up an ‘ unstable network ‘ message so things like our cctv will sometimes not ‘playback’ because there’s a delay in the signal

My certificate of residency cost nothing from Khon Kaen immigration about 3 weeks ago

Exactly as the heading..is starlink available in Thailand yet, anyone know much about it

Let’s get the donkey out of the way first @brianthainess, if you read the requirements from the DLT to get your license it lists the reasons where you will have to take a physical test reason number 4 is if you don’t have your license verified by your embassy, or don’t have an international drivers permit then you are required to do the physical part of the driving test…now, off you go back to your barstool while I assign you to the wilderness…

ok, now the donkey has been dealt with, I took a colour blindness test which consisted of the officer touching a pen on either red, green or yellow discs, the reaction test is just that, a test of your breaking reaction, nobody in my class of 23 people done any other test, there was no peripheral test, and no depth test for your vision, I had been told when I registered in the morning that I would definitely have to do the physical part of the driving test because I didn’t meet the requirements under section 4 as explained above in my answer to the donkey. It was only that the senior officer in the building took my license and had a quick discussion with two other DLT officers  that they decided I didn’t have to do any further testing and they issued me with my license immediately, I didn’t even get as far as doing the multiple choice questions. 
anyway, many thanks to all above for your helpful replies ( with the exception of the donkey).