My Friend Same

Being a Mexi food lover from way way back in the USA where good mexi is (was?) plentiful. I can unequivockly attest that good Mexican food does not exist in Thailand so it is best to just write it off so you won't get disappointed. There is plenty of very good thai food here which seems to be the best option. Trying to find good Mexi here is like trying to find a good beer or bottle of wine, it aint gonna happen. Good thai food-yes, good lookin' chicks-yes, good beer-no, good mexi-negativo. There's a lotta good things here and Mexican food aint one of them, trust me on that

I was talking about girlx finding that love of her life like so many have done in Thailand

totally agree with rain man, Borat was unfunny. I did not even crack a smile throughout

Half Nelson was good. Pink Panther was funny. Gibson's movie was spectacular and tops for the year

This is a really good and important thread. Of course the goal here is to come up with a long term solution for girlx's visa problem and no doubt this can help others. 1st I would like to say that I agree with much of what Livinlos has said in this thread even though he offers no solution but does speak the reality of it and obviously has 1st hand knowledge of its severity. Kudos to you, Livin.

Next we have a possible solution offered by mouse and this is a great suggestion indeed. If girlx can come up with the 84K for that work permit then she's on easy street with that nice NON-IM B. However 84K is a lot of cash to shell but if available then I say shell. Thanks Mouse

I will offer up a 3rd and perhaps best solution and one that requires zero cash whatsoever. This is clearly what girlx should do and she is super lucky as no man has this option. girlx, simply marry a Thai. A lot of us guys have done this to solve our visa problem and we need financial resources on top of that. You should get yourself a Thai husband and visa situation solved. I'm sure a lot of women here can introduce you to good candidates. sbk?

to all in the holy land:

i want to wish all of you

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

from the bottom of my heart

My GF is 22 and we've lived together in BKK for 4 years. I would like to take her to the US on this type of visa and I am American. She does not work (I support her) but has son living with her mother in Issan. Does anyone think we can get approval?

Life can be sweet again!!!!!!!!!

There should be a separate section for exclusive GF threads. GF holds the record for most useless threads posted in the busiest Thai Visa forum section. What a waste of decent bandwidth

The news story in the OP's post is typical anti christian trash that the anti christian mass media and Hollywood have continuously spewed through their controlled mediums for centuries. A mass bonfire should be made of movies and news stories that spew this garbage so that only a massive ash pile would remain of this propaganda. It's getting so that one cannot say Merry Christmas anymore; now you have to say "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings". Well not me, I say MERRY CHRISTMAS! How many times do you see in a Hollywood movie a Christmas tree being burned or smashed. I watched an episode of the Simpson's where a bully takes a toy santa and smashes it to bits and the laughs his ass off. This happens constantly. I say start the bonfire and make the ash pile of this stuff. It belongs in the ashbin of history

I like the lack of Christian influence here.

Dont come to Chiang Mai, this is Jesus freak central!

They don't really bother anyone.

Just stiff the Thai servers in restaraunts on any tips!

I bet the Israelis are big tippers

im doing this visa run in janurary, about the 9th or 10th i believe.

from what ive heard, its 10 hours on a bus from bangkok to the ferry crossing.

then spend about 9 hours between queing at immigration and refreshing in the hotels etc...

then 10 hours back.

the company im going with charge 1700 baht for the trip.

but that doesnt include the visa fee or the hotels.

not 100% sure if im going to do it..

can anyone reccommend an easier option? i dont want to fly or spend much more money.

concidering there is myself AND my foreign girlfriend going to do the visa.

we need the 60 day tourist with extension!

school is sorting out the paper work to convert them into non imm b and paper work..

Let's see, this was something you posted previously:

i still dont see why this is such a huge problem...

i think they are right to do what they plan to do.

if your legally here, then fine. show your work permit, visa etc.

people who are here legally will have everything they need.

people who are here illegally then you deserve what you get for doing what you do.

most people here when they are back in their own country's probably didnt like all the immigrants in their own country...

look at the uk... do you agree with whats going on there??

no...

well your doing the exact same as them over here...

in the end, if they do enforce it, ( prays they do ) then the people here legally with permits, visa's etc will reap the benefits.

i cant wait for teacher wages to go up when there is a shortage of teachers...

myself and my farang girlfriend are more than laughing at this scenario...

sitting on a years permit, and a 3 year contract i dont see what we need to worry about.

apart from going with the highest bidder to hire us.

Now it seems that you are actually working here illegally without a work permit or teacher's license

If you're not going until January, why can't your school get you the paperwork needed for a non-immigrant B visa by then? It's not that difficult.

Good pickup on the illegal worker fool, Col.

If thedude says you can buy blue chippers then you outta get your shovel out and scoop some up

35.50 right now as cooler heads prevail.

The Baht is only down slightly more than 1% at this point from the 9 year high near 35 to the buck. Right now it is trading at 35.45 and strengthening

This is a good measure to prevent the George Soros' of the world from controlling the Thai currency as what happened in 1997. I applaud this move. I think that nibbling on Thai stocks at this lower level would be a good move. I may well buy in to a little of the "TTF" thai etf fund that trades under that symbol on the NYSE

I'd say that considering the SET was down 19.5% at one point that this news is beyond only the business section. This is a larger one day drop than any in 1997 and is most since August 1990.

I'm shocked nobody in this forum is talking about this. This is huge news

Hi

I've been living with a Thai Girl for 5 years. I have no interest in marriage because I do not believe in the concept but we have been living together and I have placed 25,000 baht in her hand on the 1st of each month bar none for 5 years now (no documentation to prove that though). Should I not be permitted to get some kind of support visa?

Perhaps GF should carry around a spray bottle of Jenny Craig drink and attack with that

These discos are a ripoff so I don't go near them. On top of this they play thumping hip rap music which I hate anyway

This guy has approached me with his routine in the lobby of the Nana Hotel. I asked him where he was from and he did say Canada. He told me that he was robbed and was short the 500 baht depart tax. What I noticed was that the guy appeared to have the shakes as if he were jonesing for drugs.

This is a totally useless thread. "cost of living" based on what? The OP is staying rent free and asks what the cost of living is. LOL.

Thank you Lop, this is very good news for me when my time comes for that visa in another 2 years

Things change in over a year and a half