Katacove

Here's a bit of Sunday morning reading for you all.....

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Katacove – what does visitor of mean ?

Maybe you meant visitor to.....

Your assumption that I am American is based on what?

The fact that I attempted to buy goods from that country, or that I admire efficiency and technology?

Surely a much less reasonable assumption than mine regarding a Made in Thailand lable (or label if you're American).

Sorry to mistake you for an American i was going to use the term farang but i didn't want to sound racist

I can handle bad grammar but not racism. Anyway enjoy the cool threads....

The OP says "the whole thing was a marvel of US efficiency and technology - until it arrived in Thailand......" and adds rather insultingly that things went awry when "the monkeys get hold of it".

But the detailed dates in the OP show it took quite a few days to leave USA and to finally arrive in Thailand; and once here, it took just a day!

If the above is bugging the OP so much, might I respectfully suggest that the "monkeys" may prefer you move yourself away from THEIR country.

Oh, as for the import taxes, the "monkeys" might think the OP is not exactly brighter than the monkeys he ridicules, since the OP did not check what is dutiable when exported and re-imported again.

Perhaps not in these exact words, but isn't there a forum rule that says you should not refer to locals as monkeys especially when the facts laid out shows the OP to be the bigger fool ???????????????

I second that comment above and would expect an educated American such as the OP would have respect for the people of the country he is a visitor of.

Karma catches up to tools like that pretty quickly in this country, Chok dee krup!

If you want to spend less there are definitely cheaper schools but you get what you pay for. If that school got in trouble with the immigration do not fool yourself, you will be in trouble too and explaining to the immigration that you thought they were a good school etc will not help much.

Walen School - ED visa most reliable assistance.

Why would a student get into trouble with immigration if he/she has enrolled with a school which is accredited and authorised by the Ministry of Education? Does this not mean that its teaching methods (and presumably attendance/online class completion records) have been recognised as acceptable? If it's good enough for the MoE to issue the paperwork for a visa (and subsequent visa to be issued by a Thai consulate), under what circumstances would a student find themselves in difficulty if he/she had complied with the study requirements which had been authorised by the MoE?

Exactly. It seems to me MacWalen is trying out his scare tactics.

MacWalen unless you have any real evidence please refrain from bad mouthing them. I only want first hand experiences.

Has anybody else other than digital signed up with them or even heard of them before?

I've told a real story. Do as you want. The good news is that Walen can do better as people can study at our school totally for free. We have a way to reduce cost of study at Walen to 0 Baht.

Walen School - you can study for free

Can you elaborate more on this quote please Mc Walen ?

Feel free to start a new thread to stay on topic !

Children under the age of 14 are not charged overstay.

Thanks for the info, sorry i should have searched the forum more before posting.

I'll keep you posted. I'm gonna take my chance by going to Bangkok and see what happens. Back home I'll apply for a non O.

Fingers crossed they're not gonna make us miss our flight!!

Thanks for your replies!

How did it all go, an update would be appreciated, cheers.

Maestro, thanks for the valuable information.

How long an overstay before Immigration would start getting upset?

Are there any other forum members doing this that can fill me in please?

Cheers

My partner is a Filipino citizen, we want to move back to Thailand and enroll her into a Thai language course, we have a 3yo and 1month old, will they be included on her Non immigrant ED visa?

If not what do you advise? I work outside the country 5 weeks on/off so will use tourist visa's.

Any advice appreciated

The Phuket crash was piloted by an Indo also......... go figure!