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How come the mother doesn't have to register the birth in person, but the father has to, to legitamise the birth ? It sounds a little crazy.

Many Thai people take it for granted that I do not and as such, the comments aimed at me and my kids by many Thais are enough to make me question my affection for the warm and humbling culture that brought me to the land of smiles!

Go join www.koratfarang.com. He'll get all his info on there.

want some nightlife.. but no pattaya anymore

and i like my peace but not quiet like rayong..

will have a look around thnx guy's

Suggest you have a look around Isaan and see.

YOU served, YOU paid your taxes, YOU deserve a slice of the cake too.

Depends on what you want in life.

What about the fact it is your home?Why should you have to leave because the dog and pony show that calls itself the Government has year after year stifled your sense of being a freeborn Briton in your own home? Why are so many of us alienated? Why should we be?

I wouldn't go back to the UK even if I got kicked out of Thailand. What's there to go back for ? 53 years was enough for me.

Take it to a dealer. Have a price in your mind what you think it's worth and go a little above it. Refuse what he offers you. You will then get calls from him asking if he can bring other people round to look at it. He will accompany them as I assume he'll be getting a back hander from the buyer. The selling point seems to be how much discount you'll give hence why you ask too much. I went through this senario but I wouldn't give the discount. I didn't sell the car until I upped the asking price and then gave discount back to my original price. Thais like discount as most people do.

A Thai will probably use a finance company for the money so they will send an agent around to photograph the car. They don't give a toot about the cars value. They just want a photo and a look at the car documents. About 5 days later they will pay you, not the buyer. They will keep the car documents until the finance has been paid off. That's my story about selling a car in Thailand, I'm sure others have done it differently.

When I did this a couple of months ago the amphur local to the hospital (not the amphur where we live) also required a translated copy of my passport.

Genuine or not ?

Don't do anything before the birth. Don't rush anything after the birth. Your G/F will know what to do about registering the birth in Thailand. As long as you are named as the father on the birth certificate the child will be entitled to a UK passport, no rush. Passport can be obtained by post from Embassy. I personally never got my children UK birth certificates. A birth certificate isn't proof of nationality, a passport is. Just get the passport. Relax 'bannerman' you have 2 months to read all the threads concerning your plight, happy reading.

PS, To get all the benefits you have as a British national the child would need to live in the UK. Outside of that he/she won't get much.

I'm with 'howardjarvis'. Give it a miss and save your money.

this is not by me. i found that on the web and it looked interesting . i think that guy might had a hard time in Thailand without understanding how Thais behave or vice-a-versa http:// whythaipeopleactstupid . blogspot . com .... <H2 class=date-header>Thursday, May 28, 2009</H2><H3 class="post-title entry-title"><A href="http://whythaipeopleactstupid.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-thai-people-are-stupid.html">Why Thai people are stupid ..... ? </H3>Been to Thailand and found Thai people are most stupid people on earth. They see a foreigner and start calling names like 'hey you ..., farang, baang, heya etc' . Interestingly i found out from a Indian man that in Indian language baang means thief, a Muslim butcher , a pick-pockter, a low worker and a useless filth.. Now i dont understand why Thais have to call names to foriegners cant they respect us by calling Mr. / Miss or Khun (means mr./miss in Thai language).

I asked my wife the question and she came back with 2 answers. Her figure was 15,000 per month. Then she said "a Thai man would see her as a gold mine and would soon latch on". The OP should then "cut the money by half". I now know how I stand if things go pear shape for me. Thanks for the original question.

I had night sweats for years with no apparent cause. Due to having no medical problems I was told to just live with it, even though I had to get up in the night to towel dry myself. I would say I suffered for 20 years or more before it stopped on it's own accord. I suffered no ill affects other that tiredness due to waking up to dry myself during the night.

A child has human rights too. When a child is taken away against his will, his human rights are violated too. That can be reason for a court to appoint a special counsel who will act on behalf of the child and petition the court to take (emergency) action.

Kidnap a child who wants to stay with his parent in thailand to a EU member state and the child will have legal options itself through a special counsil and the older the child the less likely it is that a court won't return the child within a few days to Thailand.

No the week-ends seem no different to any other day. Okay the kids may not be at school but they're usually on holiday when it's not the w/e anyway. They have incredabley long school holidays here in Thailand. Me and my wife personally, struggle to find a spare minute in the day. Always something to do if you put your mind to it.

I'm sorry I should have disclosed my source of information.

It was on

In my previous post I should have said "Parental child kidnapping isn't a criminal offence"

Judges don't like it when people take matters in their own hands.

Another point is the age of the child. People often forget that children have (human)rights too. Taking a child away from a parent by the other parent against its will can violate the childs rights.

"Parental Kidnapping is not a crime in Thailand and Thai authorities will not issue a warrent or become involved should one parent take a child without the other parent's consent". I agree with Torrenova. Just remove the child from Thailand, "child kidnapping" isn't a criminal offence.

cheap sentiment and an idiotic belief among the British that because they want everything to get better it will.

Borrow it from the future in laws it's only for show. That way it never leaves their sight.

but i fail to see how this effects you and your family.

Because the majority of people that live in Thailand don't live in Bkk. Therefore they have the right to seek out the cheapest option available to them, and if I can do that for them, then I feel I've contributed. Have a nice day Mjo.

They all eat bugs but I've never heard anyone going to catch them.