thai_narak

and yes, i will not give up my citizenship in my home country but i would love to have a PR (permanent resident) status in thailand to be with my family.

"Foreign women who marry Thai men already have this privilege."

Can anyone confirm how this works right now for a farang woman marrying a Thai man?

Do they have they have to go through some application to get Thai nationality or is it automatically granted (somehow?) at the time of marriage?And how does this affect visa requirements?

Thailand has a quota system for foreigners who wish to obtain Thai citizenship 100 per country.Temporary resident status first. Later permanent resident status if you meet the criteria.

Permanent resident status is as far as anyone can go in practice. A person who is granted Thai nationality/citizenship does not need a visa to enter or live in Thailand and he/she can hold a Thai passport.

I may be incorrect here but I think that in Thailand the husband is required look after his wife and that is the reason it is easier for her to obtain permanent resident status.

farang husband also has to look after the thai wife and wife's family ++. this should be the reason why they have to make it easier for farang husbands to get PR or even citizenship (i hope).

agree, i like BK but only the chicken where you can see that it's a real chicken. can you imagine how these fastfood process the burger patties in truckloads?

it's a "krathong" on the offering bowl. i think it was for "loy krathong" festival on November.

buy a safer family car. in thailand, there are lots of crazy drivers (yes of course khonkaen too, i had one accident there in '96) and you better be in a safer car in an accident. having said that, i will not recommend any small car, get a mid-size car or a 4x4 with security features like ABS, dual Airbags, etc. if you have more budget get a euro car as they are safer. when i was younger i prefer fast cars with little or less safety features but now with my lovely family my priority on buying cars shifted to safety.

exit in banbueng (in sukhumvit road, turn right at the traffic light if you are coming from pattaya) and go directly to the motorway but it has to be at night when traffic in chonburi is less.

there is a similar law in Malaysia that will take effect on Monday, December 17. the limit is 23,000 USD.

i assume you are working in thailand and have an income of 20,000 baht so it means your employer is withholding tax from you already, or not? if yes, then it is better that you and your wife declare separately (i assume that you are also not one of the official shop owner - not your company) as it is more cheaper compare to your combined tax.

A few years ago there was a letter from a Thai complaining that his 'loyal man servant' had been denied a visa to travel to the UK with him. The 'man servant' was needed to perform important tasks like bringing him wine on the golf course.

I never actually read the original letter, only the many responses to it. Now I'm guessing this may have been a troll also.

Did anyone else see the letter?

maybe it was thaksin.

instead of whining she should consider it a wake-up call for her that she is not in a normal size anymore. didn't she realised that she is not an elephant? for god's sakes diet!

i've reading the bangkok post just now and quite shocked with this news:

excerpt from BP:

"Two other laws on gender equality are awaiting Cabinet approval: The draft Name Prefix Bill, which will give women the choice of a name change after marriage, and the draft amendment of the Nationality Act, to allow foreign men who marry Thai women to request Thai nationality. Foreign women who marry Thai men already have this privilege."

read it all here: http://www.bangkokpost.com/Outlook/13Dec2007_out54.php

well, i think it's about time... although permanent residency is already more than enough for me (relaxing this law).

Hi All

I am going back to the U.K. for a couple of months and need some advice as to which network will work outside Thailand. My current provider is A.I.S. and my mobile is a nokia 6230 and I got no coverage when I went to Laos recently even though my network or operator selection was set to automatic. Any help would be appreciated as I want to use my phone back in the U.K. with a Thai network.

Thank you

unlike the stupid DTAC, (who wants u to hold a work-permit for enabling your roaming onm a pre-paid-SIM, which is absolutely ridiculous) AIS does have a roaming almost everywhere (and yes, in Laos too).

your problem was that u have set ur operator selection to AUTOMATIC.

u should have done a MANUAL search and then try all the Operators that ur mobile found there. at least ONE would have been working on AIS.

performing a MANUAL search, I never had any problem finding a working line for AIS everywhere in south-East-Asia and the Far-East, as well as Europe.

Oh, I should add one more thing: You probably MAY have to go to an AIS-shop and ask them to open the roaming for you (calling the hotline might be another option). I dont know about how that works in 2007, as I use my AIS number since 2004, but at that time I had to ask them to enable the roaming, which was a 60-seconds affair.

absolutely true...

you pay them first before you use and they still want your work permit and VISA card for deposit too!!! they sould wake-up from their slumber...

sit-ti-gep-gin. สิทธิเก็บกิน

Pronounced as "sit-tid-kep-kin"

Literally it means "the right to reap the benefits" of the land e.g. to harvest or pick fruits of the orchards or the right to inhabit on the land.

thanks irene, i will take note of this...

There are several options for foreigners in real estate. A freehold condominium is safe, it's under your name.

But if you are talking about land, foreigners can't own land in Thailand. But you can own the building, the structure...

A FREE rent doesn't exist in Thailand. A lease contract must have a rent. But a usufruct contract can be done for free.

It is similar but different.

Now, there are factors to consider before deciding which contract would be the best for you. Your age, your heirs, the relationship you have with your Thai wife (for example), if you are legally married or not, where is the property, the investment to be made, etc. The fees to register a usufruct agreement or a lease agreement are low and not the same in all land department. Contracts must be made at least in Thai but if you can't read it...This is why we do bilingual contracts.

Anything that is NOT illegal (or against public interest) can be added in an agreement. If you are not married and decide to buy land, I would add a clause in the usufruct stating that buildings or structures added to the land will become part of the asset of the usufructuary, for example. You can add clauses for insurance, etc.

If you decide to make a lease agreement, there are taxes to be paid on the rent (12.5%) and many clauses can also be added to protect you as much as we can.

what if legally married and have childrens? i still need an usufruct, don't i?

zazaza,

below you should find it of interest:

Thailand Forum _ Real Estate, housing, house and land ownership _ Registered An Usufruct

Posted by: crewcut 2007-11-04 09:47:58

Last week I went to the land office and enquired about the possability of having a usufruct contract made between me and my wife with regards to a property we have recdently built. At first the gentleman we spoke with was unsure of how to help us, my wife then mentioned the Thai name for this process; sit-ti-gep-gin.

We made the relevant photo copies (pasport, ID, marriage, tabien ban and letter of permission to build a house on the land). The contract used was a standard document which allows me to stay in the house rent free until I die. It turns out that I was the first foriegner to ask for this to be done at their office and because of this they had to check the manuals of how to put this together and the paper work needed.

Now whether this standard contract is as full proof as one a lawyer may have drafted I don't know, but after researching this matter and thinking of my own requirements I decided following this process was the best option for me.

My wife and I have been married for 10 years and I have no reason to belive that she would ever be unfair with me if we were to split. All I wanted was something legal and official done with her approval so she would understand/think that I have rights on the property also. Knowing her, if we did split she would never question this document let alone hire a lawyer to do it for her.

You may ask why did you bother going through this process if you trust her and have no reason to doubt her future fairness?

Well the whole process at the land office took just over an hour to sort and cost me 75 baht.

I had quotes from several lawyers ranging from around 10,000 for a contract drawn up and telephone support to 70,000 for a lawyer to come with me and do the process for me. Like I said before I'm sure these contracts may have had more clauses etc, but in my situation the do-it yourself-option was the best solution.

I would encourage others who are thinking about getting an usufruct to inquire about this same process and save a few baht. If you do want other clauses added have them prepared ahead of time and expect the process to take a bit longer.

can anyone translate this (bold above) into thai?

8,000 baht/meter, is this cheaper than bricks or hollow blocks? i'm planning to build a "dirty kitchen" attached at the back of the new house i bought maybe around 3x4 meters quite similar to the photo provided in the link. this will end up less than 96,000 baht is that right? i already have a good kitchen inside the house but i want 1 more with just a normal thai stove and a simple sink that i don't have to take care of.

I've knocked over a couple of motorbikes and a cow. I stopped for the cow as he probably had more brains than the idiots on the bikes.

i'm sure it's the motobikes fault as usual, but what about the COW?

about 90% of the posters here will leave/escape from the accident scene because they are worried about their own safety but what about the other party that is injured and may be 50/50 to live or die? IMHO, people in the scene will not just lynch someone who is trying to help and i'm sure there are also good samaritan in the mob that will try to help the injured party than trying to lynch the other.

but if the driver in question flee without even trying to help then yes, let the mob chase him and lynch him to death!

what can they build within 3.5 years? even Central department store in pattaya will take 2 years to build.

never heard of this. but what i heard is that thai people pay less as advertised in the amazing thailand. this is to encourage the local people to travel.

some countries may deny your visa application if your passport's validity is less than 6 months. better renew it 6 months before it expires.

A friend of mine used to work for the German goverment here in Thailand and their advice was to leave straight away and sort it out later if anything ever came back to them. Basically leave and save yourself, i know i would do the same if it happened to me.

but imagine if the one that they are leaving lying on the road is your relative, may God forbid, what would you feel?

You are the one that started the topic !! so what would you do??

if you read my OP you will find your answer there.

they chased him maybe because he was trying to runaway as well.

In this case the tuk-tuk swerved, crashed and turned over. I started running towards it to help. The driver got out, looked in my direction with horror and started running. I looked over my shoulder and saw the mob approaching, one guy holding a pole. I think they were mates of the drunk who was knocked down.

i think i saw this movie...

My plate number tells them I am farang ??

of course not, but they will find your car and so on...

Weigh up the probability of being caught vs unrestricted cash payout to smirking drunken nimrod on/off unlicensed motorcy with no helmet, insurance, brain, etc. Might be worth risking. "Honest officer... I never saw him."

this may be true if you are thai (local) but if you are farang you will be noticed. and by the way, all the other farangs will also get a bad image in that local community where the accident happened.

Not if you have black tinted windows.

OK. plate number?