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On 6/3/2020 at 4:02 PM, HerbyJFlash said:

Do you have a degree And TEFL?

I have a degree and a TESOL, not a TEFL, but for sure the labor office has no idea of what either are, nor would they care. Good luck and hope you find good work ????

I got a work permit for online teaching from the labor office in Songkhla last June, and just renewed it last week. I teach online with a Japanese company, where 80% of students are Japanese, and a few are Thais. I didn't do any fancy footwork or bribe anyone to get the permit. 

Thanks Crossy ... you covered everything ???? 

I originally posted this in general topics, because I didn't realize that there's a sub-forum that includes banking. Couldn't find the original post in the scroll, otherwise I'd'a tried to move it here. 

Sorry for not showing this earlier. I copied and pasted this

"- Evidence of adequate finance ( 20,000 Baht per person and 40,000 Baht per family )" 

from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website

mfa.go.th/main/en/services/4908/15398-Issuance-of-Visa.html

I don't know how to interpret the 20K per person and the 40K per family. I do have 400K in the bank, but don't yet have 20K monthly income. 

Thanks for the help with this ???? 

ubonjoe ... asiaexpat is right - I'll apply for a non-O based on marriage, not the extension. I saw your PDF file about requirements for the extension. I'll apply for the visa at the Kota Bharu consulate in Malaysia. 

Is it correct that I need to show proof of income to get a non-O based on marriage? I've seen that I need to show proof that I get at least 20,000 baht per month and that the family gets at least 40,000 baht per month. But I haven't seen anything about that in this forum and need to make sure it's correct. I'll apply for the visa in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. I appreciate the helpful people on this forum :) 

Could always try it online, this is the actual immigration department website, not an agency;

https://evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn/trang-chu-ttdt

Now ... this is interesting. This is for a single-entry visa, they cost US$25. Wonder if I can get a 3-month using this online process.

**Update: nope, a person from this website said this site is only good for 1-month visas. 

20 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Could always try it online, this is the actual immigration department website, not an agency;

https://evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn/trang-chu-ttdt

Now ... this is interesting. Thanks :) This is for a single-entry visa, they cost US$25. I've seen that a 1-year visa costs US$135. Wonder if I can get a 3-month using this online process. I forgot to mention in my previous post that I will go there to work for 1 year. 

18 minutes ago, Mrjlh said:

I take it you are wanting to go to Vietnam from Thailand. Am I correct?  if so you don't got the US Embassy you go to the Vietnam Embassy in Bangkok just down the road from the US Embassy. 

Procedure is simple and all on the Vietnan Embassy website. Or you can fly to Vietnam and get an "on arrival" visa.  I believe yo pay more for  the "on arrival" but can't remember.  If you got the Vietnam Embassy you turn in paperwork morning get it back afternoon.

http://www.vietnameseembassy.org/vietnam+visa.html

Yes, I'm aware that I need to go to the VN embassy.

Please realize that this link is not to the VN embassy's website. The disclaimer at the bottom says so. And, the copyright is from 2013 so maybe this is an old website. I've seen 1 or 2 other websites like this. Sure looks convenient :) And, since they offer multiple entry visas, and for more than just one month, these are interesting sites :) 

I've seen something elsewhere about the visa on arrival. I'll have to look into that again.

I've seen posts on TV about all this VN visa stuff. But the latest was, if I'm not mistaken, from January of this year. Most was from last year, so I'd like to see more recent info. 

I'm way down in Hat Yai and getting to BKK just to apply for the visa isn't an option right now. 

Thanks guys

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Seems there are differences in various ways for Americans as compared with other nationalities. Can someone tell me the procedures for Americans applying for a visa at the Bangkok embassy, or a phone number for the embassy that a person will answer?

Phone numbers I've tried but have had no luck with are:

• 02-251-3552 - from the embassy's website. Rings but nobody answers
• 02-251-7202 - from the embassy's website. Gets you a lady's voice message. Says to use extension 116, which will ring, but then a man's voice recording says, "Sorry, lines busy. Thank you."
• 02-650-8979 - The lady's voice message gives this phone number.
• 02-251-5838 - from the website. Cuts off without ringing.  

Any or all of these would be great:

• the costs involved 
• how long it takes to get the visa 
• how long the visa is valid 
• can (or must!) I use a service? 

This page at the embassy's website is somewhat helpful. It says, 

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Anyone got a currently working number? I just tried 02-251-5836-8 and 02-267-9602. All 4 phone numbers failed within a second or two. I'm an American, wanting to go to VN, so I want to get clarity regarding the current visa situation. 

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Okay. So I arguably worded my posts in a sort of screwy fashion :) I needed to define "urban area" and "peri-urban area" for my thesis. Turned in the draft thesis yesterday and will know within a few days if my advisor will accept the definitions or not. Adjective to noun ... doesn't matter much as long as I got my definitions. That post from Anou with the Wikipedia link helped, believe it or not. No need to cite Wikipedia as my advisor told me to make a definition that applies to my study area. Still, I thought there must be a Thai gov't definition somewhere. Didn't find one and unless I'm told to find one, I'm done with this trifling affair!

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That Wikipedia page was interesting and helps me understand the differences. Thanks Chou Anou :) After reading that, I remembered seeing somewhere that a meuang nakhon is defined as having 50,000 or more people. I guess meuang nakhon, and not simply meuang, should be translated as city. In everyday language, meuang surely is often the way to say city, but I guess not in more formal language. And now this is making sense! That 10,000 figure is for a meuang, while the 50,000 is for ... a city (meuang nakhon) :) Got it :) Thanks everyone ... now I've got a definition of city :) 

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2 hours ago, wildewillie89 said:

Is Hat Yai really a city? Isn't it just a district within the province also. I was under the impression it just had a more famous name than the actual Songkhla city (Meuang), as it is a bit of a tourist spot, but is not a 'city/meuang' itself...could be wrong. I guess that is why the definitions are important lol. 

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Is Hat Yai really a city? Well, by the 10,000 people and more population definition, absolutely. I don't know the population of the downtown part, but it's a high population, high density area. I really don't get it. The other thing that sometimes gets incorporated into the definition of ... I should use the term urban area ... is extensive and complex infrastructure. Hat Yai definitely has that ... along with the daily traffic jams starting about 3pm! 

The statistics I have for Hat Yai district, for 2015 are: HY district: 45,971 people HY municipality: 159,687 people Kho Hong municipality (where I did my research): 45,283. Now, these terms (district and municipality) are in Thai, and I never got a handle on these terms' legal definitions. What constitutes a district, a municipality, and a mueang? I still don't get it. I've asked a few Thai officials, a long time ago, but so far as I remember, the explanations weren't clear to me. And, again, it's not all that important for my research. 

Ah, one more thing ... density is also often a component of the definition of urban area. The density of my study site is about 4200 people per sq. km! Even more than Bangkok, which is about 3500 or so! I was shocked to learn this, and had a hard time believing it, but I got reliable stats on population and area of the community that was my study site, and of the density of Bangkok, so ... I've suspended belief. 

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Definitions of megalopolis, metropolis, city, municipality, town, village whether in my country (the US) or Thailand are confusing. And considering that I am not always clear what a municipality is ... it all gets more complicated than I care to get clarity on. I'm sure the Thai gov't has very clearly defined what constitutes city, suburb, etc, but because I'm not so interested and have a million other things on my mind .... 

Interesting that you say that each province has only 1 city. Songkhla Province, for example, has at least 2 cities, I think - Hat Yai and Songkhla. Just my study area (which I can't imagine is considered a city), has about 11,000 people, but is called a community, within a municipal area. By the above definition from DPT, it is a city, and by that definition, there are tons more in the province. 

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1 hour ago, tgeezer said:

What I find interesting is that help is saught, help is given, a discussion is started, only to be closed by this! The poster has 'buggered off" happy, but leaving the rest of us whose interest he excited to find out for ourselves.

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I asked for definitions, not translations. Nevertheless, I apologize for not thanking you wildewillie89 :) I actually read every comment, but honestly, the content of the discussion that followed wasn't one that I wanted to get involved in. 

For whatever it's worth, the definition I found of city is that it is a place with 10,000 or more inhabitants! Now, this document, from the Dep't of Public Works and Town & Country Planning (DPT, for short) was written in Thai, using pretty simple language. I'll upload it here, in case anyone's interested. I also wanted a definition of suburb, or at least rural area, but didn't find one, either on DPT's site or anywhere else. In case you want to just read the part that says 10,000 or more people, it's right at the top ... can't miss it :)

I'm a uni student, finishing up a master's degree, and need to have these terms defined for my thesis. Since I didn't find what I want, I just made do with what I got. A concise definition isn't all that important for my research, but important enough that I had to do some searching. 

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At least 10,000.html

2 minutes ago, wildewillie89 said:

Legal definitions? I think that would be a level of Thai language that few Thai's would even understand lol

But you know ... it was worth a shot. The info I found is in Thai, and pretty easy to understand. It is a document using pretty simple terms, not like legal jargon :) 

1 hour ago, wildewillie89 said:

Doesn't the first word just mean city?

And the second word just mean the outskirts of the city? Not rural, but not the centre point of the city.

 

So the same as the English definition?

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Yep, they translate as city and suburb, but I want definitions, either in Thai or in English, as defined by the Thai gov't! Since posting this, I decided to ask on Pantip Forum, and have gotten a response. A lady said to go to a gov't website where there's lotsa info. Indeed there is. I didn't find the detailed definition that I was expecting, but got what I want just the same 

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Anyone know? I've looked on internet, including the National Statistical Office's website but haven't found a definition of urban or sub-urban/peri-urban, not even the Thai words เมือง & ชานเมือง. If anyone has a spare minute (or more!) and isn't busy with anything else, please give a look around and help this poor farang who hasn't found an answer  I've looked on the Thai and English Wikipedia entries for these terms and done general internet searches, I've asked the local municipal office ... coming up empty. But I did see one English language website that says these definitions are determined by a country's national statistical offices. 

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avvocato ... good questions :) Saying his dad was a marine is my mistake. And I realize that the base was for Air Force and for the Navy. The son doesn't know what year his son was born, and assures me he has seen pictures of his dad, before they were destroyed by a relative. I had no idea there were so many blacks at the base at the time. Thanks for the questioning. I don't have a time limit for helping this man find his dad, but I'm not gonna do this forever. 

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Hereinthailand ... thanks. Honestly I have thought this through and am going along because I believe the guy. Yeah, sure, maybe he's hoodwinked me good. He assures me he has seen pictures (which I didn't mention in previous posts) and has shown me pictures of people who he say look like his father looked. He says his father visited him when he was 2 days old, and has tried to visit since, but he wasn't told. Look, I realize that the father may (at about 70 years old now) prefer to leave this behind. Just as possible it seems to me is that the father would be overjoyed to meet his son. My uncle fathered a boy in So. Korea, who popped into my uncle and aunt's son one day, and it took my aunt some time to accept, but now the whole family is happy to know each other, even the half sons are good together. Sure, this situation might not be the same at all. What I'm hoping to do is have someone contact him first to ask if he's willing to meet his son. Again, I'm supposing this Amerasian really has a father from the US. 

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Thanks very much Langsuan Man. Just sent them a message :)

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Thanks greatwhitenorth, I'll look for them. Yesterday, I found one in CM and the one in Pattaya that joeyg mentioned. I don't know where Bang Chang is but didn't find a Bang Chang VFW. 

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Thanks. I have only known this guy for a month or so, and the only reason we have any contact at all is to find his father. I'm simply believing that what he says is true, about being the son of a black American military man. 

His father was a marine, stationed in Nakhon Phanom. Since I'm thinking that there couldn't have been an awful lot of black soldiers at the base there during the years that he says his father was there, I'm thinking that with a list of the names, and / or some official portrait photos, it is possible to find his dad. This man doesn't have any pictures of his dad, but knows what his dad looked like, and has pictures of soldiers who he says look like his dad (during the war years). He has a story about why there are no photos, and extremely little info. Sounds possibly true to me, given what I understand of the circumstances at the time. 

Yeah, this would seem like a long shot, except that the guy is an African American, we have a possible first name, and we know the base and the years he was there. If there were 100 living guys who could fit this description, that's not too many too try contacting. 

Thanks joeyg, I'll try the local VFW chapters :)

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