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hello

i read your reply regarding health insurance in thailand. sounds like you already expereinced this journey of acquiring the nescessary needs to live there. Iam currently living in Canada, but will eventually be residing in thailand. I will be taking my 2 children with me to live, as well my thai wife. I would greatly appreciate any advice you would be willing to share with me regarding this topic. As i indicated having my children with me , nescessiates the need to have family coverage. Iam fumbling my way through all the extras that come into play as aprt of relocating...again I do appreciate any info you would be willing to share.

Sincerley

Tom

I'm American. Want to go to Canada to research setting up a business and second home. Would like to take my Thai girlfriend with me if possible.

Is this possible?

I was told for England its like a 90% Visa approval rate. Same for Canada? Any info appreciate.

Thx

my experience was negitive as well. I have a finance in Udon thani. After visiting her for a month in Feb. Before i returned we decided to ahve her come to Canada for a visit 2 months. Came back and began my paper trail of acquiring all the documentation required so that when she ent to Bkk, it was legit and officialized on my end by my lawyer. They made her fly to Bkk twice, let me tell you i acccumulated all the documents and more to support that she was ONLY here on a visit. on her second trip to Bkk, they interviewed her twice, second time on the office they said "NO". There reasoning, she was young...ha. as well I need to come to see her 2-3 more times, also be married to her.

While I was there i purchased some land and had a home designed to be built, It is in her name, so now Iam returning i Nov. we are to be maried and the home will be completed when I arrive. HAving said that we are both going to fly to Bkk after our marriage, to apply for the visa...again. Apparently this time it is suppose to be assured...."i do ont beleive any of the bs the govt consulate talks of" I can tell you that for one: the person ding the interview is thai citizen, not canadain. Also they are very biased towards women who come from socially economic depressed areas especially the Issan region. I learnt this after, from a freind that lives outside of Bkk.

I did learn that if the girl is coming ot canada on a work visa...(ie) if she is sponsored by an employer, such as a night club or caberat...she walks in and walks out withhe visa...I have seen this!! So for us to have gf's come here on honest visits, they label the woman as oportunist, wanting to illegally stay here...it si very frustrating to say the least. IN my case Iam leaving canada in 09. To reside in Thailnd. Unitl then, I feel that the system is treating me as tough Iam a criminal, i have worked here all my life...own a home...ect. So here iam.

So to your reply, I can tell you, make sure you develop a sincere and in deth compilation of as much informatin as possible, remember, owning land or a home on the land is as good or better than a marriage certificate. If her family has land, get some in her name, at a local land title office. Sounds absurd, but i have expereinced it... as well, an adres incanada they can trace as a residence when you are there...no hotels allowed...its true.

hope some of this will help you wiht your journey, remember, having the job is important but not ther deciding factor. Gather as much informtion as you can.

good luck

Tom

The Esaan look is very boring and common , in fact they are dime a dozen where ever you go - especially in the bar scene , if that is were you go looking for you wife before moving up to Nakon Nowhere with her

I am sending this fool a warning for disrespectful comments.

I was going to edit his posts but it may serve us as a reminder of what a bigot's post looks like.

I agree with you, once a bigot always...but at the end of the day it is his insecurities that he sleeps with. Not a person who can love and respect for the who NOT that what!!! loneliness is lie stress it is the silent killer....

hello all

Iam new tho the forum, and have been reading many of your life experiences livng in thailand. Some are very interesting that are quite informative. AS a canadain citizen still residing in Canada, I have become engaged to my now fiance, who resides in a village outside of Udon Thani. i will keep this inquiry reasonable. After spending a month in January with her and her family, I retruned to Canada with plans of having her come ver here on a tourist visa to spend some time wiht me...I proceeded to compile all the paper work that is required by the beauratic canadain system...i sent what I thought was more than enough officailized documents to support our relatonship.

After much foot work on my part an a lot of work on my fiance's part It was all taken to the canadain Emabssy in BKK. There her and her aunt meet a consultant who I was told specializes in organizing visa's for thailand residents looking to travel abroad. My thai is not good at this point in time, so clear understanding of the whole deal was some what cloudy at times. BUT I have much trust in her and her aunt, they give the papers to the consultant who does her thing wiht the canadaina embassy...they fly back to Udon and wait...14 days later they get a call from the canadian embassy telling them they must fly to BKK and come to the embassy for a interview, that wa on May 8th, that day when they left that day she was told to go back the next day for a second interview, I was suspecting some thing was uup now....on May 9th the next day they refused her the tourist visa....I asked on what grounds to her when we sopke. they told her that i musty go to thailand 3 more times and also marry her before they will consider giving her a visa...I was so angry...she was honest and up front with intentions and i have a home as well above average life here in Canada. But they refuse her...

Can any one enlighten me on my mistakes?????? I could use any ones input to this load fo canadain crap, I can say that iam ashamed to be part of thsi country,...any how thats for another time. hope to hear from you

thanks

Tom

last time I was there the guy asked me only if I had had any coffee yet that morning as I'd made numerous errors on the application form!

JR Texas: I was there last month, but for a different visa. I just wanted to point out that $$$ tends to solve virtually any problem that you may encounter in Lao PDR (and Thailand).

When you go to the Thai Embassy, outside of it you will see a couple of guys sitting behind a table underneath a tree......they will offer to help you with any visa problems.

My advice for what it is worth: Pay the guys outside of the Embassy 100 baht to fill out the forms properly (they will ask 4000-5000). Then, go inside the Embassy and see if you can get the tourist visa you want.

If there is a problem, go back outside and see if they can help you......they probably can, but it will cost you an extra 4000 to 5000 baht and will likely take one more day.

I have contact info. for the guys that are working outside the Embassy wall. But I am not going to list it on the open forum. They assured me, over lunch, that they could take care of lots of things, including visas and setting up businesses. I assumed they were former police officers with connections to immigrations officials inside the Embassy.