CanadianGirl2

It is possible in Thailand - my husband just got an advance on his salary.

He mentioned he was buying a new car and his boss said why not get a salary advance to make a larger cash down payment to reduce the monthly payments.

He's been with this company for less than 3 months and it was no problem, as long as there was enough cash in the advance salary pool at the time.

My husband is Thai and works for a Thai company. So no, it's not unheard of. Just have to ask.

I had the pleasure of meeting H.E. Mr. Teparak (and his wife) twice, during his post at the Royal Thai Embassy in London.

He is extremely well spoken, very fluent in English, and remained quite apolitical during our chats. Very diplomatic - as a diplomat should be. His career is posted on the Royal Thai Embassy in London’s website (Consul-Generla in Dubai, Minister in Canberra) but it isn’t complete. For example, he was also stationed at the Royal Thai Embassy in Ottawa for a few years (I believe in the mid 1990s). I unfortunately have forgotten where else he said he was posted. Anyways, he’s hardly new to the game.

According to the Royal Thai Consulate General in Vancouver, a child born abroad to a Thai father and a foreign mother cannot acquire Thai nationality if the parents are not married. It's very good to hear that this doesn't mean "at the time of birth" if they are offering to give you the child's birth certificate once you are legally married to the father.

http://www.thaicongenvancouver.org/cms/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=111

That info is out of date, The nationality act quoted has been revised several times,

We went through it all in a discussion about it in a previous topic with the OP,

I see. Thank you. It seems that the definition of “Father” was added in 2008.

"...means also a person having been proved, in conformity with the Ministerial Regulation, that he is a biological father of the person even though he did not register marriage with the mother of the person or did not do a registration of legitimate child."

According to the Royal Thai Consulate General in Vancouver, a child born abroad to a Thai father and a foreign mother cannot acquire Thai nationality if the parents are not married. It's very good to hear that this doesn't mean "at the time of birth" if they are offering to give you the child's birth certificate once you are legally married to the father.

http://www.thaicongenvancouver.org/cms/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=111

Outdated information, as indicated by ubonjoe.

I went to my local immigration yesterday and applied for my 12 month extension of stay. Thank you for the information, everything was straight forward and I was in and out in 30 minutes. The officer said that she’ll be visiting me at my residence in a few weeks.

My only problem now is the 90 day report. I asked about this and they said that there is no need for me to report to them at all. They said that they used to require a report every 90 days but not anymore. This is in line what they originally said to me: either do an extension of stay or border runs, there is no 90 day reporting.

So, do not all immigration offices require 90 day reports for those on an extension of stay?

Edit. spelling.

Out of curiosity, if both you and your husband prefer Canada over Thailand, than why are you both here?

Filial piety.

You can apply for a re-entry permit at any time during your extension of stay period.

You can even get one on departure from either of the airports in Bangkok 24 hours a day.

Thank you. You have been very helpful.

I will have to ask at the international airports near me, as I'm quite far from Bangkok.

There is no multi entry extension.

If you wish to leave the country you apply for a re entry permit.

1,000 Baht single

3,800 Baht multi

Could I not just use my multi-entry visa to make trips?

You would not be able to use your visa because you would get a permit to stay date different from your extension of stay when you enter the country. That would cancel out your extension.

Can I apply for a re-entry permit after I receive my extension (If say an unexpected trip comes up) or does it have to be applied for at the same time?

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But ! What you "knew" was not correct, "90 day" reporting is not required or possible if one has a multi entry "O" visa which requires that the visa holder leaves the country every 9o days !

You are now aware that to undertake 9o day reporting, an extension of stay is required which , apparently the immigration officer told you. Believing the immigration officer to be mistaken was a mistake !

Again, it wasn't a big deal. Calm yourselves. Seems like people on here take more of issue over what I said than the immigration officers themselves.

There is no multi entry extension.

If you wish to leave the country you apply for a re entry permit.

1,000 Baht single

3,800 Baht multi

Could I not just use my multi-entry visa to make trips?

Probably best not to tell Immigrations officers that they are mistaken, especially since you then had to come to TV to ask what's correct.

There may have been a communications/language issue that caused confusion, but since you have to deal with them and they do have discretion in dealing with cases, they may or may not always be right, but they're never wrong ... and you may have to deal with the same people for years to come.

As thepool said they were probably stating an either-one-or-the-other case, which would have meant it was you who was mistaken. Generally, they do in fact know very well what they are doing even if it may not always be clearly communicated and it may not always be what you want to hear.

Everything official was related to my husband in Thai, who is 100% fluent in English, so there were no communication or language issues. The immigration officers made no mention of 90 day reporting, which I knew was possible, so I said that they were mistaken and that I didn’t physically have to leave the country if I reported to them.

It wasn’t a big deal at all. All the officers are female and they were quite happy with me since they usually don’t deal with foreign women. I have no problem with telling people they are mistaken and they certainly didn’t take offence to it. I’ve been in about 3 times after that for other things and they are always friendly to me, know me by my first name, and let me skip to the front of the line when they see me come in, so I really don’t think I’ll have any issues with them. Thanks for your concern though.

"On TM.7 it states “I wish to apply for an extension of temporary stay in the Kingdom for another period of X days”"

Since it asks for the number of days, I think many put '365'.

Yes, just one year at a time.

Sorry, I edited my post. I just want to know if I can put 365 (since it's my first extension) or if I have to put 275.

During the final 30 days of any entry you can apply for a 12 month extension of stay based on your marriage.

So I can apply for an extension of stay (Tm.7) now based on marriage (as my entry stamp has less than 30 days left out of the 90) regardless of when my visa expires?

On TM.7 it states “I wish to apply for an extension of temporary stay in the Kingdom for another period of X days”. Is 12 months the maximum I can put or since it's my first time applying it's 12 months from when I first entered Thailand?

Edit. Also, what's the difference between a 1-year single entry extension and a 1-year multi entry extension for someone that already holds a multi-entry visa? I see now that my multi-entry visa was a waste of money since I'm applying for an extension of stay. Don't want to make the same mistake for the extension.

I am currently in Thailand on a 12 month multi-entry Non-Immigrant O Visa that expires in 2015. The visa was granted on the basis of marriage to a Thai national (husband). I am not close to retirement age. My 90 day entry stamp expires in few weeks and I would like to remain in Thailand without doing any border runs.

I have made several visits to my local immigration office but have not received a straight answer. They talked about an extension of stay and border runs but I said that they were mistaken and that I didn’t need to do either of those things (to my knowledge).

I was under the impression that extensions of stay are based on one’s visa expiration date and not when your entry stamp expires.

Am I correct in assuming that I do not need to apply for the 12 month marriage extension at this time since my visa is valid until 2015? Rather I just need to report to immigration every 90 days with TM.47 (FORM FOR ALIEN TO NOTIFY OF STAYING LONGER THAN 90 DAYS) and the supporting documents?

If not, how can I remain in Thailand until my visa expires without doing border runs?

Thank you.

My husband is fluent in English so that's what we speak at home. When we're out with friends we speak Thai and English. (broken Thai on my part)

I agree with swlondonmum's advice.

Also, like you said, perhaps a good translator might help. Or a good Thai family therapist.

I'm married to a Thai man. We're approximately the same age and education level. He's the breadwinner in the relationship if you're wondering.

I find Thai people in general take loads of pictures.

Ever been to a ranroop? aka cheesy Thai photo place. Guys and girls both do it.

Not once have I gone out with Thais and a photo hasn't been taken of the group.

Congratulations!

Sounds messy.

I too recently changed my last name to a Thai one. Completely dropped my maiden name. Not into the hyphenated last name business, or into a 25+ letter one… Only one place got the spelling wrong (forgot a vowel), but I quickly had it amended.

I don't have any advice really. If it were me, I'd get everything sorted now when you're not in a rush or under pressure of getting a passport renewed.

HNY!

My New Year's resolution is to make more posts!

I'm also interested to see if anyone has had any luck on the genealogy side of things.

I'm more interested in getting birth/death/marriage certificates as well as any immigration documents rather than a verbal history. Doesn't help when people keep changing their names.

Khnom #47 - Thanks so much for your post. I guess it could be fear of losing her son.

She is, from what I have heard and seen, a control freak.

philliphn #49 - Yes, I have been to Thailand.

GuestHouse #52 - Yes, I do agree somewhat with you. But I do understand that they are from a part a Thailand that gets very few, if any foreigners.

I am away from it right now. My boyfriend and I are in Canada, and his family is back in

Thailand. I won't have to deal with them until things get more serious or them come back for a visit. And hopefully by that time, some things will have settled.

I know and trust my boyfriend. He was very upset when he came to see me afterwards. I know that he told them off. He's been upset ever since they left for speaking to his mother like that, which he has never done before in his life.

And, to your last comment. I am trying to make peace before the war.

I guess my other post got deleted. Thanks for the advice everyone.

#2 Tilokarat: My bf family really isn't Sino-Thai. His dad is, well 1/4, but his mom is

100% Thai and she's the one giving me the most troubles. I don't think it's a status issue, since his family isn't that well off. They'd be middle class I guess, not super rich but not poor. They are both educated and their children both have university degrees. They are equal when comparing to Canadian middle class families, which I guess makes them better off compared to other Thai families.

#3 observer21: lol, no. I asked my bf. He said his parents both hate the leaders of that party and don't support it.

#5: This could be right, but I think their reasons are more selfish rather than looking

out for their son.

#4 girlx: This is also part of it. His mother doesn't want to go into an old age home,

which is what we do here. She's afraid if we get married I won't take care of her and

just put her in a home, which I guess is really disrespectful over there.

#14 farangsay: Thank you.

cdnvic: #15 I think this is all we can do right now. Hopefully things will get easier

as time goes on.

DamianMavis #16: I was upset at the beginning for him not defending me, but I'm okay now. He has stood his ground as I see it. His family is back in Thailand now and

whenever they call and they talk to him about me he thanks them for their advice but

tells them he's not going to follow it. He's not getting rid of me, well, not yet

anyways. lol

davidjtayler #17: Thanks. Yes, time is the key I think.

sbk #18: Nope, not giving up yet. It's true, he might stay over here if he hadn't

of met me, but if he stays now I'm going to get the blame. He's going back over

there for a few years after things with school get settled here. He feels he needs

to "pay his dues", which I think he should as well.

cmsally#21: Currently working on that. But, whatever I do with my life I'm going

to do it for me first. They don't seem to have problems with my education, hard

work or success. Just my race.

LaReina #22: My parents/friends/exteneded family love my bf to death. They approve

of the relationship 100%, they are so happy for me that I found such a wonderful guy.

My mom says "life's to short to have shit in you life" so, she tells me to ignore

his parents since their just being ignorant towards me. She feels bad for my bf though,

since it's so hard on him. He just has a younger sister, who is older than me. She

came over for the visit too. I've talked to her before, but she's with her mom on this

one.

wolfmanjack #33: I pay for my education. My bf pays for his education. We both pay ourown way by working when we can and getting good marks and getting scholarships,

bursaries, etc. His parents didn't pay for his education in Canada.

If we got married, he wouldn't be marrying "up" but it sure as hel_l wouldn't be "down".

lol

Sheryl #36: I just think they are being extremely hard to please. They made him

break up with his last gf that he was dating for 8 years (who was Thai I might add)

because she was too short, and they didn't want short grandchildren. She was 5'3.

But thanks for the other advice, I agree.

So, I think time is the best solution. But in the meanwhile, I'm going to send a gift over to show them that I care what they think.

Hello, I am new to the forum and need some major advice about my boyfriend and his family. I thought it would be best to ask the ladies of the forum first.

A little background on us first. We are both in our mid 20's, he is a couple years older than me. We met at university here in Canada, my home country. He is over here studying, getting graduate degrees, as there are worth more than a degree back in Thailand. We have been dating for a little while now, and his family has known about me for quite some time, but never actually met me.

Last week, they flew over to Canada for the first time to visit him. He already told me that they do not approve of the "idea" of me. They do not like the fact that their only son is dating a white, non-thai women. Everytime they talk to him on the phone they are always telling him to break up with me.

So anyways, they came over here and it was horrible. I spoke to them in thai

and english, and they wouldn't even look at me or speak to me. For the whole trip, his mother wouldn't even look at me. When we went out to eat, they would just read and not even look up from the table. My boyfriend would talk to me and try to get them to talk, but they wouldn't.

So after being treated so cold for the entire trip, I thought it would be best if my boyfriend took them to the airport by himself to say goodbye. There he told them off again, telling them that they were extremely rude and disrespectful and that we both didn't deserve this kind of treatment. His mother threw a fit. She started crying and saying how her trip to Canada had been ruined and that she only cared about one thing, that the girls he dates/marries are thai. Her main concerns are that if he marries a non-thai, they'll have no extended family in thailand, and that his kids won't learn thai, and that since I'm not not thai, I will never fit in. So, she wants him to break up with me now.

So, now my boyfriend is stuck between a rock and a hard place. I told him that we don't have to make any decisions now. We're still; going to live in Canada for the next couple of years, and he's not going to find some thai girl here to marry. We're not engaged, having kids, getting married anytime soon, etc. But I'm afraid if we can't at least try to fix this problem, we're going to break up over it eventually.

He has great respect for his parents, at this is the first time in his life that he has stood up to them, at least partly.

So, with all the elder respect in Thai culture, how do we get around this?

Has anyone else had problems with overbearing Thai parents?