mike123ca

At your age, does your country provide any social security or old age pension for its citizens? Maybe there is a program that you might be able to apply for. Try applying for sales jobs that are on the internet, sometimes location might not be that important.

good luck

I heard Narinukul high school has future plans in that area.

Unless she already has a degree, I think you can rule out public schools. My high school does have 5 0r 6 university students training to be teachers, but I don't know if they are even being paid. I suspect they are there for an apprenticeship.

I think she might have success if she looks for employment requiring a bilingual employee. For young people finding paid work is usually difficult because of lack of work experience. I'm assuming she also has Thai citizenship so she should try to apply for many different jobs and also practice the art of networking.

I have visa and Amex from Bangkok bank. I also have a work permit and married to a Thai. The reason, I wanted to have it was that even having credit cards from my own home country, I would have the extra charge of currency fee. It lowered the cost by using a local credit card.

I keep 400,000 baht year in a thai bank account ( makes it easy for my visa) and I used that bank account in my application for the credit card. When I buy things or borrow money from the card it doesn't change anything from the bank account. It might if I stop paying my monthly credit card bills.

If the OP is able to show he has assets in Thailand, I'm sure something can be arranged. 

So why does the birth certificate list you as the father if you are not even sure that you are the father? Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Truthfully any name can be registered on the birth certificate. As another poster mentioned it does not mean you are a legal guardian.

To the OP; the heck with a DNA test I would be getting an HIV test first. Not judging, just saying!

Thailand always has a way of screwing over the foreign man whereas everyone else seems to enjoy certain advantages. Thanks to Thailand being a patriarch society, if a woman gets pregnant and is not married to the man, then she is up a creek without a paddle. This is one area where single men don't have to take any real responsibility for their children. Then again the government doesn't recognize as being the father unless they are married.

Would language teachers in Chiang Mai, or anywhere in Thailand for that matter, be offended if I started teaching for no cost? Would they see it as taking business off them?

I don't need the money but do need an interest, and I thought running private English classes at no cost, say three mornings a week, would be a good thing to do. I realize I would still need a work permit to do so. I guess most teachers work for schools/organizations, so wouldn't' see it as moving in on their patches?

I'm interested in any comments.

Here in Ubon, I see a lot of the western churches here offering free language classes. There are people teaching for free.

OK fellas.....this is how it is. If your Thai "wife" is from the hills, is 30 years your junior, and can only say "I like strawberrreiiieeeeeeeeeeee" you can bet your knickers she's with you for one reason and one reason only. How many Thai girls really want to have a 300 pound falang huffing and puffing away like some castrated bull in their beds....it's all about the moneeeeeee. WHAT, NOT ME say you?! .....right.

Disgusting, But nevertheless you are right.

IT IS AND REMAINS ABOUT THE MONEEEEEE...................

Counter arguments usually start with "MY wife is different.................................."

Cheers.

You're wrong,

My wife isn't different, but I am.

I'm slim, athletic and very hansum, and so are all my pals.

The only time I'm huffing and puffing is when running up the mountain.

(No puffing at all when I run down)

Ther's no law stating foreigners have to be fat, bald, smelly or ugly.

but my wife is different....

she already owned a house (mortgage free) and land before we were married.

I thought foreigner's could get land if it was willed to them and not greater than 1 rai.

Next year, I'll be starting the 2nd year on my 2nd teaching waiver. It seems everywhere I read its necessary to take the Thai culture course as the first course prior to writing the teacher's exams.

I just inquired about its availability and the institute that is offering it replied to me stating that course has been postponed indefinitely until the Thai teachers council decides to make a new announcement.

Are we suppose to wait until Thai culture course becomes available or just go ahead and sign up to take the TCT tests to become a licensed teacher? Will the Khurusapha give an extra waiver because of their delay/postponing of the Thai culture course?

That's a big problem with O visa based on marriage, if your partner divorces you or "passes away" then you end up losing your visa. I could be wrong, but immigration pushes you out of the country faster whereas if your partner is deceased then there might be a little leniency for you before you have to pack up.

If you have a job, then go get a non- b visa.

If you have Thai children, then maybe non O based on children.

If 50 years + then maybe a retirement visa.

If under 50 and no job, then education visa.

I know one man who legally married a Thai woman, the last 4 years of the marriage he hasn't lived with her but continues with her assistance to get a non O visa. Maybe your husband would accept a trial separation before going for a divorce. It could give you some time to explore your choices.

If you and your son plan to stay in Thailand for a number of years, I would suggest you get him to learn to speak Thai.

Then he shouldn't have any problems of not having friends.

It will make his life much easier here and give him more choices and freedom in the future.

I would send him asap to a language school. He might get to meet some new friends at the school too.

Maybe try the Narinukul high school school in Ubon. The NIP program almost has all their subjects in English ( Native speakers) and also including French and Chinese (native speakers) as a extra language.

Yesterday, I went past the reservoir near the back end (opposite side of small bridge) and I was very surprised at the very low level of the water. A section of the lake ( Huai Wang Nong reservoir) is just exposed land. I remember 6 weeks ago the water being high due to the rainy season. I'm starting to think we might experience a water shortage in the near future. Is this normal for this time of year?

It's on the same road that exits/enters the gates of the airport Thepyothi near the intersection of Uppalisan road.

You could search google maps using "Ubon Ratchathani Transport Office, Ubon Ratchathani" and you can easily find its location.

I think someone told me you can apply for a sticker only if your residence is within the geographic location of the Transport office, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

I have a seven year old son and 4 year old daughter. We live near Pathoompit high school. The the truth be told, I think all my children's playmates or classmates are Thai children. I think you might have challenge looking to find other ex-pat children.

If you find a group,please let me know.

@Hecate,

I'm also Canadian and 51 years old. It might be a little bit difficult getting into the game because of your age, but I think being female will also be to your advantage. Now is a good time to start getting to know the schools in your area. Go and visit them and let them know you are available. I know at my high school there is an new opening as of now. I would have included a location in your post. Good luck

I teach in a government high school and many of the classrooms have broken chairs and desks. I waiting for the day when a student slips and falls. I wouldn't be surprised if someone gets impaled by one of the broken chairs. The children in the high priced ep program have only brand new classroom furniture, if a piece of classroom furniture is not up to standard it will be removed.

Thanks,

I started to look for my general category and for some unknown reason the general section was compressed, so I expanded it and now I can reach the forum. I learn something new today.

Has TV removed the farming forum.

I searched for it a few times now without any success.

Get the visa based on marriage and the try to get citizenship as fast as possible. The visa is only valid during the existence of the marriage. If there is a divorce, then she will lose her marriage visa. If her husband in the unfortunate event "passes away" she will be widow and will be in need of a new visa because the non O is void because the marriage no longer exists.

As a backup plan, if my wife was to pass away, I keep 800,000 baht in a bank account here in Thailand which I would use to switch over to a retirement visa. Most marriages the woman will out live the husband so she should also be looking at other visa options if the marriage no longer exists.

I agree with SlyAnimal, I'm also in the same boat and my family is based in Issan. The wages here are <deleted> and all the required courses are in Bangkok as a extra bonus.

I started teaching on a O visa based on marriage, then the teacher's council (KHURUSAPHA) demanded that I use a non-b visa or no visa waiver. I heard that they changed the policy again are now accepting non O visas.

The wife was given 3 rai of land of paddy from her father. I wanted to raise the land to build a small orchard. When speaking with the excavation company they wanted 30,000 for 100 trucks of soil. They suggested if they could take the soil from our land then it would go up to 150 trucks for the same price. Now I have 2 large holes in the ground each are about 10m wide and 20 m long. It looks like I'll be raising some farm fish in the near future. Still haven't decided on which fish to raise, but Barramundi is in the running.

@ozybear,

Are you raising barramundi fish?

I'm waiting for the day when Thai immigration accuses foreign fathers of teaching their children a foreign language and not having the required work permit to teach.

I'm shopping at Tesco and they have many signs posted advertising the price of each product.

I notice many of the signs written in Thai, buy 2 and get 1 free,but in English it says buy 1 get 1 free.

I told the wife it was time that Thai people should start to enjoy double pricing because they were not foreigners.

I happily pay the FAT (Farang Added Tax) and don't care. Koreans and Japanese pay the same as Farangs. Korat Zoo I paid extra, can't remember .. 80 Baht or something. It's their (the Thais) country and we are visitors.

Please note that residents of Tower Hamlets pay less than ALL others to visit the Tower of London - true!!

Have a pleasant day.

Yes, I'm a foreigner, but I also work and pay income taxes here in Thailand. Based on the above logic I should be getting the same as the Thai, but the reality is I'm not thai so i'll pay the higher price.