thailandpeter2

have read the news that immigration will be open - ALL offices - on 16th and 17th anyway - problem solved!... thx for all inputs anyway!

my 90 days address to report to the immmigration office in suan phlu road will be due on April 17th. just now i read that the government declared both the 16th and 17th april to be public holidays.

quesztions:

1.) will the immigration office in suan phlu be opened on 16th and 17th?

2.) if it's closed on 16th and 17th and i can only report on the coming monday, the 20th april (i guess on saturday it won't be open, right?), i hope i won't be fined baht 2,000.- for late reporting... generally, what is the rule if the reporting due date falls on a holiday?

thx for any input on this matter.

peter

my thai wife if to inherit some land (in thailand) from her deceased parents. she is legally married to me (i am an austrian citizen and she bears my family name). can she accept her land inheritance or is owning land in thailand still forbidden to a foreigner's legally married thai wife?

she can accept it if she is a thai citizen. the rule you are talking about was abolished 10 or more years ago. have a look in the property sub-forum for earlier threads on this issue

thx for the info! i have to admit that i had not been following developments regarding this law for quite a long time...

she is a thai citizen, so all should be ok for her then.

1. I do not think that you have a Visa. I think that you have a 12 month extension of stay.

2. If your Wife dies or you divorce technically your Extension would be non valid. However who is to know until application time comes round again.

3. There is a provision for the same extension to live with Thai Children.

2.18 In the case of a family

member of a Thai(applicable only to parents, spouse, child, adopted child or child

of his/her spouse):

Permission will be

granted for a period of

not more than 1 year at a time.

(1) The alien has obtained a temporary visa (NON-IM)

(2) Proof of family relationship

(5) In the case of a parent, one of parents must have an average annual income of not less than 40,000 baht per month or a money deposit of not less than 400,000 baht for expenses within a year.

thank you, LiteBeer!

1.) technically you are right - it's a 1 year extension of stay, but of course there had been an original visa at the start...

2.) regarding 'who is to know', as far as i know it has to be reported within 7 days.

3.) is good - then of course my kids could be the reason of stay

(and if that wouldn't work, i could still switch back to my earlier business 'extension of stay', although i like the 'marriage' or 'children' option better - less documents to provide (i has just switched a couple of years ago from a 'business' to a 'marriage' extension of stay on that reason)

my thai wife if to inherit some land (in thailand) from her deceased parents. she is legally married to me (i am an austrian citizen and she bears my family name). can she accept her land inheritance or is owning land in thailand still forbidden to a foreigner's legally married thai wife?

i am married to a thai wife and have currently a visa based on marriage. we have two children together (they have thai as well as austrian citizenship, are 9, respectively 12 years old, and go to school in thailand (to a thai school)).

what would happen with my visa if my wife would die? would it be revoked immediately or would it remain valid, as our two chuldren would be dependent on me as their father still? or could i extend my visa on reasons that 2 thai nationals (our children) would be dependants?

i have read that a marriage visa becomes invalid when the marrriage is ended (in any way), but again, what if there are children fully dependant on the (foreigner) father, who go to school in thailand and have thai citizenship?

a retirement visa would not be an option for me yet, at least not for some years to come. of course i do hope that i and my wife will still have a long life together, but i would like to know the regulations...

as for the guarantee for bank accounts, according to the government here there is a blanket guarantee for savings accounts here too, at least until 2011 - so it's the same as in europe.

...keep in mind this rules only for thais...farangs wont get back a single baht if the bank crashes!!!

...but this will tell you your bank only if you ask...either bangkokpost or other media will report about this fact!!!

cheers...

doesn't really matter, as i believe that in the end nobody will get back any money anyway if it comes to that....maybe some influental customers, but not the majority...call me a cynic...

While this is bad news for Thailand it is also bad news for expats, because we all know where the extra money that is required is going to start coming from.. Anyone want to guess the minimum taxation levels for next year?

What also is quite ironic and frankly amusing is that wasn't it last week that the (places tongue in cheek) most excellent and skillful Thai Banking sector was boasting that Thailand would 'not feel the effects of the global economic slowdown', because of their 'extensive experience in this field' based on the last 15 years or so and the Asian crisis of the 90's....

Which is yet another reason why I don't trust, or use Thai banks for anything other than getting money in and out of the country. Idiots!

1.) i don't trust banks in any country more than i have to do...

2.) i am from austria (living here in bangkok since 1992), and i can remember, that, not a long time ago, also the austrians (government and banks), as well as of course the germans have claimed to be only affected marginally of the (then still mostly us-based) crisis...

seems that the europeans were not really better controlled i their business transactions or better than their american counterparts, expecially the banks - and i wonder, what in this respect will come from the asian financial sector in the next weeks and months...

it's gonna be fun! or maybe not..

Buy yourself a huge safe I suggest weighing about 20 tonn and slip it under your bed covered by condoms to distract where the safe is. There is no other way to protect your money. Grow up and realize the world has been spending more than they need to. I waqs taught never to get into debt, pity Bush and other Governments didn'y learn this.

but what do you pit INTO that safe ? money ? won't really help you if it's nothing worth any more. maybe better put the condoms in...

You must be a lovely human being, thaibkk, not to give a rats for anyone else but yourself.

Why should we care? It's not like the Thais care about us now do they?

if you are in Thailand, you WILL care, believe me.... but of course you are free to choose another country for staying and seeing whether things will be better there...

any crisis here, will effect ALL people living in Thailand - regardless of their nationality...

Exactly after 13 years here I am seriously considering of finding greener pastures.

I agree so many Farangs need to return to their own country and put up with what they left for. Too much greed and satisfactionb of their bellies and what hangs below it.

...not that most of their own countries will really be much 'greener pastures' for the immediate future...

While this is bad news for Thailand it is also bad news for expats, because we all know where the extra money that is required is going to start coming from.. Anyone want to guess the minimum taxation levels for next year?

What also is quite ironic and frankly amusing is that wasn't it last week that the (places tongue in cheek) most excellent and skillful Thai Banking sector was boasting that Thailand would 'not feel the effects of the global economic slowdown', because of their 'extensive experience in this field' based on the last 15 years or so and the Asian crisis of the 90's....

Which is yet another reason why I don't trust, or use Thai banks for anything other than getting money in and out of the country. Idiots!

1.) i don't trust banks in any country more than i have to do...

2.) i am from austria (living here in bangkok since 1992), and i can remember, that, not a long time ago, also the austrians (government and banks), as well as of course the germans have claimed to be only affected marginally of the (then still mostly us-based) crisis...

seems that the europeans were not really better controlled i their business transactions or better than their american counterparts, expecially the banks - and i wonder, what in this respect will come from the asian financial sector in the next weeks and months...

it's gonna be fun! or maybe not..

i am more concerned why my lovely euro is worth 6-8 baht less in conversion according to a few months ago !!!

There is blanket guarantee for all banks deposits in Thailand, valid 3 years (and not for only! 100000 EUR)

But you don't care .. so why bother ?

Thai politics abound in opportunistic decision reversals. Should the politicians need some extra money for more profitable use (for them) I wouldn't be surprised to learn about an on-the-spot decree that might annihilate any benefit of this "unlimited guarantee" on bank deposits.

Trust come (and go) by experience.

of course, they don't even have to reverse it - just for example saying that the savings are still guaranteed but you can't withdraw them for a certain period....or limit withdrawals...or whatever.

but then again, i don't think that governments in europe would be above being opportunistic either...

You must be a lovely human being, thaibkk, not to give a rats for anyone else but yourself.

Why should we care? It's not like the Thais care about us now do they?

if you are in Thailand, you WILL care, believe me.... but of course you are free to choose another country for staying and seeing whether things will be better there...

any crisis here, will effect ALL people living in Thailand - regardless of their nationality...

isn't this too much of doomsday thinking ?

my main money is still in europe and there it is protected, not like many thai banks here

protected in the way if the bank goes bancrupt, the governement will pay back the saving deposit up to 100.000 euro per account

as us farangs ... we do not own houses or land because this LOL-evely (sarcasm on lovely) country does not allow us to do so ... so what do we care if economy drops or not ?

i don't, that is for sure ...

i am more concerned why my lovely euro is worth 6-8 baht less in conversion according to a few months ago !!!

well, i do not know, what you are doing in thailand, but i guess there will be a lot of farangs affected from any economy downturn here - the ones, who (like me) who own companies here in thailand or work here...

also, this could also have an effect on work permits - if, due by a bad economy, a company with a farang in it would generate a loss for one or several years, this could make problems for the work permit holders in this company (the thai authorities like to see rising profits/turnover for companies with work permit holders)

... besides, i could also possibly imagine that in a really bad economy the thai government would maybe get the idea to protect thai employees, rather than farangs - maybe making it more difficult for us to obtain/renew work permits and trying to replace farang employees by thais?

as for the guarantee for bank accounts, according to the government here there is a blanket guarantee for savings accounts here too, at least until 2011 - so it's the same as in europe. but as to the question, what any government guarantee for savings would be worth in case it gets REALLY bad - i am rather sceptical there, be it in europe or here in thailand...

so, i don't think it's not too much doomsday scenario. fact is, this time we don't really know how bad things can get - maybe all is over in 1-2 years, maybe we are in for a longer 'ride'...

also, in times of bad economic conditions political radicalism and divisions have been growing in affected countries - and currently political rifts already worse in thailand as it ever has been in most of the 16 years i have been living here...

I guess you are applying for a one year extension ? This has been extensively covered in a number of previous topics. But just to help, here we go. We just applied again last month, and in addition to your list of documents we had to supply COPIES of ...

My current passport

2 photos

Marriage cerificate

Recent confirmation from Ampur's office that marriage was still valid

Wife's ID & Tabian Ban

Your personal withholding tax (by company) for the previous month

And your list of company papers (copies with company stamp), and it's worth taking your company stamp, just in case. And make sure your company registration papers are not older than 3 months (actually some gov depts say 6 months... but I never know ... )

ok, thx for that - was not sure whether i need ALL the company papers; will take them with me to the immigration...

photos are not a problem and can be done very fast, but do i, except of my income tax receipt, work permit and company registration certificate have to provide any other documents for a non-i marriage visa with income based on a thai WP ?

any info on that ?

i have a non-o marriage visa here and a work permit, having income of more than 40,000.- baht per month derived from working in thailand. unfortunately i forgot from last year which documents i would have to show at the immigration at visa renewal regarding my working in thailand. is my personal income tax receipt, work permit, and company registration certificate sufficient or do i need to show any additional company documents ?