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17 hours ago, JayClay said:

How many days per week/month can I use my manbag to make sure that I stay "OK" with you?

Just stay within the guidelines

Ok now and again if you got.more stuff to carry as long as it don't look girly, not OK of you use it every day

1 hour ago, JayClay said:

I thought the primary objective was to get a new passport?? You can only stay in Vietnam for one month at a time, as far as I'm aware. So that won't be long enough to get a new passport.

To be fair, i forgot about the time you could stay, last time i heard Vietnam was 90 days which is time.

Maybe Penang is the option

6 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

You keep the old passport, nothing is physically done to it until the replacement arrives.  Yes it is cancelled in the UK "system" when the application reaches there but they do not tell anybody unless they are specifically asked.  So whilst it is true that is is not officially valid for travel nobody outside of the UK will know that, so it's a risk you may or may not wish to take.

If its not valid for travel, its not valid for travel lol, no matter if nobody will know, that is until you risk it and get unlucky.

Anyway i posted in the Vietnam forum to ask for advice on Vietnam, bit of a backstory.

But focus on the primary objective which is Vietnam 

35 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

Surely it is not a "stupid UK" rule as every time you renew a passport you have to surrender the old one.

 

There is an online premium service for extra cash. 

Thats not true, you dont do any of that, you turn up, apply for a passport, from that moment on you cannot use it to travel, once you get the new one they clip the corner.and give it you back.

So depending on the timeframe of them renewing it, you cannot leave the country where you applied.

Also no express service, i asked

In such a pickle at the moment, 6 weeks ago i was married 2 kids. Renew visa in June all good, that all changed.

Mrs left, wont help renew visa, slowly but surely kids sided with her.

With only 2 pages left on passport as i didn't think i need to renew passport for another 1 year as its 1 year 1 page and not enough time to renew it before visa finished, I find myself in crappy situation of perhaps having to get a 30 day visa exempt in thailand, packing my stuff and lóoking at a Vietnam while I wait for a new one (takes 60 days apparently in Thailand and after applying you cannot leave the country) which puts me in overstay range.

I ancticipate no help from the wife but stupid UK rules state once you have applied for the passport you cannot use it again till the new one arrived, so that would of even worse.

So i am looking at options of vietnam, order a new passport, come back,

What area is cheap but ok, qnd stuff to do, im thinking Ho Chi Min but would like to research.

Budget of 1000 UK per month if possible.

And of course, can you apply for a renewal UK passport in Vietnam.

TIA

Was a good.man on the forums, gave me good advice many times over the years on this forum

RIP

On 5/3/2023 at 4:34 PM, blackcab said:

It will take time. First, you need to make an online appointment with the British Embassy to make a certified copy of your passport:

 

https://book-consular-appointment.service.gov.uk/TimeSelection?location=53&service=8

 

The nearest appointments are about 1 week away. The service costs £25.

 

Alternatively you can send your passport to them. Details here:

 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/notarial-and-documentary-services-guide-for-thailand#certified-copy-of-a-british-passport

 

Once you have the document you need from the British Embassy you will need to drop it off at a reputable translation company, along with a copy of your marriage certificate. The translation company will need a copy of your marriage certificate to get the exact translation required.

 

It's also likely the translation company will require a copy of your passport, so do take that to the translation shop aswell.

 

The translation shop will make the translation and then take all required documents to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for legalisation. The translation shop will need to book an appointment at the MFA. Again, there is a waiting time to get a slot. Once at the MFA the legalisation will also take time.

 

I believe there is an express option with the MFA if required.

 

I am currently having a document translated and legalised.

Cheers for the advice.

I actually got lucky, couldn't find the passport but i did find the original affirmation which was also translated in Thai, old work permit from 2 months after marrige, and my birth certificate.

The women said with these and if the signature on the secondary marriage document matched whats in current passport they will allow that.

So lucky and all sorted now.

I went today to get divorced, cut a long story short as we have been married 16 years the current passport does not match the one on the marriage cert, iv been told i need to get this verified by going to embassy then translation

Im from UK i figured this could be done in a day but my german friend says it took him 6 weeks.

Does anybody know if this will be the same for UK or csn get the paper on walk in?

If the article is correct rear ending somebody is definitely doig something wrong or are you not up to scratch on rulea of the road and safe distances.

I presume you know what rear ending means?

13 hours ago, john donson said:

if children or property is involved : DO NOT DIVORCE AT AMPHUR  !!!

 

I speak of experience...  a judge in family court will hardly give sole custody... so it is by definition shared...

 

Once you have the divorce...   you do your extension based on being a parent of your thai child...

 

changing names, no experience, but probably need consent of both parents and off course a judge to rule over this...

 

your wife , out of spite, sounds too familiar...  she will not help with anything, she will try to make your life even more hell as you think it is...

 

Divorcing at amphur gives you 7 days to go beg for at immigration, that you get and you have to go same day or next after amphur divorce as your extension will be invalid...  thank you thailand for this nice law right...while your thai wife would have gotten long term residency in your country, just for marrying you... but TIT

 

 

Option if your extension is due soon but wife will not help (as did mine) ?  find an embassy (ex. Penang) to go get you a multiple entry visa...

 

depends if you are almost 50 or over... then retirement would be an option, but I guess this is not the case ?

 

 

Cheers for advice.

My understanding is that

1.. if you agree.on everything the kids cn be sorted out also at ampur

But more importantly

2. They wont issue an extension if when divorced I don't have sole custody of at least 1 child, at the time of renewal, which is soon.

Im not yet 50 but close lol

Kinda sad really the immigration do this but that's what i understand 

7 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

From the perspective of the child (any of them): Wouldn't it be best for each child to have the same last name as the parent who takes care of them?

Not at all, i disagree that is not my daughter's surname so why change it.

That's like saying if she got remarried change the name again to another mans surname, then should she get divorces again, change it back again.

I have been married to my wife for 16 years, we are soon getting a divorce at the ampur.

She is forcing this on me because she will not help in renewing my EOS.

So my understanding is the only way to renew my EOS thus staying in Thailand is to have full custody of at least one child, which for me is just a formality to stay in the country.

She is saying out of spite she wants full custody of our second child which is a girl (first is a boy), so basically im being forced into this.

To show the nastiness and this is my question her plan is to then change the last name of our daughter to her maiden name after she gets full custody. This has never been her name always mine

Is she able to do this because it would hurt me alot

I am the biological father, on the birthday certificate and married at the time of birth

Seems 

I am in the same pickle only 2 pages left, but like others say you must get an evisa because if not stamp out Thailand, a full page laos visa on arrival then the tourist visa and stamp back in then that's gonna be full and you be replying on getting a renewal (if you plan to do that) in 60 days and and sometimes but not all they taking longer than 2 months especially if your from UK with the strike on they will probably have a back log

Not sure if right sub forum but...

I will renew my UK passport next week, i wanted to get my kids there first UK passport at the same time.

I have all the supporting documents and translations but the only thing I don't have is the wife's birth certificate as she doesn't have one (as from the village and they dont see them as important only I.D card ???? )

I do have her I.D card so I would like to know would that be accepted as an OK supporting document  aswell as the other stuff, my full birth, kids, translated birth certs, (no need for marriage anymore if born after 2006) so would that be OK?

1 hour ago, Red Phoenix said:

Indeed, even if your wife is currently not willing to help you out to apply for your next extension, a sufficiently large sum of money will probably buy her co-operation which would solve the whole matter.

Yeah, and save me the hassle of getting a.new passport right 4his sexond with the strikes

Thais love money lol

Isnt the xriver meant to lower his forks after putting a load on the truck

13 hours ago, OJAS said:

Absolutely zero chance of a fast-track passport renewal service for us Brits from Thailand, I'm afraid! Click on the following link for details of the bureaucratic nightmare that lies ahead of you:-

 

https://www.passport.service.gov.uk/overseas/information/thailand/renew/adult

 

Probably worth your while paying an extra £10 for a jumbo-sized passport, I think, if you usually get through your passports like hot cakes!

 

This thread might also be worth a read:-

 

 

Cheers man for links.

I always get jumbo sized passports, lol, this new one will now be my 4th in Thailand.

Back in the day when i was going to Laos for my 1 year Non O that's whats done it, Laos visa, Thai visa, then every 90 days Cambodia visa.

Do that a few times and it quickly fills up.

Since Covid i have EOS based on kids thats not so bad as only 1 page per year.

20 hours ago, rwill said:

I did mine last September.  It took 3 weeks.

Thats excellent, hope thats the same for me, although with these passpprt strikes coming up i bet another backlog will be incoming, hopefully passprts from anroad will miss that and go straight to printers.

Did you notice if they did a fast track service?

19 hours ago, judokrab said:

No. You do not need a visa (as DrJack54 already explained). You can leave and re-enter, getting a visa-exempt entry stamp.

HOWEVER... either with or without a visa, you can only get stamped in up until the expiry date of your passport in any case.

The same situation would apply even if your wife co-operated fully: immigration will not give you a one year extension ... they will only give you an extension up until the expiry date of your passport. 

If you look at it properly, your only problem is that you did not apply for a new passport soon enough (the problem is *not* your wife, and the problem is *not* the number of pages remaining in your passport).




 

Dude you clearly havent read the post correctly

1. My passport is not expiring i have 2 pages left

2. The wife is the problem because if she co operated i could extend the visa for another 1 year as that takes 1 page so would have a year to renew my passport as i would only have 1 page

3. I cannot do a border run because that would take up 2 pages, thus after 30 days i would have 0 pages so couldn't do another border run so i would have to leave the country if a new passport hasn't arrived.

2 hours ago, rwill said:

I don't know where your passport is issued but a US passport only takes about 3 weeks to get a new one mailing it in.

Im from UK, so not sure enough time