smellyskater

Great information, many thanks.

Thanks for the reply ubonjoe,

I am not yet in Thailand and have not got a visa. I'm still waiting for a start date. Before I have only even used tourist visas or had a visa on arrival lasting a month. Obviously this wasn't for the purpose for work as it will be now.

I must admit I became a little lost when looking. I think I'll need a non Immigrant visa but what type? Which one will allow me mufti entry?

Good morning/ afternoon people,

I will be getting my first work permit soon and want to know what conditions and rules there are to having one.

The company I am going to work for hasn't given much detail other than they pay the coats and I am responsible for maintaining the work permit.

So I would like to know,

- how long can I stay in the country?

- do I have to report every set number of days?

- can I exit and return on the same visa? Are there any associated issues with this? (Perhaps a weekend in Singapore for example)

- when the contract is finished do I have to leave the country that day? Could I have a holiday?

I'm a uk passport holder in my thirties.

Thanks for reading.

I'm also looking at how deductions are made. Back in the uk national insurance contributions are taken off. Is there something similar and if so how is it calculated?

Oops! I meant have a great day!

Hello everyone,

I am a uk passport holder that is working in Spain. Im in my 30s. I would like my long time friend to come visit me here in Spain. She is 28 and also has a young baby.

I understand that it is possible for her to apply for a schengen visa but what about her daughter too? What would we need from the babies father?

Thanks for your help,

Have a gray day!

If you not decide to take the job the visa would still be valid, so it really is your best option.

Hull will issue tourist visa same day and you can also apply by mail.

Thank you for all the contributions. I have a Tourist Visa issued from Birmingham by post. I sent it the with next day delivery and had it returned to me the next day. Amazing efficiency! It looks like I just missed out on the new requirements of hotel and flight reservations. Not sure that system is going to work as most people make it up as they go along!

Thanks

Why can't the company just send you the paper work and get your Nom-imm B issued and you arrive a little early and go on holiday...seems to be the simplist approach to me..

Not suggesting the company who you will be working for is like this, but come companies promise they will sort out the WP, tell people to come to Thailand on toursit visa, get them to start work and never get the WP for them...so just be careful, the onus is on you to ensure you have a WP

Thanks for the warning but I am 100% sure I will get a WP if I choose to work for them. The issue is I may not choose to take the job as we are still ironing out details. So the question is how quickly can I get a tourist visa. I have been to London to get this before and recall it took 2 days?

Thanks,

Hi all,

I have been offered a job in Thailand. I am still talking about details withthe company and have not started the process of getting a work permit. Thiswill be done by the company anyhow. I have already finished a job in Europe andwish to know if I am able to come to Thailand on holiday using the visa on arrivaland wait for the new visa and work permit to be processed when I am here. WillI need to leave and go to an immigration office and re-enter Thailand?

Thanks for your help,

Ben

British

58 Days Overstay

Swampy Airport

Turned up 4 hours before flight was due to leave on the 3rd December 2010

Paid the 20,000 and within 15 minutes was sorted and on my way... not a problem. Everyone was happy and helpful.

Corrected!

If the relationship breaks down you cannot simply just order them on a plane home, they have been issued with the visa and it's up to them to comply.

Obviously I don't know the circumstances surrounding your relationship but you can renege on the undertaking you gave when the visa was approved, you may wish to advise the relevant issuing authority, but I think they are unlikely to take any action.

As I say I don't know the circumstances surrounding the breakdown of the relationship but put yourself in their shoes, you are travelling Europe together, you have split up and you are now seemingly going to abandon them, it may be their fault but put yourself in their position, how will they survive, are you pushing them into a corner?

I'm certainly not going on the moral high ground, it must be very difficult for you both. I presume you have offered to pay their fare home, that may help focus the mind.

Good luck.

Thanks everyone for the replies.

I am not the one that is currently in this position. However, I do have a female friend away from Thailand and is not having a good time with her boyfriend. She thinks that a breakdown in the relationship is looming and worried what she will do. Hence at the start of my post - If... As to why it is broken down is not needed here. Take a big guess I’m sure you will be near!

I understand that they were originally invited out there with the idea they would be looked after. I’ve advised that she keep things as amicable as possible and get herself back if she is not happy and notch it down to experience.

Thanks again

Whats a schengen visa

http://www.schengenvisa.cc/

Hello All,

If…

A Thai national goes to Europe with a three month schengen visa. After getting to the country the relationship breaks down. Can the original sponsor revoke the support and ask them to just get back on the plane? What if they don’t?

If they can support themselves can they stay?

Thanks for the time. Usual jokers and “troll” comments always welcome but ignored.

Does anyone have a secret little gem of a place hidden away from the interweb!

I am looking for a room for about a month stay. Cheap hotel or room in house or high rise – anything really. I would like to be near the sky train or a motor taxi ride away. Anywhere along the Sukhumvit line would also be a bonus.

I have found one place that is 8000 a month but they are funny about bringing my girlfriend to stay also want a 3 month deposit!!

Other places I’m looking at are around the 500 a day or 5 - 7,000 a month.

As always any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Best regards.

Well I survived! For anyone searching for this next time…

I got a flight from Bangkok to Cambodia on the 3^rd and returned on the 7^th. The 7^th was the date 6 months before the passport expired. I had no problems coming back into BKK and gained another 30 day stamp.

I have sent my passport application off to Hong Kong and I hope to have a new passport soon. Application forms can be found at the British embassy website for Thailand. Easy!

Leave the country on the 7th Sept, fly back in the country and you have 30 days the time before you need to have your passport back.

Thanks to everyone for the help and suggestions. I think that I will go for this option.

My only concern is if they notice when I come back to Bangkok and I try get a 30 day stamp that I don't have the 6 months left on the passport. Do you think that they will notice or check?

Thanks and best regards to you all

Hello All,

I am British, under retirement age and not married to a Thai.

I have been stupid enough to only notice that my passport is due to expire on the 11^th March next year. I am aware that immigration requirements are that passports must be valid for at least 6 months from date of arrival for entry into Thailand. Making this September 11^th 2010.

I am currently in Bangkok having arrived using visa on arrival stamps. My last visa run across the border takes me up to the 7^th September. However, I wish to stay longer and was planning on flying out of Thailand, returning to get a 30 day stamp.

I have contacted the, not very helpful, embassy. I was told that I need to send my passport to Hong Kong and they will be able to issue a new one. But this will mean that I will be overstaying my visa until it is returned. According to the website this could take around 30 days.

Other than the flames, what advice or options do you all have? I know that passport enquiries are handled by Careline Services Limited and they have a help line to call.

Thanks for the time,

Benson

Do not know soi 44, but www.aiyaresidence.com is near Itsaraphap.<br>

Thanks for that. I meant Soi 42! I'll have a look into it.

Does anyone have another suggestion, or a good place to look?

Thanks!

Hi all,

I am looking for somewhere to say near to Itsaraphap 44. Walking distance or m/c ride. Hotel at first would be great with a view to renting a room in the area too. Budget... Cheap and chearful!

Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

Thanks and all the best,

Benson

Perfect! Thanks for the information. Without really knowing exactly what I wanted to know I now understand what I should have been asking!

Best regards Elkangorito!

Ha ha – good old English English or American English!

I was referring to a collage in the British sense. I.e. compulsory education is finished and then a further two or three years can be completed to gain usually higher qualifications . In the UK these are GNVQ, NVQ and A levels. After this is the option of University.

I wanted to know if Thai students get an opportunity in this part of their education to be placed for a small amount of time – perhaps 2 weeks or 2 months – in a real work place to see what they will be facing once they finish studying. So not really an internship just a taster!

Perhaps I also need an education in Thai school years! An example of a typical education path would be great please!

EDIT: I found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Thailand

But is there an age limit for people wanting to return to finish education?

Thanks again,

Benson

Hi everyone,

Not sure of the most appropriate section for this so it's here!

I am British and whilst in both school and collage we would have a work experience placement. This would be a short time, two or three weeks, working (or really observing) in a real life job. It is usually in an office, nursery, garage etc. And also for free! Is this the case for Thailand? Do they do anything similar?

Thank you and all the best.

Benson

Well that sounds correct (I would have a reserve for point 4)

I am surprised by the fact that no one has suggested that the paper she has signed might not be valid as she seems not to have understood its content (I am pretty sure , if that is the fact indeed, that her signature is void as the document would not hold in court)

I think the general advice given to people signing legal paperwork is to get the paperwork looked at by their own legal rep before signing. On this basis it may be 'buyer beware' legal basis that if you were daft enough to sign something you didn't understand, then you get what you deserve. Unless we have any Swedish legal experts on here it's all just speculation.

But you are not a bullied uneducated Thai. It would also be prudent for a man in Thailand to wear a condom!

I think that we have determined it was a custody agreement that was signed. An extension of the visa has also been applied for.

Following up on the great advice from the intelligent posts here it seems she may be allowed to stay in Sweden if the baby has been registered and holds a Swedish passport. Personally I think that is ludicrous. If that was common knowledge amongst young Thai ladies perhaps we would find more on the scam to get there. I have asked the girl if she feels that it is fair to have her life paid for by a government she has never paid tax to and have them support her and her child. It is just isn’t comprehensible in true Thai style. However I am happy that the child will hopefully have both parents present in its childhood.

Thanks to 99% of the people here and the enlightening debates. I’ll let you know the final outcome if there is one!

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Hi Benson,

Correct me if I'm wrong. Do you mean the couple met here in Thailand, lived together and had a baby OR sometime in the past they were in love when he visited Thailand, she got pregnant, the man was in Sweden and they weren't living together? (like accidental baby?)

After that,( in the thought that they were living together in here), they decided to go back to Sweden and with the woman having a three-month Schengen Visa.

"They felt that it would be better if the baby is to be brought up in Sweden by the father as the girl could not offer the same level of support and upbringing in Thailand. So they have gone back to Sweden together with the girl on a Schengen Visa of 3 months. She had planned on returning to Thailand. The Father has sponsored her for the visa saying that he will support her and provide flights and a place to stay etc. (she is staying with a friend of his – not him)"

The lines I highlighted makes me a little confuse if they have agreed that the father will raise the baby alone. As she had planned on returning to Thailand. It seems to my understanding that the Thai girl went to Sweden to send the baby to the father, right? I apologize for being thickheaded that's why I'm asking. I would assume too that things started to get wrong when they came in Sweden especially that she just stayed in his friend's house though he sponsored for the visa and the tickets. To cut the long story short, that made her change her mind of letting the baby raise in Sweden and yes, taking the baby back to Thailand, yeah?

Again, I'm wondering why there is a question of her extension of stay or visa in Sweden if she herself wants to take the baby back to Thailand. I figured she had signed something which she didn't understand and why did she sign anyway or at least asked for an explanation, it's a commonsense! Was she threatened? Don't get me wrong, but if they both believe first hand that the girl could not offer the same level of support and upbringing here in Thailand, it's a big question that the dispute of the parents in the period of time could change the mother's mind, I'm not sure but at least they could spend some time to talk things over for the baby. Three months is too soon for these things to happen. What was the agreement between the parents beforehand, yes, I mean before they went to Sweden? I just hope that both parents are putting the baby's situation above all.

Anyway, it's helpful that this issue has been put up, makes us see and realize lots of things. Both caution and warning:)

Lastly, it's clear that the Embassy of Thailand in Sweden is the most competent to offer some assistance to your friend, .................... while you can take the food and lodging, why not? . Good luck!

regards,

The input and suggestions have been good. Sincere thanks.

For clarity:

The father spends time between Thailand and Sweden. The girl has only a short time left on the visa and so would like an extension if possible to get things sorted out. She signed the unknown document after he allegedly said he would not give her any money for her or the baby whilst she stayed in Sweden. He is aware that she has neither money for her stay nor a ticket for the baby back to Thailand.

A time line of the ‘relationship’

Met (In Thailand)

Started a relationship.

Became pregnant by being careless.

Realised they were not meant to be.

Had the baby (In Thailand)

Continued for several months jointly raising the baby but not together.

Both decided the best option for the baby was a upbringing in Sweden by the father alone in Sweden. (I don’t think she would get a visa as poorly educated and not married. ?)

Father went to Sweden with the baby, Mother followed 2 weeks later with Schengen visa.

Further deterioration of relationship

Mother change mind and wants to take baby back to Thailand.

She says that they are unable to talk. I have asked that both need grow up and think about the baby but she insists this is not possible for them to talk in the same room. This state of relationship has developed since the birth.

Caution and warning indeed! Food maybe, lodgings – I’m 2000 kilometers away!