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    CMU Fails To Provide Visa Support Documents

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    I just got back from the IUS office at CMU with rather disappointing news.

    I was stuck in a limbo state for a few weeks, where after my first 90days on my ED visa had expired, I was unable to renew it because the director at CMU would not sign the necessary letter. I was informed by IUS staff not to worry because we would have our visas processed through FEU. I was told to overstay my visa for a few days until everything with FEU was sorted out and filled out the necessary paper work for the application to FEU. After a week, I was told to go to CM immigration, where I applied for a 7 day extension and payed 5400 baht (2k ext + 3.4k overstay) and was told I would be reimbursed for those expenses. I then went to the IUS office at CMU and gave a staff member there my passport, which she said she was going to bring to immigration the next day. 4 days later, on Sunday, I stopped into the IUS office again and was told that everything should be ready Wednesday. When I asked if my visa would be affected because my 7 day extension expired on Wednesday, I was told that it wouldn't. Well I went in today and was informed that my visa could not be renewed. The staff at IUS said they had been on the phone with CM immigration all morning to try to figure out why our visas weren't accepted, but they kept getting the run around and were eventually told it had something to do with a letter of approval which the IUS staff claimed was bogus. They said they suspect CMU played a major role in immigration not issuing our visas. I was also informed that the classes would be dismantled at that all the IUS staff had been fired. When I asked whether or not I would be reimbursed the 6mo left I had remaining in the course, I was told I would not. The reason given was that IUS claimed they have ran out of money from the course and that CMU took 60% of the revenue from the course and isn't reimbursing IUS with any of it. The IUS staff did inform me that they would try to reimburse me for the 5.4k of the initial expenses they promised to cover. But given how this has played out so far, I'm not holding my breath.

    International Boxing

    in Chiang Mai

    Posted

    i'm to lazy to draw a map, but on nimman, opposite miguels express, there's a small tesco and a bangkok bank branch. turn down that soi, drive past punna place where powerhouse gym and wawee coffee is about 100m, turn left at the tiny round about, and theres a huge area to your right with a stage set up that u can't miss.

    Favorite chiang mai night spots

    in Chiang Mai

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    Dawang Tan on payday. Thats fun! Best place ever! Behind Nimen' road. More chicks than you can shake a stick at! And they aren't working girls!

    Could you be a little more specific? There are about a hundred bars on the soi's off Nimmanhamin.

    Its the biggest club in CM, if not the north of thailand. It sits on 'Prastertland' which is between the canal road and nimmen... (its where they hold the beer/food festivals/karabao also play there sometimes). Also a new barn sized club on same plot, looks like it plays golden oldies. I havent been, i must visit.

    here it is: http://www.mapjack.com/?zGcyUbXVaciB

    have they renamed that bar drink orgy slosh (DOS)?

    Favorite chiang mai night spots

    in Chiang Mai

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    Instead of moaning about the good ol' days when you could have an evening out with a lady of the night or a soapy for under 5k baht can we get a few positive recommendations of real bars normal people frequent in 2010?

    Blah Blah Bar off Nimman looks pretty cool (or maybe I just love the name). Has anybody been?

    I think that the consensus is that 5K baht is a very high budget for what you are looking for and for most other forms of nighttime entertainment in Chiang Mai. To be more specific about that would almost definitely be a violations of the forum's rules.

    can we switch the discussion of this thread from favorite chiang mai night spots that if you get into specifics are in violation of the forums rules to favorite chiang mai night spots whose discussion does not violate tv forum rules then?

    Favorite chiang mai night spots

    in Chiang Mai

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    Instead of moaning about the good ol' days when you could have an evening out with a lady of the night or a soapy for under 5k baht can we get a few positive recommendations of real bars normal people frequent in 2010?

    Blah Blah Bar off Nimman looks pretty cool (or maybe I just love the name). Has anybody been?

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