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31 minutes ago, mgb said:

I think the question is if the wife can reach the international gate from a so to say domestic flight (Belfast) without passing the border control.
If yes there is nothing needed for a thai.

I suspect the OP might want to travel to Dublin via land.

The following thread has some relevant information, it did get messy, however, seems the most appropriate thing to do is to get an Irish visa, which is free and simple to get.

Wonderful news............

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

2.19 In the case of being a family member
of a Thai resident (applicable only to
parents, spouse, children, adopted
children, or spouse’s children):
Each permission shall be granted for no

Sorry to interrupt, but surely as a husband, then this rule does not apply?

sorry, blind today, spouse!

1 hour ago, YetAnother said:

how does a baby sign things ?

Who, at any time mentioned any baby signing anything?

3 hours ago, scottyp1980 said:

Can any one answer 1 more question if possible?

The photos required for my sons passport is it ok for the person who is counter singing my passport application form to sign the photo also?

i have my appointment on Wednesday so just don't want to get anything wrong.

 

thanks again 

 

If you mean is it the same person that is counter signing the application form for your son's passport application, then it absolutely has to be the same person.

If it is for your own passport application in addition, then I see no reason why not.

If I remember correctly, for a Child passport, the counter signatory has to have known you for the period of time, not necessarily the child.

5 minutes ago, bkkexplorer said:

3. Marriage cert (already in English)

5. Wife's passport.

7. Signed statement from wife that she is using her maiden name.

You could provide the above just to be on the safe side, however they really should not be needed, as presumably, your children were born after 1st July 2006, so marriage certificate and the signed statement should be not needed as they do not apply, as per table C in the guidance document and you will have to provide the mothers birth certificate, so her passport is irrelevant, you could provide a copy of her ID card.

1 hour ago, scottyp1980 said:

I'm just wondering in regards to my previous posts as I have not got around to getting my sons UK passport yet, but do I need to translate the blue book in to English too? 

 

Tuavks in advance

For a British passport application, then there should be no need to provide a Tabien Baan for your wife, just her Birth Certificate and ID card.

3 minutes ago, hobobo said:

A new (2017) Heritage Softail in the US retails for around 615,000 baht ($16,500 US)

 

Are you working on the exchange rate US$1 = 10 baht? I know that the buck ain't what it used to be, but hey? BTW, do you have any dollars I can buy off you?

16,500 USD as of today = ~567,000 THB

Just did a little more research on whether or not the locally assembled bikes would be cheaper and it appears to depend on whether they incorporate under BOI or not, the zone the factory will be in and on the deal they can negotiate with the Government, initially Triumph did assemble under BOI in a certain zone and that was under the condition that the bikes were assembled here and then exported only, Triumph renegotiated that BOI agreement at the end of 2014, which then allowed them to sell the locally assembled bikes, this resulted in a dramatic decrease in the cost.

So, potential HD buyers, keep your fingers crossed on what the deal with the Thai Government is!

One thing that you must make sure that you have is your FULL birth certificate, that is the long version with all of the details on it, when I applied for both of my sons British Passports this was a must and I only had the short version available here and had to apply for the full version via Liverpool.

2 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Given the horrible import tax on Harleys in Thailand currently, making them locally should have a very substantial impact on reducing the price.

Not necessarily, it will depend on where they locate the facility, if it is in a duty free zone, then they will only be allowed to export, no local sales of the locally assembled ones, I believe Triumph are this way?

I do not know a huge amount regarding the Non B-A visa, although I believe it is intended for people who will invest money in to a Thai business that is not covered under BOI (if it is BOI then the visa type is a non IB and those can be up to 8 years duration!) and the B-A type is normally initially applied for by the business that you intend on investing in to, they apply for pre-approval at the immigration office in their district (though this may be passed to the immigration head office in BKK), once the approval is granted, then it passed to the Embassy overseas where you will collect the visa. As far as I know, it is a one year ME visa and is not intended for working in Thailand in the work permit sense.

Immigration should know the exact documentation needed by the company here for the pre-approval, I imagine it is a lot!!

YetAnother - What is it you want?

If it is a residence certificate, then for what purpose?

The requirements for issuing a residence certificate differ for each immigration area, certainly Chonburi (Jomtien) immigration only require copies of your passport photo page, visa or extension, TM.6, last entry stamp and some sort of proof of address, i.e. a bill with your name and address on it, they do not require a rental contract etc.

Might be best to ask the office in the area you plan on moving to about their requirements.

As for getting on to a blue Tabien Baan, unless you are a PR, then that cannot happen, the only possibility would be to try and get a yellow version, for sure the house you built MUST have a blue Tabien Baan attached to it, even if it is empty.

4 hours ago, Ahab said:

Just buy a car from a dealer in Thailand, problem eliminated.

??? But Niche Motors are the official dealers in Thailand for Lamborghini and Mclaren.

Somebody somewhere within customs etc. has been making a load of cash from this scam if it is to be believed, the dealer / importer could not have done this alone, $105,000 = 3,622,000 THB give or take, even after taking the tax and profit in to account, then this would seem a bit low for cars retailing here in excess of 25 - 30,000,000 THB!

One thing is for sure, if you or I tried to import one, then customs would know the real (and some) value of the car for tax purposes!!!

As a footnote, their showroom at km1 on the motorway looked closed on Friday and Sunday afternoon as I went past.

2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I might of misread or misunderstood the OP earlier.

He could still possibly get the the work permit and apply for a extension of stay based upon working.

No worries, was just interested to know / understand if it is possible to work on a non-O based on dependency, as if you were to get a work permit and work, well, you would no longer be dependent  

5 hours ago, SWAQARH said:

I arrived and have been living in Thailand on Type O dependent visa (granted based on my wife Type B visa) and have just secured an employment in a private company.

UJ etc. are you sure that it is possible to work on a non-O dependency visa, my understanding from the OP is that he is here based on his wife's non-B visa, so by definition she is not Thai and is working here, your original answers give the impression that you assume he is married to a Thai, or is it possible to work here on the non-O because you are married to a foreigner who is on a non-B?

In theory if you are staying in a hotel or guesthouse, then they should be reporting to immigration and you should not have to do anything.

Good to hear it is on the way to being sorted, thanks for the update.

5 hours ago, BritTim said:

In the UK database, the old passport is marked as invalid for travel soon after the application is received.

Just to be 100% clear on this, the original passport is cancelled within the UK database only once the new passport has been authorised (so issued by definition) and not before.

This from the guidance document on cancellation of a British Passport issued by the Government:

Where an application for a replacement passport is submitted, or the accompanying passport is still valid (e.g. because it is full), the document should be cancelled and a note made on the system (see also Passports containing visas, below).

Cancellation should be done when the new issue is authorised and not before. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/118594/cancellation-of-passports.pdf

The UK has two databases for passports, one is with IPS and the other is a database used for LSR (Lost, Stolen, Recovered)

The IPS database can only be accessed by IPS and UK Border Control, it is not shared outside of the UK, the LSR database can be accessed by overseas British embassies etc.

Therefore it would be reasonable to assume that the original passport is still valid from the point of application to the point that the new passport is issued, of course the issue would be knowing the date of issue!

Thai immigration do NOT transfer valid visas to a new passport, they will only transfer an extension of stay, re-entry permit etc. they will make a note of the change of passport in the first pages which will include the old passport number, original visa details and date of arrival on that visa.

Should not be too much of an issue, as said, bring the proof of funds, an outward ticket and smile and then hope that the IO that is dealing with you doesn't look at the history and draw conclusions, given the 2 days, 30 days and then 60 days, the trend would suggest the next one to be longer!

50 minutes ago, jeab1980 said:

1. The marriage certificate is proof of marriage it has your name and wifes name on it.

2. Wifes Tabien and id card together with marriage cert is acceptable  as proof of address.

Or how do i get my 60 day extensions to visit wife with only wifes tabien and ID card?

Or how is landlords tabien and ID plus lease acceptable as proof of address.

None of these tabiens have my name on them.

 

All of your points are very pertinent when applying for an extension based on marriage, the OP however was applying based on retirement and immigration accepted the Tabien Baan with his child in it in lieu of a TM30 report.

In reality, even if you are applying for either the 60 day extension to visit the wife or a retirement extension, then neither prove that you actually are living at that address, hence why there are some immigration offices that are requesting pictures of you in the house and outside and even Thai neighbours to verify this.

For an extension based on work CW office are now requiring loads of pictures of you in the office with Thai staff etc. but don't seem to give a hoot about where you live.

It is all designed to try and ascertain that people are living where they say or working at an actual company and was tightened up after the Erawan shrine incident, to be honest I do not think it proves that much, as these things can be arranged, but it seems to satisfy immigration!

The OP managed to extend using the Tabien Baan as proof of address, the problem is that the inconsistency of the different areas and immigration officers may mean that he is not so lucky next time, the moral of the story is, take this kind of stuff with you and present it, if accepted great, but bring as much as possible to back it up, ideally a TM30 or slip etc.

No need to reread or any interpretation needed whatsoever IMO, as that the PE visa cannot be obtained at a land border but can be obtained at the airport.

Whereas I do sympathise and understand why you would feel annoyed, I would also make an assumption that because you are changing from one form of elite membership to another it is highly possible that Thai Elite are correct and the change in visas has to be done the way that they say.

I 100% agree that it makes no sense whatsoever why the airport immigration can issue the PE visa upon entry in the same passport and CW immigration cannot in the same passport due to the original SE visa, there has to be a reason, though it alludes me or logic.

2 minutes ago, Confuscious said:

nobody told me about this rule.

1. Did you specifically ask for this information in a post?

2. Is it a rule or is it entirely up to the discretion of the IO or office that you are applying at?

3. Why did you not ask at the Immigration office on any of your past extensions.

As we all know, even when there are rules in place it doesn't mean that immigration will apply them.

You were advised by Ubonjoe to depart and return via Suvarnabhumi airport not via a land border, now Thai Elite are reiterating it, seems you have no choice but to go out again and return by air to Suvarnabhumhi to convert.