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15 minutes ago, Longbow212 said:

 

I’ve been here a long time and know many expats, some English teachers earning 40k a month at the most basic level all the way up to 600k in multi-national corporations. All on work permits, I only knew people getting paid in foreign currencies after the Asian financial crisis.


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600k a month?

As a side, with regards to teachers and work permits. There is no minimum salary requirements in order to get a work permit for teachers.

Just now, Golden Triangle said:

That was mainly directed towards our U.S. and Commonwealth members who don't seem to have had the pleasure of a tin of bully beef, hence the ours & yours comment, most of them have never tried it and fob it off as crap ???? At least I have had both so feel qualified to comment. ???? 

But you were quoting me???

I too have tried both. I also remember the scandal of the Argentinian corned beef in the 80s.

Most processed, canned meat is crap. Let's face it. As are most supermarket bought sausages and burgers, pies and pasties.

1 minute ago, Golden Triangle said:

I have no problem with your comment, a bit like certain fast food outlets so called "Chicken Nuggets" and the ingredients therein, however having been brought up in the UK in the 50's I appreciate things like "OUR" Corned beef compared to yours, the first time I tried your Corned Beef was maybe only 3 years ago, it has absolutely no comparison to our canned bully beef and as I have previously stated they are like chalk and cheese, I prefer mine to yours, it's as simple as that, and not whether one is a heathen for liking something he was brought up on, remember we still had rationing and as a child I played on bomb sites in the middle of London. unlike you guys from USA, Aus & NZ that were shielded from the actual physicality of the war, Yes I know you lost a lot of sons, brothers & fathers as did we and I remember them each and every day almost. Truce.

Not sure what you mean about "ours and yours".

I come from UK.

1 hour ago, Golden Triangle said:

I can assure you sir that the two are like Chalk & Cheese, absolutely no comparison, may I suggest you buy a tin, chill in the fridge for a few hours, cut some thick slices apply to buttered bread cover with HP or Daddies Brown sauce add the other buttered slice and eat, I think you will agree that the tinned version is superior in every way to that tatty imitation you have posted ???? 

I thought this was a foodie thread????

Then someone posts that a tin full of bovine toe nails, testicles and a@@eholes, mixed with a little meat is superior to home made corned beef brisket. 

Must have been mistaken.

Maybe I am the only one, but I enjoyed Wedlock.

11 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Where is that available ?, used to be able to get Princess Corned beef, in TOPS,RimPing,

and TESCO, but have not seen any for quite a while, Corned beef ,Onion and Potato pies,Mmm.

regards worgeordie

Burirampieman. You can Google him.

Probably need to pay a bout 60 baht for delivery. Order a few tins to make it worth while.

Dewhurst brand corned beef, 200 baht a tin.

9 hours ago, madmen said:

OMG 3000 baht tin sheds built on a malaria swamp LMAO 

Better stay at the marriott anywhere and watch it any of hundreds of aircon sports bars getting served by pretties 

I am not familiar with this resort but I do recall 3000 baht a night as a run of the mill price for MotoGP weekend.

Still not enough to keep resorts going though. You can run a business on the proceeds of one weekend a year.

41 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Knowing what I know now, you are correct in that using an agent to obtain you annual extension/visa is a whole lot lesser hassle than to stay legal. I too may now go down the road of using an agent in the future. Any agents in Buriram?

5555555. You bang on about corruption at  Buriram Immigration. How bad it is and how you would never pay.

Now you are going to roll up with an agent to circumnavigate the rules. Isn't that what the IO offered in the first place?

They are going to have you for breakfast. Let us know when you are going. I have to see this.

14 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

It is probably worth pointing out that, because you evidenced your role as sponsor, the monthly salary for your wife was superfluous; I would suggest it's best purpose was supporting evidence for the business for reasons to return to Thailand.

That was my thinking behind offering bank statements. They were handed to the VFS staff with the code separators but were handed back straight away, so my wife told me.

15 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

Genuineness of relationship/reasons to visit  (your marriage and visit to see family)

Financial adequacy (your sponsorship)

Reasons to return to Thailand (her business and assets in Thailand)

I agree.

8 minutes ago, rasg said:

The OP hasn't specifically stated that it is a visit visa his wife wants to apply for. Can GHworker2010 confirm please?

If it is a settlement visa then the OP would not need to be worried about his wife's employment and salary here in Thailand. Reading between the lines I think it is quite likely a visitor visa.

My wife is self employed and successfully applied for a visitor visa for UK last year.

She wrote a letter from herself explaining that she was self employed and that she had to return to Thailand in order to run her business. She provided bank statements showing a monthly salary but they were not scanned by VFS. It seems they were not interested.

I provided a separate letter with my UK bank statement to show that I was her sponsor and my parents supplied a letter to say that we would be staying with them.

As I said at the top of my post, this resulted in a successful application.

19 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

There is a reason why 95% of ham is injected to cure.  My granny just before the Civil War in the hills of Virginia when curing ham injected around the bone to make sure the cure penetrated all of the meat and her grandmother when curing ham for General Washington did the same thing.   

You said you cure in "24 hours". That is impossible. Cannot get a decent cure in that time. You are making salted pork. Not cured.

Commercially cured hams and bacon are injected for quick results and to keep the water content high to gain weight and thus get more money for the meat.

The results??? A wet and flavourless product.

The longest waits I have had in the past year or so are, in order : Siem Reap, Cochin in India and Gatwick.

18 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

I cure it all the time.  Get a needle and inject the cure.  Put it in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for 24 hours and cook at a low temp in the oven. 

Noooo. Don;t inject it. You need a long, slow cure.

I dry cure pork. Mix my own cure (slat, pepper, pink salt and what ever takes my fancy at the time). Rub the meat with the cure mix. Refrigerate for a week. Take the pork out the fridge. Rinse it and cook as you wish.

"real farmer girl"....555555

What look like false tits, make up that she needed a shovel to apply and dyed hair. Really?

18 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

Let's not get carried away in the exaggeration dept.

No exaggeration. I could walk out of my front door now and get a sweet smile a dozen times within half a mile.

39 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Not sure why you use the Thai word here, but assume you mean teachers. 

It is all occupations that typically have this cover, and actually they have stopped issuing such cards.

It is only compulsory for government organisations to get Thai social security for their employees.

When did they stop issuing cards? 

11 x 55000??? Typo?

9 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

The police orders cannot change. However, the interpretation and enforcement is all over the shop and always has been.

Police orders do and have changed immigration rules.

If you have 400k in the bank for a marriage extension and they ask you to keep it in the bank for the consideration period it is hardly "all over the shop".

Besides, if it is not a rule change and only interpretation, the IO at a border wouldn't know about it. So your original comment is inane.

10 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

There most certainly has WRT proof of financials. Maybe not as OTT as the changes for retirement extensions but depending on what Immigration Office one uses, some changes have been reported.

Changes in offices??? Reported? So no rule changes with police orders?