kriswillems

12 hours ago, BritManToo said:

You are wrong, marital status at time of birth is recorded on the birth certificate.

I checked it but didn't see it mentioned anywhere.

The mother does want to help and provide documents. Does someone know if it's a requirement that I have partial for full custody? And how do I prove that in case of divorce with mutual consent?

Currently I am on a one year marriage extension. My wife wants to divorce. I have a son born within the marriage and my name is on the birth certificate. I want to divorce with mutual consent at the amphur. After the divorce my one year marriage extension must be cancelled and I want to apply for a one year child support visa. I have more than 400k on my account. My son will live mostly with his mother. I will live elsewhere nearby.

- Can I apply for a one year child support visa for having a Thai child?

- Would I need full or shared custody over the child? Or can the mother have full custody?

- Is the custody information included in the mutual consent divorce agreement? Or do you need another document for this.

- Am I assumed to be the father just by showing the birth certificate?

In the past they've always started the consideration period of 1 month on the day I applied.

Ok, then another question.
My 1 year extension expires on 20/9/2019.
Would it be acceptable to apply for my next 1 year extension on 17/9/2019? Or would that be too late?
If I would do like this I would get 4 days to stay (to 20/10/2019) when arriving back in Thailand on on 16/10/19.

My 1 year extension based on marriage ends on 20/9/2019

I have to go abroad from 4/10/2019 to 15/10/2019
When I have to apply for my next one year extension in order not to get any problems?
I assume my 1 month consideration starts from the day I apply for a 1 year extension, right?
Can I travel during my under consideration period, taking into account my last 1 year extension has already expired?

Okay, the money was refunded to my bank account. Their system seems to be unable the handle mpay accounts of foreigners (from now on). Mpay is an AIS owned payment service. It's not about the AIS mobile phone service.

Nobody?

A few days ago I got a message in Thai saying my mpay account was blocked. I went to the AIS office. They said there was something wrong with my registration (but I had been using it for more than a year without problem), and asked for a copy of my passport. They said that after 3 days everything would be back to normal. But it wasn't it. I still have no access to my money.

According to the AIS person today, they will block all accounts of foreigners and the only way to get our money back would be a bank transfer which would take 5 days.

Does somebody have the same experience?

Update: i went extend my 1 year extension today. No questions were asked about the CMB record. My file was sent to BKK for approval.

Another question.
My visa expires on 20/9/59. This is exactly 2 months after 20/7/59.
Is it allowed to extend your visa on the very last day?
It would be nice if possible, because I would have no problems with my bank book.
 

Well, the passbook shows all records higher than 400K (at lot of recent records too).
Only the 30 last records are printed by the terminal. The other are combined to one CMB record.
A record on 20/7/2016 has CMB in front of it, which means that all transaction on the account were combined to 1 record.
For instance, in February I had less than 400K on my account, but my passbook doesn't show it.
Theoretically, I could have had 0 baht on my account on 19/7/2016 with this passbook record.

Another question : does the money need to be 2 months on the account before the extension expires, or 2 months before the day you apply for the extension?

On 20/9/2016 my 1 year extension based on marriage expires.
So, today (6/9/2016) I went to update my passbook. My passbook shows the following:
04/01/16 "amount on account more than 400K"
20/07/16 CMB "amount on account more 400K"
... other normal records after 20/07/16 all more than 400K on account.
Now, the CMB-record means "combined", in other words, the details got lost and were combined in 1 record, because I didn't regularly update my passbook.
If immigration knows what CMB means, they could think my account was below 400K at a moment before 20/7/16 (it wasn't, but anyway).

My question: if I go to extend my visa tomorrow on 07/09/16, will I be OK? 

 

Problem solved. I went to talk to immigration in Sriracha. They don't need a special letter, just the 2 passports.

Ok, my plan:
1. I consult immigration office here to ask if a letter of my local city hall would be accepted and/or if a letter is necessary.
2. I enter Belgium.
3. I apply for a new passport in Belgium
4. I ask the city hall if they can write than letter in English (if necessary).
- If they can not : I apply for a new non-immigrant-O visa and ask for a new 1 year extension in Thailand. This would break my visa-extension chain, but I never managed to get any benefit from that chain anyway.
- If they can: I take a old passport with reentry permit and new blank passport with me to enter Thailand. I get stamped in the new passport according to the reentry permit in the old passport. I go to immigration to transfer the other stamps.

I guess that would work.

Edit: thinking about it. There are a lot of steps and goodwill involved in this choice (both of my city hall and immigration). I might just choose to apply for a new non-immigrant-O visa.

Belgium embassy doesn't provide any consular services to people with residency in Belgium, so I guess that includes the letter.
The only consular services you can get from them are emergency travel documents or replacing a stolen passport.
Suppose I get my local city hall to write a letter in English, would that letter be accepted?

Would the Thai embassy in Belgium be able to transfer the stamps for me?
personally I think this is unlikely, given the huge number of special stamps and knowledge involved, plus access to computer immigration system that is needed).

I plan to apply for a new passport in my home country.
Because of a new rule it's not possible to get a new passport in my embassy as long as I have an official residency in Belgium.
I want to keep my residency in Belgium because it will make going back easier and I still have a house there.
Therefore I would like to travel back home and apply for a new passport there.

The problem is that I have a non-immigrant-o extension valid until mid september and a reentry permit. This is my 6th consecutive 1 year extension.

If I apply for a new passport in Belgium, my local city hall will probably not want to write a letter to transfer the immigration stamps, because they have no knowledge about such letter.

So, suppose I would arrive in Thailand with:
- my old passport with reentry permit
- my new blank passport
- and without any letter asking to transfer the stamps

Will I be allowed to stay until my extension in my old passport expires?
Will I be able to transfer the stamps to my new passport?

An alternative would to apply for a new non-O visa in Belgium. But this would break my 6 year consecutive extension chain.

These laws are not enforced. Why would you give up a second nationality (as a woman - so, no army service)? I see only disadvantages.

I think its just a source of extra income. Immigration knows my address for ages (I report it every 90 days and during each and every extension). And I even have to fill it in on the arrival card. My wife got fined too :800B. (Sriracha).

So, what they are asking is to report the same information like 3 or 4 times...

Prices depend very much on the brand.
If you don't ask about the brand you'll get the most used brand in South-East Asia: Osstem.
This is also the cheapest brand on the market (and it's what I got in Phayathai Sriracha).
I don't think this brand is much used in the West, which might cause problems later on if you're moving back.
Prices in Thailand start at:
Osstem: 29000
Hiossen: 35000
Neoss : 39000

Astratech : 45000
Straumann : 60000
Most reputable clinics charge much more than the these prices (for instance 45000 for Osstem in Phayathai).

These videos are incorrect.
The message of these videos - the great Thai kingdom always had to make sacrifices and lost land to have only what is left today - was created during the time of dictator Phibunsongkhram after Luang Wichitwathakan went to visit Vietnam and he saw that Vietnam used a similar strategy to encourage nationalism. It all about the creation of the Thai identity and Thainess in which Luang Wichitwathakan played a central role.
It's kinda strange that nowadays some Thai people still so easily believe in this kind of nationalistic propaganda spread via e-mail.

I was quoted 20,000 for one tooth in Sriracha last month.

For an implant? This seems impossibly cheap.

Yes, you did. But has been a long time ago and i didn't read this post before going to the hospital.

But, I would like to thank you for advising to go there.

I general I am very happy, and without any doubt I will go there again,

after consulting about the price of course, because they seem to fluctuate the price very often, just waiting a few months saved me 5000 Baht.

Nursing/medical fee is not hidden - it is the starting point for any hospital visit and always the base charge before doctor or procedures. It is like a facility/entry charge. Doctor quoted his fixed price for the 45k quote and medications are always quite expensive from private hospitals - but some of that may be justified by better storage conditions and more careful dispensing (checking current pill taking/reactions).

Well, if you're not informed about it in any way (either about the amount of existence), it looks pretty hidden to me. 3 people quoted me : 45000, all included (รวมทุกอย่าง), except medicines (in Thai).

I normally go to government hospitals and have never been charged such a fee.

It's not much money compared to the whole package, but hospitals should communicate better about it and make advertisement with the full price or at least tell the customer about it.