pianoman

If you take the first Exit coming from Yang Talat / Khon Kaen. the first Garden Shop you pass on your Left sales Sod...     Check what they have on hand and if it does not meet your wants, then ask them and they can / will order fresh shipments from their supplier...  They also can supply people to do the installation for you  if you are not into "Yard  Work"......

Pianoman

Is there somewhere where I can get a printable copy of the US Tourist Visa (DS-160) to use in helping my Thai wife prepare for making the "On-Line" application?   She is not comfortable with computers at all, and depending on when we submit it, I may need to fill in information she gives me over the phone, and I do not want to drag the online application into a multiple days or weeks process...

Pianoman

19 hours ago, eddiev said:

Thanks for that very good news but where is the new office [tessaban office?]

If you do a search on Google Maps, for "Immigration Office, Kalasin"  it should come up and not hard to find...

Pianoman

Sign is Up and the Office is open...  Last week they were doing 90 Day Reports and said the they will be fully operational with in the next two weeks....

Pianoman 

On 4/11/2019 at 10:36 AM, pianoman said:

Spoke to Sakon Nakhon Immig. yesterday and they said that the New (but temporary) Office was located on the 2nd floor of the Tessa Ban building, but were waiting for someone from BKK to install the computers...  More than likely it will be after the Songkan Craziness...   After living in Kalasin for the past 17+ years, I never thought that it would happen...

 

Pianoman

On 4/7/2019 at 1:44 PM, pianoman said:

One of the recent farang additions to Kalasin called the Sakon Nakhon Immg. office and was told that the new Kalasin Office was now open "Across from the Police Offices"...   I spoke to several different Officers at 4 different Offices on Friday and none knew anything about an Immigration Office...  We will be calling Sakon Immigration Office again on Tuesday to get the phone # for the Kalasin Office and then we will know for sure where it is located...

 

Pianoman

Spoke to Sakon Nakhon Immig. yesterday and they said that the New (but temporary) Office was located on the 2nd floor of the Tessa Ban building, but were waiting for someone from BKK to install the computers...  More than likely it will be after the Songkan Craziness...   After living in Kalasin for the past 17+ years, I never thought that it would happen...

Pianoman

One of the recent farang additions to Kalasin called the Sakon Nakhon Immg. office and was told that the new Kalasin Office was now open "Across from the Police Offices"...   I spoke to several different Officers at 4 different Offices on Friday and none knew anything about an Immigration Office...  We will be calling Sakon Immigration Office again on Tuesday to get the phone # for the Kalasin Office and then we will know for sure where it is located...

Pianoman

Can I / anyone pay your Power and Water bills at 7/11s???

pianoman

Looking to Marry my Thai GF of 17 years soon...  I know the costs of the US Embassy parts,  but have no idea as to getting the Translations and getting it Certified by MFA,...  Can anyone break them down for me...

Pianoman

Would like to know about how far in advance a person needs to schedule appointments with for things like Notary Services????   I need to plan ahead, but would also like to get it done fairly soon, and I will need to travel from Isaan for the appointment...

Pianoman

Lived in Kalasin for the past 16+ years, and that was after traveling all around Thailand to see where I wanted to be....  Rented for 3 years before finding the land that I wanted to buy and designed and built my home...

As I told you PM, I know of a nice 2Bedroom, 2 bath place that was built by an American and his Thai wife...  Has a really nice Western Style Kitchen, large open living and dining room, and is on 200 telong wah (double sized lot on a quiet, small soi...

I have had 5 friends come to visit over the years that I have lived here, and four of the five have ended up moving here after they retired...

Pianoman

I am an Old Man, and using an Old Computer (Windows XP) and  get the message "This site can't provide a secure connection....  www.thaivisa.com uses an unsupported protocol....:

Can anyone help this Old Man the easiest way to correct the problem so that I can log on at home instead of having to use an internet cafe???

Pianoman

Could you share a little more information regarding what you are looking for in a rental house???  Number of bedrooms, bathrooms, etc....

I have lived here in Kalasin for the past 16 years and know the area very well...  The best strategy is to spend time driving around and asking neighbors of any properties that appear to be vacant if it might be available...  Plus often "For Sale" house can be rented if they have been vacant for extended periods....    

Even though property prices have risen over the past years, it seems that rental prices have remained surprising low...   2 bed, 1 bath places seem to be in the 5K to 7K range with almost nothing above the 12k per month level...

pianoman

The Rim Pao Hotel in Kalasin has a semi deceni pool and they maintain it better than many Thai pools....   Also once years ago I was able to hire a van and driver from there that was fairly cheap.....

pianoman

13 hours ago, RichCor said:

If you still have your previous 'router' then you *should* be able to use it as a WiFi Access Point (with DHCP feature disabled, and assigned a slightly different LAN IP address; ie: 192.168.1.2), and use an Ethernet Cable to connect the LAN to LAN ports to your new router. 

 

You could then disable the WiFi feature of your new router if no other device is using it.

Thank you for that suggestion, with my very limited computer knowledge that makes sense logically, now if I can just get the 3BB Tech';s to understand and try your suggestion, taking into account the fact that I don't speak Thai, I have found their English abilities to be very lacking....   But I will give that a try...

Pianoman 

I have just switched from 3BB's ADLS to their Fiber Optic 50/10  and find that I have problems logging my Laptop onto the Wifi....  2 of their Tech's tried for over an hour, and finally left saying  "your laptop problem"....    I have since taken my laptop to multiple locations with Wifi and had no problem logging on to any of them.....    I had my computer repair Tech come and try and he could not get it to work either, left saying "3BB Problem"....   I am now waiting for the 3BB Tech's to come back, hopefully to change out the router, but I don't have much faith that it will solve the problem...   To add to the "Craziness" of the situation, my Smart phone logs onto the Wifi no problem....

Any one else experience such a problem or someone have any ideas other than running lines to  the 3 places in the house and under our outside Sala where I usually use the laptop???

Pianoman

On 5/27/2017 at 5:41 PM, Wake Up said:

I have not been to either but I have an American friend married to Thai lady that lives in Kalasin. He comes to Bangkok and his main complaint is lack of expats to hang out with in Kalasin. He speaks fluent Thai but gets tired of only being around Thai people. This is third hand not verified but I believe my friend is lonely for Expat friends in Kalasin. 

There is a small group  of English Speaking Expates (mostly American & English) who meet up Tues, Thurs & Sat. afternoon about 2PM  at the Kalafare Coffee place on the side of the Nom Kin Park lake...  Also a group who meet once a week at 1PM  at the Supak Hotel restaurant on Thursdays...  And for the more European group, I believe they are meeting at the Amazon Coffee shop at the PTT station just outside of Kalasin on the road towards Roi Et...

I have lived here in Kalasin for the  past 15+ years and would not it for Roi Et or Kaen Kaen...

Pianoman

I am sorry, but I can not resist saying that I find it very hard to believe that there is a school for teaching Thai's how to drive either Trucks or Buses.....  I always thought that Tuk Tuk drivers were Truck & Bus Drivers who lost their jobs due to driving too carefully....

Pianoman

When purchasing a Used Car from another person, what is the proper paperwork and procedure for allowing a legal turnover????    And how is such handled when the Seller still owes money on the vehicle????

Thank You in advance for any and all information and suggestions...

Pianoman

It is my understanding that most banks will not loan money for car purchases using the cars as the security for the loans...  They seem to want Land rather than the vehicles, so they do not have to deal with selling Repo'd cars...

Pianoman

We will be driving down to Pattaya / Jomten from Isaan for several days next week, and would like some recommendations for nice / decent Hotels or Resorts within walking distance from the beach...  Also must have decent parking for our vehicles (One Car, One Pickup)   Depending on the room sizes and layouts would probably need at least 2 and possibly 3 rooms, for 4 Adults and one Child,,,  We are thinking in the 850 to 1200 baht per room, per night range..

thank you in advance for any and all suggestions...

Pianoman

4 minutes ago, JoeW said:

We offered them land next to BigC for a reasonable price, but they refused :) Too bad uh. Seems like Yang Talad is the only place with an available government-owned building (police station) that would accommodate the immigration office. 

If you drive the By Pass road heading towards Som Det, you will see the Huge New Government Building which is being completed on the left side of the road...   It is our understanding that most, if not all, of the Government offices will be moved to that location once it is completed..  And that it is possibly the intended location of the Immigration Office if and when one is opened in Kalasin...

Pianoman

5 minutes ago, JoeW said:

Maybe for CM as their budget is probably higher than the immigration offices in Isaan. In any case according to Sakhon Nakhon Immigration, the property has to be a government building which is currently not in use.

For me, I don't mind the yearly drive to Sakhon Nakhon. It's only an hour away, and since they are far away they rarely come and visit.

It was explained to us that the Local Government not only pays for the Immigration Office space but also the wages / compensation for the Immigration staff...  

Pianoman

On 3/9/2017 at 8:23 AM, habanero said:

My husband and I would move from Khon Kaen to Kalasin except for the fact he likes having the Thai office immigration close. It is my  understanding, Kalasin does not have an immigration office. Where do you have to go for immigration services? 

Unfortunately those of us living in Kalasin are forced to go to Sakon Nakhon for our Immigration Services...  But according to the Head (Lady) Officer in Sakon Nakhon that is going to change to a new office in Kalasin within the next 3 to 4 years...

For now it is usually only a once or twice a year trip to immigration for the yearly extensions, as we all do our 90 Day reports by mail...

Pianoman

I get into Roi Et about once to twice a month, and would like to find a an easy to find, location for a Decent to Good Western Breakfast...  Use to stop at the small place by the lake that a Canadian guy and his Thai wife ran,  and even after it changed to an Italian restaurant but last time I was thru town it seems they do not open until much later in the afternoon...   Any suggestion that are open as early as 10:am or earlier, and once again not too hard to find, would be Greatly appreciated...

Pianoman