roiethome

Thanks again, Ubonjoe

Tried to search for the answer but came up empty handed.

Do I need a residency certificate from Immigration Office to support my work permit application please.

Any help appreciated,

thanks

Elviajero, 

Do you know in Chang Wattana will do in 45 days ?
Thanks

Many thanks Ubonjoe.

I have a 90 day visa based on marriage issued in Lao.

How soon can I apply for the annual extension based on my marriage to my Thai wife; I have all the documents prepared

Many thanks.

Beer Lao Gold is now available in Foodland and Villa.

Expensive at 78 for a small bottle but worth it.

N A T O

No Action Talk Only

OK, my favorite beer in descending order:
Kilkenny - expensive in BKK but an infrequent treat when I am in town.

Beer Lao Gold - not available anywhere in Thailand as far as I am aware. Drink when I visit Lao and bring a few bottles back for special treat.

Beer Chang - must be ice cold 

The rest of the local beers are not worth opening 

Why is there so much speculation that the driver was not using her brain and speeding, when the facts of the accident are not known or reported.

There could be several scenarios contributing to the accident other than stupidity:
Heart attack or seizure of the driver.

Oncoming truck which forced her to swerve and the truck didn't stop.

Component failure 

The reality is we do not have the facts here, and unfortunately accident investigation in Thailand is in a fairy primitive state, so we probably will never know the real cause of the crash.

R.I.P to the victims.

Ubonjoe,

so very grateful for all your help.

You have sorted a major problem for.

Many thanks

cheers

Ubonjoe, 

thanks for all your help.

Just noticed that Suvannakhet is on the border. Presumably I can drive to the border, as I will be in Isaan next week, and cross the bridge into Suvannakhet.

Will I get a visa on arrival for Lao for the border crossing>
Is the visa application form the same for Svannakhet as Vientiane?
Really most helpful indebted to you,

chers

Ubonjoe,

thanks for the advice. Looks like better to get a single entry marriage visa for 90 days.

I always worked or had retirement  visa so going to Savannakhet is all a mystery to me.

A few questions if I may;

How to get from Vientiane to Suvannakhet ?
How long does it take?
where do I get the visa application form ?
Tried to search in the forums but could not find the answers.

Many thanks for your help

cheers

I need to change from retirement to marriage extension, because I intend to work again.

If I exit, with no re entry permit, my retirement visa will be cancelled.

If I came back on visa exempt stamp, can I convert to a non-O using TM87 and then later apply for marriage extension based on income.

This will save me time waiting for the income letter from the embassy before I fly out and back again.

Many thanks for any help.

Thanks for all the answers. 

Guess I will just have ti go to immigration and see what they say, thanks again.

I am considering an offer of a full time job, with a work permit. Currently I have a retirement extension based on income letter from the British Embassy.

If I accept the job offer I must change to a marriage visa to be able to apply for a work permit.

Can I simply transfer to a new marriage extension (my current retirement extension expires Sept 2017), or do I need another letter from the embassy for my income and apply for a new extension.

Any advice welcome,

thanks.

Reporting on line is a joke. I have only been successful once in six reporting attempts.

Today I got a message saying the site was not secure and when I changed to insecure site it took about a minute to refresh each box. Then when submitting, the screen stayed blank.

Yes I have reported before, yes it is within the reporting window and yes I am using Internet explorer.

So another 600km round trip next week !

When I was working for a multinational company I lived in Bangkok for about 15 years in various houses and condos.

Since retiring, I have been living in Isaan for the last five years and would not consider living anywhere else.

As others have said, the air is clean, traffic congestion in our village and town is unknown and there is quiet all around, the next nearest house is 500m away.

I have built a far better house for the money than I could find in Bangkok or any there major city, and have a 2 rai garden to keep us occupied.

We bulk shop once month from the nearest city (55kms) to fill the freezers and the local market is 1km away by motorbike.

If we feel the need to visit friends in Bangkok, it is just 45 minutes flight, though we try to avoid too many trips.

I could never be bored, too much to do, making cheese, smoking meat and fish, relaxing with a beer on the patio in the afternoon.  But we have our creature comforts, fibre optic broadband (faster than I ever had in the middle of Bangkok) internet TV from Europe etc.

If you plan right, it can be a wonderful life "in the sticks".

17 hours ago, seancbk said:

 

Saying "it is just not possible to live in Thailand anymore on tourist visas"  is nonsense.    
 

Maybe it is too simplistic, but living in Thailand and tourist visa are non comparable.

A tourist visa implies that one is here on vacation.

Living in Thailand implies staying in Thailand long term.

A vacation is short term period.

If you are wealthy then the Elite visa is designed for those who can afford it without working to stay in Thailand.

The real issue is that many people who have back to back tourist visas are usually those working under the radar in Thailand, often using the internet as a business, and this is not legal.

I moved to a small village in the south of Buri Ram province two and a half years ago, and found it much more friendly than where I previously lived in Roi-Et..

Don't see any evidence of fly tipping in our area and the villagers are keen to keep things neat and tidy with no rubbish tips.

Many Thanks Crossy, will take a look soon when I am in BKK.

Didn't have them in Buri Ram store yesterday,

cheers

Been to HomePro who do not keep this 

Can anyone name a store that does stock these please,

many thanks,

Does anyone know where in Bangkok I can find a photo-cell switch for my garden lighting, the sort that switches on when it is getting dark and switches off in the morning?

Something like this

Many thanks.

Getting old does not relate to numbers, but how you live.

I feel the same at 64 as I did at 34.

Can drink more than I did at 34, sleep a lot less than I did at 34 and can party just as hard to the early hours.

Age is just mind over matter; if you don't mind then it don't matter.

I have been here for more than twenty years now, and certainly do not feel under any more pressure than when I landed here,

It is still easy to get a long term visa if you are legit; the whingers are mainly those trying to buck the system.

Only been back to UK 4 times in 20 years for a total of 17 days, and nothing would drag me back to live in the over regulated politically correct, nanny state that the UK has become.

Thank goodness for places like Thailand.

many thanks for the help, cheers