qazwsx38

Thanks for the fast reply oncearugge:

I obtained my Non Immigrant O VISA from the Thai Consulate in Hawaii this past April. I thought we weren't allowed to work on a Non Immigrant "O" VISA but the info from you is better yet! Could you tell me how to obtain a police clearance certificate since I never needed to get one before.

Thanks again for the reply

Your School (employer) should know what is required and it is them who need to apply for the Work Permit.

Check and make sure they have in fact made the application.

OK, I will check with my employer on what is required from me for my work permit. Thanks again oncearugge for your help and your time.

Thanks for the fast reply oncearugge:

I obtained my Non Immigrant O VISA from the Thai Consulate in Hawaii this past April. I thought we weren't allowed to work on a Non Immigrant "O" VISA but the info from you is better yet! Could you tell me how to obtain a police clearance certificate since I never needed to get one before.

Thanks again for the reply

Hello,

I'm currently living in Thailand under a Non Immigrant "O" (Marriage(. I was just offered a job teaching at a school which they need me to start next week. I will be going to the Thai Embassy in Vientiane. Can anyone advise me the required documents I would need to change my current Non Immigrant "O" to a Non Immigrant "B" VISA.

Thanks in Advance

These look pretty good.

Has anyone ever tasted a Teddy's Bigger Burger?

No, but I heard some good things about Teddys Bigger Burgers from friends still in Hawaii. I will try to check it out when I go back to Hawaii next April for my annual visit back home to Hawaii.

The current population of Laos is about 6 million. So what PDRC is saying is that about the same number of the current population of Laos showed up to protest?

I loved Killer Tattoo- this one is a classic to me. This one has an all star line up of all Thai comedians.

Secret Sunday was pretty cool.

Mo Baed- This movie is a classic too so it might be hard to find. This movie shows what a Thai teacher went through in the 80s. My wife loves this movie since she is a Thai teacher and makes her wish back to those days of a teacher in Thailand (when my wife was a student). Since Im a teacher too, I love this movie too.

Kru Ban Nok- This is another classic teacher movie. This movie follows the life of a Thai teacher in a small village school. Mum is the school director.

I loved Killer Tattoo- this one is a classic to me. This one has an all star line up of all Thai comedians.

Secret Sunday was pretty cool.

Mo Baed- This movie is a classic too so it might be hard to find. This movie shows what a Thai teacher went through in the 80s. My wife loves this movie since she is a Thai teacher and makes her wish back to those days of a teacher in Thailand (when my wife was a student). Since Im a teacher too, I love this movie too.

Kru Ban Nok- This is another classic teacher movie. This movie follows the life of a Thai teacher in a small village school. Mum is the school director.

I loved Killer Tattoo- this one is a classic to me. This one has an all star line up of all Thai comedians.

Secret Sunday was pretty cool.

Mo Baed- This movie is a classic too so it might be hard to find. This movie shows what a Thai teacher went through in the 80s. My wife loves this movie since she is a Thai teacher and makes her wish back to those days of a teacher in Thailand (my wife was a student in the 80s). Since Im a teacher too, I love this movie too.

Kru Ban Nok- This is another classic teacher movie. This movie follows the life of a Thai teacher in a small village school. Mum is the school director.

Im doing this program and I never heard of it. It could be the area you are teaching in. Im teaching at the same school my wife (who is a Thai teacher) is and she was the one that got me into this program. She said she saw the list of all the foreign teachers teaching in this district including all other languages other than English and I and a Lao teacher teaching Lao are the ONLY ones on the list in this district so that could be why I never heard of report and the meeting because especially for the meeting, there would be a lot of empty seats at the meeting.

Unfortunately you won't get replacement certificates.

If you make a police loss report and take that to the Umphur they will give you stamped certified copies of your marriage application. They won't issue replacement documents without the police report.

I can't remember if you have to pay for the copies but it you do it's a pittance.

These copies are accepted in courts in lieu of the original certificates.

Thanks for the fast reply,

What happened is that I came back home to visit (Hawaii which has a Thai consulate) and I made copies but forgot my wifes marriage certificate on the glass at the copy shop (I will beat myself on the head forever for this)about two weeks ago and I just realized this now. I thought I brought my marriage certificate home before but cant find it so it MUST be in the teachers housing where my wife and I teach but my wife is at her home now trying to get as far away as possible from the Songkran celebrations. I just wanted to get replacement ones just in case we cant find my marriage certificate.

Thanks again for your help

Hi everyone,

I know this might be a question to be answered by a Thai person but my wife and I seem to have misplaced our marriage certificate (I know this is a dumb thing that I take full responsibility for). We have copies of it but I would like to know if anyone knows if theres anything I could do to get new marriage certificates.

Thanks in advance

Sorry Im replying so late to this but I just saw it now. I hope you are familiar with Hawaii especially downtown. My directions is from Aala park. So, from coming from Aala park going down Iwilei, you will see a ramp on the right side of the street. Go up the ramp and the first office on the right side is their office. They share the office space with a cleaning service company. When you go in the door just ask anyone there. Their office door is on the right with some forms at the door and information. If its locked, they will usually have a worker with the cleaning service there. Ask them or they will ask you and can assist you.

Hope this helps.

Hello,

Would anyone know of a good English speaking dentist in the Sakhon Nakon or Nakon Phanom area? I want to clean and check my teeth before I visit back home in Hawaii. I dont want to run into a problem with my teeth back home since I dont have dental insurance back home anymore.

Thanks in advance

OMG please ! There are always people that weigh in with the WP line when its not needed. The chances of being caught in your own home, on an Ebay page, actually doing what they may define as work, by police is so remote its not even worth thinking of. You might aswell worry about being struck by lightning 3 times in a night. In fact you would have to be a complete fool to get caught even if someone did tell the police about you which is unlikely as you are in your own home.

Its simple, you do the internet work in your home, you send the girlfriend to the post office to do the packets, send the money from your Paypal to your bank. A transfer from Paypal could be anything. Job done.

I think there comes a point where some advice is just plain not helpful and advice on these forums should really be a bit more down to earth and realistic as opposed to just quoting the rules all the time.

qazwsx38. I suppose yes the correct answer is technically yes you would need a permit to do Ebay but there is a 99.99999999999999999999% chance you would never be get caught unless you are a complete fool.

Just get on there and sell. Good luck with the business.

Good point you made. I will probably do your advice. Thanks for the advice and incouragement.

Ebay is the last place where to sell stuff online...

I heard this from others too. Could you recommend another online selling site?

if you are smart, YOU dont sell anything... everything belongs to your Thai wife.... end of problems and worries, right ?

Good advice but....my wife is pretty fair with everyhting with me. She makes enough as a teacher here in Thailand. Ebay was just an idea for me to stay here in Thailand other than teaching in which Im doing now.

Many sellers on ebay refuse to send goods to Thailand and many Thai sellers also refuse to send goods to Thailand. When I query them they say it is because the Thai postal service is slow, unreliable and parcels often go "missing".

I heard from another guy who was or is selling on ebay now and doing good that the Thai postal service is the way to go and is always faster than Fedex, etc. But when Im sending things back home to Hawaii, the Thai postal service does seem slow and at times very slow. But I havent yet (knock on wood) had any of my parcels sent to Hawaii lost.

For all practical purposes you can get away with it. However, just to be clear, it will be a problem if you are caught doing it.

The problem will NOT be with the immigration...it will be with the Thai Tax people.

Although many people say that selling items on ebay from Thailand is not working in Thailand...I assure you, the Thai Tax authorities will NOT accept that.

Because you initiated the effort while in Thailand...no matter that it was completed on the internet or outside of Thailand...in the Thai tax authorities view...you did that work IN Thailand and are therefore eligible for Thai income tax on the profits from that activity.

I agree it's unlikely they will find out, or if it's only a small amount they are unlikely to come after you for tax....but they CAN if they wish for come after you for not paying Thai income tax on work done in Thailand.

And by their interpretation...what you would be doing is work in Thailand...whether you recieve any compensation for it or not.

Wow! So much thing to consider when just trying to sell on ebay. Thanks for the information.

Technically you need a work permit. However in all honesty I can't see that you would be bothered if selling legit goods. Not that I'm speaking from experience you understand .

As has been suggested you could use your wife or girlfriend's name for registration on Ebay, but of late it has become very difficult to establish Thai trading accounts on Ebay and it would be likely you would get very low selling limits.

Thus, best route is farang account and farang paypal account thus, technically the trade is taking place in another domain, and money held offshore.

The only point of weakness would be taking a bag of parcels to the PO. In this instance you are caught working no arguments. I've heard this happens in Pattaya I don't know if it is one of those rumours that does the rounds.

Someone else just posted of people running into trouble down below Bangkok. Ill probably just do small amounts at first. Thanks for the heads up though.

Just do it, hush hush is the key. I was a successful seller in the UK but it will be a different ball game over here but I think Ebay is a shop where everyone and anyone can sell things.

I bought things from the US, Hong Kong and Singapore off of Ebay and it is commonly known as a International auction website. Unless Thailand has taken itself off the International stage then crack on.

Contact Ebay to check, they are good and will get back to you

Thanks. Ill try to contact them.

If your married can you put the account in the missus name? If not do you trust someone over here?? If the answer is NO, you don't really need to use your name as the username you could call yourself anything "ThaiShopOfStuff" and only you and Ebay will know your real name. Totally legit and safer.

Best of Luck

Thanks for the advice. I might just make up a funky Thai name for myself.

I guess you wouldn't receive any work permit, because its the most difficult document in Thailand for an - sorry I just say - 'ordinary' foreigner....

Uhm as long I don't know some other documents, which are even harder to get.

Ok, maybe you can try to apply for, but better you just forget it and do whatever you want to do as long you DO NOT appear as a seller in Thailand outside of your 'Keyboard Area'.

As I believe (and as I have experienced or heard from other sides), this is the more important rule to follow here. - if not even the only rule as long you have the permit to stay in Thailand.

Thailand is not Iran - BUT Iran is in Thailand....

But avoiding Israel can be safe as well in some cases.... ;p

Haha! Good one about Iran. Thanks for the input.

Just do it, hush hush is the key. I was a successful seller in the UK but it will be a different ball game over here but I think Ebay is a shop where everyone and anyone can sell things.

I bought things from the US, Hong Kong and Singapore off of Ebay and it is commonly known as a International auction website. Unless Thailand has taken itself off the International stage then crack on.

Contact Ebay to check, they are good and will get back to you

Thanks. Ill try to contact them.

@Gone: Dont mean to sound like an idiot about the work permit thing. I am just asking to make sure because Im now currently teaching in Thailand and wanted to try something new other than teaching next term. My wife is Thai and also a teacher and I have two kids, one just born Jan 7. I wouldnt want to ruin my chances of living here by getting deported or something.

-Thank you!!!!

@Chivas: Thanks for the suggestion. This was the kind of information I was looking for.

I can understand and appreciate what you are saying however I would just do it and like someone here already said just don't tell anyone not even your coworkers.

Posting here was your first mistake however just do it. You sound like you are an upstanding person here and concerned for your family and life but if anyone ever DID ask just tell them you are only doing marker research for your teaching lessons.

Don't worry mate you won't get in any trouble.

The internet is a www and if you use a personal email account and not your work's email then you are fine. You are not actually working in Thailand by doing this and NOT taking away a job from any Thai's.

PS: I'm sorry if I came across a little to strong. Guess I have been here to long.

No problem about coming across a little too strong bro. I do tend to try to do everything too much by the book same like my wife. Thanks for your added suggestions though. Your suggestion on how not taking jobs away from the Thai people and using my personal email makes perfect sense. Now I can rest assured.

Take Care

@Gone: Dont mean to sound like an idiot about the work permit thing. I am just asking to make sure because Im now currently teaching in Thailand and wanted to try something new other than teaching next term. My wife is Thai and also a teacher and I have two kids, one just born Jan 7. I wouldnt want to ruin my chances of living here by getting deported or something.

-Thank you!!!!

@Chivas: Thanks for the suggestion. This was the kind of information I was looking for.

Hello everyone,

Can anybody tell me if I need to get a work permit if I plan to sell things on ebay from here in Thailand? And, if a work permit is needed, what documents would I need to obtain a work permit.

Thanks In Advance,