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My wife has been questioned every time she's gone through the border alone. She must look dodgy! Lol

When we travel to the UK together, we use the UK/EU line. She hasn't been questioned when I've been with her.

There'll be questions at the border when she arrives but I'm 99.9% sure there'll be no interview for the application itself.

My wife has had four visit visas for the UK and has never been interviewed, either by phone or in person. The decision will be made solely on the evidence provided in the application.

Did Buddha have a tattoo?

Yeah, he had a West Ham badge on his leg

 I'm trying to compile a standard speech for these people to get them motivated to start looking for themselves, without being a douchebag. 

 

The last part is going to be the most difficult.

 

I don't know about expats, but Barclays has a great app for android that doesn't require a UK sim.

It has all of the functionally of the pin sentry card reader.

Have you tried this with a Thai sim inside? Barclays clearly state you must have a UK Sim and the phone cannot be rooted.

 

I use my Halifax app with a Thai sim card in my phone, no problems. Mostly it connects via WiFi anyway, I can't see how the app would 'know' much about the connection, it just connects to the internet.

Using this thread to express an opinion about people who abuse the UK immigration rules and overstay their visas falls into the category of 'missing the point entirely'.

That point being, that if there is no right of appeal, the person making the decision on a visa application is less likely to take as much care to do so correctly than if there is.

In simple terms (which may or may not help you to understand) if the ECO knows their decision cannot be challenged, there is nothing to stop them refusing it incorrectly.

As someone said earlier (7by7?) if the real aim of the government was to reduce appeals, the best way to do that fairly would be to make sure that their employees (the ECOs) make fewer mistakes.

The days when anyone, other than Nick Clegg, cares what Nick Clegg thinks or says about anything have long since passed.

There's an age of consent issue here.

It says here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Asia#Thailand

The age of consent in Thailand is 15 (with the below caveat) as specified by article 279 of the Thai Criminal Code. The current legislation applies to all regardless of gender and/or sexual orientation.

However, parts of the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act, which disallow any sexual contact with prostitutes under the age of 18, are widely interpreted by some local authorities to cover sexual acts classed as "obscenity for personal gratification". Also from the Penal Code Amendment Act of 1997 Section 283bis, having sex with a child under 18 is a compoundable offense even with the consent of that person. The parent or the child may file charges against the other side if he or she later regrets his or her own action. This ostensibly makes the Thai unfettered age of consent 18.

 

So, they might not want his parents marching up to the front desk with a lawyer in tow demanding to know why they let him stay there with his girlfriend.

On the other hand, they might not care and just let him do what he wants.

Why is he asking you to get involved? he's lived here all his life so he should know the law, and the potential problems he might get into.

Maybe that's exactly why he's asking you to get involved!

Personally, I wouldn't.

1. I am not eligible for a Non O visa back in the UK. Although I am retired, I am not over 65 with a state pension, yet here in Thailand, I am eligible for a Non O, by way of a conversion. Why is that? I appreciate that the Non O visa in London is issued by the Embassy, which comes under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), whilst the conversion to Non O visa is dealt with by Immigration, which is a separate government department. Normally, visas can only be granted outside Thailand, so is this some sort of concession or exception that the MFA has delegated to Immigration, together with different eligibility rules?

 

I suspect it's because someone (with some power) in the Embassy in London got a bug up their arse about how they thought things should be done, and just decided not to issue Non-Imm O visas for retirement unless you are receiving the State pension.

They've also unilaterally decided to stamp 'employment prohibited' on Non-Imm O visas issued for those married to Thai nationals (which it isn't).

I would go for the conversion of visa status inside Thailand, even if Samui give you a bit of a run around, it's got to be better than jumping through all the hoops the RTE in London have invented.

Your mother is Thai, therefore you are also Thai. You should investigate how to confirm your Thai nationality. Then you wouldn't need any type of visa to enter, and remain, in Thailand.

You think she's crazy? I heard normal Thai girls don't get Tattoo's on themselves

Normal people, from anywhere, don't get tattoos of shit 'on themselves'.

What kind of shit is it? Dog shit?

Odd.

Wonder what will happen to all those foreigners that are married, have children, but don't have enough money to get a Non-Imm visa based on marriage.

Will Immigration start splitting up families?

No I don't think so.

A one year NON-IMM Multiple entry visa costs only 5000 baht and is valid for a year. A man who is married and or with children should be able to scratch that together. When in a real financial jam the married foreigner can always get a 60 day extension for the low price of 1900 baht.

What's clear is married people are no longer going to be able to live here using back to back visa except/tourist visa extensions.

No, they need to show 400,000 Bt per annum, or monthly equivalent.

That's not a visa, that's an extension of stay. If you have an extension of stay, what happens at borders need not affect you as you don't have to leave the country.

Surely the main point here is the form that acknowledges the fact that you understand the new overstay rules rather than which form of map is being used?

I believe they've improved the airport since I last flew through there. It was a bit of a pain, but nothing too bad really.

You won't need to collect and re-check your bags, you just go through security, which was very badly organised.

Jet Airways are fine, Mumbai was a pain in the arse, but worth it for the money saved on the ticket.

Call the army. Tell them the baby is a red shirt, or that it's crying because it wants to vote. They will, of course, fix the problem for you immediately.

Date of issue.

It will also have a date which it must be used by. Any entry you make on the visa must be done before this expiry date.

Your permission to stay starts when you arrive in the country, so if you enter one day before the visa expires, you get a 60 permission to stay.

Quote: "Its difficult for me to transfer money from overseas to put in my name." = And why would that be a problem? Is Hollywood planning a remake of the series "The Fugitive" and you are the main actor? If not you will be better off in Cambodia.

Cheers.

Because i already transferred my money here before I planned to buy a condo. So i dont have overseas money to transfer in again.

If you still have the details of the transfer, I believe you can get the bank to issue the paperwork that you need.

After all, the money did originate abroad, all you need is the document that says that.

Do the translated documents need to be aproved by a solicitor? I have this head ache to do tomorrow ...

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No, they just need to be translated by a third party who can be contacted to verify the translation (I don't think they bother to do this, once they see the stamp from a translation company). There are many translation companies in Bangkok, some of them can be found right next to Ploen Chit BTS station. Usual charge is around ฿300 per document.

The problem with getting NHS treatment is you lose your GP ,or you used to, if you do not use them for 5 years. I believe they try and contact you a few times before they send your records back to their Central office. It happened to me and I didn't know until I tried to visit the doctor after being back in the UK for a few months. So if you do go home to get treated for something a bit nasty , you need your GP to get referred to the Hospital obviously.

You can sign up with a new Medical Centre,with a new GP,all done quite painless,and you can make an appointment to see your new GP once you have handed in your application to Reception!

This happened to me. I went to make a doctor's appointment and they said I'd been de-registered. They re-registered me there and then. They don't want to de-register you. I think they have to, but they're more than happy to re-register you without too much fuss.

Why is it, that when someone posts a serious, honest, question or topic on TV, they almost always get hammered with a bunch of stupid comments from twits with nothing to offer but drivel? If you don't have anything constructive to add, why comment? just shut the hell up!

Well said