NativeBob

in thai? there's no such expression in thai, honey. you're faking it

and more and more brave Israeli young men [tourists] are at Onnut and Pinklao. language schools are almost only "occupied" with young Israelis, Russians and Ukrainians. ROFL

at Chula (Bangkok) "admittion fee" was quite hefty (very) but our neighbor's kid went there on "free scholarship". He scored 95%. Real geek.

increase rent 3 folds or request 35% share of profit. Do what thais do

@LosLobo thanks!

many universities offer "free schooling" for bright kids. Even Chula just pass thai SAT/GAT with at least 80% and submit it easy-peasy

took a 30+ minutes to complete. is there binance TH ? never heard/seen

you can't deny what people want to watch. Period. Big Daddy is just an a**hole. Iron curtain doesn't work in XXI century. besides, the sales of VPN is booming, never seen it before. same time >>> RU officials are posting on FB, Instagram and Twitter [fooking] daily. how do they do it, if those are "banned"? kids are watching cartoons, ladies are watching cooking shows, we all are watching The Who and The Doors. Very small communities will find the way how to overcome it, but why whole nation? You do know how much money were invested in promoting videos on Youtube. All wasted. Some restaurants paid $$$ and its gone. What a f**k up!

Went to Mahidoll yesterday to meet the head of MiBio dept. He assured that "there is NO mpox vaccine available in Thailand YET". not for 8500 not for 85000 thb

Indeed just spent couple of years away I was terrified: how could I live here for almost 25 years? Small things I never paid attention now drive me nuts, prices for food doubled and even tripled., filth'n'dirt almost everywhere... but For some idiotic reason I still feel that "home sweet home" when I'm here. Weird? Indeed!

Sweden (unlike other countries) is very straight forward. There are piles of documents have to be filled, translated, legalized and naturized. Will have to start with correct birth certificate, translation and validation at Thai Consulate, Swedish MFA and helluva tasks. In theory it is doable with assistance of proper lawyer ($$$), but (I think) it is Mission Impossible doing by her (mother's) own. sweds are very pedantically driven folks. "Alai-koday" doesn't work there. PS: Even if she will fly to Sweden and pass that test at many private labs, those would render worthless as cell phone bills from AIS or DTAC. I've seen that with AU docs. Worthless. PPS: nope, according to the law the kid is 100% thai, as it was born by thai mother "out of wedlock", but OP was super-lucky to turn it otherwise. Lucky to him and even more luck to his child. Hooray!

@fredwiggy my previous post was [obviously] sarcastic. We all know that a kid growing in Thai education system has very low chances of building a significant carrier, but if the kid is "lu-kruang" - almost abysmal. Sorry to say that but its true. And yes, he must stay with his father. No need to discuss. "Must" is the keyword. Even if its an African country - doesn't matter, father is most important. PS: Thai citizenship is seriously over-rated by some foreigners. We can live just fine with our pathetic retirement visas, no need those Elite-Shmelite "Ok, you can stay here 5-10 years" nonsense.

But if you want your child to have happy and healthy childhood >>> Siam is the only solution! @fredwiggy I'm totally agree with your point about "DNA evidence", although documents issued [say] in Sweden won't have the legal status in Thailand. Somehow they must be verified and notarized internationally while Thailand didn't ratify certain convention. @kneebendingfools Won't be easier to start from "correct Birth Certificate"? Licensed DNA Lab might cost you $$$

I think this issue is not for that gov but as an evidence for court appeal. obviously DNA matching has no legal value in Thailand, even if you bring papers from the University of Stockholm. However child is 100% thai be cause mother is thai. This is obvious. Also, hospital's staff probably misunderstood that legally "there's no father" and they must correct BC. It is not "up to them" - some dumb nurse misspelled her name so they must correct it.

DNA evidence? Means thai DNA is different from farang DNA, right?

oh, there are so many, but we stick to adamant. look for yourself https://adamant.im/comtable/

I heard exactly this. Judge decided she has to buy it from ex-hubby. Bangkok, land was at Rayong. She was a daughter from some middle level gov. officials, he was (I guess is) a teacher in better than average inter. school. What happened between them I have no idea, but her parents didn't like his farangness, that they lived in the parents house where they enjoyed him doing her next door. They had a small kid that he insisted to send to GB while her parents were very against this idea.

Nope. not true. we left without BC. I got it about a month later at local khet office. Bangkok, not Buriram. I don't think - I know guys personally. Legai-shmelegal <<< IDK. Are you a lawyer or just ....? Ooops, IDK that either No <deleted>, Sherlock! What a bold statement! Are you a family shrink as well?

Me too. You made a perfect point though: to be near their kid(s) <<< to bask in their presence w/o worrying about their future.

I only know that from experience of friends who I knew since last century. Talking about legality is not related to the OP. yes, they toss Thai ID cards and passports at daycare unit, I know. mother might not even have an idea about it. absolutely 🤣

It is written in the passport that is was issued in Thailand. kid was born in Thailand as a russkie citizen he has the very own right to go to russia. but likely he won't be able to fly from Russia back to Thailand - yes, he will need both parents permission. And if his mother didn't apply for his thai citizenship and passport - he will be very unfortunate.

the moment he gets RU passport he can fly with his dad. Seen that few times. Easy-peasy However if his mother smart enough to write that "ban" and submit it to (i don't know who) than the custody thingy will pop up.

Birth certificate with his name >>> translation + MFA stamp >>> Russian passport >>> airport.

what a drama! 2 tickets - sayonara Siam! - privet Russia! free KG, school, healthcare - what could be better for a kid? he will catch local language and will go to school at 7 or maybe a bit later. what future awaits him in Thailand? perhaps orphanage? but my guess is she (his wife) is not an evil in the flesh. Something went wrong and she had no option to abandon his and their son.

You are living in a strange place surrounded by weird people. How unfortunate for them.