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Dearly beloved Krabi residents,
My wife, our two children and I are moving to Krabi in June/July 2020. We have lived in Thailand for 10 years, and we both speak fluent Thai.
We have been to Krabi before, but never really looked into the province with the intention of living there. Our oldest child will need to attend school (Anuban 3, she is 5), but we are not sure what school to choose. I have found three different international schools: Krabi International School, Krabi International Montessori Academy and The British International School of Krabi. We are particularly interested in Krabi International School and would love to hear from anyone on this forum who has had experience with either of the aforementioned.
Furthermore, we are looking for a place to stay as well. We are interested in long-term rentals (preferably house with garden, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms) - or we might just go ahead and buy a house somewhere a bit outside the touristy areas. I have looked online, and most of the Thai-based real estate listings do not have much to offer. Maybe I am looking in the wrong places?
Lastly, can you recommend areas to stay in? Just looking for a couple of wise words and pointers before visiting Krabi in February. If I know a little bit more by then, I believe it will be easier for us to navigate through the options, and at least have a point of entry to enquiries.
I appreciate your time - thank you!
All the best, Martin
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Hi guys,
My friend has a limited partnership (NOT a company limited) and has offered me to come and work for him. However, he does not know if I will be able to obtain a work permit in a limited partnership. I suggested to investigate further and naturally my journey of wisdom begind here.
Does anyone have experience with limited partnerships and foreigners working there? If so, what is the procedure to get a Non B visa done followed by a work permit?
Crossing my fingers and hoping for good advice
Thanks you!
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I have a Lao girlfriend (soon to be wife, although we're having to do that in the UK) and son. She has lived in Thailand for 6+ years and does a border run to Cambodia every 30 days for a visa exempt stamp. This seems to be unlimited although in the current climate I am keen to get her added to my Extension which I will hopefully do once we are married.
The border run from Pattaya is fairly easy - leave at 6am and back by 2pm for 1,000 baht.
So you are in the same situation as I - except you are getting married in the UK. Very smart! However take notice that Laos does not recognize foreign marriages between outsiders and Lao citizens. In other words, they dont care if you are married in other countries if you are not registred in Laos. Getting married in Laos is the most difficult thing that I have had to through overhere in 7 years. I strongly advice against it. Staying with your girlfriend in Laos can get you fined up to 5000 usd and she can get in legal trouble here as well. It is said that they dont really uphold that paragraph anymore, but 2 months ago I was questioned - communist-style - and had to pay 20.000 baht for nothing. They can return and collect whenever they see fit, so now we cant stay together. Troublesome it is to not be able to stay with the woman you love and your own daughter. The marriage process here can take anywhere from 6 months to 2 years!
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Can I ask what work you were doing in laos to support yourself.
Just curious, as mine is thai/lao/cambodian
Pondered about moving to laos or cambodia, as its even cheaper, but cant imagine any work that would be worth it
Sure. I do online entrepreneurship, working with content/traffic marketing and affiliate marketing worldwide.
Laos is in no way cheaper than Thailand. Only thing cheaper here is beer and cigarettes.
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Why are you staying in Thailand? What's the allure? Why not stay in her country or yours?
Not relevant at all, but nice of you to ask
We both prefer to stay in thailand and used to stay there together. It is more convenient, cleaner and in Laos a foreigner can not stay with a Lao national except if the are married. It might be hard for anyone to picture, but in my opinion traffic is scarier here. I like Thai food way better than Lao food. I do love Isan food, but up here it's more the prototype of Isan food than the dishes we are used to in Thailand
No you know!Well, good fortune to you both, and also to the little one.
I lived in Thailand for well over two years. Cannot say I liked it much at all. There are a myriad of much better places to live. So, naturally I get curious when people say they actually want to go live there. I immediately feel the need to ask, what for?
Thanks, for your reply.
well than why did u not like it? I have been living here over 30 years and raised a daughter here and she attended international schools
where did u find better?
to the op
Does your daughter have ur last name and is your name on the Birth certificate. it has to be for her to be attached to your visa.
There is an EXCELLENT thread on k440 concerning marrying a Cambodian outside Cambodia ( and so it could apply for you to marry ur Laos gf outside laos
Read thru it. http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=53999
If the link is taken off here, do a search for it, on k440 dot .com forum marrying a Cambodian in Singapore
Getting a Migrant ( L-A visa) is not that easy but it can be done, do some research on the MOU between Thailand and Laos
She has my last name and my name is on the birth certificate. Thank you for advice.
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I think this has been discussed before - but could she in theory get the migrant worker permit - and formally work for OP?
I am currently checking up on this matter. Thank you
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It takes a long time to get married in Laos. They do not recognize foreign mariages here. We have just begun the process, and the lawyers are positive to have the mariage certificate in 6 - 8 months from now. We will not be legally married until then.
- Once you have the extension of stay your wife (legal) and child can both apply for visas and extensions of stay on the back of your extension. - Won't I be able to bring my daughter from the beginning on a Danish passport?
- Yes your daughter will be able to stay without any problem.
- You're future wife will have to do border runs every 30 days or use tourist visas and exit every 60 days. She can extend 60 day stays by 30 days at an immigration office for 1,900 baht.
Alright, so my soon to be wife should get a 60 days tourist visa from the Thai embassy in Vientiane, extend it with 30 at the immigration office - and then go to laos after 90 days and do it all again. By then we hope to have the marriage certificate ready and from there, she will jump on my visa and stay with me. That sounds like a plan
Thank you very much!
Yes, but you won't be able to flip-flop to and fro borders too many times. Eventually immigration will catch onto it and nab your wife and probably send her back to Laos.
I did this very thing for my first year in Thailand and they caught on and pulled me aside. Fortunately for me brother-in-law is a big-shot in the Thai Royal Police and a simple phone call got me off the hook, stamped, and re-entered in minutes. Your wife likely will not have that luxury. So be careful. Think of her safety and well being and yours.
I know all this. If you read my initial post, this is what we want to avoid.
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Why are you staying in Thailand? What's the allure? Why not stay in her country or yours?
Not relevant at all, but nice of you to ask
We both prefer to stay in thailand and used to stay there together. It is more convenient, cleaner and in Laos a foreigner can not stay with a Lao national except if the are married. It might be hard for anyone to picture, but in my opinion traffic is scarier here. I like Thai food way better than Lao food. I do love Isan food, but up here it's more the prototype of Isan food than the dishes we are used to in Thailand
No you know!Well, good fortune to you both, and also to the little one.
I lived in Thailand for well over two years. Cannot say I liked it much at all. There are a myriad of much better places to live. So, naturally I get curious when people say they actually want to go live there. I immediately feel the need to ask, what for?
Thanks, for your reply.
We stayed there for 6 years before, had enough and went to laos - and are now heading back
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It takes a long time to get married in Laos. They do not recognize foreign mariages here. We have just begun the process, and the lawyers are positive to have the mariage certificate in 6 - 8 months from now. We will not be legally married until then.
- Once you have the extension of stay your wife (legal) and child can both apply for visas and extensions of stay on the back of your extension. - Won't I be able to bring my daughter from the beginning on a Danish passport?
- Yes your daughter will be able to stay without any problem.
- You're future wife will have to do border runs every 30 days or use tourist visas and exit every 60 days. She can extend 60 day stays by 30 days at an immigration office for 1,900 baht.
Alright, so my soon to be wife should get a 60 days tourist visa from the Thai embassy in Vientiane, extend it with 30 at the immigration office - and then go to laos after 90 days and do it all again. By then we hope to have the marriage certificate ready and from there, she will jump on my visa and stay with me. That sounds like a plan
Thank you very much!
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Why are you staying in Thailand? What's the allure? Why not stay in her country or yours?
Not relevant at all, but nice of you to ask
We both prefer to stay in thailand and used to stay there together. It is more convenient, cleaner and in Laos a foreigner can not stay with a Lao national except if the are married. It might be hard for anyone to picture, but in my opinion traffic is scarier here. I like Thai food way better than Lao food. I do love Isan food, but up here it's more the prototype of Isan food than the dishes we are used to in Thailand
Now you know!Oh, and i am from Denmark. Enough said...
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- You need a single entry non 'B' visa that will give you a 90 day entry to the country and allow you to get a work permit. Depending on your employer that may be arranged before you come, or you can enter with a tourist visa/visa exempt entry and apply to convert to a non 'B' visa/entry in Bangkok. Better to get it before arriving if possible.
- During the 90 days you can apply for a 1 year extension of stay on the basis of your work.
- Once you have the extension of stay your wife (legal) and child can both apply for visas and extensions of stay on the back of your extension.
- Once you all have extensions of stay no border runs will be necessary. You will all need to report to immigration every 90 days.
- The extensions of stay can be extended each year all the time you are working.
- Initially your wife and child can enter with a tourist visa giving them 60 days. That can be extended by 30 days if necessary. Once your extension of stay is granted they will need to go to the Thai Embassy in Vientiane to get a Non Immigrant 'O' visa based on your extension of stay/work. They will enter and be granted 90 days. During the 90 days they will apply for the extensions of stay that will be synced with yours.
p.s. Note that your daughter would need a visa/visa exempt to enter the country but children cannot be charged or banned for overstay.
It takes a long time to get married in Laos. They do not recognize foreign mariages here. We have just begun the process, and the lawyers are positive to have the mariage certificate in 6 - 8 months from now. We will not be legally married until then.
- Once you have the extension of stay your wife (legal) and child can both apply for visas and extensions of stay on the back of your extension. - Won't I be able to bring my daughter from the beginning on a Danish passport?
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Distinguished members,
I am moving to Thailand in May with my Lao girlfriend (soon to be registred as wife in Laos) and our daughter, aged 1 year and 2 months. I have a job waiting for me, but my girlfriend does not. My daughter is getting a Danish passport - so I assume that she will travel with me and not need any special type of visa?
Anyhow, my girlfriend is the pressing matter. We are trying to figure out how she can stay with us without the visa hassle. We would like to avoid her leaving the country to make visa runs once so often. Does anyone have any experience regarding how a Lao national can stay in Thailand? Would it be better if we got her a job? Are there any visa exemptions when nationals from an ASEAN country apply to live in Thailand?
We have talked to people in Laos, but noone semm to know anything. I will contact the Thai embassy in Vientiane, Laos tomorrow and the Lao consulate in bangkok as well. But the information they give us might lack certain parts.
I hope to hear from someone with experience.
Thank you all!
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Hey Guys!
I am a 10th. students grade wing tsun practitioner, living in Chiang Mai, looking for others to train with. No money involved or anything. Just pure wing tsun training. I completed the 2 years instructors course in Copenhagen, Denmark and have trained for a total of 7 years. The latter years I have switched around other branches of the Leung Ting System, including the Sergio Iadarola branch. The only school of the Leung Ting System is in Hua Hin - and that is way too far to travel for a couple of weekend-lessons. Here in Chiang Mai we have lots of nice places to practice in. Fx. parks and mountains.
I hope to find someone who is interested in some serious wing tsun. Call me or text me!
Take care!
Martin Jakobsen
0890576949
Moving to Krabi mid 2020 - International schools?
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Thank you very much for your great reply! Almost strated to think the Krabi forum had been abandoned...
I have submitted a request to join the Facebook groups and checked your listings.
Thanks again! I really, really appreciate it!