oz457

Okay, this my personal situation:

I went to the Bangkok Internations Gifts and Furniture show in April 2006. About 2,5 months later, I went to Thailand a second time to look around for new merchandise, suppliers and business opportunities. I also took 2 weeks off so, I finally ended going to Laos for 10 days. This means I have 1 VOA in April for the show, 1 VOA for the visit in June, and 1 VOA after coming back from Laos, to fly back home.

There is a new show coming up in October (Bangkok International Gifts and Furniture show

http://www.thaitradefair.com/fairin/bigoct06/

Does this mean I won't be allowed into the Kingdom? If not, I'll just go back and go to the show in Hong Kong or China, to do my business over there?

I'm not willing to spend another 30 euro's every time I have to go to Thailand. This means, I have to spend more money, just to do my purchases? No way.

Can someone comment on the above and tell me if indeed I won't be granted without a non-immigrant O visa?

If I'm not allowed, it pisses me off! I'm spending yearly about 10.000.000 baht on merchandise (last year 9.4 milj). I'm going to call some of the companies I'm trading with. If they don't pay the visa for me, my business destination will change. I'm bloody serious about changing country, because I was already considering this, as the Thai's make it more and more difficult to do business.

Last time, there were problems with wooden merchandise that needed to be funigated because of new regulations.

Regarding the above, I have sent the following letter to the Thai embassy here in Belgium:

Dear Sir or Madam,

I seek your help as there is a lot of confusion regarding the new visa regulations that will start on October 1st 2006.

I'm doing business with Thailand and need to travel to Thailand on a regular basis. So far, I was using the Visa on Arrival stamp that granted me 30 days stay.

Here's a history of the visits:

Arrival 1 april 2006 Departure 24 april 2006 (visit of the Bangkok International Gifts Trade fair)

Arrival 20 june 2006 Departure 15 july 2006 (visit of different supplyers, merchandise check and visit to Thai export center)

Arrival 25 july 2006 Departure 9 august 2006 (returning from personal travel to Laos Republic)

My next visit is planned on October 14 2006 to visit the Bangkok International Gifts Trade fair of 17 - 24 oct.

Based on this information, will I be granted a VOA of do I need to apply for a Visa in Belgium? Who will pay the expense of this visa, as in the past this was of no cost.

Kind regards.

That's not such a good news for Thailand! I'm coming to thailand every 2 months to buy merchandise and send it out by container. If I'm not allowed to get into Thailand any more afer 2 or 3 visits, I'll have to do my purchases somewhere else. It seems China is going to be my next destination.

Sorry for the business with Thailand. I'll have to tell this the companies I'm trading with.

If you're doing business here, you can get non-immigrant B visa. This ruling should have no affect on people coming on genuine business trips. All you need is a letter from one of your suppliers to submit with your visa application.

How to apply for NON-B visa:

http://www.thaivisa.com/294.0.html

Example letter for NON-B visa:

http://www.thaivisa.com/332.0.html

I seem to be missing something. From reading those links, the Non-B visa seems to be for someone who wants to get a work visa in Thailand. But it sounds like oz457 is just a businessman who comes to Thailand to conduct business, possibly with various suppliers and/or buyers. This type of situation is very common. There is absolutely no employment involved in such cases. Requiring these people to get a work visa just to conduct normal business is really asking way too much. Businesses will go elsewhere unless they relax the rules for such cases.

Okay, this my personal situation:

I went to the Bangkok Internations Gifts and Furniture show in April 2006. About 2,5 months later, I went to Thailand a second time to look around for new merchandise, suppliers and business opportunities. I also took 2 weeks off so, I finally ended going to Laos for 10 days. This means I have 1 VOA in April for the show, 1 VOA for the visit in June, and 1 VOA after coming back from Laos, to fly back home.

There is a new show coming up in October (Bangkok International Gifts and Furniture show

http://www.thaitradefair.com/fairin/bigoct06/

Does this mean I won't be allowed into the Kingdom? If not, I'll just go back and go to the show in Hong Kong or China, to do my business over there?

I'm not willing to spend another 30 euro's every time I have to go to Thailand. This means, I have to spend more money, just to do my purchases? No way.

Can someone comment on the above and tell me if indeed I won't be granted without a non-immigrant O visa?

If I'm not allowed, it pisses me off! I'm spending yearly about 10.000.000 baht on merchandise (last year 9.4 milj). I'm going to call some of the companies I'm trading with. If they don't pay the visa for me, my business destination will change. I'm bloody serious about changing country, because I was already considering this, as the Thai's make it more and more difficult to do business.

Last time, there were problems with wooden merchandise that needed to be funigated because of new regulations.

That's not such a good news for Thailand! I'm coming to thailand every 2 months to buy merchandise and send it out by container. If I'm not allowed to get into Thailand any more afer 2 or 3 visits, I'll have to do my purchases somewhere else. It seems China is going to be my next destination.

Sorry for the business with Thailand. I'll have to tell this the companies I'm trading with.

Dear all,

I'm wondering if there are marriage contracts in Thailand as we know in our Western countries. I'm a Belgian citizen and we have marriage contracts with the seperation of goods or a contract with mutuality of goods.

Does these kind of contracts exist in Thailand?

Are there any websites, links about this subject.

what are the legal steps to correctly marry a thai citizen? What are the consequences for this thai lady. I once read she will have to sell all her property?

Any assistance is welcome about this issue.

Hi all,

After 33 spring times, I'd like to exchange my western life for a thai life.

I'm trying to figure out a plan to make the exchange go smoothly. After a dozen of visits, I've managed to learn to speak and understand the Thai language. I'm able to make an average conversation.

Here's the plan: I'd like to invest my time and money to go and live in Thailand for at least 6 months. Purpose of my visit: learn to read and write the thai script. After these 6 months, I'll try to bring my language skills to perfection.

Here's my main question: does a farang have many job opportunities if the farang can write/read/speak the Thai language?

Note I'm already perfect trilingual in English, French, Dutch. Can read, write and speak German too on a medium level.

Are multinational companies in Thailand interested in someone with these skills?

Thanks for all answers. Positive or negative.

Can someone tell me if there is a way to send free of charge SMS messages to Thai mobiles (one-2-call)?

Thanks for any help!

Who has the knowledge of importing honda wave bikes into Europe?

I'm willing to import a Honda Wave bike into Belgium. I haven't bought any motorbike yet, but I can ship it together with my business shipments.

Is there anybody in England/Holland or peferably Belgium who has any idea if these bikes can be imported, what are the import tax, how to make them road worthy (regulations).

Any informaiton is welcome.

Hi,

has anyone heard of the extent of damage to Krabi (Ao Nang and Railey Beach)???

I have friends who work in the resorts.

Thanks

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Hi,

my friend his girlfriend contacted the resort where she was working before in Krabi. It seems to be as devastated as Phuket.

I heard a report of a man who just got into his boat and saw everything happening.

I'd like to ask if anybody has any information from the islands of Kho Lipe and Kho Tarutao? Have these islands been affected as well?

Dear all,

I'm aware of the difficulties of owning a property in Thailand. However, I hear very contradictory stories. Some people told me, you actually CAN buy property, which is totally owned by a faran, others point me out the only way to have a property is by sharing the property with a Thai (51% share). Others tell me it is possible to totally own your property if you have a business reaching a specific level of sales. Depending on the value of money you enter into the country, the higher the value of your property you can own.

In any case, I'm very interested in knowing what are the options available. Thanks for any input. I think this is a highly interesting topic to all of the expats in Thailand.