Income Letter For Retirement Visa From Australian Honorary Consul In Cm

[mamborobert]

Anybody know if the local OZ honorary consul does income letters for immigration? and if so, are they accepted by CM immigration.

Any info gratefully accepted.....is there a fee, best way to contact (does not seem to have email address on DFAT page), is there a separate web site etc.

thankee

[sezzo]

As a matter of fact I just received an email from him today as I am going to be in CM in about 3 weeks. Yes he does do the Proof of Income letter and yes they are accepted at CM immigration as my brother was able to get his 12 month extension using this letter. Just google Aust consulate CM and you will find his email address.

[mamborobert]

As a matter of fact I just received an email from him today as I am going to be in CM in about 3 weeks. Yes he does do the Proof of Income letter and yes they are accepted at CM immigration as my brother was able to get his 12 month extension using this letter. Just google Aust consulate CM and you will find his email address.

Many thanks for the quick reply....good news all round.

Not sure what my prob is with google...get the address and phone ok but not an email but will give him a call and start the ball rolling.

Once again.....thanks

[sezzo]

As a matter of fact I just received an email from him today as I am going to be in CM in about 3 weeks. Yes he does do the Proof of Income letter and yes they are accepted at CM immigration as my brother was able to get his 12 month extension using this letter. Just google Aust consulate CM and you will find his email address.

Many thanks for the quick reply....good news all round.

Not sure what my prob is with google...get the address and phone ok but not an email but will give him a call and start the ball rolling.

Once again.....thanks

Mate, I have sent you his email address by PM

Sezzo

[shezasdad]

Sezzo would you mind sending me the email address as well please? Thanks.

[hellodolly]

Is he just a part time emploie. In other words hard to get a hold of?

[Rancid]

I think basically he gets a title without pay, so everything is really a favour. Years ago I applied for my newborn childs passport through the then Honorary Consul, all went easily and smoothly. Everything these days about Australia is more fascist (with a touch of leftist totalitarianism) these days, go to Bangkok and grovel to the outsourced Thai company. Often they also get it wrong so you spend money and time later to create the bureaucratic orgasm for the Embassy that corrects it all.

[ataloss]

^ " basically he gets a title without pay...."

A bit tacky on the part of Australia, wot?

Especially given these days we are commiserating with the average Thai labourer's pay plight. Sheesh.

[justcruisin]

This is great news. Before it was hard to track the gentleman down and was not able to do any proof of income things, albeit that was many years ago. seems a lady is dong the job since 1997?

APPOINTMENT OF AUSTRALIAN HONORARY CONSUL CHIANG MAI, THAILAND

25 March 1997

I have today announced the appointment of Ms Hillary Clare Brown as Australia's Honorary Consul in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with jurisdiction throughout the provinces of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang, Mae Hong Son, Phayao, Phrae, Nan, Uttaradit, Sukhotai and Tak.

Ms Brown is a New Zealand citizen with close ties to Australia. She has lived in Chiang Mai for twelve years and operates a business and communications centre in the city.

Australia has enjoyed a close and cooperative relationship with Thailand over many years, reflecting our geographical proximity, shared strategic perspectives and mutual economic interests. Our bilateral relationship spans a wide range of fields including trade, education, defence cooperation, tourism, narcotics control, refugee resettlement and development cooperation.

The appointment is a reflection of the importance of Chiang Mai as a tourist destination and the sign)ficant Australian presence in northern Thailand.

The Australian Consulate is located at:

LotusHall Limited

Plaza Floor Hillside Place and Condotel 4

50/12 Huay Kaew Road Chiang Mai 50300, Thailand

[Saan]

The Australian honorary consul's powers in Chiang Mai were extremely limited as a result some excesses by a previous consul. Now almost everything has to be done at the embassy in Bangkok.

[hellodolly]

This is great news. Before it was hard to track the gentleman down and was not able to do any proof of income things, albeit that was many years ago. seems a lady is dong the job since 1997?

APPOINTMENT OF AUSTRALIAN HONORARY CONSUL CHIANG MAI, THAILAND

25 March 1997

I have today announced the appointment of Ms Hillary Clare Brown as Australia's Honorary Consul in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with jurisdiction throughout the provinces of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang, Mae Hong Son, Phayao, Phrae, Nan, Uttaradit, Sukhotai and Tak.

Ms Brown is a New Zealand citizen with close ties to Australia. She has lived in Chiang Mai for twelve years and operates a business and communications centre in the city.

Australia has enjoyed a close and cooperative relationship with Thailand over many years, reflecting our geographical proximity, shared strategic perspectives and mutual economic interests. Our bilateral relationship spans a wide range of fields including trade, education, defence cooperation, tourism, narcotics control, refugee resettlement and development cooperation.

The appointment is a reflection of the importance of Chiang Mai as a tourist destination and the sign)ficant Australian presence in northern Thailand.

The Australian Consulate is located at:

LotusHall Limited

Plaza Floor Hillside Place and Condotel 4

50/12 Huay Kaew Road Chiang Mai 50300, Thailand

Is that the current address or the 1997 one

[mamborobert]

This is great news. Before it was hard to track the gentleman down and was not able to do any proof of income things, albeit that was many years ago. seems a lady is dong the job since 1997?

APPOINTMENT OF AUSTRALIAN HONORARY CONSUL CHIANG MAI, THAILAND

25 March 1997

I have today announced the appointment of Ms Hillary Clare Brown as Australia's Honorary Consul in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with jurisdiction throughout the provinces of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang, Mae Hong Son, Phayao, Phrae, Nan, Uttaradit, Sukhotai and Tak.

Ms Brown is a New Zealand citizen with close ties to Australia. She has lived in Chiang Mai for twelve years and operates a business and communications centre in the city.

Australia has enjoyed a close and cooperative relationship with Thailand over many years, reflecting our geographical proximity, shared strategic perspectives and mutual economic interests. Our bilateral relationship spans a wide range of fields including trade, education, defence cooperation, tourism, narcotics control, refugee resettlement and development cooperation.

The appointment is a reflection of the importance of Chiang Mai as a tourist destination and the sign)ficant Australian presence in northern Thailand.

The Australian Consulate is located at:

LotusHall Limited

Plaza Floor Hillside Place and Condotel 4

50/12 Huay Kaew Road Chiang Mai 50300, Thailand

Honorary Consul is a man.....Michael Walther has been for last eight years. (see article under from Citylife in September 2012)

.

The Honorary Consul

Mike Walther, Australian Honorary Consul in Chiang Mai, is no stranger to foreign lands. Walther, who has lived here for 30 years, and his Chiang Mai wife, jointly run two successful businesses in the contracting and upmarket interior design industries. Walther has voluntarily held the position of Honorary Australian Consul for the last eight years, after being nominated by his friend the Australian Foreign Minister at the time. Even though he is beyond traditional retirement age, at 78 years old, Walther still works full time, loving it and believing in keeping mentally and physically fit.

I met Walther in his consular office which piggybacks on his wife’s family business in construction. An Aussie flag and a small consul plaque hung from the shop front which was adorned with ceramic decorations, plush tiled pavements and gaudy religious garden statues...

“The average age for Australian expats here is mid sixties, most are retirees,” he explains. “We had a backpacker who was found on Loi Kroh Road recently, he was walking down the street naked. He’d been drugged and robbed of everything including his clothes. The police didn't want to arrest him. It was harder to get him out of the psychiatric hospital than putting him in. I had to get doctors to sign all kinds of forms, and by the time you get people out of that place, some of them go half mad anyway.”

Born in the mid 1930s in Norwich, UK, Walter moved to Uganda after boarding school, where his father was living as a colonial judge. Walter worked in Uganda as a refrigeration mechanic and although his father wished for him to study law he decided to join the army. During his time in the army he gained a degree in architecture, from then-Rhodesia. “It’s funny I have a degree from a country that doesn’t even exist anymore.”

“When the balloon went up in Rhodesia we left, all my family was moving to either the UK or Canada. After living in warm climates I refused to move to either place. I took the ‘Ten Pound’ passage to Australia.” After a two month journey across the ocean Walter’s ‘Australiaisation’ began and he continued to live in Perth for the next 20 years, building up his own construction company.

After heading various projects in Thailand and Asia with his company, Walter eventually relocated to Thailand where he has lived happily ever since.

Jinda Charoen Konsong

236 Chian Mai-Doi Saket Road (Highway 118), Sansai

053 492 480, 081 837 7750

www.dfat.gov.au/missions/countries/thch.html

[hellodolly]

This is great news. Before it was hard to track the gentleman down and was not able to do any proof of income things, albeit that was many years ago. seems a lady is dong the job since 1997?

APPOINTMENT OF AUSTRALIAN HONORARY CONSUL CHIANG MAI, THAILAND

25 March 1997

I have today announced the appointment of Ms Hillary Clare Brown as Australia's Honorary Consul in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with jurisdiction throughout the provinces of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang, Mae Hong Son, Phayao, Phrae, Nan, Uttaradit, Sukhotai and Tak.

Ms Brown is a New Zealand citizen with close ties to Australia. She has lived in Chiang Mai for twelve years and operates a business and communications centre in the city.

Australia has enjoyed a close and cooperative relationship with Thailand over many years, reflecting our geographical proximity, shared strategic perspectives and mutual economic interests. Our bilateral relationship spans a wide range of fields including trade, education, defence cooperation, tourism, narcotics control, refugee resettlement and development cooperation.

The appointment is a reflection of the importance of Chiang Mai as a tourist destination and the sign)ficant Australian presence in northern Thailand.

The Australian Consulate is located at:

LotusHall Limited

Plaza Floor Hillside Place and Condotel 4

50/12 Huay Kaew Road Chiang Mai 50300, Thailand

Honorary Consul is a man.....Michael Walther has been for last eight years. (see article under from Citylife in September 2012)

.

The Honorary Consul

Mike Walther, Australian Honorary Consul in Chiang Mai, is no stranger to foreign lands. Walther, who has lived here for 30 years, and his Chiang Mai wife, jointly run two successful businesses in the contracting and upmarket interior design industries. Walther has voluntarily held the position of Honorary Australian Consul for the last eight years, after being nominated by his friend the Australian Foreign Minister at the time. Even though he is beyond traditional retirement age, at 78 years old, Walther still works full time, loving it and believing in keeping mentally and physically fit.

I met Walther in his consular office which piggybacks on his wife’s family business in construction. An Aussie flag and a small consul plaque hung from the shop front which was adorned with ceramic decorations, plush tiled pavements and gaudy religious garden statues...

“The average age for Australian expats here is mid sixties, most are retirees,” he explains. “We had a backpacker who was found on Loi Kroh Road recently, he was walking down the street naked. He’d been drugged and robbed of everything including his clothes. The police didn't want to arrest him. It was harder to get him out of the psychiatric hospital than putting him in. I had to get doctors to sign all kinds of forms, and by the time you get people out of that place, some of them go half mad anyway.”

Born in the mid 1930s in Norwich, UK, Walter moved to Uganda after boarding school, where his father was living as a colonial judge. Walter worked in Uganda as a refrigeration mechanic and although his father wished for him to study law he decided to join the army. During his time in the army he gained a degree in architecture, from then-Rhodesia. “It’s funny I have a degree from a country that doesn’t even exist anymore.”

“When the balloon went up in Rhodesia we left, all my family was moving to either the UK or Canada. After living in warm climates I refused to move to either place. I took the ‘Ten Pound’ passage to Australia.” After a two month journey across the ocean Walter’s ‘Australiaisation’ began and he continued to live in Perth for the next 20 years, building up his own construction company.

After heading various projects in Thailand and Asia with his company, Walter eventually relocated to Thailand where he has lived happily ever since.

Jinda Charoen Konsong

236 Chian Mai-Doi Saket Road (Highway 118), Sansai

053 492 480, 081 837 7750

www.dfat.gov.au/missions/countries/thch.html

Can he issue Visas for Australia? Or do you have to go to Bangkok?

[Sparkles]

This is great news. Before it was hard to track the gentleman down and was not able to do any proof of income things, albeit that was many years ago. seems a lady is dong the job since 1997?

APPOINTMENT OF AUSTRALIAN HONORARY CONSUL CHIANG MAI, THAILAND

25 March 1997

I have today announced the appointment of Ms Hillary Clare Brown as Australia's Honorary Consul in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with jurisdiction throughout the provinces of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang, Mae Hong Son, Phayao, Phrae, Nan, Uttaradit, Sukhotai and Tak.

Ms Brown is a New Zealand citizen with close ties to Australia. She has lived in Chiang Mai for twelve years and operates a business and communications centre in the city.

Australia has enjoyed a close and cooperative relationship with Thailand over many years, reflecting our geographical proximity, shared strategic perspectives and mutual economic interests. Our bilateral relationship spans a wide range of fields including trade, education, defence cooperation, tourism, narcotics control, refugee resettlement and development cooperation.

The appointment is a reflection of the importance of Chiang Mai as a tourist destination and the sign)ficant Australian presence in northern Thailand.

The Australian Consulate is located at:

LotusHall Limited

Plaza Floor Hillside Place and Condotel 4

50/12 Huay Kaew Road Chiang Mai 50300, Thailand

Honorary Consul is a man.....Michael Walther has been for last eight years. (see article under from Citylife in September 2012)

.

The Honorary Consul

Mike Walther, Australian Honorary Consul in Chiang Mai, is no stranger to foreign lands. Walther, who has lived here for 30 years, and his Chiang Mai wife, jointly run two successful businesses in the contracting and upmarket interior design industries. Walther has voluntarily held the position of Honorary Australian Consul for the last eight years, after being nominated by his friend the Australian Foreign Minister at the time. Even though he is beyond traditional retirement age, at 78 years old, Walther still works full time, loving it and believing in keeping mentally and physically fit.

I met Walther in his consular office which piggybacks on his wife’s family business in construction. An Aussie flag and a small consul plaque hung from the shop front which was adorned with ceramic decorations, plush tiled pavements and gaudy religious garden statues...

“The average age for Australian expats here is mid sixties, most are retirees,” he explains. “We had a backpacker who was found on Loi Kroh Road recently, he was walking down the street naked. He’d been drugged and robbed of everything including his clothes. The police didn't want to arrest him. It was harder to get him out of the psychiatric hospital than putting him in. I had to get doctors to sign all kinds of forms, and by the time you get people out of that place, some of them go half mad anyway.”

Born in the mid 1930s in Norwich, UK, Walter moved to Uganda after boarding school, where his father was living as a colonial judge. Walter worked in Uganda as a refrigeration mechanic and although his father wished for him to study law he decided to join the army. During his time in the army he gained a degree in architecture, from then-Rhodesia. “It’s funny I have a degree from a country that doesn’t even exist anymore.”

“When the balloon went up in Rhodesia we left, all my family was moving to either the UK or Canada. After living in warm climates I refused to move to either place. I took the ‘Ten Pound’ passage to Australia.” After a two month journey across the ocean Walter’s ‘Australiaisation’ began and he continued to live in Perth for the next 20 years, building up his own construction company.

After heading various projects in Thailand and Asia with his company, Walter eventually relocated to Thailand where he has lived happily ever since.

Jinda Charoen Konsong

236 Chian Mai-Doi Saket Road (Highway 118), Sansai

053 492 480, 081 837 7750

www.dfat.gov.au/missions/countries/thch.html

Can he issue Visas for Australia? Or do you have to go to Bangkok?

When my Thai wife and I go to Oz we use an Agency behind the Nissan Dealer on Hang Dong Rd for her visa ,stones throw from Tesco. Its strangley located in a warehouse,behind the car dealership, and seems to specialise in visas for Oz and India. They of course only act as an agent and the paperwork goes down to Bangkok.Last time was 2 years ago but presume they sre still there,min cost

[stevecm]

Closed now. As of about october

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[stevecm]

Im in the same boat. Any chance of a PM of the email? cheers in advance

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[Sparkles]

Closed now. As of about october

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I understand Star Visa Chiang mai is an alternative according to their web site.

[masuk]

Does anyone have a Google earth location for the Australian Consul in Chiang Mai?

I've been given a street number and that it's on the Chiang Mai - Doi Saket road. A mighty long road.

[Red Crab]

The Honorary Consul for Australia is located on 118 Rd, going from Chiang Mai towards Doi Saket, on the left hand side : pass HONDA, PETRONASS FUEL STATION, just opposite CALTEX FUEL STATION. The office is located in the ceramic tiles and landscaping yard, you will see plenty of clay figures at the front. Just walk in and ask, everybody knows him. Our Honorary Consul is a very nice ,kind and helpful man.

[masuk]

Thanks for the detailed reply. just what I needed.

How many km out, as I have a choice of joining that highway from a few of the ring roads? I'll be approaching from Hang Dong area.

[Red Crab]

From Your location I would use ring road 3028, You may go first for a cup of coffee to the newly opened Promenada, and then follow all signs towards Doi Saket / Chiang Rai. Happy to help. Cheers