I have given a Visa company a large amount of money to get a one year marriage visa. Some of which was for a loan of the 400k.due to sickness I was unable to go to Bkk to get the visa so after 2months of trying I eventually got my passport back with a 2month extension. Since then I have found out the extension was not even a medical extension but a visiting one which means I am aloud to visit my wife. I have checked my bank and the 400k was never put in my bank. I was then told they have to put the 400k in after I get my marriage visa.i was told Bkk had sent passport to them and they would send it to me and later that day they said they didn't have my passport because Bangkok were sending it. Ive kept all the messages which hace many lies and contradictions in. I have been to another company and they have looked at the paperwork and they said that the company have done nothing what so ever that the money I gave them was supposed to do.now I'm trying to get the money back but all am getting is no answer and when do answer just abuse. They say they have to get the money back off bkk before can give me. They say I was too lazy to go to Bkk but I have photos and paperwork to show I was in hospital at the time and was unable to travel. They phoned me nearly every day to get my passport and money to do my visa, then after they received all it was hard to get in touch with them or get an answer on when I would get my passport back. I'm here to find out is there anything I can do or certain people that deal with this kind of thing to obtain my money back.

I don't think you can or will get any money back, but good luck.

They say they will, but they're not really making much effort and keep getting excuses. I will keep trying anyway

Then take them by exhaustion and be at their door everyday. Of course they did not gave that money to anyone.

This is what happens when illegal means are employed to obtain a visa/extension of stay.

I think the chances of getting the money returned are close to zero.

Thai mafia=standover merchants.

Not cheap but effective.

I gun held close to the head can change one's mind very quickly.

Getting a loan in order to have the funds in bank is not illegal.

And the 1-yr extension was never issued, so nothing illegal (in regard to immigration) was done anyway.

Edited August 13, 201510 yr by paz

Ive done everything by the book and thought they were a legitimate company. As Ive kept all the correspondence and receipts I thought maybe might help me get the money back.

They told me the money had to stay in my account for 3months but was never put in

Getting a loan in order to have the funds in bank is not illegal.

And the 1-yr extension was never issued, so nothing illegal (in regard to immigration) was done anyway.

Maybe I'm wrong but I'm under the impression that ain't a real loan, one pay a fee for an abracadabra trick... money in, money out . If so it is illegal .

Sounds to me that the money has gone..........and they know there's probably very little you can do in the short term......taking the case to court would likely take years.

I'm confused ! You gave a company 400k to put in your bank account for you ?

sorry to hear about your troubles. some years ago i used a visa company to apply for thai girlfriend to visit UK.I paid them

up front for there services. we never got as far as lodging the paperwork. so I asked for some of my money back. I never got it.

the reason they gave me was that the company was no longer and any money was lost with the company.what you can do is

sue the company but that will cost you a lot more money and time. but they can do the same as what happened to me.

They wrote up a signed contract that I had to pay a certain amount for the loan and would get that part of the money back after 3month when I gave them the 400k back. I hear about the scam ones where they put the money in and take out next day but reading their contract it looked like a genuine loan for 3months

They wrote up a signed contract that I had to pay a certain amount for the loan and would get that part of the money back after 3month when I gave them the 400k back. I hear about the scam ones where they put the money in and take out next day but reading their contract it looked like a genuine loan for 3months

Try a post explaining the problem in the "Ask a Lawyer" forum...........

Yeah, il try that

I'm confused ! You gave a company 400k to put in your bank account for you ?

No.i paid them an extra 10000 on top of the Visa cost to borrow the 400k for 3 months

Ok, understand now. So how much money have you lost, total ?

No.i paid them an extra 10000 on top of the Visa cost to borrow the 400k for 3 months

much clearer now... usual method, only apparently they told you that the money would have remained in your account for 3 months, obviously they can't bcz they have to use'em for others...

45k so far but will cost me probably another 20k or so finally obtaining the visa

To me, this is; "one scammer scam the other scammer".

You use a company in Thailand to make a shortcut in order to obtain an EXTENSION OF STAY here in Thailand....

A tip, next time... go by the book, and try to do things yourself! Than maybe this doesnt have to be so damn difficult..

Good luck....

Glegolo

To me, this is; "one scammer scam the other scammer".

You use a company in Thailand to make a shortcut in order to obtain an EXTENSION OF STAY here in Thailand....

A tip, next time... go by the book, and try to do things yourself! Than maybe this doesnt have to be so damn difficult..

Good luck....

Glegolo

I have gone by the book. I went to what I thought was a legit company to obtain a 1 year marriage visa, not an extension of stay. When I couldn't attend appointment in Bkk because I was in hospital the company got a fake 2month extension.

To me, this is; "one scammer scam the other scammer".

You use a company in Thailand to make a shortcut in order to obtain an EXTENSION OF STAY here in Thailand....

A tip, next time... go by the book, and try to do things yourself! Than maybe this doesnt have to be so damn difficult..

Good luck....

Glegolo

I have gone by the book. I went to what I thought was a legit company to obtain a 1 year marriage visa, not an extension of stay. When I couldn't attend appointment in Bkk because I was in hospital the company got a fake 2month extension.

' Ive done everything by the book and thought they were a legitimate company. '

sorry, you have not done everything by the book. You thought they were a Legitimate Company ? what from a friend of a friend or a bar girl told you or you just read it in the jobs classifieds in a newspaper.

Forget the 45k ... it's peanuts ... and lesson learnt !! and maybe do it correctly next time so there is no scamming. ...

Edited August 13, 201510 yr by steven100

Sounds to me that the money has gone..........and they know there's probably very little you can do in the short term......taking the case to court would likely take years.

Taking the case to court will not help the OP.

He was trying to falsify his bank account balance by 400k

' Ive done everything by the book and thought they were a legitimate company. '

sorry, you have not done everything by the book. You thought they were a Legitimate Company ? what from a friend of a friend or a bar girl told you or you just read it in the jobs classifieds in a newspaper.

Forget the 45k ... it's peanuts ... and lesson learnt !! and maybe do it correctly next time so there is no scamming. ...

' Ive done everything by the book and thought they were a legitimate company. '

sorry, you have not done everything by the book. You thought they were a Legitimate Company ? what from a friend of a friend or a bar girl told you or you just read it in the jobs classifieds in a newspaper.

Forget the 45k ... it's peanuts ... and lesson learnt !! and maybe do it correctly next time so there is no scamming. ...

Thought it was legit as their office and staff looked ok, their facebook page had good comments. Your right too 45k is peanuts but its the principal. I was going to transfer the 400k to my thai bank but they said they would put the money in for 3months so nothing looked like they were not a legit company