slipperylobster
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Curious. Are you sending baht to a baht account at kasikorn? Can paypal convert your foreign money to baht? If so, what kind of exchange rate? I use XE, but am willing to try paypal if it is cheaper/or a better rate. XE cost 21 usd to send to the Bank here....and they convert my dollars to baht, before wiring to my Bank of Bangkok Baht account. Takes 7 working days..but no sweat. I only do this four times a year.
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No worries....plenty of time to drink before that.
Good to see some enforcement.....
I know there are a few people who sleep until midnight, and then want to go out and do the town until morning...(I am not one of those, but used to be).
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Now there is a good sign that things are a bargain.
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Vietnam has every reason to distrust Americans, but creating a visa on arrival would be more beneficial. The length of visa is not so much the issue, as having to deal with the corrupt Vietnamese visa system.
Every reason not to trust?
Ancient history by now....
and by the way...we lost. Sometimes we just don't nuke.
thats why they can trust us. Look at Japan..they love us...and they got nuked.
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scorpians are a delicacy to some...
but I would not one in my bed... so I clear them away from the house.
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The wife loves her suzuki ertiga.
Lots of flexibility and configurations with the three rows of seats. The third row is just for small kids, however. Under 800,000 and very comfortable. I can sleep in the back of it, on long trips. It has aircon front and back. Not too peppy though. Good mileage, comfortable, good storage and affordable. Very reliable.
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One of my Aussie friends thought a Thai was joking when he said "HOK SIP ALL OUT!
I thought it was hilarious....60 all out, tut tut
Septics won't understand that joke....
are you are septic tank cleaner?
I meant a few aussie honey truck operators, thought I might know you.
How much to suck my tank?
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Out on the farm, it is hilarious. (Isaan).
Now in Chiang Mai, it is a bit more serious...but the store next door to the wife's cafe is a barrel of fun. Laughing and joking with each other all day long. I thought they were mad at each other, but the wife says...they just get excited and talk loud/joke with each other. You would have to understand the language more, to really catch it all.
In bangkok...it was almost like New york...pretty stoic and busy in the skytrain and mall areas. I am sure they joke at home.
i ment foreginer - thai
not thai - thai
oh... ok.
Guess I would have to agree then.
You have to admit though...they are sure fun to laugh at. (funny looking)
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Out on the farm, it is hilarious. (Isaan).
Now in Chiang Mai, it is a bit more serious...but the store next door to the wife's cafe is a barrel of fun. Laughing and joking with each other all day long. I thought they were mad at each other, but the wife says...they just get excited and talk loud/joke with each other. You would have to understand the language more, to really catch it all.
In bangkok...it was almost like New york...pretty stoic and busy in the skytrain and mall areas. I am sure they joke at home.
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Just tried to do the online reporting using Explorer.
My due date is 9 August arrived in Thailand November 2014.
Filled in every detail, used the search to enter my nationality ( so it is in English and Thai) completed the capatcha and got verified, clicked submit and got the pop up that for further information I should contact my local immigration.
Does the system not work after office hours, or shall I better don't waste more time and drive to the office?
I used IE successfully.
I took somebody's tip and didnt fill in all the details. Try omitting all the boxes that don't have red asterisk, the non-compulsory boxes, even first name.
But having said that I think your problem is that your due date is only 3 days away so you are outside the permitted time-frame. Have to apply online between 7 days and 15 days prior to due date, so you should have applied between 22 July - 30 July.
So it looks like you'll have to make that trip this time
I agree. One date I filled in was wrong...and I got the same notice. Once I corrected the date, it was all good. The website could be improved, by specifying errors, instead of the generic "contact immigration" message. Just do it within the allowed time window (as above) and enter your info carefully. Took me less than five minutes, and..as I am on the road, saved me a two day trip.
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Good news for me.
Did my 90 day report online and it was a snap. Immigration is now back on my "friendly" list.
I did the online report on Monday morning and it was approved by Wednesday afternoon. My wife called Udon Immigration on Monday, and asked if there was any problems with the online process. They laughed and said it was all running smoothly, and they have been utilizing it since July. Many successful approvals.
I won't be attaching proof. I received an email telling me I was approved, and directed to their website. I put in the TM number and saw the "Approval" . Also printed out the notification, as well as the receipt with reporting date...to put in my passport.
Loving this.
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If your rules are as stringent as Canada - marry her.
But in the meantime - those with Thai government jobs and proof of reasonable income are two starting points.
She needs to convince the
Nazi-likeinterrogator that she will indeed return to Thailand.Don't try for a 6 month visitors visa like I foolishly did - go short time - pardon the pun
The "5" minute short time?
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Chang mai seems to me alot easier to set up any kind of business than the rest of Thailand
I've been there loads of times and have friends living there
Here in surin it's just hassle all the time you can't talk to the police here it's all give
I am not sure... What she was told was if she keeps her business small...and her profits meager...no problem, as long as she does not try to sell cigarettes or alcohol. Nice to have the store 2 feet away from her...which has those things. She won't be cashing in on any alcohol sales...but expects to make enough to cover the rent, expenses and supplement her income.
By the way...she is using this as a practice run. In six months...we will be moving back to Udon, where she has family and friends...and more clout to deal with permits and such. She wanted to purchase all the supplies here..because it is cheaper (lampang furniture/bar supplies). The rent was inexpensive. She is trying to get a "system" and "menu" perfected. All done for less than100,000 baht...and transportable.
She expects the alcohol permit to be easier in Udon..actually....as long as she stays away from schools..and hotly monitored "farang girlie bars"....who are under intense pressure from military/police....as far as operation. Hers might be 10 kilometers outside of Udon. Plenty of country "gentlemen" there (and I use that term loosely). She is actually targeting local customers.
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Here is something else I just learned (booze bans)
Wife just opened a small cafe to sell smoothies and Udon Noodles..in SanSai, Chiang Mai. She was asked by some neighbors if she could make "whisky smoothies" and I thought it would be nice to have a limited beer sales....closing quite early (as most customers are going to be burmese/thai yai, and, of course Thai.
Anyways...she inquired about permission to sell alcohol (even during limited hours). There are no schools anywhere near us. Closest one is at least two kilometers away. The wife of the owner of the building sells alcohol in her small store. The building has three spaces (ours, the owners store, and an office). Upstairs, there are six small bedrooms for rent. My wife was told we could not sell alcohol because there is a new law that states that no "new" businesses can sell alcohol if there are rooms for rent (in the same building)....unless (conveniently) you are the owner of the building.
The owner of the building (a retired policeman..who knows all the police here anyways) said no problem, permit would be in his name. I guess he means we just fall under his "license to sell" and he would post his license in our Cafe. Whatever the case, the police did say that our cafe customers could buy beer in the store (2 feet away)..and drink it with their meals. That would be a good symbiotic relationship. The owner and his family popped the cork with us last night and had a great time...for three hours.
Bottom line...my wife will not be stocking alcohol for now....probably just charge "corkage" and add a tiny amount to the food bill. We would supply ice and smoothies..and the customers can buy their alcohol from the owner's store. Temporary solution. Any advice is welcome. Remember, this is the wife's place..not mine...and it is a Noodle/smoothie shop. We would close before 9pm......but open by 6am for noodles outside.
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Ahahah actually i want to ask slipper l... i live thailand and wanna bring my gf back for a visit. I have no home or job in usa
She might need somebody to "guarantee/sponsor" her...like a relative. I have never tried it yet.
I do know, that for a fiancee visa....the USA requires you to be employed/(or have retirement income) and you must have a home (Physical Address) for six months. I have that in writing.
On the tourist visa, I plan on having a friend/family member sponsor her. I have not yet asked about the "physical address"...
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Have her do a tourist visa in Vientianne...I know a few guys that did this...but it was for their wife. Probably much stricter for a girlfriend. I do know that you have to make an appointment online, and she should bring in some financial data....and perhaps an affidavit from you. They want to ensure that she will not remain in the USA...and that can be done by proof of employment here in thailand, as well as property ownership, children...etc.
I did a fiancee visa...took 18 months, only to get disapproved. I have no permanent address in the USA. They wanted me to go back for six months, rent/but a home, establish a residency, and 'Work"... lol (I am retired).
We are going for a tourist visa for her next year...after we get married. My gal would not want to live in the USA....it was just a thought. But I was thinking it would be nice to get her there for six months, and get a travel trailer to tour the whole country.
anyways...lets see if anyone else thinks vientianne is a better place to acquire a tourist visa for a thai....rather than bangkok. At the US consulate...of course.
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Yes you probably can.....but I warn you getting a passport for a young Filipino woman will be difficult not because of the Thai immigration.....but due to the Philippine government itself.
Unless she already has a passport.... it will take time and cost you some money to get hat passport.
Thanks for that we got the passport no problem and not expensive I brought her here already for 1 month before with fly in visa I need to know how to extend it
Visa Exempt 30 days.... I never heard of a fly in visa.
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I misread...
so I deleted my post. I see where she already has been here.But yes....just as we do..she is free to apply for a 60 day visa. and can extend.
It would not hurt to ask for a double entry...
just make sure she has an itinerary, and sufficient funds (10,000 baht), along with her address.
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He would never say stuff like that to the child of a Thai parent, nor would a Thai parent ever tolerate it. He is being deliberetly disrespectful and harrassing your daughter because you are a foreigner. I think your first instinct to go put him in his place is correct
Give him a half eaten plastic bag of sticky rice and cold pork. Just wink and say..."if you work hard here, one day they may give you a good job".
Or say to him..."I appreciate all the concerns you have over the age of my car..and myself"...."Please take this 5 baht as a token of my gratitude for the fine work you are doing in the parking lot"
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Ok so I did my 90-day notifciation and here is the whole process broken down:
- My immigration office is at Chaeng Wattana.
- On Sunday 26.7. did the actual application on https://extranet.immigration.go.th/fn90online/online/tm47/TM47Action.do?cmd=acceptTerm
- Used Firefox on the first try but it was really bugged up and I couldn't fill in the form.
- Changed to Internet Explorer and everything worked fine!
- Checked the status right away after submitting the application on Sunday 26.7., said "Pending"
- Checked the status on Monday 27.7. "Pending"
- Checked the status on Tuesday 28.7. "Pending"
- Checked the status on Wednesday 29.7. "APPROVED"
- Printed out the new 90-day notification paper, It is exactly the same what you get from the immigration if you visit there in person.
Nothing to complain about the whole process. Really nice addition! This saved a bit of money and a lot of time for me.
Hope you find this post useful!
Thats good news. Hope we get more input from others who have been successful this month...as I will be doing mine on Monday morning.
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Onward ticket requirements are required by some airlines. I was asked for this when leaving the USA...on Delta, because I had a one way. You can show them proof you live here long term...which works....or buy a cheap onward ticket on credit, and then cancel right after you show it to them. In the Philippines, I was asked for onward ticket when I arrived...by their immigration. Also...flying out of Philippines to Thailand, on Cebu Pacific...they asked for proof of onward travel.. I told them I had a ticket waiting at a travel agency..and gave them the address and phone number.
Yes...several "well seasoned" travellers will tell you it "never happened to them"....but it has to me. You will not be asked by immigration in thailand...for onward travel....but when you check in your baggage at your departure country (at your specific airline check in counter)..they may, or may not want one. Prepare something...anything...or do a song and dance....whatever. I cannot even recall exactly how many international flights I have been on in the last forty years....more than I can count.
And as some previous posters said...it would be more likely that you will be asked, if you fly in visa exempt.
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"The Philippines is globally the friendliest country to migrants, while Thailand has the biggest number of xenophobic citizens."
I've not visited all the countries in the world so I cant comment on them, but of the countries in Asia that I have visited I would say that the above quote is perfectly true.
As for farangs being ganged-up on, yes it definitely happens here. But I cant imagine it happening so much in the Philippines, if at all. In fact in the RP I would expect many Filipinos to be on the side of the farang.
Very, very different cultures and people.
If you agree with the above, can you explain the reason for always increasing number of attacks and murder of foreigners in such a friendly, loving place?
Visiting Angeles City and hearing you are the sexist man does not translate into "friendliest" not to mention Angeles City is tightly controlled by 1 cop and gang to ensure foreign money is safe, otherwise city would be "out of business"
Step out side the safe zone and see how "friendly" Filo's are
Lived there for 20 years. What you have there is a lack of education and an unbelievable unemployment rate. I was almost murdered 3 times (once I had to fight my way out and once I had to hide from gunfire directed at me). If you think life is cheap..go play bingo in the philippines. When somebody dies...it is how they make money to bury you. They play bingo. Thailand is like heaven. Wife was from Philippines (Negros occidental)..married 1980. History goes back to 1977 (military). Retired and lived many places in zambales and mindoro 1996 to 2011. Getting out of there alive was the hardest thing I ever accomplished...and thailand is like a kiddie park compared to PI. Count your blessings.
Those friendly words you here there just are not true. when you look away...remember..you are the brunt of the joke.
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The meek shall inherit the earth...
But not Thailand
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Yes you probably can.....but I warn you getting a passport for a young Filipino woman will be difficult not because of the Thai immigration.....but due to the Philippine government itself.
About to be homeless - any suggestions?
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Seriously...if you cannot, or will not...go back home, then find a remote temple where the monks will take you in.
Seriously study the language and culture, don the robes and hair cut.
You will be well taken care of....and might even run across a monk with some ideas on how to get you out of the country (if need be).
I suppose they cross borders in vans....to laos and such.
Final option is to turn yourself in at your Embassy. They will get you home, but you will probably lose your passport, and never be allowed back in.
Not sure about this..but check on the internet for smaller sailing/cruise vessels that want a crew. You might get smuggled out...with room and board. Bring Pirate fighting kit.