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Was really quite impressed by the 'Curry Club' at Shenanigans in Jomtien - near to View Talay 7 .
Us Brits are really spoilt for choice at home and going out for an Indian meal is part of our culture ( usually from Bangladesh - not Indian really)
So back to the restaurant review - not a vast menu- about six starters - we had onion bhajis and lamb tikka- came with four chutneys .
Not bad- lamb tender and quite spicy hot.
Then the menu had the usual offerings, tikka Marsala ,Korma, jalfresi, butter chicken etc etc.
Choice of naans, paratha etc.
Rice was basmati- a pleasant change- huge portion of rice.
Was hot - but we had asked for spicy.
Personally I don't like the venue too much- very pub like , and I can't see the fascination for sport on TV everywhere- but appreciate that some do.
So overall, enjoyed the food- best Indian I have had in Thailand, probably not the most authentic- but if you a Brit missing those dinners out in your local Indian- try it out.
Price wise- I think was 300 for lamb main courses- less for Chicken. I don't really look at prices- so a bit vague - sorry
Am in the area so was looking for somewhere a bit different to eat and came across this. Well the old tastebuds were well and truly tickled so it was into the shower get dressed and on the bus to Jomtien. Got there and the curries were advertised outside so went in and was met by three greeters asked for a seat for and was directed way over the other side of the room. Waited 10 mins nothing so i thought i will move by the greeters, " cant sit there reserved for quiz" so i moved to the nearest empty table. Sat there for another five minutes, still no acknowledgement. Was going to leave but still fancied the curry so I went and asked for a menu, no curries on there!!!!. Where are the curries, no have, what night do you have them then? , no have, no chef, him go back to India!!! GRRRRR!!!!!
So if anyone else fancies one, NO HAVE.
To really cap the night off I stopped at an Italian, been there before for some ice cream. The food was absolute <deleted>.
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Are you renewing your passport in the uk? If so ask them for a letter confirming you have been issued with a new passport.
I renewed my passport here in BKK via trendy and when my new passport came back the form was with it. I filled it in and posted it to British Embassy and it came back within a couple of days. There is also an option to email it. Took passports to immigration all that had to be was transfered pretty painless.
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You will need at least two days. If you are thinking of using the same day service at mfa you will need to get there real early as they only process so many of these a day. But if you are in no hurry to marry get them to post the documents to you. Also for translations use someone close to the British Embassy and someone close to the mfa. We got caught out by "bad" translations at both places but fortunately the people were on hand to correct it no charge
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When I did mine I had a reply confirming the day and time within 24 hours
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I do my self assessment online and have done for a few years now. First though you have to set up a "government gateway" account. They send you by post a username and then a password by post ( I did this in the UK so not sure about here) You then have access to a number of government services. If you go to the self assessment website it will guide you through the process. Your tax is also automatically calculated so you know how much to pay. This is also done online
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You will need a letter signed by both parents notarized at the amphur. We took our nieces girl, who has lived with us since just after she was born, to Hong Kong. She has her own passport but when we got to bkk immigration they questioned us. They phoned the girls mother (who is not the sharpest tool in the box) was not happy but then they phoned her father. After some debate they decided to let us fly believe me it was squeaky bum time. The I.O.told us to get the letter done next time or we would not be allowed to fly. They also made a note in her passport
Child trafficking is, rightly, a major concern for governments worldwide.
So consent letters as described above will be needed for both Thai immigration, otherwise they probably wont let the kids out of Thailand, and Singapore immigration, otherwise they probably wont let them into Singapore.
To save delay, and possible problems, at Singapore immigration you should also have an English translation of the letter.
Good point. As the I/O gave us her passport back he said "I dont know what will happen at Hong Kong" but all was ok thankfully
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Yes, finally got a reply 24 hours later with an appointment 1 week later. If I miss appointment, I cannot make another for 8 weeks! Their reply also left some unanswered questions such as what to bring:
- - Document showing Thai address e.g. lease agreement, immigration letter, phone bill or electric bill.
I don't have a lease, phone bill or electric bill in my name. As they say "e.g." does this mean other items are acceptable as well?
1. What is the format of the immigration letter?
2. I have asked by email if my UK bank statement listing my Thai address is acceptable?
3. I have a Yellow House Book in Thai, so I suppose this can be translated at the Trendy site?
I'd prefer the bank statement option as I have one printed off the net already. They haven't answered after another 24 hours.
That is why YOU choose the date and time of the appointment. I had my new passport in less than two weeks and the easter holidays were included in that time.
The people who work at this office were the most polite and helpful I have ever dealt with. Your expectations of receiving replies straight away may be a little too high as not only do they do passport renewals but UK visa applications also.
Go in with all guns blazing and I think you may be waiting a while for your new passport
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You will need a letter signed by both parents notarized at the amphur. We took our nieces girl, who has lived with us since just after she was born, to Hong Kong. She has her own passport but when we got to bkk immigration they questioned us. They phoned the girls mother (who is not the sharpest tool in the box) was not happy but then they phoned her father. After some debate they decided to let us fly believe me it was squeaky bum time. The I.O.told us to get the letter done next time or we would not be allowed to fly. They also made a note in her passport
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We took the little one to see Disney on ice. Left home at 4pm with a plan of eating before the show at 7pm. Nightmare journey arrived, stressed out, at 6.55 just in time. Journey home took 40 mins including getting out of the car park. So advice is you need to allow plenty of time
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Ok, so I went to Koh Chang with my gf, just for 3 days/2 nights, which with traveling to the island from Bangkok and back again makes it less time on the island of course. We took a bus from Ekkamai bus station, the bus trip was about 5 hours. I think we had to wait at least half an hour before we got on the ferry. The ferry trip itself was another half hour. Not really any trouble getting a taxi on the island, or a songthaew in this case. With all the foot travelers coming off the ferry, most songthaews were quickly full. We went to Bailan Beach and the taxi fare for us was 100 baht per person, which was what I had read on the internet somewhere. It was Songkhran time so of course along the way when driving through the villages people were throwing water around. That was ok, bit fun even, although we all got soaked in the songthaew. Except for the very cold water….which quite a few threw at us.
Because the songthaew was full and people getting off at different hotels/resorts, the trip lasted quite long, about an hour I think before we actually arrived at our hotel. We stayed at Lazy Republique, which is opposite Bailan Beach Resort. Lazy Republique is quite nice and relaxed, only has 4 bungalows without TV by the way. The staff was great, the owners, a French lady and her Thai husband, were very friendly and very helpful!! They make great food also. We rented a motorcycle at a place about 50 meters from there. All very easy, no hassles, my gf left her ID with that shop. Paid 200 baht for 1 day (24 hours). Although, we already took it back in the evening the same day as we would not use it anyway the following day, which was the day we would leave again (I did not want to be responsible for it overnight since we would not use it anyway the next day).
We used the motorcycle to drive further south to Khlong Koi Village / beach….which was very nice and relaxed, not too crowded, beaches were nice, although not spotless. But not too many people there. It was a bit disappointing that there were rocks on the sea bed after a few meters (5) into the water, but otherwise it was alright. The owner of Lazy Republique told us that there is no such thing as a private beach on Koh Chang and that all beaches are public and no one could deny us entry. We took note of that and visited some other resorts where we would just walk in and to the beach and sit around a bit. Food at other places was also ok/good, although sometimes a bit pricey. Overall I would say Koh Chang is a nice island, although I should add that we did not spend anytime more to the north, White Sand Beach, Lonely Beach etc. which I think are more crowded.
If we would have had more time I would have liked to explore more of the inner part of the island, see some of the waterfalls and such. But we got to our hotel at about 15:45 hrs on Day 1, and left it at about 13:30 on Day 3. We did not do much on the evening of Day 1 as I did not feel so well after having been soaked in ice cold water during our songthaew trip. And as we did not wanted to get soaked while going back to the ferry pier, we booked our trip back to Bangkok on a minivan, which picked us up at our hotel and dropped us off in Bangkok near MRT. The owner of Lazy Republique was very helpful in booking this. Overall I would say, from the short time I’ve been there and where I’ve been on the island, Koh Chang is a nice island and I might go back again. But probably not during Songkhran!
Thanks for posting your trip report. Find it most helpful when someone starts a post and then takes the time to share their experience.
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Your new 90 days should also start from expiration date of your old receipt, not from the date you did the report.
No, it actually starts the new 90 day clock from the time of approval. Many reports showing this including the online successful ones. Also my experience over several years of both walk in and mail in reporting.
Tywais, I politely disagree.
I've had this same debate with udonjoe.
I report to Amnat and regardless of whether reporting in person or by mail, they will always date your next report 90 days from the date of expiry of the old receipt, not 90 days from when you make the report. I believe that is the correct procedure.
I'll even refer to the Immigration website 'Notification of Staying over 90 days'.
http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/base.php?page=90days
It gives the procedures for notification by mail or in person.
Underneath those procedures it has a number of Notes.
- Your new form will be stamped as of the expiration date of your old receipt.
That clearly suggests your new stamped report date should be 90 days from the expiry date of the old receipt, not the day you applied.
That is what Amnat follows, I suggest other offices that do not, are actually wrong.
When I used to do mine in person at cw I always went a few days early but the stamped the next due date 90 days from the expiry of the last one. My next report was due on 17/4/15 so I submitted online on 3/4/15 this was approved on 10/4/15 and my next report is due 90 days from the approval date
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Just got back from putting my renewal application in. My appointment was for 10.30 but not sure on traffic set out early. Car park ticket was showing as 9.10 arrival no problem I needed to get my address translated. Went in the first shop I saw and they did this and stamped it "certified", cost 50 Baht. Went to reception on the ground floor and showed them my appointment email which they stamped. Off to floor 28 to reception there, showed them appointment and told them I was early, no problem,gave me a ticket for the queue ticket and told to go through security. Sat down waiting for number to be called. When called had to go into a room and handed the paperwork over. Extremely helpful and polite lady with very good English checked everything off and gave me a receipt for everything and also instructions on collecting the new passport.She told me this usually takes between 6-12 weeks but i think this may be erring on the side of caution. Had the car park ticket stamped so no fee payable and was back in the lift on the way out at 9.40.
One thing I thought about on the way home was when I handed the payment form in she checked through it but never asked to see the credit card so it appears its just the same sort of procedure as buying something over the internet.
I have read many threads on this forum over the last few months on this subject and must admit I was dreading going but credit where its due the whole process was very well carried out by well spoken and very polite people in a professional manner and in a clean and well laid out office. I wish the British Embassy would take note.
WOOHOOO!!! Just got a call from trendy and my passport is ready for collection, thats less than 2 weeks since I applied. Taking into consideration holiday times as well I have to say I am well pleased with the service. How times have changed from 12 months ago!!
Just got to negotiate all the traffic to collect it now-
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Just done mine, took as long as it did for me to type and got the "pending" receipt. Will wait now and see how it goes.
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Thanks for that, but I read somewhere that the services in Trendy are both expensive and are not accepted by the UK Passport service.
Difficult to know who or what to believe !
MrMuddle the UK Passport service at Trendy is staffed by Thai people. When you hand over all your documents they do a check list for each one. If anything has been translated from Thai to English they check the translation and if it has been translated ok they write this down on the checklist which is then sent with your application to the uk. I dont for one minute think anyone in the uk office is going to check any translation so they rely on trendy.
I had a translation done at trendy 50 baht although I think a full page is 150.
The advantage of having it done at trendy is that if there is a problem you can sort it out straight away. I have been in a situation before where I had some translation done on the cheap and it was not accepted, paid through the nose to put it right and won`t even mention the stress it caused, never again!!
Contrary to other reports going round, the people at trendy are there to help you and I found them most helpful and polite.
Also when I was there it was just me and one other Brit the rest were Thais getting visas and they were using the translation services there.
Calm down, bite the bullit and get to Trendy!!
Good luck
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Can anyone please advise me where I can get my wife's Thai ID card and blue address book (Tambien baan), translated into English and which is approved and will be accepted by the UK passport office ? We live up north, and are going to have to travel down to Bangkok to do this, and also go to the passport renewal place.
Just to clarify, my wife (Thai) needs to renew her UK passport.
I had an address translated today at Trendy cost 50 Baht but I think they charge 150 baht for a full page. They deal with all translations for passports and visas. They are situated on the ground floor at trendy on the left side as you are stood looking at reception. I have found it better to use people who are near the departments you are using as they are dealing with this sort of thing everyday and understand what is required. Plus if anything is not quite right they are near enough to correct it straight away. There were many Thais in there getting translations done for visas
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Just got back from putting my renewal application in. My appointment was for 10.30 but not sure on traffic set out early. Car park ticket was showing as 9.10 arrival no problem I needed to get my address translated. Went in the first shop I saw and they did this and stamped it "certified", cost 50 Baht. Went to reception on the ground floor and showed them my appointment email which they stamped. Off to floor 28 to reception there, showed them appointment and told them I was early, no problem,gave me a ticket for the queue ticket and told to go through security. Sat down waiting for number to be called. When called had to go into a room and handed the paperwork over. Extremely helpful and polite lady with very good English checked everything off and gave me a receipt for everything and also instructions on collecting the new passport.She told me this usually takes between 6-12 weeks but i think this may be erring on the side of caution. Had the car park ticket stamped so no fee payable and was back in the lift on the way out at 9.40.
One thing I thought about on the way home was when I handed the payment form in she checked through it but never asked to see the credit card so it appears its just the same sort of procedure as buying something over the internet.
I have read many threads on this forum over the last few months on this subject and must admit I was dreading going but credit where its due the whole process was very well carried out by well spoken and very polite people in a professional manner and in a clean and well laid out office. I wish the British Embassy would take note.
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One thing I have noticed there is no where on the application form which asks for a date, so is that correct, no date needed?
Also for the payment I only have a K bank debit card, which used to be called a visa electron card, I thought I could use that but it asked for a Valid from date, which these cards don't have, has anyone used their debit card for payment in BKK?
There is no date on the form because the dates that will be entered on your new passport will be determined by the dates on your current passport.
As for using your K Bank card it should have the Visa symbol on it. Not sure how you will get on trying to debit the amount in GBP.
Have you had your appointment confirmed yet?
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Ok, I also read it says an official letter from your work place is also ok, I would do that as well
Also about the payment form you need to fill in, is it ok for my Thai manager to use his credit cards details on that? As I don't own a CC...
How did it work out for anyone with the e mail the dates and times thing?
I just e mailed 3 dates and time to them, wondering how long before they reply back.
The form you fill in for paying by cc is in two sections, one for the applicant and one for the cardholder so this makes it possible to use someones cc as they have to list their details and can be contacted.
I sent an email on 16 March, a.m. got a reply back p.m. and the date they gave me was 25 March (my third choice of dates)
You also mention in a previous post about section 4 of the application, you do not need to fill this in as you are renewing.
Dont forget to fill the form in using a black ink pen and keep your signature in the box
Good luck
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I got married in Dec 2014 a short story of my experience is in the marriage/divorce foroum
ww.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/788558-marriage-processmy-follow-up-story/
Plenty of good advice can be found here
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On the last line of the affirmation form, the sample has "Signature and official seal of witness"
but its in light grey colour. Does this mean it shouldn't be included when I print it ?
You do not include the light grey script. The embassy write that in
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Yeah, I think that was my original diagram from wayyy back, evidently I should have charged royalties
no this was yours crossy, NOTE THE NON-RETURN VALVE!! This is the set up I used . Thank you very much
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That specimen includes a line on your occupation, which I expected to be included. But it then it goes on to include a statement on your earnings.
I see no reason why I should have to include that information. If it was a visa application yes of course, but to get married, no.
Is this just like the landing card questions (which also include one about earnings) where you think, why they asking that? In which case, you can put any old figure down, they won't check up on it.
You have to include that information. When I did mine I put retired no income, they questioned this at the embassy and i said I was living off savings, told me that was not good enough I had to leave the building and get the form re-typed saying I was retired but had income of 65000 baht a month. Without this the application for marriage would be rejected.
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All the papers you require should be available from the Thai website in your country of origin. They are in both languages. Your own and in Thai. So there is nothing to translate. All you need to do is fill in both copies and get them affirmed at your Embassy or consulate here in Thailand. Even the Thai girls own verification papers should be available on the same website in Thai. You don't need to pay any translation fees. Any words you need to translate. Use the Google Translate service and copy them. Or get your girlfriend to fill in any answers in Thai and sign and date it.
Not true. You need them translated word perfect otherwise you will be running backwards and forwards until they are perfect. NO THAI forms for marriage at British Embassy just an example of what is required for affirmation and then has to be translated
I did not say a British Embassy!!!!! I was referring to a Thai Embassy from which I have previously downloaded them but not yet used. THEY ARE ALREADY WORD PERFECT BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPLIED AND WRITTEN BY THE THAI GOVERNMENT.
Is there any point in wasting money you don't have to?????
For a British citizen to get married in Thailand you need an affirmation to marry certified at the British embassy and then translated and certified by the MFA. Did you not have to do this when you got married???
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Right, so you only use the downloadable forms to practice with, a good way of making sure you know all the info in advance.
Then you can just copy what you have on your samples onto the real form at the embassy.
No you have to type out the affirmation as laid out in the sample form. Then you take this to the embassy and have it certified. There is no affirmation form at the embassy, only the downloadable sample. (a big pile of them)
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are the filters readily available and easy to obtain?
thanks