Araiwa
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I got my PE visa 3 months ago. The whole procedure (online application, background check by immigration and payment) took altogether 10 days.
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I have done extensive research on this matter. I cannot find anywhere that you will not be hit with overstay if your overstay is because of a public holiday. An overstay is a overstay. True, some immigration offices may forgive you, but, there is always the risk, unless my research proves wrong. The big risk is if you get caught in the interim period, then its off to the monkey house.
Absolutely right. I once overstayed my visa for 1 day. It expired on a Sunday and on Monday I reported to immigration in Udon and asked for an extension. Extension was granted but still I had to pay 500.- THB for 1 day overstay. I tried to be Mr. Wise Guy and told the immigration officer that it was not possible to come on time because the immigration office is closed on Sundays. The officer, a very helpful and nice lady, put on her nicest smile and replied:"Well, if you know that the office is closed on Sunday why didn't you come 2 days earlier on Friday? Overstay 1 day, 500 Baht!." Well, she was right and I paid.
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I have been thinking the same. Yet to do this my wife gets emotionally hurt. We have paid for the construction and all equipment and new tile and ceiling and water tanks and everything. We lose all.
Sounds like that is exactly what your wife's "lovely" family wants. You renovated and improved the house, invested a lot of money and now you can go. I would take it like this: lessons learned and move on. You will only lose money. But if you stay there you will lose your mind, your wife and your kids.
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A heartbreaking story, filled with love and passion. I feel with you. On the other hand I believe that old Dooley must have had a wonderful life with you and your wife. I and my wife lost one of our dogs 2 years ago. It was very hard for my wife in particular because the small Shitzu was her first dog. She really loved that little rascal. Rest in peace, Dooley.
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Of course you are legally married. Even you signed the marriage papers in Hong Kong some 20 years ago and you have never officially registered your marriage with the local authorities since you moved to Thailand. The only big difference is that you cannot be divorced by mutual consent. Divorce by mutual consent is very easy in Thailand. Just sign the divorce papers and get them to your Amphur office. You don´t even need a lawyer. Only two witnesses. That´s it. But in your case your divorce must be decided by a court as you married outside of Thailand. There is no other way. Just talk to another lawyer to get the right legal advise. I once was married to a Vietnamese. We signed the papers in Hanoi and never registered our marriage after we went back to Germany. Anyhow we were legally married and after some years legally divorced by a German court. Should be the same in Thailand.
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Its still amazes me, that people have the urge, to trow their private life on Forums. Its amazes me even more, that othe people find the urge to commend or interfer in matters who's of no concern to them.
and it amazes me most that peepers upload comments even they have nothing interesting to communicate
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Reading your post is like a deja vu for me. I experienced the same with my ex-wife. She is Vietnamese and developed a lesbian relationship with our neighbour in Germany. We had a son, a house, I had a good job and everything seemed to be going well. As long as we lived in Vietnam, which was for about 10 years, everything was fine. The problem started when we moved to Germany after my contract in Vietnam expired. I went through different stages when I found out about her lesbian relationship. Rage, fear of loss, frustration, whatever. I really tried to win her back, for the sake of our family in particular of our son. I also looked for a new assignment in another country. I took my family with me, we had a nice apartment, good money again, my son enjoyed his new school. In the beginning it seemed that I had won her over again and she made up her mind. Well, she certainly was a good actress. She never stopped to see her neighbour. I was busy working and she and our son went back to Germany during school holidays. Only to meet her lover again. I sold the house, I started to argue with her, I threatened her, she threatened me, our son was desperate. This was going on for about 6 years. After 6 years I called it quits and filed for divorce. The best decision I have ever made. I was blind for many years just because I was afraid to lose my family, to lose my son, to lose my money, to lose my house. It took me a long time to realise that this battle cannot be won. I am not in the position to give you any advice. we don´t even know each other. But for me it was the right decision to leave her and move on with my life. Even I had to leave my son behind with her. Well,working abroad as a freelancer is not good enough for German courts to give you custody for your child. I was 51 when I was divorced. Still enough time to build a new life. Think about it. I wish you all the best.
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the government should give those selfish tobacco growers some other options to earn money. Get rid of smoking, get rid of beer and booze.
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Do you enjoy necrophilism?
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do a border run
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Just as ubonjoe wrote. As German national you only need your passport and you will get a 30-day visa exempt. When your visa exempt expires you can get another 30-day extension at your immigration office (2000.- THB in Udon Thani, other places 1900.- THB)
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everybody fine? Too much booze for Christmas?
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just unbelievable. Maybe this crooked army guy has his shares in bus companies. Unbelievable.
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I like that. Good job.
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Actually there is no need to use the service of those visa agents. Many of them are nothing but scammers. They try to charge you a huge amount of money for nothing.
Just go to the following website: http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/base.php?page=download
Here you can download whatever form you need for your visa extension. In your case it is the form "Application For Extention Of Temporary Stay In The Kingdom / TM 7". Add a nice mug shot, a copy of your passport (2 pages: the one with all your personal data and the one with the visa exempt stamp), a copy of your departure card, sign all the papers (the copies too). That´s it.
Here in Udon Thani the immigration officer charged me 2000.- THB. 1900.- THB official fee for the 30-day extension and an additional 100.- THB for copy work.
Good luck.
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I arrived in Thailand by plane last year on 28th September and got my 30-day visa exempt at Suvarnabhumi. After these 30 days I went to Udon Thani Immigration and got a 30-day extension until 27th November (2,000.- THB). As I needed some more days to get my family business finished I decided to make a border run at Nong Khai. No problems at all. Got a new visa exempt until 26th December. On 26th December I left Thailand. So, maybe you should try Nong Khai.
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We have a 4 months old baby son. After 3 months breast feeding my wife started formula feeding. Our doctor in the Udon Thani Military Hospital recommended Enfalac A+. So we are using it. There is no need to keep the formula in the fridge. Just open the sealed bag and put this bag together with the formula in an air-sealed plastic container (MAKRO sells a variety of plastic containers). Keep it out of sunlight and that´s it.
The pediatrician told us that a baby should have about 5 oz of formula per kg body weight per day. Our baby weighs now 7 kg and consumes about 30 oz per day (he wants to be feeded 6 times a day and each time he consumed 5 oz he signals that he is definitely full). According to the pediatrician´s information he should consume 35 oz formula per day. But yesterday the doctor said that 30 oz per day is ok too as long as the baby is developing well.
You should refer to the following website. It provides a lot of useful information which will answer most of your questions: www.babycenter.com
Best regards from Udon Thani.
Elite Visa, application timescale
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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I wonder what one's ex girlfriend, wife or bankruptcy has to do with a Thai Elite Visa? This kind of visa falls under the category of 'tourist visa'. Only that it allows you to stay in Thailand for up to 5 years/20 years (depends on which membership you purchase).