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I think it would be helpful if you told us why her visa was refused?
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Here come the pizza connoisseurs lol. Pizza company okay not great but a safe bet for sure. Unless you know some good ones like the place at Ekamai BTS you are rolling the dice trying non chains here too.
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Get the Click with alloy wheels and I cant stress this enough. With spoked wheels you will have constant punctures. The Yamaha Nouvo SX is a better bike IMO but each to their own.
Don't listen to the others here, if you ride with safety in mind then Thailand is one of the safest places to ride a bike, as every driver is constantly looking out for them, unlike western countries. I've been here many many years riding every day and I'm still alive.
I am more concerned with the state of the roads, the hard shoulders can be bad, but the first lanes are always getting rutted and potholed due to overloaded trucks.
I have to use the hard shoulder a lot because of this, and I'm riding a Forza.
Yeah there are a few potholes out there.
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The architecture French influences and the food. I was surprised at the variety of farang food. Everything's cheap. Rickshaw drivers going anywhere for about the price of a bottle of water.
Perhaps rickshaws but motorbike rentals, food and accommodation all higher than Thailand with less infrastructure. They generally source many items from Thailand and mark it up. However, I like Laos but it is not cheap compared to Thailand.
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Who elected Cameron and these jokers? Time for a third party in England.
The problem here is while they will refuse these people they will let the Chinese and Russian oligarchs easy entrance to a life of luxury pushing up real estate so high that only the rich can live where your family once lived. What ever happened to compassionate immigration policies?
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You cannot do a passport swap at a border crossing because they look for entry and departure stamps for the other country. They do that to prevent somebody from just turning around and coming back without entering the other country.
I have read this several times, but it seems illogical as long as you can show both passports and prove they are for the same person (i.e. you). Do all countries sharing a land border with Thailand really apply the rule that a passport swap is not permitted? How would this work if the validity of the first passport to travel into the destination country had expired but the second passport would be valid?
Note that I doubt it would be much of an advantage anyway as it would allow immigration to link the passports in their computer.
Ubon Joe generally knows his stuff and he is dead on. I have two passports and can tell you from personal experience that I was unable to do it as a land crossing. However, you could Air Asia into a nearby country and Laos should give you a double entry, Cambodia only one and Bali two. If I were you I would maybe go 3 or 4 than switch passports. Generally Laos consulates will allow 3 at each consulate before stamping or refusing.
I do think that when you have multiple visas you risk an officer refusing you at the border. Better to get another longer term visa if possible. That is what I did. I believe there is talk of a longer visa for visitors.
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Very nice thanks for posting.
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People have gotten them without a ticket out of the country. Just use the right agent. No agent and it takes three days.
Vientiane or Savannakhet Laos will do a 2 entry tourist visa with no flight out and it is next afternoon pickup after applying the morning of the first day.
Savannakhet same day for tourist visas if I understand correctly.
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This would be a lot more palatable if one didn't suspect that 90 cents out of the dollar goes into someone's pocket and the remaining 10 cents to the facility.
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Some good advice here. However DO NOT TAKE YELLOW BUS. Take my word they average around 50 km per hour and are old uncomfortable buses that often break down.
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I am just living here as a Tourist, maybe will go home in a year or two and have been here for over 5 years now on diff types of visas, education etc.
Now going to give it a try just living here on the tourist visa. Seems like the double entry at Laos are the way to go. Leave country every 6 months and pretty cheap. Not that bad.
Expenses per year would be:
Travel to Laos 2 Times a Year = ?
1900 Baht for Double Entry x4 = 7600 Baht
1900 to Extend Stay 30 days x4 = 7600 Baht
15,200 Baht for 1 Year Tourist Visa + Expense of Laos Travel
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So there is no limit on doing the double entry from Laos? You say after back to back double entry they will ask you to prove income and residence. What is the process for that? I am renting a house here, is that enough?
Also, can I avoid the questioning by going to a different place after back to back? Just curious.
Thanks so much everyone. Nice to have this all ironed out perfectly.
Sorry but your math is wrong. For one year you only need two double entry visas 2 x 2000 is 4000 plus two extensions of 30 days at 2 x 1900 is 3800 for a total of 7800 baht. Now you can also add in having to exit four four times so you will need visas from adjacent country lets say 4 x 1200 is 4800. 12600 is the new total. Add the cost of visa runs say 3000 x 4 equals 12000. The tourist visa route will cost around 24600 for one year.
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Well hopefully it is as simple as random document checks or perhaps some confusion with resuming the type o visas. I guess time will tell.
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So he will go back next week and check further. I think there are stricter rules for showing residency being enforced. Immigration is just doing there job as they see it but it would be better to see clearer direction in documents etc. outlining exactly what is required:)
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My friend returned to Jomtien immigration today with the request for the four pieces of docs in hand: Copy of overseas owner's passport, copy of house book, copy of rental agreement and letter from the condo office. Now they tell him he needs to have the condo office doc signed and stamped and house book. So he goes back to the condo office and the perplexed lady says they have done this for ages and they always do it the same so she calls them by telephone. After the call she signs and stamps it and says it is okay. So he returns to Jomtien and the lady says not acceptable where is house book and her id card from office? He politely informs her he has provided all docs as requested plus made the extra effort on the condo doc. She then says the house book copies he gave her are no good because they had been sent electronically and not physically photo copied. He politely left and plans to speak with a higher authority on Monday as well as the US embassy. He is not impressed and may cancel his retirement plans altogether. He believes he has all docs in order. The lady handling his case also stated in the meeting "these are new rules and this is my office" lol.
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Must be a luck thing. I just got my 1st "retirement" visa at CM. live with girl friend at her home but the issue never came up and the whole process was slicker than snot.
Good for you. He said he normally has no problems with Jomtien immigration and finds them quite friendly but he definitely said he had the vibe they don't want retirement visas very badly.
O please with that number, thats like the old one more nail in the coffin saying. I do not think immigration wants retirement visa as they do not need them. Immigration can ask for different proofs of address if your friend wants the extension of stay he will furnish them the paper work. I had to show immigration in CM my lease agreement no big deal.
Pay attention lol. It's not the rental agreement that is the hassle it is getting copies of the owner's passport and the house book as the guy lives in Europe.
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Must be a luck thing. I just got my 1st "retirement" visa at CM. live with girl friend at her home but the issue never came up and the whole process was slicker than snot.
Good for you. He said he normally has no problems with Jomtien immigration and finds them quite friendly but he definitely said he had the vibe they don't want retirement visas very badly.
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Many offices ask for proof of residence like he was asked for. I don't recall it being asked for at Jomtien before but I suspect it is not that unusual.
Ok but why can someone go in and get a proof of residence with a cable bill and they are asking for copy of owner's passport (he is not the owner), land document, condo letter, rental agreements etc.?
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A good friend of mine recently returned from Jomtien immigration where he intended to apply for the Non O visa for retirement. He had actually traveled previously to Bangkok to do it because he read it was changed but they told him to go to Jomtien. He did go the other day and he had what he believed was all his paperwork including copies, photos, embassy letter, financial backup etc. The lady asked if he rents or owns and from whom and he was honest stating he rents from a man in Europe. She then says he will need rental agreement copy, letter from the condo, copy of owners passport and copy of ownership book. And he has address on his drivers license lol. What is going on here? They can't be too interested in retirees. What is going on here?
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Ecuador has had a workable expat policy and has allowed foreign ownership of land. Now they are putting the brakes on the expat part by slowing application times down so much it's hardly worth applying.
Property prices have risen beyond what the locals can afford. This may have enriched some Haves while further shutting out the Have Nots.
Why are they smart enough to see this and react by restricting foreign ownership if it hurts the locals meanwhile Sydney, Toronto, Vancouver, LA, New York, London etc. are allowing wealthy Chinese and Russians to buy their way in and push prices up so locals cannot afford to live in their cities.
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I would go to savannakhet. You won't have problems and they can process same day.
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There's a terrible shortage of skilled craftsmen in Bangkok now at any price. A good friend is having a hard time converting his guest house into efficiency apartments because he can't find carpenters, plumbers, tile layers, etc. and he's offering double the old wages but he won't let the workers live on-site and he has had some who lied about their skill level so now he has to personally supervise all work. He's not a happy camper as he is losing money because of the down time from closing the guest house until he can begin leasing apartments; which he can't do until all work is completed. I wish the vocational schools could focus their student's attention on learning a trade instead of joining a school mob to attack other school mobs. I would like to see some retired Farangs allowed to informally teach some of the building trades. It would certainly benefit the country and the Farang would benefit from having skilled workers available. I want to build a house and am willing to train my workforce but it is not allowed. Education, of all types, is the major impediment to improving lives in this country. You can only blame the 'Elite' so much for willful ignorance.
Im an expat of 14yrs here in Thailand and a ex Forman Bricklayer who has managed many many contracts over the yrs, when you look at the new builds it is absolutely a joke there is no tradesmen here. So if you ever here of anyone wanting a teacher give me a call, i believe that companies here would get a lot better quality work done if they used more Farangs
The road-block is government xenophobia. I've never heard of a Farang teaching at a trade-school. If someone on this forum knows more about this, please post.
I grew up in the country and tried most of the building trades before I moved to Dallas (no money in the country), I became a construction foreman for commercial high-rise buildings because of my varied experience. I'm not a master tradesman but have a lot to offer; especially compared to the skill levels available in Thailand now. (my experience was also useful for teaching the Mexican immigrants who were most of my crews).
Go to Cambodia they will listen to you there. Thailand is only interested in Thais and face.
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It's like they used to say in the USSR "you pretend to pay us and we pretend to work".
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I'm no economist and always welcome input from those better qualified to explain but why when it would help exports is a de-valuation resisted ?
Is it just a matter of face, LoS can boast about having a strong Baht and to hell with the consequences ?
The answer is the fore-mentioned swelling account surplus. Exports (autos/fish), tourism, domestic consumption is greater than imports (oil). I'm simplifying of course. It's not broken so don't fix it. Devaluation would negatively impact rice farmers and families and government wants political stability. Status quo viewed as best option.
Yes, as I've been saying for the last 4 or 5 months, its pretty much all about the Oil imports - paying less than they were paying last year leaves Thailand with a trade surplus.
But to answer the question, why they don't devalue is simple. It won't change the underlying reasons for the appreciation. That is, the trade surplus.
In such a situation, what a devaluation would mean is that the economy gets flooded with newly printed Baht and then you end up with inflation. So prices of everything go up. What little benefit exporters get from the weaker currency, every other Thai will pay the price for that through higher prices. Is that what you want?
Not entirely that simple. Yes imported products would go up but this would also increase sales and market share for competing Thai products as well as encourage enterprise domestically in new sectors. And you are ignoring the Tourism/retirement sector. A weaker baht would be the best thing for tourism and Thais intentionally downplay the importance of this key sector. If a weaker currency is so bad why are all the western countries in a race for the bottom when it comes to their currency?
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The American ideal of equal opportunity under the law and equal treatment under the law...
has never been realized.
American democracy is a facade. It's like an insurance policy that promises the world but when an accident happens refuses to pay.
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Quit watching the brain washing western media portraying Muslims as jihadist bombers. 99.99 percent are good people. I have worked with many and they have been professional, loyal, friendly and capable people.