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The MOC will look at the shareholders of the Delaware company. If it is owned less than 51% by Americans it will not be considered a US company for the purposes of the Treaty of Amity. This applies to all corporate entities going up the chain.
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There are no abbreviations for นาง and นาย
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I agree. There is no need to make any change.
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Your district office is different to the Lend Department office where you went to register the transfer of your condo into your name. In which street/soi is your condo located? Once we know this, we will be able to tell you which district office you need to go to.
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...And there aren't to many missionaries - another plus.
I found that to be a rather curious comment, Oswulf. What do you haver against missionaries?
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dbrenn, did you get a sense at your Ministry interview that your application would be eventually approved? Or is it simply that you go for the interview and leave with no real idea as to whether or not you will make it through? I understand from Chatette's responses that she was congratulated at her Ministry interview - which, of course, seems to suggest that the rest is a mere formality. I wonder how many of the applications that are actually accepted by the Police Department and then sent on to the Ministry for approval don't actually make it through to citizenship. I guess we will never know the answer to these questions as they are all internal Ministry matters.
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Thank you, dbrenn and chatette, for the wealth of information you have shared with everyone about this fascinating experience.
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Were any of your interviews, either at the Police Department of at the Ministry, video taped? My interview for PR was taped, and I wondered whether there is a similar video taping of interviews for the citizenship application.
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dbrenn, could you tell us more about your initial Thai language interview at the Police Station?
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Here is a rather interesting provision from the Thai Nationality Act.
Section 19.
The Minister is empowered to revoke Thai nationality of a person who acquires Thai nationality by naturalization if it appears that:
(1) The naturalization was effected by concealment of facts or making any statement false in material particular;
(2) There is evidence to show that he still makes use of his former nationality;
(3) He commits any act prejudicial to the security or conflicting the interests of the State, or amounting to an insult to the nation;
(4) He commits any act contrary to public order or good morals;
(5) He has resided abroad without having a domicile in Thailand for more than five years;
(6) He still retains the nationality of the country at war with Thailand.
The revocation of Thai nationality under this section may extend to children of a person whose Thai nationality is revoked in case such children are not sui juris and acquire Thai nationality under Section 12, paragraph two and the Minister shall, after the order for revocation of Thai nationality has been given, shall submit the matter to the King for information.
Of particular interest I thought, in the context of dual passport holders, was Section 19(2). I wonder what this means in practice? Also, Section 19(5) is also of interest. Overall, it certainly makes sense that someone who has been naturalized can have their Thai citizenship revoked. I did not know, however, that this power of revocation was clearly set out in the Nationality Act.
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April 2004 - Thai language interview at the Police Department
Could you please provide some additional information about the Thai language interview at the Police Department. I, as I am sure many others, would be very interested to hear more about it.
Cheers,
Bob
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dbrenn, I am curious to know whether anything was stamped into your passport after making your application? I know that when you applies for PR the Immigration Department put a stamp in your passport saying that your application for permanent residence is under consideration. I wondered if something similar is done when you apply for citizenship.
Many thanks,
Bob
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Does anyone know the Thai for the English terms "Non-Immigrant B Visa" and "Extension of Stay", as used by the Thai Immigration Department?
Many thanks,
Bob
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Hi Chalette,
Congratulations! Would you mind elaborating on your interview today? Did they ask you detailed questions about Thai history or why you wanted to become Thai? If you could provide more detail that would be great.
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I am not able to speak about things of this nature that may or may not have happened in the past, but it certainly is not the case now.ha ha ha.. Yeah sure, nothing in Thailand thats involved with beaurocracy ever gets greased through !! Tell that to the longer term guys wandering round with Thai passports.. Anyway that was the price I was offered.. For me I dont see 650k value in it..how long did you have a residency before this?I believe that the OP held PR for more than 5 years prior to his application for citizenship.
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Unlike PR, there are no quotas set for citizenship. As of April 2007, out of the 400 or so applications currently waiting for approval (of which the OP was one), only a handful are from Westerners. The majority of applicants are from China, Taiwan, and India.
Anyone who tells you Thai citizenship can be bought is misinformed. Also, an investment into Thailand does not qualify one for Thai citizenship.
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Does anyone know where I might be able to find Thai literature available in audio book form? I know that there may be some available at the Society for the Blind, but I was also interested in finding out whether there are any Thai language audio books available commercially.
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http://breakingnews.nationchannel.com/read...5832〈=T
The 30% reserve requirement is being relaxed for certain investments which are fully hedged. There is no mention of the requirements being scrapped altogether.
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อยู่ป่้าว is the most common I have seen in an IM context. It is frightfully informal, though.
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Foreigners with PR are able to obtain a mortgage. I obtained one from HSBC last month.
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I did the test in Dec 2005 and received a score of 89%. I wrote a very long post on this forum about the test around that time. You can read it by clicking the link below.
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/lofiversion/...php/t45636.html
Regards,
Bob
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Has anyone used the FSI Thai course to completion? I am very curious to know what people think of it. I have downloaded Volume 1 and I must say it looks rather good.
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There was no poetry reading on the exam last year. I doubt you will be required to read poetry this year either.
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All information about the examination, together with the relevant application forms, is available on the Bureau of Education Testing website: http://bet.obec.go.th. The information on this website breaks down the test into its component parts, and explains what each part is about.
You may also wish to do a search in this forum. I and others have posted in detail about our experience with the test.
Cheers,
Bob
Camerata's Guide To The Permanent Residence Process
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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Yes, the Thai channel is the correct channel for a PR holder. I was a little nervous the first time I tried to use the Thai channel for fear of being rejected. One immigration lady rudely waved me away from the Thai line once but I held my residence book up in the air and she sat down again. When I got to the front of the line she was an absolute cow. She told me off for not filling in my visa number. I noted to her that it was not a visa but a re-entry. She threatened to give me a one month stamp and cancel my PR. I told her that she was a rude woman who had no authority to do that or speak to me in such a way and that if she touched my PR book I would be going straight to the Police to report her. What a cow she was. Other than this, I have never had any issues.