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    America bashing at Esplanade Mall

    By gohmer, Created on: 09/05/2010, Last updated on: 11/06/2011

    » I putting this post up because it is related to international relationships with American citizens living and visiting Thailand. It illustrated to me that little is known about America by most people in Thailand, in fact, I think that few in the world truly understand what America is about and how...

    • PeterAndyWolfe commented : . one store owner does not, a national sentiment, make. If I am boycotting Thailand at the present it's because I want to relax while on vacation - There are great deals right now on Bangkok hotels but wearing a flack jacket to dinner in 90 degree weather just doesn't sound like much fun.

    • 119 replies, 154,424 views

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    Permanent Residence Permit ?

    By skyaslimit, Created on: 16/04/2010, Last updated on: 14/01/2014

    » I never wrote to this forum before but there is a very big question mark in my mind regarding the anouncments of yearly PR here in Thailand which I applied three Prime ministers ago since then I am getting 180 days extentions regularly but no results, why is that ? I also search all the official web...

    • skyaslimit commented : ermanent residency to foreign nationals, deputy government spokeswoman Sunisa Lertpakawat said Tuesday. The 2013 quota allows a maximum of 100 persons per country and 50 stateless persons to be given permanent residency, the same number as last year. Foreigners wanting to stay in Thailand permanently can submit applications in December at immigration offices in Bangkok and other provinces. A total of 241 foreigners from 32 countries applied for the permanent resident status last year and authorities are processing their applications, Lt Sunisa said. [i:mq483eun] Bangkok Post 10/09/2013[/i:mq483eun]

    • 25 replies, 72,973 views

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    Bangkok Airways launches “FLYER PASS”

    By prnews, Created on: 22/07/2009, Last updated on: 22/07/2009

    » [img:6hhhcnzp]http://www.bangkokpost.com/ads/4r-8.jpg[/img:6hhhcnzp] Bangkok Airways’ Prote Setsuwan Vice President – Marketing, Mr.Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth President, M.L. Nandhika Varavarn, Vice President for Corporate Communications, Ms. Chonlada Chevathakorn, Senior Sales...

    • 0 replies, 10,237 views

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    Land purchase through Thai spouse forbidden: Land Dept

    By Suttisan, Created on: 28/05/2009, Last updated on: 02/10/2016

    » -- Land purchase through Thai spouse forbidden: Land Dept The director general of the Land Department has reiterated that foreigners using Thai nominees to buy land anywhere in the country will have their land title deeds revoked if caught – even if the nominee in question is a lawfully wedded...

    • Krumm commented : ws. I.e. laws which ban nationals of one country which ban nationals of another country from the same buying rights, to themselves be banned. I.e. Thais would be banned from buying in Western countries, Japan, South Korea, China, etc. - because our nationals are banned from buying in Thailand. Switzerland has laws virtually doing this. We should copy Switzerland. Mr Anuwat should be banned from buying in Western countries, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, etc.[/quote:1gpigr5k] That would be great but would never happen countries like the US and UK which regard it as a fundamental freedom for anyone to own land and actually want foreigners to invest in their countries, wherever they come from. Would also love to see Thais not being allowed to own their businesses abroad and being charged 10 times the going rate to enter museums and national parks too. No doubt they would scream blue murder. Anyway it seems that The Bangkok Post did get Anuwat to eventually publish a clarification and he apparently meant to say that it is illegal for Thais married to foreigners to buy land, if the funds are not their own and the couple doesn't sign the Letter of Confirmation. So he was indeed just shooting his mouth off trying to sound tough and score brownies points for foreigner bashing. What a useless old windbag and time waster! Can't they find some one a bit brighter to head up the Land Dept. Oh....I forgot. It's a political appointment.

    • 186 replies, 1,555,754 views

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    The Thai Business’s Readiness on the H1N1 Influenza A Threat

    By prnews, Created on: 23/06/2009, Last updated on: 23/06/2009

    » [img:eb1wsc01]http://www.bangkokpost.com/ads/image002.jpg[/img:eb1wsc01] Bangkok, 25 June 2552: Representatives for private sector and Thailand eminent not-for-profit organizations which consist of Influenza Foundation (Thailand), Thailand Management Association, the Thai Chamber of...

    • 0 replies, 4,210 views

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    Good Private Schools in Thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 18/02/2008, Last updated on: 30/08/2011

    » We have heard of this new" Internationalised" Curriculum being offered in Thailand. We wanted to know if it is appropriate for us as I am British and my wife is Thai.

    • toma commented : n studying in Bromsgrove International School located in Bangkok. In general it concentrates on providing a traditional, academically rigorous education. There you may study English National Curriculum, the International General Certificate of Secondary Education, 'Advanced (A) level examination as far as i remember..

    • 17 replies, 45,050 views

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    Why do ONLY foreigners get special promotion?

    By Anonymous, Created on: 28/01/2008, Last updated on: 05/02/2014

    » The advertising board on the way to Airport is shown "Foreigner Zone.. Buying house (somewhere around Bangkok..) Foreigner, with Special Price!!" I know the property company may want to attract foreigners to invest in property in Thailand. But, what about Thais who also want to own the...

    • thaieye commented : r charging visitors more than nationals is racist just pure financial opportunism, based on the, now very outdated notion, that all farangs are rich and all Thais poor. Somebody at the Ministry of Screwing It All Up (and every country has one) needs to get an update and outlaw this, one of Thailand's least attractive practices. The cost of haircuts is just fascinating. In Bangkok, Jomtien and now in Chiang Mai where I live, I have always been charged the advertised price and the delightful young man who currently crops my locks, including a shave a short massage, charges the princely sum of Baht 50, consistently refusing my offer of a baht 20 tip. When I took my three grandsons for their schoolboy scalping at baht 20 per head, he insisted on giving me a group discount and would only accept baht 50. The last haircut I had in London, more than five years ago, after searching for the cheapest I could find cost twelve pounds. Since the barber spent the whole time complaining of how pitifully little he was able to charge, I fairly well felt obliged to leave him the change from the fifteen pounds which I gave him. Ladies too it seems enjoy these minimal charges since when my sister visited in August. I took her to my chap's wife who operates in a corner of his shop and my sister was stunned by the baht 40 fee for a shampoo and blow dry, the best she had had for many years she claimed. Now in August (oh happy days) baht 40 was about 60 pence and my sister pays 25 pounds in the UK to a lady who lives in her village and works from home. Well, special treatment for poor old farangs may not always involve being treated like Thais but as Shakespeare observed, "Every like is not the same O Caesar". And let's just be glad it isn't.

    • 81 replies, 319,453 views

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    Advise on how to marry my thai girlfriend?

    By Anonymous, Created on: 21/11/2007, Last updated on: 21/12/2007

    » Hi Guys! I have known my girlfriend for 12 months now and want to marry her. How do I go about this n order for the marriage to be both legal under thai and english laws? We love each other so much and I have also been advise that in order for her to come here, it is easier if we marry first in...

    • Anonymous commented : in Bangkok (July 2002). Other nationals should contact their embassy for guidance. The affirmation letter must then be translated into Thai. It seems that just about anyone can do the translation, but the it does need to be certified by the Thai ministry of Foreign affairs; 123 Chaeng Wattana Road, Laksi District, Bangkok 11120 Tel. 02 575 1056 – 59, 02 981 7171 You need to obtain a Certificate of Residency. Don't let the name confuse you, this has nothing to do with your visa status within Thailand, though you do need to have entered the country legally, and your visa must still be valid. Obtaining a residency certificate is simply case of visiting your local immigration office with your fiancee in tow - she needs to produce her own residency log. You will need to supply two current photos, a copy of your passport and 200 Baht. This takes about 30 minutes to complete. The pair of you then visit your fiancee's Amphur Office. This government office handles all the registration matters of the local population and is generally visited by Thai's when they move home. The British Embassy refers to this office as a 'Registry office', and whilst that name probably describes the nearest thing that exists in Britain the way it operates it completely different; You can turn up at the Amphur office unannounced, produce all the relevant documentation and leave with a marriage certificate within the space of 30 minutes. What you need to take; - Your passport, plus 2 copies including copies of entry visa. - Letter of Affirmation - both originals and 1 copy each of native and Thai versions. - Residency Certificate - original and 1 copy. - Your fiancee's house log, plus 2 copies thereof. - Your fiancee's ID card, plus 1 copy. - Two witnesses. If all goes well you will receive two marriage certificates and supporting documentation that can be used for obtaining visas. The certificates are in Thai, with even the dates written using Thai numerals... All Thai Registrars will require authentication of the British Consular Official’s signature and certification of the Thai translation. This must be obtained from : The Legalisation and Naturalisation Division, Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 123 Chaeng Wattana Road, Laksi District, Bangkok 11120 Tel. 575 1056 – 59, 981 7171 (08.30 – 11.30 and 13.00 – 15.30) The fee is Baht 400 per document, and it takes up to two full days for the Ministry to process applications

    • 27 replies, 15,669 views

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    if married in thailand can she claim for half of what you own in uk

    By Anonymous, Created on: 08/09/2007, Last updated on: 02/11/2007

    » if married in thailand i am a uk man she is thai lady can she have a claim on my property and my bussiness if we were to divorce

    • Anonymous commented : ts of ex-pats married to Thai nationals. The Thai government surely know the present laws are exploited by unscruplous wives and families but is there any action.? Do you think Thais in the west would stand for such repression.? No! they know their rights as set out in our democratic constitution that allows the married Thai national the rights to 'self determination' because the laws are just this JUST. The Thai government must concede to this. for if it where the other way round there would be an uproar by Thai nationals here of blatant racsim. Why does the Thai government offer PR to ex-pats but deny them their 'civil liberties' as Thais in the west have. It's not PR as we know it they are still treated as an ALIEN. Here in Oz we have progressive regulations governing cross cultural marriages. The Thai government surely knows and understands the benifits of it's nationals living under our system. Why for the life of me they impose the opposite in the kingdom is difficult to fathom. For the shear amount of regulations legislated at controlling the influence of westerners in Thailand, surely there are some intelligent politicians who could reform Thailands' archaic immigration and property laws, that would insure security for both the aspiring ex-pat who wishes to honestly migrate to Thai and that of the Thai peoples' wish to retain it's often talked about 'threatened soverignty.' Again it's called 'progressive regulations' The west has had it for years in both it's immigration and visa laws. Why do you think so many Thais are wanting to come and study here. They know if they achieve PR status they are treated as equals. This is the shear hypocricy of the present sisituation. Whats bizarre about the whole thing is that high end foreign investment in Thailand allows for the many rights average honest ex-pats are fighting for just so they may feel secure in their new homeland. It seems it's only money Thailand wants, thats the sum of it all. . If only Ex-pats had the courage to unite and fight for their rights as a united front. Only then will people stand up and notice. Imagine like the 'Army of the Poor' that marched on Bangkok if a contingent of Ex-pats took the streets of the capital to fight for the very rights Thai in the West have been given with little to no struggle at all. It will probably never happen as 'martial law' would be imposed on them and they all would be quickly deported. 'CHAI MAI"

    • 33 replies, 20,879 views

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    Thai Marriage Laws

    By Anonymous, Created on: 18/05/2007, Last updated on: 11/08/2010

    » I am trying to understand why Westerners living and married to Thai nationals are denied permanent residency status once they are legally married in the kingdom. In the west a Thai national receives residency once they are officially married to a western citizen. Procedures are followed and intensive...

    • Anonymous commented : lawfully married whit a Thai national for more than 30 years. In not any EU country their are such limitations. Its a question of principles. But maybe I'm too narrow minded to think like that. Collin, please don't get the wrong idea, I'm convinced that you have a trustworthy wife who have a genuine love for you. But you never knows what the future can brings to you. Both of us have enough sense of reality to know this. My wife is 12 years older than me(yeah men like that exist also, LOL), so I'm more concerned about this issue. I really have a wonderful middle class Chino-Thai family who never asked something, its even the contrary. But I'm a person who learn in the hard way not to put too much trust in people, and lay my life in their hands. I hope you understand my feeling. kind regards harry

    • 68 replies, 108,200 views

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