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    Getting married to thai girl and getting Visa for Australia

    By Anonymous, Created on: 16/07/2006, Last updated on: 13/08/2007

    » On August the 28th i will Marry my Beautiful Thai girl friend i hope that we will be able to obtain a partner visa by Xmas so that herand her daughter will be here in Australia for the new year any advice on how to obtain Visa and how to have our mariage legally reconised will be much apreciated

    • Anonymous commented : y no need to be sorry for the long post, 1. It was informative 2. Lots of people will get to read this and the more we share information the better 3. It was written well I feel you gave good information as how to obtain a Visa in Australia. You gave good examples of the pro's and con's. My experiences so far are : - As to how long it will take to get a Spouse Visa, (from Australian Thai embassy in Bangkok) it can be as little as 2 weeks, I know a couple who had this happen for them. As he told me and as we are doing, ‘YOU HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT’. What I mean is read as much as you can on web forums, read all the information that they post on the embassy web sites and IMMI websites. When they say this list, referring to their checklist, is not exhaustive, believe them. Personally I think they should write it ‘IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE’. Tell them if you sneezed and your wife said bless you LOL. On a serious level send them as much as you can. Birthday cards letters from your friends and family, even if they only mention your partner in a small way (highlight it). To answer your questions regarding the Australian embassy in Bangkok, my experiences of contacting them have always been difficult. If I call them you have to go through an answering service, which is very slow and often does not work. It is not explained well. It does not have a help option (directed to operator if you do not understand). Why should they provide an operator when they have a monopoly on visa applications? As to going in person I am sure prisoners of war were treated with better respect when trying to get to speak to the commandant. Security is that high at the Oz embbassy in Thailand. There is the main gate staffed by what appears to be Thai nationals. They are not cold but very emotionless (in my experience of management this is always passed down to the operators, Thai people are know for their friendliness). When you get to the second gate you meet the gate NATZI (Sorry I must apologize here 1 of the 3 people I met here was human and actually went out of her way to help me). This is typical of my experiences with the Embassy, It is the luck of the draw on the day if you get a helpful person or not. The first time I went to see these people, who I pay for as a taxpayer, I got some help. That was when they decided it was right for them to show up at the window. By the time they had arrived I had found information sheets that told me different things to what I had learnt doing research on the Internet. I filled out their form saying that I was single, after having to go back outside gate 2 and get my phone to call my then fiancée to get the extra information they required. I then got told that they could not verifier that a certified copy of my divorce certificate, made in their country was correct. They did not want to help in any way, they told me that it may not be accepted by some district offices because it was a copy and not certified in Thailand. I left there thinking that I may have to return to Australia and come back again with the genuine divorce certificate. With very little help from the OZ embassy I managed to get married In Thailand. I am now in the final stages of putting together with my lovely darling wife our application for spouse Visa. It is harder than what most people would expect, if you want to do it right that is. Thank you Kate for your help, you seem to be a person like Nina and I that cares and wants to help other people. My focus now is on getting my wife here to Australia. Once that is done I will post Outcome 2 so other people can learn by our experiences. In the future I would like to be able to set up a website to help people like ourselves. As you said creating a list of translators would be one of many things we could do. If you would be interested in helping out with this please email me and we could work something out. Thanks Gary

    • 23 replies, 15,284 views

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    Do You Support Your Thai In-Laws?

    By Anonymous, Created on: 02/03/2006, Last updated on: 14/02/2007

    » In Thailand, children take care of their parents. They kind of pay back the debt that they contracted just by being born and educated by their parents. And contrary to "popular" belief, it is valid whether you are rich or poor (but of course far more meaningful if the parents are poor...)....

    • Anonymous commented : ike USA, and it does not take long to go from one place to the next place. If you do not want to live close to foreigners, than you need to stay away from Pattaya and those tourist areas. Bangkok and metroplexes are out of your question since the air is not very clean and weather is not very nice. There is hot spring in Ranong. Big and small waterfalls are all over Thailand. As for national parks, there are everywhere in Thailand too. As for fruits and foods, these things are available and prices are depending on the distribution. Big supermarkets are now available in large to medium size cities. If you love the sea the most, I would think that you might like to live in Phetchaburi; it is not far from Bangkok. I have a cousin who owned a house close to Kang Kra Jai/Chan National Park, but you probably wanting to live on the eastside of Muang Phet since it is close to the sea and with fishing fleet harbor. It is about two hours or so on private vehicle from Bangkok. My family has our compound in the countryside north of Bangkok since I have to conduct some of my businesses in Bangkok. Now, there are highway loop around Bangkok so it is much quicker to bypass Bangkok to go to other cities and to the beaches. If you are planning to live alone, than a townhouse or condomenium would seem to be a choice; you would still have small garden in townhouse or pot garden in condo.

    • 26 replies, 12,936 views

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    Buying property in Thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 17/02/2006, Last updated on: 11/11/2011

    » Nothing much to say here is there, i think that IAN has told us all there is to know and believe me.......... .he's right.

    • Anonymous commented : e business community. In the long term, common Thais will not be able to afford to live and or visit these places. The one of possitive aspect is that this business will help bring/improve the building standards/codes in Thailand to first world standard. Since certain ethnic developers will not meet the world building standards/codes due to profit and their old building habits. Real Estate/Residential Sales Dutch Brokerage Taps Luxury Market, 25 February 2006 The Dutch property brokerage My Trusted House (MTH) is expanding into Asia, using Thailand as its base to explore business opportunities in the region. ''We started with Thailand because European people love to take holidays here. After their visits, some people want to buy a house to stay here,'' said Ronald Joosten, the executive partner of MTH Asia Pacific Co. My Trusted House is a leading property sales and marketing agent in Europe, with a focus on luxury vacation homes. It established MTH Asia Pacific with Thai partners to handle its first operation in Asia. The local partners have not been named. Mr Joosten said that Europeans felt comfortable about investing in property in Thailand, despite the lack of land ownership rights for foreigners. ''Thailand is very strong in terms of safety, the economy as well as political [stability] compared with other Asian countries,'' he said. Apart from tourists, the company intends to target as potential customers the large number of expatriates in top management positions with multinational companies in Thailand. It will also link up with accounting, financial and law firms to help ensure that foreigners earn benefits from their property investments in Thailand. The strong growth of the local resale market for real estate also appeals to investors, Mr Joosten added. The company's first venture in Asia is Royal Maritime in Sattahip, Chon Buri. It consists of 25 luxury villas with prices ranging between 30 million and 70 million baht each. The company will hold its first event, called Living Rich Asia, this weekend at the Raffles Park Nai Lert Hotel in Bangkok, in order to introduce itself and the new villa project to affluent Thai clients. It will also arrange its first tour of Thailand for 50 affluent European investors in March. In addition, MTH plans to join with a local cable TV operator to set up Travel TV, aiming to broadcast across Thailand by the end of this year. The travel TV channel will be its key marketing tool following the success in Europe of Liberty TV, its 24-hour leisure and lifestyle channel based in Luxembourg. The television programming focuses on selling vacation-related products including hotels, airline tickets and property. The channel is currently seen in Luxembourg, Germany France, the Netherlands and Belgium. MTH has other property projects in the pipeline in Chiang Mai, Phuket, Samui and Bangkok. After Thailand, the company will expand its business into other Asian countries, including China and Singapore.

    • 119 replies, 367,763 views

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    For the Foreigners who wished to retire, to work and or to live in Thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 17/07/2005, Last updated on: 31/12/2012

    » I am kinda tired of mis-information provided by some forumers. I always think that it is best to learn the law ourselves. Since we are learnt persons, otherwise...we would not be participating in this forum. This is a website from Thai Embassy in Washington D.C.. I often using the Thai Embassy...

    • villager commented : ake your time ,don,t rush headlong into anything, try to get advice from long time stayers in Thailand ,its actually a piece of cake once you know the score , also make it quite plain from the start you are marrying her not all her family otherwise you may have BIG PROBLEMS once you start to live here , I made this proviso right from the word go , because I,ve personally seen so much grief on the farangs behalf when his wife,s family just regarded him as an ATM on legs, and in closing DON'T lend money ,cos i,ve heard enough sob storeys on this score to fill the old testament.[/quote:7ejb8ow2] If you take the advice of Baron Von Trapp(ed in Trang and Bang-up in Buriram you're heading for the same situation they're in, living as tenants in their wives' houses supporting all the unemployed relatives, boats burnt and no way out of a lawless country heading towards total anarchy or Burmese style military dictatorship (it's on the cusp and could go either way) Get into trouble of any kind and no one will help least of all the police , try reading other threads like "Tourism what are they thinking?" "new visa rules for foreigners" "A storm is coming for us..." "Multiple Farang Deaths in Phuket" "Rude immigration staff" "PAD and foreigners" "DEVALUE THAILAND BAHT" and "Thailand NOT For Sale" They'll give you a fair idea of what to expect, the Land of Smiles is a misnomer now I know I tried living there from 2001 to 2007 and left for civilised English speaking Malaysia With the THB at 52 to the GBP bring as little as possible, wait a few weeks and you'll see it revalued to 65+ Opening a bank account is easy, just walk into the Kasikorn with THB10,000 and your passport (they issue an ATM card on the spot and charge THB300 for it) I was 62 when I did it in 2002 at 4 different banks in Bangkok (they never mentioned a work permit) Take your time is good advice (about 20 years should be enough) and don't rush into anything, she ain't going to run away as walking ATMs are thin on the ground in Thailand right now I expect you're already sending money, I knew girls in Phuket who had up to six i.diots doing the same, have you bought her a new mobile yet, how's her mother's operation and is the sick buffalo better yet Maybe you should rethink the whole thing unless you like walking in minefields, that is [/quote:7ejb8ow2] Yep The prophet from Penang speaks out eh, mind you Pappy it did take you almost 6 years before the penny finally dropped did,nt it , which even you have to admit is quite some time for a guy like yourself who seems to have all the answer,s,LOLOL.

    • 16 replies, 40,140 views

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    thai divorce and property law

    By Anonymous, Created on: 21/02/2005, Last updated on: 16/01/2006

    » I'm a U.S. citizen and married to a thai guy in U.S., he has nothing in U.S. but business ownership, land and bank accounts in thailand. our baby is going to be U.S. citizen, i want to know, is it true by law that he told me that i cannot co-own any business, land or bank account of his? what can...

    • Anonymous commented : ck inside luggage. This is a long letter, sorry, but we have no one to turn to. So far no one here knows any Thai law...at the law school...

    • 44 replies, 19,067 views

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    Legality in marrage to THAI MAN .. /??

    By Anonymous, Created on: 10/01/2005, Last updated on: 03/08/2007

    » hello I am an american woman who plans on getting married to a thai man what do I need to do before marrage ?? i also at this point do not have a visa and whish to live with him in thailand . I have no idea how to do any of this . any and all help would be great . thanks so much khob khun mak...

    • Anonymous commented : 60 days. If you need to stay longer period you can try to get 1 year non-immigrant visa it requires a deposit of about 800.000 baht for 3 months in a thai bank. You can always ask from immigration officials. i have found the best service to be in tourist areas like Pattaya or Bangkok. The worst service was in Kanchanaburi and Nong Khai. To marry you have to show paper that you are not married in your home country and propably translate it into thai by local notary. The are lots of agencies helping to do that, try to pick those ones which actually hire members of thai lawyers association since in Thailand anyone can appear as a lawyer. As a foreigner you will face some legal procedures, but believe me, normally you get through the legal hurdles quite easily - when you have money to pay for the services. Doing things legally in Thailand always takes 3times more but its worth it. Keep your money on your bank account, your flat under your name and so on. First some might say that its impossible but its not. Take care. Best of luck. Sam

    • 3 replies, 2,094 views

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    enry into the u.k. for thai girlfriends/partners

    By Anonymous, Created on: 02/01/2005, Last updated on: 07/06/2006

    » I started out trying to help my Thai employee (with a British passport) to bring her twenty two year old daughter to the U.K. for a family visit. Thought it would be a breeze. Mother rents a single room so I offered my family home for daughter to stay in during visit. I've heard stories about the...

    • Anonymous commented : d her to come to the UK for a longer period. I looked into student visas, visitor visas, engagement and marriage visas with the visitor being the easiest and quickest. I sent her the forms along with my payslips, phone bills and a signed letter. She went to Bangkok, told them what colour my boxers are and got her visa. Booked a flight and we spent a great six months together. So somewhere in the supposedly corrupt embassy in Bangkok there are some honest officials who can spot a sweet young girl who just wants to visit her boyfriend. And as quick I am to vent my angers at British immigration laws being surrounded by so many immigrants, I’m sure these people aren’t deliberately causing grief or just trying to fill their own back pockets. Through my girlfriend I’ve now met a large number of Thai people in London. Some who should be here and some who shouldn’t. Unfortunately the British embassy is run by people who naturally make mistakes and my utmost sympathies it they rejected your girlfriend or wife at the expense of admitting somebody they should have sent back to Patpong. Now I just hope she’ll be able to come back in the same manner, as can we really justify needing another six months in the UK to meet my family and visit Buckingham Palace?

    • Anonymous commented : aedo. Also, be prepared for a long, long wait. So far, we have been waiting for two years and still we have no date for our appeal hearing! The onus is upon you to prove otherwise to what the entry clearance officer wants to believe. SAVE EVERY SHRED OF EVIDENCE YOU CAN ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP. Phone bills, e-mails, letters AND the envelopes they came in. photos, scraps of paper - EVERYTHING. It all adds to your chances. I have it on good authority, from my MP, that this is possibly the worst time you could pick to apply to bring in a non EU person. Politically, the subject is very sensitive and that's not to mention the terrorism threats (real or perceived). You may also want to consider the way of the Chinese. They mamange to come in by firstly going to study/live in an EU country that is not as strict as the U.K. Belgium or Ireland for example. Once in these countries they apply for the right to remain and then make the easy EU hop into the U.K. More advice - if you can find a way around the legal route then take it. The British Embassy in Bangkok is still rife with corruption and bribery. It really doesn't pay to be legal these days! I wish I'd known this before I started to do things the 'proper' way! Good Luck.

    • Anonymous commented : med to be British and will no longer consider myself as such. I too will leave this stinking country to live in Thailand (although I have young children to take care of first). Be warned, one and all. The process appears simple but THEY will definately judge you and you will be able to do NOTHING about it.

    • 13 replies, 7,030 views

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    Understanding the American ways

    By Anonymous, Created on: 16/10/2004, Last updated on: 28/03/2007

    » I am a Thai lady who left Bangkok at the age of 20, lived in Singapore for 11 years before residing now in the US for the past 4 years. I lived in California for the first year & a half and now I live in Boise, Idaho. Determine to upgrade myself educationally, I enrolled for classes at the local...

    • Anonymous commented : e past ten years or more, the longest time I stayed in Bangkok was only about two weeks either once or twice a year. The only place I've been outside BKK is Phuket and that was only for a week. As you can see, I don't really know a lot of many things which is really sad.

    • 39 replies, 17,828 views

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