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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 : hi max , not really an expert on other peoples affairs cos each case is very different and you will read i recommended someone who knows far more than i on these matters {farang noi } as for me i have no intention of going back to england so saw no need to have a REAL wedding , one thing i would like to add though is that i went to england in aug to rewrite my will and make financial provision for my wife when i passed away, i need only add that she will never have money problems as long as she lives , that is unless she falls for the lines her so called friends and family who will descend on her like vultures on a dead wilderbeast will give her when i,m gone!!, many people will think that this is a bit cynical , but i would say there is a very fine line between a cynic and a realist , regards ,colin .

    • 33 replies, 20,879 views

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    Immigration Police

    By Anonymous, Created on: 10/06/2007, Last updated on: 03/08/2007

    » This is to complain of the highandedness of the immigration police at the internation DM airport. I was totally unprepared for the harsh behaviour of most of the staff to us, tired travellers. What could have been a half an hour procedure took over 3 long hours thanks to the silliness of one person...

    • Anonymous commented : As a first-time visitor to Thailand on the weekend of the ninth June, all i can say is, I was treated with courtesy and helpfulness. On the way out, I saw people trying to break the rules, carrying too much toiletries. The performance from the woman who didn't follow the rules was great entertainment, the immigration/customs/security people where exasperated with her but not nasty. I bet she tells all her friends(if she has any!) that Suvarnabhumi is horrible. The police were fine with everyone who does the right thing!

    • 9 replies, 4,517 views

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    Quick and practical way to get my thai girl to US for visit or living

    By Anonymous, Created on: 10/05/2007, Last updated on: 18/06/2007

    » First off let me tell you about Natesai. I visited Thailand for the first time in January 07. I met my girlfriend not long after in Pattaya (where she has a clothing shop). She is from a poor background but is a sweet girl that I really grew to care about. I am in the US, Hawaii, 29 years...

    • Anonymous commented : Check out details and guidelines for a k-1 (fiancee) visa at www.visajourney.com to file for a k-1 you have to have an anual income at 125% over the poverty line (fine it on that wen site, too). if you don't, you could find someone who is willing to be a co-sponser. check out that link and read as much as you can. you'll know better. a K-1 is the fastest.

    • 7 replies, 4,586 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...

    • patrickoniam commented : guys guys guys thanks for the response, i truly appreciate your views and theyre fine with me. Everyone is entitled to their opinion I have been in Australia since i was 5 and now im 31. I love Australia, and like you guys said - it has provided me with opportunities that i might not have gotten back in Thailand. And i do feel that i have been treated equally here is OZ just like if i was a farang or was born here.i didnt come here just to get citizenship ( obviously i had no choice when i was brought here ) I was still a little kid. However, i am grateful for the life that australia has given me. But what i wrote is just what i feel why those marriage laws were put in place and its just from things that ive been told about or found out myself from the many many trips ive done back to thailand.Something i didnt write in my last post was I think that the laws should be abit more relaxed than what they are- just like anything else in thailand. They way that i see it, if you are married to a Thai woman or man - you should be granted PR type visa like you get here in Australia - still following normal procedures and formalities of corse - then once you get granted that, you should then be allowed to purchase a land and a house at least.I do agree that much with all of you. Im not trying to go back on what i said in the last post because i still feel that the laws are like that in thailand for the reasons i stated , but they could be abit more lenient. But in regards to Thai people coming to say, here, Australia. i cant talk about thai people in other countries cause i dont know what laws are there, but I think that the majority of thai people who are PR's or have citizenships here, have been here for quite a while now. like im talking at least 10 to 15 years, like myself. But you will find, like i have , with most thais these day, they just want to come to learn and study then they will go home. yes, theyll probably work here - and they wont get much as their visa only allows 20hrs a week - save a little money then go back. I have found that very few thais actually want to stay here, the majority of the ones that i have talked to would rather go home and try to make it there. anyway, i can see where you guys are all coming from with your point of views and i do agree with some of the things you say and i do think that thai marriage laws are a little too strict. I think that they could ease it a little and still be fair to both thais and farangs. But also think about this guys - how many foreigners, not only aussies can go to thailand and be able to afford to buy a house and land and business etc. alot and how many thais can got to another country and be able to afford a house, land etc - not many especially here in australia as prices of house is riduculous and not affordable. Most thais that come here have already spent their life earnings/savings already just to pay for a student visa and school here and the visa laws in australia have become alot more strict too in the past 5 or so years so its not that easy anymore for anyone just to come here and become citizen. I know this because i have a few thai friends at the moment going throught his process and i have seen what is involved so just think - before a thai can even own a house or land here - what they have to go through and spend just to get here, let alone buying house or land.Aussies can go to thailand for what? 30 days without getting a visa. Thais have to apply for a visa with the chance of it being denied just to holiday here. The government knows this - as much as id like to think that theyre stupid, these are the facts. They can see that its much easier for a foreigner to go to thailand and start a new life there than it is for a thai to go overseas and start a new life there. and i guess thats why the law is the way that it is in thailand for foreigners. regardless of what i think, this is just the way it is. so you see, its not as easy anymore for thais just to come here and move their whole lives here - even if you are married to an aussie. but i still agree with what voice said. every country has the right to protect its own welfare and interests, but hopefully in thailand, with a little more leniency

    • 68 replies, 108,200 views

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    how do i live in thailand?

    By Anonymous, Created on: 03/06/2007, Last updated on: 17/12/2007

    » ok so i'm a 24 years old white british guy and i'm going to marry my thai girlfriend here in bangkok. I've now been living here in Thailand since January 2007 on a non-immigrant muti entry visa. However once we get married what will i have to do next to be able to live here? will...

    • Anonymous commented : Hi colin, Appreciate to hear the different points of view from someone like you who had experienced a different life in rural Isaarn. One thing I need to point out, all the girls whom were the subject of this thread, were originated from remote villages in central provinces: Moo baan 'rung-nok', Pichit. Moo baan 'Lup-Lae' , Utraradit ...i.e. It never cease to admire these girls, anytime when I saw their parents or uncle came to BKK to receive their wages. The girls were proudly to hand their hard earned money to their folks. Although these girls earn a meager salary, they usually manage to save more then 75% as their lifestyles do not require them to waste money on keeping up with their looks. Seeing that I'm gladly give all my credit to the parents for raising a fine and respectful young ladies.

    • 42 replies, 18,870 views

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    Moving to Bangkok

    By Anonymous, Created on: 30/01/2007, Last updated on: 30/04/2007

    » we´re going to move to Bangkok in April. Did anyone experienced how to bring in some wine and other spirits (opened bottles?) for personal use in moving container? (can´t finish the whole wine fridge .....) Thanks for some infos!

    • Anonymous commented : eipt). If you are caught the fines could be extremely expensive plus confiscation.

    • 1 replies, 1,646 views

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    Changes and Effects of Foreign Business Act

    By Anonymous, Created on: 10/02/2007, Last updated on: 27/01/2015

    » The purpose of this act since 1970s, is though no one clarify openly, to protect local industry against the foreign market invasion. Therefore FBA is in fact Domestic Industry Protection Act. Since 1990s of open door policy, Thailand had promoted vigorously FDI - foreign direct investment of almost...

    • Anonymous commented : Then throw in restricting "foreign super stores" cause the poor mom and pop stores are being driven out of business. The "Thai" supermarket owners are going to continue to get rich and the poor will continue to be poor. I am not sure why Thailand struggles with free market and competition. Mom and pop? they will, if competent, do just fine selling to their neighbors just like they always have, oh a maybe make a baht or two selling alcohol any time they want.

    • 18 replies, 93,164 views

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    getting Thai nationality to work as a lawyer without getting married

    By Anonymous, Created on: 22/08/2006, Last updated on: 06/08/2007

    » Could anyone please advise me if my boyfriend, who is an Australian paralegal, is able to work and live in Thailand without getting married straightaway. He wants to move here and try to find a job in the law firms first, then we would get married when he settled down. I have heard that getting...

    • Anonymous commented : lucky man who could meet the finest lady here and I never doubt the faith of my wife's love).

    • 11 replies, 6,207 views

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    Sin sod and in-law

    By Anonymous, Created on: 13/09/2006, Last updated on: 25/12/2008

    » I supported my gf through colleage and Uni (her parents are not rich), now that she has graduated, i wanted to marry her. But her parents are asking for 1Mil Baht for dowry. I had the money through hard earned savings (i am just a salaried worker), but i find the dowry excessive. I am afraid this...

    • Anonymous commented : Dowry is a fine tradition, practised by many Asian nationalities. It is usually a sum of money or gifts, more of a symbolic gesture to the bride's parents. In Thailand, the demands for huge dowry is usually asked from 'farangs'. I don't think the same will be asked from the local men. And the dowry doesn't stop there! It is the frequent requests for money (to support building of house for parents, pick-up truck for brother, grandmother is warded in hospital and sister in school needs a computer etc) that is the root cause of unhappy and broken relationships.

    • Anonymous commented : i got into fight with my then-girlfriend, now-wife, over this so many times. she says it's not that the parents want to 'sell' their daughters, but it's more 'symbolic'. and that at the end of the ceremony, they will give all the money to her, so that she will have some insurance in case we break up. i told her, if it's really for symbol, than can we use monopoly money, since i don't have a cool million with me? and, if it's symbolic, shouldn't it be like a billion million gazillion since a person's life should at least cost that much? and, it couldn't be a good symbol since it's plan B for your post-marrige life. that we should find ways to stick together, rather than prepare for worst, even before we start off. the end result was 1. i had to come up with cash to show the guests at the wedding. 2. her parents returned all the money to me afterwards. 3. my wife was sore at me for a few weeks. 4. now we get along just fine. 5. now i'm sorry i didn't do this for her... it's only money anyway... i wish i could have just done according to Thai custom without complaining. afterall, we do live in thailand... if you work your ways to avoid this custom, it will make you feel like you are smart and didnt get ripped off or taken for a fool. but you'll not be able to say you did everything. if you follow the custom, you'll feel mad and feel robbed at the beginning, but you'll later feel that youve done all you could.

    • 77 replies, 64,745 views

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