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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 : imple question?. However i am new to all this and why i am interested is that, i want to retire in Thailand. I am 50 and i also have a gf there and hope to get married by next year. My question is........ how, in the first place do we open an account in a bank there. When i went there i was told that i had to have a work permit. I read that you need to have your money in the bank before you are granted a visa. I would be very grateful if someone can provide a positive, direct answer as to how can i initially open an account in a Thai bank. Many thanks[/quote:iloqrtwm] h I RS2000, Scy offers good advice, however if I may i,d like to Add a little , apply for a multiple entry Non O visa in your own country , this will give plenty of time to open your B/A cos you have to have your funds in a Thai bank for 3 months before applying for your retirement Visa , Kasikorn is as good as any in my view, all you need is the 800,000 baht , and as Scy advised take 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.

    • villager commented : imple question?. However i am new to all this and why i am interested is that, i want to retire in Thailand. I am 50 and i also have a gf there and hope to get married by next year. My question is........ how, in the first place do we open an account in a bank there. When i went there i was told that i had to have a work permit. I read that you need to have your money in the bank before you are granted a visa. I would be very grateful if someone can provide a positive, direct answer as to how can i initially open an account in a Thai bank. Many thanks[/quote:7ejb8ow2] h I RS2000, Scy offers good advice, however if I may i,d like to Add a little , apply for a multiple entry Non O visa in your own country , this will give plenty of time to open your B/A cos you have to have your funds in a Thai bank for 3 months before applying for your retirement Visa , Kasikorn is as good as any in my view, all you need is the 800,000 baht , and as Scy advised take 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.

    • Anonymous commented : Well said Rooster. Though, just doing a quick search on their web-site, I don't see anything about laws - let alone the laws banning foreingners from owning. And anyhow - as you know - some Americans, at least, have special rights of (eg. home/ land) ownership in Thailand, that other farang do not have. This via the Thailand-America Amity treaty. This favours Americans for their defence of Thailand, despite Australians and New Zealanders having done at least as much.

    • 16 replies, 40,140 views

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    Need help and advise on mariage with Thai girl.

    By Anonymous, Created on: 22/09/2005, Last updated on: 31/10/2006

    » I am Malaysian Chinese, I am planning to stay and get married with my girl friend in Thai, she is Thais. What should i do to stay and get mariage with her? Honestly, i don't have any degree or master for me to work there. I am from medium family, mean not a rich man. I really need some advise...

    • Anonymous commented : y cheap. We were looking at a new-build estate out at Doi Saket where the average price was between 2-3 million Baht. If this is genuine, I would hope that by now you have moved in already.

    • 18 replies, 7,618 views

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    bringing her back to the uk.

    By Anonymous, Created on: 23/11/2005, Last updated on: 31/08/2007

    » I am a 30 year ole optician from london who has met a girl while on holiday in thailand. I am going back out there to see her in may, what sort of complications are there going to be in bringigng her back to the uk? I assume marriage is a given.

    • Anonymous commented : december and they now have a new born baby. me and my husband along with friends are very worried about him as she taunts him saying the baby isnt his ( which it obviously is due to dates and looks) she is constantly on at him to send money home when they are only just managing to survive even though he is up to his neck in credit card debts she does not appear to have much respect for him even though he does all he can works cooks helps with baby etc. she swears at him and sticks 2 fingers up at him and pinches him in front of others and now the most awful bit is that they are going to thailand in november and she has suggested to him that she stays there with the baby so she can look after her brother and dad. her aunty will look after baby. i am so cross and worried as i never expected this sort of behaviour from her. i honestly thought that once she settled they would be a doting couple and have respect for each other. i really dont want him to go as if this is her attitude he should keep the baby and just cut his losses woth her. but how can you tell a friend that. and why is she not putting her husband before her brother and dad. i can understand her respect for her dad but at the end of the day he is only 43 and her brother is fit enough to work. please could someone advise me as i am at a lost what to think. i have tried to search for his rights after marrying a thai but to no avail.

    • 17 replies, 7,003 views

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    The UK law and my Thia wife

    By Anonymous, Created on: 26/12/2005, Last updated on: 11/01/2006

    » I have a Thai wife who has her visa hearing in January. If I infringe the law over here, will she be sent back. I'm not talking murder! but small misdemeanours like parking tickets, speeding etc. Does anyone know where I can find out which how much of the law I have to break to get the visa...

    • Anonymous commented : duce Unemployment by creating new Public Servant Jobs...and we pay for their salary...Please

    • 7 replies, 3,122 views

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    getting engaged

    By Anonymous, Created on: 12/01/2006, Last updated on: 08/05/2006

    » Hi All I have been dating my Thai girlfriend for some time now and i return to thailand in feb 06, I have asked her to return to england with me and spend some time to see how see likes it. I would like to get engaged with her and then once she has spent some time with me in uk, i will ask her...

    • Anonymous commented : orced into contributing for a new isuzu truck . a £ 1500 dowry . money and gifts to her family , i bought her lots of gold jewellery and a diamond ring ., gold watch , all her clothes . but above all this , I TRULY LOVED HER . and when she walked out on me , she never looked back and her family laughed at me . we got married in june 2003 and in july 2003 she came to england and in july 2005 she walked out on me . she filed for divorce and i was forced to pay her a £10,000 settlement

    • 13 replies, 8,567 views

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    good english girl needs advice on marrying good thai boy!

    By Anonymous, Created on: 22/01/2006, Last updated on: 02/02/2007

    » excuse me if i missed a previous post but it was killing me reading the tales of people here. I am assuredly marrying the one person I ever will, who is from Issan, in about 3.5 months. I am female, farang, he is of Thai nationality. What I would like to know is where I get advice on how my rights...

    • Anonymous commented : saying the 2 thai men in the new year murder had to be quickly punished as it gave his country a bad name well if it gets reported that thailand police will kill foreigners for money that will really give Thailand a bad name around the world dont you think? As who would want to vacation in a country where your life will not even be protected by its police services.

    • 38 replies, 15,609 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.

    • Maverick22 commented : I hope for the best for your new government and that the evil that has taken advantage of the country ends! It should be a goverment for the people and Thailand!

    • Anonymous commented : eted. Samui is back in the news, but for a different reason. Two weeks ago, Surat Thani provincial authorities began looking into possible encroachment onto forest reserve land and other illegal ownership. Caretaker Natural Resources and Environment Minister Yongyuth Tiyapairat flew to the island with investigators. He said there was evidence that several plots of land around Khao Dang and Khao Duangnok might have been obtained illegally for sale to foreigners. Meanwhile, another investigation was launched by Pien Yongnu, head of the Bangkok Metropolitan Waterworks Labour Union, who claimed that leading members of the ruling Thai Rak Thai party had bought large parcels of land from local villagers and later obtained title deeds. Sand was dumped onto rocky beaches while local authorities were ordered to cut a new road into the area, Mr Pien claimed. Our own investigations reveal that foreign companies are involved in the current land development boom on Samui. Big advertisements for property projects have appeared in Thai and foreign media to draw foreign buyers. Some of these projects are operated by foreigners who use Thai proxies to set up companies here. With a lot of money at their disposal, these foreign property developers buy land along the beaches and on the hills. We urge caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to look into this matter and take action against anyone found to have violated the law.

    • 119 replies, 367,763 views

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