Only when you carry a permission note from your wife :-p :-p :-p

[inserts satire here]

What's the deal with consulates giving South African people such a hard time?

Yossi Naim Well if this is really the case I would wait till you get some decent advice here from one of the mods in the first place... maybe that won't happen tonight but soonest in the morning,... nothing much you can do since it's weekend anyway.

@Yossi *****

Really? WTF! Why? Is this policy endorsed/backed by the Thai "government"? Do you have any hard evidence to back this up or is it hearsay?

Huh???

I remember now. They sent me to the next building to get the pink card which i got the next day. But the first lady did start the process for the yellow book anyway. She said to bring in the pink card as soon as i got it. When i did the yellow book was finished and ready to pickup same day afternoon.

@Tod ********

well i did all that in the same week when we bought the house and moved here.... and i might be confused and gotten the pink card first and then the yellow book. Again, easy going here and it took less than a week and maybe 3 visits in all.

Amphur Sansai Changwat Chiang Mai i did the following: Non-immigration Visa. Pink ID Card for foreigners. Work permit and a few documents filled out by the house owner (blue book) in my case my boyftiend but its not necessary it is your partner. And a few pics too i believe. All in all it took less than 5 days to get it. But we are lucky, very friendly staff in our amphur.

I love your enthousiasm and ambition. 😊😊😊

He stayed in Thailand for 2 yrs already on tourist visa and was denied fir that reason. He was told to get one from his home country.