Nick Bigbear Reiniger seriously you are thinking of setting up a company in Thailand? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND! The bars are full of broke farang "business" owners. Its like the old joke. Want to make a small fortune in Thailand? Start with a large one. It's a hard slog even for Thais. And NO your Thai girlfriend doesn't know all the rules or have the right "connections"

I have the same problem with my landlord. I threatened to turn her into the tax people along with her bank account number. (total bluff but hey it worked). I pointed out that if she went in there would be fewer issues than if I went in. Also either way she was paying the 1600 as I would deduct it.

@Daniel *************

no totally different thing. Are you sure you didnt get a receipt from when you reported and paid the late fee? Looks like the torn bottom of a 8×10 piece of paper. Check your passport. Lots of times they just staple it in. If they handed it to you and you lost it....well sorry to say you are screwed. You will have to go over the whole thing. It MAY be with your application for residence certificate.

But you should have gotten a piece of paper in your passport. That can be reused as the TM 30 multiple times as long as you are at the same address.

@Gunmetal ******

yes you can. We only get single entry because it is extremely rare for us to leave more than once a year. It takes 3 trips out of Thailand to recoup the cost of a multiple entry vs a single entry.

@Ivan ***********

no its no wife beater shirts. You know Marlon Brando in Street Car wardrobe.

She is in Texas. In the states you can't consulate "shop" for a better deal. Certain states equal a certain consulate.

I am in good health, semi sound of mind. $500 is RT to London via cheapo airlines. I would rather travel to some place I have never been than spend it on something I can do but wanted to avoid the aggravation. They are going to have to come up with some serious aggravation to make me walk away from that kind of money.

It isn't like I am taking time off work or it is costing me much in transportation. Heck my original Visa in LA if you include medical exam, vaccines, flights and hotel was probably $1000.

Think about going to college. It isn't that expensive and gets you a one year Ed visa.

Any idea if I still have to show up at 4 am to get a spot in line?