Excellent synopsis

@Brandon ***********

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@Matthew *********

I recently purchased two adjacent properties, one with a house, this way. Chiang Mai area. Any Thai adult and any foreigner adult can make this contract. Thai statue does not specify married couples .

Talk to your lawyer about getting an usufruct contract.

This is what is written on the back of the red or black chanot. It is perfectly legal and enshrined in Thai law.

It gives you control of both the land and the building.

Not all land offices will allow this legal agreement.

Talk to your lawyer about this and make sure the local land office where you want to buy will cooperate.

PM me if you have questions.

@Timothy *****

look at all of Tod’s postings and advice.

He is a fountain of knowledge and quite kind in his responses…..

Very sorry to hear you were harassed by an unhappy camper.

Try not to take it personally.

We all really appreciate your knowledge and advice.

This forum helps so many of us understand how to spend additional time in Thailand.

Thank you!

Look at the Chinese Embassy Bangkok website for the company that does their visas.

I did similar for a friend with the Chiang Mai Embassy.

You will fill in an online form and give it all to the visa company.

You need to get an online reservation for meeting the visa company staff, so do this first thing….you cannot just walk in.

Gather your documents beforehand as this makes the process easier.

They seem to only accept single entry visa .

Make sure you have a local Chinese person who will be your contact there. Name, address, phone number.

Make sure you have a sample itinerary along with your flights in and out purchased (you can try to get refundable tickets). Also provide all of your hotel reservations ( again get them as refundable).

Upload all of this to the online visa form. Plus print out all the above information to attach to your application. Make an extra copy of everything…..

Once you get your visa and go to China, you will need to fill in the paper Arrival Card.

Do it very neatly!

Immigration gave me a hard time because of messy handwriting. They wanted to see all of the reservations so have them handy.

Also you will need to fill out the health decoration form just before departure to get your health qr code.

Good luck and have a nice trip to China!

First do some homework. Read old posts.

This gets discussed daily….

60 day tourist visa. 90 day extension.

They seem to want to know how long you will be there….number of days…along with check out date.

Try putting the date your "one year visa" ends.

Hopefully the parents would have considered this, made a will and found a relative or friend to take care of said hypothetical minor…..

Thank you for setting "them" straight.

Unfortunately, "they don’t seem to look at any previous postings……