Buriram Expats
Buriram Province - General Category => Travel forum => Topic started by: amlvsc on July 24, 2008, 12:26:54 PM
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COULD ANYONE TELL ME IF THERE IS ANYWHERE IN BURI RAM WHERE MY WIFE MAY GO AND APPLY FOR HER THAI PASSPORT. IM NOT TO SURE HOW THIS WORKS IN THAILAND SO IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT COULD ENLIGHTEN ME IT WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE. ALSO A PHONE NUMBER WHERE THIS COULD BE DONE WOULD BE HELPFULL
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Hi
Sorry but I believe you will have to go to either Kon Kaen or Bangkok, at least that was the situation a few years back, however I am not 100% sure and hopefully will be proved wrong!
TBWG sawadi
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Khon Kean ?! isnt that too far?
The right and closest place to issue passport is KORAT (nakorn ratchasima).
Good luck runningdog
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Hi
Yup, would appear there is one in Korat ...opened in last couple of years. ..............see "I believe there is a new place in Korat, not far from Ya Mo, under the ThaiKrung bank (downstairs, in the basement). It's on the same street as Klang Plaza 2, opposite side, just after the park..."
Hope this helps
TBWG sawadi
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Last year 2007 (April or May) my wife and I went to the City Hall in City of Buriram to register our marriage. The place was quite busy and she soon found out that a team from the passport office in Korat was in the City Hall taking local applications for Thai Passports. Apparently this happens on a regular basis. We were lucky that we went when they were there. Since she had all of the required paperwork and ID to register our marriage, she only required a couple of photos for the passport appliction. Her passport arrived at our house by mail less than 2 weeks later.
Phone the office in Korat and find out their schedule for the City Hall in Buriram.
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True,but I find it hard to be able to apply in Buriram for passport on the same time (once a year or something like that..) the Korat guys decide to come. Don't you think so ?...
For Buriram,still yet the closest and fastest way is to go to Korat and apply and get it a week later by post.
confused3
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Up to you, if you think it is easier to go to Korat.
This one year thing you are mentioning is pure unadultered bullshit. My wife has a five year Thai Passport. (issued from the Korat team that visted Burirm City Hall)
So many people (foreign) think it is difficult to do things in Thailand.
It's easy....follow the rules and don't get in the way of your Thai Wife. The THAI process works for Thais and only gets complicated when a foreigner get's involved.
I find it easy to sit and drink a few beers, while my wife takes care of business. If it is necessary for me to do something (even picking out can of soup) she calls me on my phone that she insisits that I have with me (when she is shopping or taking care of THAI BUSINESs that I have no patience for) , when she is not personlly with me. Yes...I have a phone...but the only one who calls it, is my wife. All of my true friends know that she is with me and is my 24hour body guard. They know I seldom carry my phone, but they know my Thai wife always has her phone with her......and when they want to talk with me...they call my wife.
I'm tired from various forums from saying the same thing.
Love Thailand and your wife....or Simply leave. There is airplanes leaving everyday for the country you left behind.
Over and out and no more responses from me. I'm tired of hearing from idiots that make their life in Thailand more difficult than it has to be.
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You miss understand what I tried to say. I didn't said you get a 1 year vaild passport. read again and understand: I talked about the korat guys!!
Anyway you shouldn't be so frustrated and upset from other people's thoughts,opinion,etc.
This is a forum and forum meant to be so that people can discuss and talk about things in life..
so anyway I welcome you to our forum and hope your life experience in Thailand will enrich all of us ! love2
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I'm sorry if I was rude to you. I have reread my response and your's. Please read again. You are implying that the Passport people come to Buriram once a year and that doesn't meet your schedule. Read my first response and I advised you to contact the Thai Passport office in Korat and get their schedule for visits to Buriram City Hall......Sorry...... I can't do that for you. I have given you my advice based on my own personal experience.
Have your Thai wife take care of this for you. I would be LOST in Thailand (buriram) if my wife didn't take care of the buisness things. Place some reponsibility on your LADY/WIFE TO TAKE CARE OF THE THAI THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
Believe me .....it works better that way.
Submitted Respectfully.
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Have your Thai wife take care of this for you. I would be LOST in Thailand (buriram) if my wife didn't take care of the buisness things. Place some reponsibility on your LADY/WIFE TO TAKE CARE OF THE THAI THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
Believe me .....it works better that way.
This may work for you and maybe some others too, but for many of us our ladies/wives involvement just makes matters worse. Quite apart from trying to explain to them exactly what it is we want and how we want it done, when we don't know the Thai words, and they don't understand business/financial teminology, further problems arise when they try to request the service, and are asked questions once again using words they have never previously heard.
A friend, only last week took his wife to the TOT office to request an IPSTAR broadband internet connection, but she had no idea what he wanted and the TOT employee had no idea either. After a frustrating 10 minutes my friend then took over, and using sign language to depict a satellite dish looking at the sky managed to be understood.
I have always attempted to do everything myself, usually successfully, and always list down the essential Thai words of what I need by first consulting a dictionary.
To each their own!
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I'm sorry if I was rude to you. I have reread my response and your's. Please read again. You are implying that the Passport people come to Buriram once a year and that doesn't meet your schedule. Read my first response and I advised you to contact the Thai Passport office in Korat and get their schedule for visits to Buriram City Hall......Sorry...... I can't do that for you. I have given you my advice based on my own personal experience.
Have your Thai wife take care of this for you. I would be LOST in Thailand (buriram) if my wife didn't take care of the buisness things. Place some reponsibility on your LADY/WIFE TO TAKE CARE OF THE THAI THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
Believe me .....it works better that way.
Submitted Respectfully.
I think I'd rather your wife do the posting here on this forum, from now on.
You seem a bit high strung. 55555 cool1
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Up to you, if you think it is easier to go to Korat.
This one year thing you are mentioning is pure unadultered bullshit. My wife has a five year Thai Passport. (issued from the Korat team that visted Burirm City Hall)
So many people (foreign) think it is difficult to do things in Thailand.
It's easy....follow the rules and don't get in the way of your Thai Wife. The THAI process works for Thais and only gets complicated when a foreigner get's involved.
I find it easy to sit and drink a few beers, while my wife takes care of business. If it is necessary for me to do something (even picking out can of soup) she calls me on my phone that she insisits that I have with me (when she is shopping or taking care of THAI BUSINESs that I have no patience for) , when she is not personlly with me. Yes...I have a phone...but the only one who calls it, is my wife. All of my true friends know that she is with me and is my 24hour body guard. They know I seldom carry my phone, but they know my Thai wife always has her phone with her......and when they want to talk with me...they call my wife.
I'm tired from various forums from saying the same thing.
Love Thailand and your wife....or Simply leave. There is airplanes leaving everyday for the country you left behind.
Over and out and no more responses from me. I'm tired of hearing from idiots that make their life in Thailand more difficult than it has to be.
Am I the only one that is confused here? WTF...??? boatsailing
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Back on topic
A Thai friend this week got his Thai passport from the temporary Office in UBON. The perminant one was burnt down by the Red Shirted Thugs.
The whole process took 1/2 hour.
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So ok, did anyone everyfind out when the guys from passport office in Khorat come to Buriram. cool3
is it once a year knuppel2
once a month party16
every week :D
Just out of interest as I could get g/f to go there while awaiting me to arrive back in the
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from God's country scotlandflag
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It should be easy for her to get a passport in korat, I don't think they are coming to Buriram often if at all, there was a time they came and let people APPLY in Buriram but its not worth the waiting at all.
*She will get the passport by EMS (She need to ask them to send it to her) after about 1-2 weeks from the day of application.
Tell her to take the bus to Korat and go Korat city hall (Thai language:"sala klang cham wat") to apply.
Location:
It's in the basement of "Krung Thai" Bank next to Korat city Hall on Mahadthai road between Klang Plaza and the Night Bazaar.
Korat city hall (Thai language:"sala klang cham wat") Placemark:
Lat. 14degrees 58'22.32"N and Long. 102degrees 5'58.85"E
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=nakhon+ratchasima+passport&fb=1&hq=passport&hnear=Nakhon+Ratchasima,+Thailand&cid=0,0,4802106955836375797&ei=NTuzTOS3NcTJccO3qI0L&ved=0CBMQnwIwAA&ll=14.973077,102.099685&spn=0.006295,0.006295&iwloc=A&output=embed (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=nakhon+ratchasima+passport&fb=1&hq=passport&hnear=Nakhon+Ratchasima,+Thailand&cid=0,0,4802106955836375797&ei=NTuzTOS3NcTJccO3qI0L&ved=0CBMQnwIwAA&ll=14.973077,102.099685&spn=0.006295,0.006295&iwloc=A&output=embed)
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Hi MS
I think you will find that it is none of the above.
I.E. they do not come to Buriram! They did at some stage but it ceased, maybe it was like the one they had weekly in Surin. It was too popular so they canceled it! :o
However the passport office in Khorat is very efficient and easy to find!
TBWG sawadi
Currently in saintgeorgeflag but not for long!
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cool thanks for the replies 8)
I will see what she says about Khorat, but as you say if something is to popular it gets cancelled, I have noticed this back here in Sunny Britain to. oldmanwithstick
So you musthave your bags packed and ready to go by now TBWG? excercise1
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laughbar
OK. latest up date. clap
Went to Thai passport office in Bangkok on level B1 in CENTRE in BANG NA. Taxi from Jomtien 1,200 Baht. bus from Soi 5 (will drop you off if you ask nicely sawadi ) 150Baht stop1
Got their at 8:20 am (new passport not renewal, so slightly longer process) done and dusted at 9:20 am! back to Jomtien for 12 noon.
Ok two days later go back to Centre in BANG NA bus got us there at 9:30 am pick up passport and outside waiting for taxi at 9:40 redman
So now off to Regents House to see about visa! confused4
So arrive at Regents House around 10am so go to first floor and shown into a very nice office to have a little discussion with a very nice lady. She can help me do visa application for a small fee wildman but as I had everything with me I declined her offer blushbar
So made sure we had everything and they kindly took photo off gf and I parted with a pricely sum of 4,000 Baht surrender1
So gf is whisked off to another office and I sit and purvey the scenery :dry:
Some 40 minutes later done! exclaim
So ioff to get bus back to Jomtien, this time had to go to Victory monument to catch bus, not a long wait 30 minutes and a bus ride back to hotel .
gf receives text on her phone on way back to Jopmtien, visa application now lodged with British embassy, so now its the big waiting game! whistle alcoholic
SO onlky 12 days left to see if we get approval or not!
I could say more but gf is falling asleep here in the internet cafe. so its off for a beer if I am allowed or maybe a cup of tea and bed! coffeeman chairhit
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now its the big waiting as you said. reiki1 but being in pattaya and going early to bed?? grin buttslap
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brick1
Well bad news on the visa front!
hahaha Having provided bank statements, phone bills, photos, letters, a covering letter from sponsor, house details, wage slips etc etc, they have said insuficient evidence of a substansive relationship! F*** me what more do they want???? blood groups and videos of a happily mating couple to prove that we have a relationship!! brick1 brick1 brick1 brick1
So having sent a few strong worded e-mails to various British representatives in Thailand, not that it woulds do anygood. gayparade
Its back to the drawing board. wildman
So will have to build more evidence and apply again next year when I come over again! Yes gf could go to Bangkok and do herself but prefers me there so she does not have to think!
party15
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So now off to Regents House to see about visa! confused4
So arrive at Regents House around 10am so go to first floor and shown into a very nice office to have a little discussion with a very nice lady. She can help me do visa application for a small fee wildman but as I had everything with me I declined her offer blushbar
So made sure we had everything and they kindly took photo off gf and I parted with a pricely sum of 4,000 Baht surrender1
So gf is whisked off to another office and I sit and purvey the scenery :dry:
Some 40 minutes later done! exclaim
Looks like to start with you got scammed by one of agencies that have set up in Regents House. (4,000 Baht for a photo boy they saw you coming)
The VFS office is on the 2nd floor and the staff look like this
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Information about the VFS can be found here as well: sawadi
http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg11605#msg11605 (http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg11605#msg11605)
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Did you look on the http://www.thailand-uk.com/ (http://www.thailand-uk.com/) website? For visa advice as I suggested in my reply to your pm to me. I used the site when preparing my Mrs Visit Visa and it was granted first time.
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blinkbar
Hiya,
Yes fish, I did and my mistake for saying 1st floor, we brits tend to refer to ground floor then first floor, where the world seem to refer to the floor above ground level as being the 2nd floor and the ground floor as the first! party13
Anyway yes 3,500 Baht for application and 5 hundred Baht for photo of gf and some other rubbish. Oh and the agency woman wanted 20,000 Baht top do ap for me newbie
Still wondering what 'sufficient' evidence of a relationship would be? chairhit
shopping bills? receipts for clothes! bills for meals together! photos provided were evidence of us together, but as they said 'mear holiday snaps' wave1
So anyway will have to apply again. moneysmile I just think I got a grumpy minion that may have fallen out with her boyfriend that morning or was hung over from the night before. or some other such thing and just wanted to seek her revenge and make her allotment in life appear more fruitful!
gripe gripe gripe >:(
Anyway still have 2 weeks holiday left and BBBB in 5 days time crazydance
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Did you include any photos of you both with her family at the family home etc?
If not put some in with your next application.
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Hi Fish,
Yeah had a few photos of me sitting on the veranda with her daughter and neice also a couple of the whole family and some of us sitting eating party15
Anyway all my worded e-mails have drawn a blank and it is surprising how many departments within the British Embassy use the same wording in their replies! blah2
Anyway one of the criterias they said she did not put down was her itinery (she did list this but in a loose schedule) so will have to do a day by day iternary with alternative venues if weather inclemnant) winkboy
Anyway looking back on it I think the girl at VFS was inleague with the visa agency outside as she was not helpful at all. They are suppose to check applications and make sure everything is there! which it was but app was turned down same day it arrived at the British embassy, so feel it was not given due conciderization!
grip grip grip knuppel2