[Diandaplaipsy]

In regards to Strangerdoom's question in regards to staying in Thiland for a long time, well it has got trickier over the past 18 months because of the crackdown on terrorism.

The easiest way to stay in Thailand is to get yourself a job that guarantees you a work permit, not too difficult to find, epecially if you want to teach. Teacher's get work permits the easiest.

Contrary to rumour, marrying a Thai doesnt guarantee that you will be allowed to live here indefinetly. After marriage you will still have to find a job OR be able to show 400,000 baht in the bank every year to show that you can support your wife.

Immigration has now stopped the process of all Non B visas to anyone who has two in in a row and not applied for a work permit.

You could be a student!

Become a monk! (even they get hassle sometimes if they dont speak Thai!!)

Or invest 2 million baht in a company and get a long term visa no probs!!

BE WARNED that these days the immigration are even starting to clampdown on those visitors living here for a long time who pop over the border every month. I mean... What are you doing here?!? The border at Chiang Mai/Burma is now asking that all one month visa holders show 20,000 in cash before they will get stamped back into the country. In fact this is the law now but seldom seen elsewhere.

If anyone would like more info. on the above then pls do e-mail me, ive had 10 years of visa ups-and-downs.