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Post by Banjo on Jul 18, 2016 14:02:00 GMT 7
Australian Visa Forum Launch Thai Forum SectionAustralian Visa Forum have launched a Thai section where you can ask all your questions about Visa's for Thailand, starting a company in Thailand, Legal Matters, assistance with any documentation for Visa's to Australia, Property and how to own it. www.australianvisaforum.com/
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Post by Banjo on Jul 18, 2016 21:00:29 GMT 7
Aussies -- Mark Your Calendars!
The Consular Section of the Australian Embassy in Bangkok will conduct consular outreach visits in Chiang Mai at Le Méridien Chiang Mai on the following days:
Friday, 19 August 2016 (Passage Room) Level 3
Friday, 14 October 2016 (VIP Lounge) Level 4
Friday, 9 December 2016 (VIP Lounge) Level 4
The outreach visits will take place between 9.00am to 12.00pm and 1.00pm to 3.00pm.
During the outreach visits, they will provide the following services:
* Passport applications (please ensure you bring all original documents and a photocopy of each document with you)
* Notarial services
* Statutory declarations for marriage, retirement visas and driving licence renewals
* Witnessing documents
* Certified true copies of documents (please ensure you bring the original and a photocopy of each document with you)
As fees are payable in cash only, please bring the right change with you. Please contact the Consular section on 02 344 6300 or email: consular.bangkok@dfat.gov.au prior to your visit if you require further details and/or to confirm fees payable.
Free parking is available under the hotel (bring your receipt to be stamped at the event) and the hotel is fully handicap-accessible.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jul 19, 2016 8:15:05 GMT 7
Aussies -- Mark Your Calendars! How many Australians live in Thailand? |
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Post by Banjo on Jul 19, 2016 12:18:47 GMT 7
Good question, there's me and Bedwin plus probably a few thousand more.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2016 18:40:54 GMT 7
They are in the woodwork everywhere lol
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Post by nomadic on Jul 19, 2016 19:27:52 GMT 7
me and 4 i know just in my small town. i would say thousands at a stab in the dark.
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Post by nomadic on Jul 19, 2016 19:29:01 GMT 7
should have said i remember seeing a figure of a million expats overall, a fair while back.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jul 20, 2016 3:56:01 GMT 7
They are in the woodwork everywhere lol lol.. I don't doubt that. I was just amazed that an Australian Government department would go to Chiang Mai! They say they have telephone connection to the Philippines but it is only PLDT that you can call on. They ignore Globe. I'd be careful about Chiang Mai. |
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Post by Banjo on Jul 20, 2016 5:48:56 GMT 7
When they started the consular services a year or so back they made it very plain that it would have to pay for itself or it wouldn't last.
Seeing as they have increased the visits it appears to have been a success.
It was quite crowded the time I used it.
I also wrote to the department thanking them for the service and advised others to do so.
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Post by murphy on Jul 20, 2016 6:21:34 GMT 7
A thank you goes a long way sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2016 6:40:24 GMT 7
Yes i actually contacted them prior to there last visit
I saw quite a few on the morning time
There are a hell of a lot of us ozzies here in Chiang mai
i know quite a few
Plus at the Chiang Mai Expat club
There is about a 40% membership who currently are going to the functions
Plus there are a lot in the surrounding areas plus up north in Chiang Rai Area
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jul 20, 2016 18:11:56 GMT 7
Yes i actually contacted them prior to there last visit I saw quite a few on the morning time There are a hell of a lot of us ozzies here in Chiang mai i know quite a few Plus at the Chiang Mai Expat club There is about a 40% membership who currently are going to the functions Plus there are a lot in the surrounding areas plus up north in Chiang Rai Area I'm still amazed that an Australian Government 'section' would go to a rural area of Thailand when the pricks don't allow anyone to call them from the Philippines if they don't have PLDT. |
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Post by Banjo on Jul 21, 2016 7:09:57 GMT 7
Chiang Mai is hardly rural, anymore than Adelaide or Brisbane could be described that way because of their distance from Canberra in Australia.
Most major cities anywhere have consulates in larger population centers outside the capital, Australia has one in Chiang Mai and Phuket in Thailand.
Both cities have large populations of Australian expats where as in the Philippines I would suggest that a the majority would live on southern and central Luzon, most reasonably close to the embassy in Manila.
I've spent time in the Philippines and traveled through much of the country and never saw anywhere near the expat communities in places like Cebu City, Zamboanga or Dumaguete that you would find in similar population centers in Thailand.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2016 8:55:19 GMT 7
Hi Denis
There is talk that Chiang Mai used to be the first major city in Thailand
I have actually been to the original site where the old city started from
I was lucky to be taken by one of my Thai friends
As I wanted to see something different from the normal tourists sights
Just a few facts to continue on from Banjo
These facts are general but many people come to live here because its reasonably cheap. Plus many can not afford to live in there own countrys
Chiang Mai is Thailand’s second largest city, after Bangkok
It is located 700Km North of Bangkok
Has a population of around 1.6 million with over 350,000 people living inside the city centre
Chiang Mai receives around 4 million foreign visitors and 9 million Thais a year
There are estimated to be over 20,000 expats living here
As you can see i do not live in a Hick Town
Thats why i chose it after coming here for 6 1/2 years as a tourist
We can not compare each country because they are all different as the Philippines has it major population in there citys but a lot in there islands
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