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I am trying to find the British consulate in Pattaya on both my GPS maps and also on Google Earth.

I can get numerous hits on the address but not an actual location for my GPS

Unit 3, 489/3 Moo 12
Jomtien beach Road soi 5
Nong Prue
Bang Lamung
Chonburi 20150

I live near Khampaeng Phet and I need to get a consulate letter confirming my pensions.

I have been to the embassy in BKK and also to the consulate in Chiang Mai and I thought I would give Pattaya a try this year if only I can find the place.

Thanks in advance.

I did a little research on helmets and came across a couple of sites that gave comparisons between UK, US and Euro sizes in inches and cm and I would like to pin them to the Bikes in Thailand thread but I don't know how.

I copied and pasted into Word then rewrote it into XL to make it tidy and easier to read.

 Motorcycle helmet and clothing size chart.doc   98.5K   6 downloads

 Motorcycle helmet and clothing size guide.xls   86.5K   4 downloads

I went to the Immigration Department at Nakhon Sawan yesterday morning to renew my retirement extension.

I arrived at 10.50 reasonably dressed but wearing jeans as I was on my motorbike.

One of the two slightly older ladies, probably in her early thirties, asked me what I wanted.

A 90 day report and a retirement extension please.

I had done all my homework and used a ring binder with pockets for originals plus first and second copies.

The one copy I missed from my passport was the page with the arrival date stamp which she found and copied free for me. I wonder what they do if you have a new passport and the arrival date is in the old one as you didn't leave the country for xx years?

A German guy came in with his wife I think and they showed him their copy of a letter from the German Embassy confirming proof of income which took the lady from dealing with me for about 5 minutes. She apologised and I took out my book to read anyway until she was ready again.

We got a bit further and she then had to deal with a British guy for another few minutes before coming back to me again.

I gave her a copy of my letter from the CM UK Consulate confirming my pension but she wanted the original which had the embassy seal on it.

She finished with that lot, did the 90 day report and stamped my extension until 23 Aug 2012.

I paid the 1,900 baht and that was it all over.

I walked out of the door about 11.25.

I must say that the lady spoke fair English, didn't seem to mind my broken Thai and was very helpful.

Is there anywhere in the Central Immigration Office that I can email a letter of thanks for the excellent service that I received?

My son will be 7 next month and he enjoys drawing on paper and also on the computer using MS Paint.

Does anyone know of a decent drawing and painting software programme.

Also at his new school he is in the English Language programme for, English Language, Maths, Science, Computer studies and Exercise.

There are about 9 English teachers some of whom actually are English and I would like to find some software for Thai to English and back.

Cheers

I went to the Immigration Department at Nakhon Sawan yesterday morning to get some information about visa extensions.

I am currently on a retirement extension due to expire towards the end of August and the way the currency is fluctuating THB/GBP it seemed like a good idea to ask.

At 10.30 when I got there I was the only customer and downstairs were a couple of younger ladies and one a bit older who can speak very good (British)   English.

I explained what I was looking for and she gave me 2 copies of their requirements and also 2 copies of their locally produced booklet.

I have reduced the size by 50% to save some space.

 Marriage visa info page 01_resize.jpg   1.05MB   59 downloads

 Marriage visa info page 02_resize.jpg   1.43MB   58 downloads

I have had to give up trying to load the booklet as it keeps telling me that no file is selected.

Sorry.

4 photos are required though the lady did not specify what they were.