MartinL

Royal Enfield Khon Kaen has just announced that it will no longer be an RE dealer. Do you know of any other RE dealerships that have closed? Just wondering whether this is a one-off or part of a pattern.

If this goes ahead, how likely is it that the requirements for a Thai Citizenship application would change to include '3 years of Thai income tax paid on income from overseas'? Probably a rhetorical question.

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Responsible driver? What about responsible parents? How about their failure to ensure their underage-for-riding-a-bike daughter wasn't riding a motorcycle in a busy location - or anywhere, come to that? How about their responsibility in ensuring she complied with the law re. a proper helmet? The parents should be prosecuted alongside the car driver.

Use Slimjet browser. Lazada doesn't remember my username either.

"The Tiffany Blue snake, also known as the Blue Snake, is a variant of the Green Tree Python". "Tiffany Blue snake does indeed possess a potent serum". So it's not a "variant of the Green Tree Python", a non-venomous species, after all.

Not many. Or lots, depending on the route you take.

Photos taken on Friday. Although it hasn't reproduced well, it definitely says "KK Immigration". Building and roadways look complete. Flag is flying. Couldn't see any cars so maybe no occupants yet. No builders' trucks either and the site seems tidy which suggests work is complete. EDIT. Nearly forgot. Nearest U-turn from northbound to southbound carriageway is 2.5 km from this office although there's an unofficial, dirt-track-across-the-central-reservation U-turn about 200 metres away.

Yes, that's it although it's progressed since then. Going that way again tomorrow so will have another look.

Nearly 2 years later ......... Drove past the new Immigration Office last weekend. It's on the southbound carriage way of Highway 2, about 9 km north of the junction with KK bypass. I'm guessing about a 105 km one-way trip for me. The big, engraved in stone "Khon Kaen Immigration Office" sign is in place, The building looks complete so we might be getting news of an immigration move soon. Roadways appear to be complete. The u-turn for those coming from the south is a good way beyond the office. What I thought might be a 'suicide tower' appears to be a water tower for the adjacent water company office.

"Woman caught with 5 million baht worth of drugs disguised as a tourist". Were the drugs dressed-up like a UK-style Guy? How do they know the drugs were disguised as a tourist and not another category of visitor? Another one; "Pickup driver kills motorcyclist fleeing alcohol test in Bangkok". No, it wasn't the bike rider fleeing the test - he was on his way home from work - but the pickup driver. There's some really amateurish headline writing on here today. Granted, much of this is simply copy from other sources, rather than AN originals, but they're still amateurish.

I often used Wemoto for bike parts when I lived in UK and was pleased when I saw they'd opened in Thailand, although I had no need to use them until recently. I ordered some parts on 30/6 but they had no stock and ordered from UK. Once received in Thailand, the parts were sent to me on 9/7. On 18/7 I contacted Wemoto by e-mail over non-delivery. Got an almost immediate response with a copy of the delivery company's tracking record showing showing delivery 10/7 - only that delivery never happened. I left it with Wemoto over the weekend and, as a result, the delivery was REALLY made today, 22/7. Once made aware of the problem, Wemoto resolved it very efficiently. All e-mail responses were in very good English. Seems like a good company if you want bike bits. Well done Wemoto.

Just reread thread title - this is about Oz hiring, not UK. Sorry.

I'm married to a retired civil servant so maybe some differences. When she was working, my wife always told me that health care was free for her immediate family, including her husband - me. Now she's retired, every year my wife pays an insurance premium at the local(ish) Teachers' Bank office for healthcare on which I'm named as a family member. That entitles me to free treatment at the main teaching hospital in Khon Kaen. In 15 years I've never taken advantage of it but it's there if needed - I really should try to get sick soon and get her money's worth!! I also get free treatment at our smaller local hospital - had rabies jabs there but nothing else. I'm registered at both hospitals. I think an annual health check-up is also available under the scheme. My 90 y.o. friend is covered by the same scheme. He's had eye surgery, radiotherapy and other cancer treatment, all free, all very good. I can't remember my wife ever paying a separate premium when working - maybe it was deducted at source or maybe I just wasn't so aware then.

Don't forget - you might correct HMRC's assumption that you've received the annual upgrade for this year but that's not the end of the story. Don't presume that, once you've corrected the error, that's the end of it. Next year they'll make exactly the same assumption and you'll have to go through it all again. HMRC and DWP don't seem to talk to each other. Get yourself an HMRC Personal Tax Account. If you keep an eye on it (I look every month or less) around January or February, you'll see what they expect your state pension to be for the coming tax year. If it's wrong, contact them and they can be surprisingly quick to correct it. If you have to call DWP, only deal with the International Pension Centre phoneline. They can be far better to deal with than others.

A couple of assumptions; I'll assume by "no tax", you really mean Income Tax since resident foreigners pay every other tax required of them by the government. I'll also assume that qualification for reduced entrance fees is entirely based on paying income tax, as that seems to be the gist of your post. Non-working Thai spouses of Thai income tax payers also pay no income tax, the same as many (but not all, by any means) foreign residents. If that non-working spouse qualifies for reduced fees on the back of the "other half's" income tax, why should my wife be discriminated against simply because she has a foreign, non-working spouse?

For the last many years, my wife has ordered from Lazada on her phone, I've made all my orders from my laptop. Both sets of orders are on the same account and have previously appeared together on the laptop under "My Orders" and I've always managed any problems from there. In the last few weeks, my wife's phone orders no longer appear on my laptop so the list of orders is incomplete - only mine appear. Nothing has changed - from our end - on the account that might cause separation of these two sets of orders. Anybody else noticed this and might have a solution?

... and not everybody who DOESN'T have a criminal record is goodness personified. Plenty of scumbags with no CR.

Last time I renewed my DL, the DLT office would have accepted my Pink Card etc. for renewal BUT they said it would be restricted to driving within the local area - not a lot of use then! I renewed using my PP. I've not heard of a geographically-restricted full licence before or since then and have no idea how such a restriction would have been implemented or enforced - except in typical Thai fashion, i.e. not at all.

Came through with my wife last week, coming from UK. As we approached the 'parting of the ways' for Thai and Foreign Passports, an official, with no prompting, said "You can go (through the Thai channel) together". Once in the Thai channel, we were directed to the 'Priority' booths, along with other Thai/foreign couples and even a Jordanian couple with children. It seems they're quite amenable.

Thanks, NextG. So it really is so simple. Since asking my question, I've found out that it can also be activated via the app. Log-in > More (bottom RHS of screen) > Service > Int'l Service > can switch on/off Int'l Roaming and Int'l Calls.

This relates to last year but might be recent enough for you. Khon Kaen Immigration Office. My 90-Day was due on 6th. June 22 but I was in UK so didn't report. Returned to Thailand on R/E permit on 12th. June which gave a next 90-Day date of 10th. September. Reported online on 6th. September and the report went through with no problems at all. I wasn't confident the o/l report would be accepted which is why I reported a few days early, to give a bit of breathing space so that I could go in person if it was rejected.

I'm going to UK for 2 weeks in June. I want to be able to receive voice calls and SMS messages - no data needed - while I'm there for possible banking and card payment use. There won't be a lot of use. Phone is set-up for 'Automatic network selection'. Have I got the procedure correct for postpaid AIS service? - call ** 125 ** to subscribe to International Roaming. - make and receive calls and SMS as needed abroad, charged at published rates. - no 'package' necessary for voice and SMS. Is it really that simple? This'll be my first time using AIS overseas and I can't believe how easy it seems. Last time I paid by card in UK, there was no such thing as passcodes via phone to make payments so a phone wasn't necessary. Now it seems to be essential.

Far from being an expert on this but, from past reading, it seems that where there's no will, the spouse (including a foreign spouse) inherits either:- 50% of the estate, children of the deceased than split the remaining 50%. OR the estate is equally shared between spouse and children. I've seen both scenarios mentioned. This is quite good and seems to lean towards the second option:- https://www.thaiembassy.com/property/thai-probate-and-inheritance-law If no children, parents and then siblings divide the estate..

That link is very interesting. Not in the immediate sense as it relates to wives we might leave behind but from our own perspectives as UK citizens living abroad. I've read some rumblings that the UK government is considering, among other things, restricting the access of expats to the UK tax-free allowance. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/restricting-non-residents-entitlement-to-the-uk-personal-allowance/restricting-non-residents-entitlement-to-the-uk-personal-allowance#impact-of-a-change As I understand these things, the DTA (which seems to guarantee(?) the tax allowance for our widows in Thailand) isn't an easy thing to change whereas the restriction of tax allowance to expats is almost at the whim of government. If that's true, I wonder whether there's even a remote possibility of us, as living and breathing expat UK citizens, losing the tax allowance but Thai widows retaining it. Yet more discrimination by UK government? Perish the thought! Maybe I'm thinking too much (or not enough?).