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I think the crux to this is how you earn your income, if UK payroll PAYE then asking your employer to pay you as an invoiced consultant or whatever directly offshore without tax deducted would negate the need for the future UK tax bill (obviously dont exceed the UK allowed working days if you are using test 1 of non-resident test). Obviously Thailand is very lax on checks at this end, which makes tax avoidance very "easy" esp if you are over 50 or take the elite option if you are willing to fund that. I would say a large portion of Brits do this already. I have no experience with the split year.

Locked indoors I actually drink more than when the pubs are open. When the pubs were open I drank 2 or 3 times a week, now its everyday.

Prices have not gone up in my northern village for about 10 years. I looked at a website the other day that said prices in my area had gone up 13.4% in the last year BUT prices are still the same on those places for sale. Its a conundrum.

According to official figures it still is faring better.

I don't disagree with you, but a not bit out of the frying pan into the fire :+)

With Emirates its mainly A380s so you know what the standard is, with Qatar you need to check what plane they are going to fly on your route, they still have some "lesser" planes. This esp relevant if you are flying in business.

Travel to UK from the rest of the world if you are fully vaccinated From 4am Monday 4 October, you will qualify as fully vaccinated if you are vaccinated either: under an approved vaccination programme in the UK, Europe, USA or UK vaccine programme overseas with a full course of the Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna or Janssen vaccines from a relevant public health body in Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Dominica, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan or the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Formulations of the 4 listed vaccines, such as AstraZeneca Covishield, AstraZeneca Vaxzevria and Moderna Takeda, qualify as approved vaccines. You must have had a complete course of an approved vaccine at least 14 days before you arrive in England. Where 2 doses of a vaccine are required for a full course, you will be able to: mix 2 different types of vaccine, for example Oxford/AstraZeneca and Moderna have the 2 vaccinations under 2 different approved programmes, for example Australia and Japan, UK and USA, EU and Canada Until 4 October, mixed vaccines are only permitted if you are vaccinated under the UK, Europe, USA or UK overseas vaccination programme. The rules for fully vaccinated people will also apply if you are either: under 18 and resident in the UK or one of the listed countries or territories with approved vaccination programmes taking part in an approved COVID-19 vaccine trial in the UK, Australia, Canada or the USA If you qualify as fully vaccinated you will have to: book and pay for a day 2 COVID-19 test – to be taken after arrival in England complete your passenger locator form – any time in the 48 hours before you arrive in England take a COVID-19 test on or before day 2 after you arrive in England Under the new rules, you will not need to: take a pre-departure test take a day 8 COVID-19 test quarantine at home or in the place you are staying for 10 days after you arrive in England You must be able to prove that you have been fully vaccinated (plus 14 days) with a document (digital or paper-based) from a national or state-level public health body that includes, as a minimum: forename and surname(s) date of birth vaccine brand and manufacturer date of vaccination for every dose country or territory of vaccination and/or certificate issuer If your document from a public health body does not include all of these, you must follow the non-vaccinated rules. If not, you may be denied boarding. If you are fully vaccinated in the USA, you will also need to prove that you are a resident of the USA. If you are fully vaccinated, but do not qualify under these fully vaccinated rules, you must follow the non-vaccinated rules.

Are you sure they came from Bangkok and not Singapore?

Whats best ratio for this coffee/water for a French press?

I saw the US vaccine cert the other day. Its just a card filled in by hand. Easy to fake.

The Thai Astrazeneca is not officially recognised by the WHO either. As of 19 August Astra had NOT been submitted to WHO for recognition. The ones (Astra vaccines) recognised by WHO are UK, Europe, Korea, Japan, Australia, USA, China. Astrazeneca Thailand needs to pull out its finger, it promised it was going to apply on 20 August but has been silent since then on registration. They seem to be arguing that a name change to Vazrevria should be the way to go but WHO already recognises the name. Astra and its other partners have shot themselves in the foot by already registering different countries of manufacture as stand alone vaccines. They have given the UK an excuse to hide behind. Both UK and Astra are to blame for this, not Thailand.

They probably got a good offer to let someone in. Everything is potentially for sale at a price it would seem from all the other RTP and judicial related incidents.

Don't let the Brits in at all without quarantine until the Brits here can go back home without quarantine :+)

My sincere condolences on your loss.

You know its wrong so why do I have a smirk trying to form on my face.

1 and 13 really ring true for me as well.

Hi, I am just going to my extension of stay based on my OA visa (at Cheang Wattana), can I just check with you all that I have all the attachments or am I missing somethings: Bank letter/statement for 800k (seasoned) Application form 2 photos p/copy of visa orig passport and copy of main page Map of home Copy of home deeds (or rental contract) OA Thai insurance 40/400 Covid insurance 100k (?) Copy of TM30 I live in fear of not having something they might want, I don't like going to CW. Cheers?

This happens very year in Ayuthaya. It's a flood plain.

Thanks all! Thats great info thanks.

Hi, I just went to my local SCB to enquire about an 800K bank letter, I am going for an extension of stay next week. All I got was blank looks and shrugs. Has anyone used an SCB near to Sukhumvit 49 (Bangkok) for the bank letter? Or knows what the Thai name for the letter is? A million thanks.

Does anyone have a link to all the documents you need to take for an OA extension? I have mine coming up.

In all honesty I don't think regular Joes give a hoot about it. To me it's about the elites controlling the market to their advantage and right wing xenophobia. As long as Thailand adopts these protectionist approaches it will always be questionable destination to invest. Is it free capitalist market or not? No it's not.

Am I confused or am I confused. Will we or will we not be?

Probably a reason Thailand should not open Pattaya. How can close intimate contact ever be covid safe,

After my heart attack, the doc recommended a glass of red a day.