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Are you unable to obtain a Usufruct? Is that why you are pursuing this Right of Habitation?

When my Father-in-law came to visit us in America, he had never used a microwave in his life. He saw my wife using it to heat up food and thought it was a wonderful appliance. One day, my wife found him feeding my son a bowl of melted ice cream. She asked why it was melted and he said he used the microwave because "it makes food taste better." My son was very upset. Then a year or so later, my wife bought a microwave for her and her family to use while we visited them. The next time we visited she saw that the microwave didn't work. Her sister said that her father put something metal in it and that was that.

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I can see your reasoning if they skipped out on the last month. Would you do the same if they skipped out after the first month on a 6 month or one year lease? I'm guessing it would depend upon how likely you are to find another tenant. As for the OP, I understand the reasoning for leaving early based upon the conditions of the place he rented. Perhaps I would have done the same in his situation. Fortunately for me, I haven't had to rent anywhere since the mid-1990. I do remember back in the day in the US of A, I broke my lease and was obligated to pay for the remaining months on the lease unless the rental company was able to find another tenant quickly. Luckily another tenant was found and I was off the hook. Yes, that wasn't Thailand and it was a long time ago. I read on this forum all the time about members not paying the last month's rent and expecting the security deposit to be forfeited.

That document appears to be specifically for the purchase of real estate and doesn't appear to have any relevance in the case of the sale of real estate. By the way, I've never signed such a document in all the years I've been married to my Thai wife. She has purchased five land plots during our marriage. However, she still retains her Thai maiden name on her Thai ID card and Thai passport and our marriage was never registered in Thailand.

I think I read that you obtained a loan for a condo that you purchased with your Thai partner. Is it possible that you are not listed on the chanote and that it is your Thai partner that is the sole owner of the condo? I have read about foreigners being guarantors of loans for Thai partners. Such a purchase wouldn't require the funds to come from abroad thus allowing for the foreigner (who isn't actually the owner) to obtain a mortgage.

My understanding is no, this won't work. For instance, I read on threads in this forum that even those that inherit a condo from a non-Thai relative must either sell the condo or bring in funds from abroad matching the value of the condo according to the land office's assessed value. And the situation you propose requires changing the listing of the condo to be within 49% foreign ownership allocation instead of being a Thai owned property. I don't know if it would be possible once you have PR, but it certainly wouldn't be possible without PR or citizenship.

I think Adumbration means that because you are losing the house, land, and a car in the divorce, he/she assumed that your divorce lawyer didn't do a very good job. Therefore you shouldn't use that lawyer. It isn't unusual for a foreigner to receive some (50%?) compensation for assets owned during marriage even when it comes to real estate. Of course, if you don't use a lawyer, then it all comes down to what you are willing to agree to with your spouse. I can't help you in regards to your question of whether the ex-wife is required to sign any documents in order for your daughter to purchase land, but if I remember correctly, this same situation has been posted on this forum in the past and I think one of the threads indicated that the ex-wife didn't need to be involved. You should ask the land office to see what they require and get it in writing. Then take that answer to the seller if the answer is that you don't need the ex-wife's involvement.

My understanding is that the daughter wants all UK assets to go to her and all Thai assets to go to the wife. I could be wrong, but that is how I read one of her response posts.

You mention that a simple Thai Will can be drawn up so that the wife inherits all Thai assets. What about the UK assets? Can those be directed to the daughter using the same Thai Will?

The following is from https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209044: What you need An iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, or later with iOS 12.1 or later A wireless carrier that supports eSIM Set up another cellular plan on your iPhone All iPhone models that support eSIM can have multiple eSIMs and use Dual SIM with two active SIMs at the same time. You can use Dual SIM by using a physical SIM and an eSIM. iPhone 13 models and later also support two active eSIMs. iPhone models without a physical SIM tray support two active eSIMs. Learn how to activate a cellular plan on an eSIM.

Thank you for that information. I just read on PCMag.com that even my old iPhone XS Max has 8 eSIMs, but only one can be active for that phone. Now I see why Apple has gone all in on eSIMs - you can have up to 8 numbers for 8 different carriers. Of course only 2 can be active at a time, but switching between them no longer requires swapping physical SIMs. You just make the change in Settings.

Yes, I did sort of the same thing last year with my T-Mobile SIM on my old phone. However, I did it over the phone with their tech support. Since I don’t have a SIM card slot on the new phone, this method of moving the phone number from a SIM card to an eSIM won’t work.

My new iPhone doesn't have a SIM card slot. My previous iPhone had a SIM card slot and an internal eSIM. I'm in the United States and I transferred my US phone number from the eSIM on my old iPhone to an eSIM on my new iPhone. Instead of a SIM card slot, Apple has added a second eSIM which means that when I travel to Thailand for vacation for a month, I'll need to use the second eSIM for whatever Thai mobile phone service I decide to use. My understanding is that AIS, dtac, and TrueMove H all support at least one eSIM activation method. I'd like to know if anyone has ever activated a monthly Thai mobile phone plan for an eSIM instead of using a physical SIM card which my iPhone doesn't support. If so, what carrier and plan did you choose?