federicoP

It appears to me that now this is becoming a void discussion about nothing.

The OP simply asked a "good lawyer" , and possibly "one that you've used in the past and find to be trustworthy, competent and not excessively priced".

May I suggest, without mentioning a specific name, to contact the International Law Office ( http://www.ilo-phuket.com/companylawyers.html ) where I had, and have, very good personal experience ?

Me too I suggest Sam Fauma.

I had, and have, personal and good experience with his office.

In my opinion they are not cheap but, if you plan to buy a property in Thailand, it is really worth to spend some money to have a good and trustworthy lawyer here.

I have friends that chose a cheap lawyer :  he "forgot" to register their leasing contract within the first three years, and now they have lost what they thought to have bought

I do not know which problem Osmar has, but for skin problems (cancer control and keratosis removal) I usally go to Phuket International Hospital, Doctor Sithiporn, and I am satisfied.

I think that at present Phuket International Hospital, in the new wing, is better equipped, from dermatology problems, that Bangkok Hospital, that I frequent for other kind of problems.

They belongs to the same company and I have the feeling that they are trying to dedicate especially the Phuket International to dermatology and plastic surgery.

Some considerations :

The beach for sure is nicer without beach chairs and umbrellas, but many people do need them.

When I was young I used to spend happily whole days on the sand, without any protection or chair.

Now I am older and I do need a chair and a protection: should I be forbidden to go to the beach ?

Also many young families with small children need an umbrella for their babies, the strong sun can be very dangerous for them. Should they spend inside an hotel room the main part of the day ?

For sure in some area there is the chairs mafia : the solution is to prohibit the chairs or to regulate and survey the vendors activity? For the taxi too that there is mafia: should the taxi service be abolished for this reason ?

The chairs guys, at least in Nai Harn, where keeping the beach clean in their area, now where there are no chairs the garbage situation is becoming worse and worse. 

Again in Nai Harn the restaurants table had been removed from the inside area under the trees, now this area is full of parked car (in spite of the availability of a big parking lot near the temple, just one hundred meters from the beach). Is it better a parking lot overlooking the beach, or some bar tables where enjoy a drink or some food ?

My opinion is just to leave some area free and some area with chairs, to survey about any abuse, and to require the chair boys to keep clean their areas.

It looks me so simple.....

Yes, I understand that. But there's no reason why a company can't own a house - and the company ownership would have been discovered in the land office when it was time to sign the standard "sale of a structure document" - which is signed 30 days before the completion.

I do not know in Thailand, but in other countries if you buy a company that owns a immovable property, you do not need to go to the land office, you just buy the company shares.

2 minutes ago, madmax2 said:

Farangs use a Thai company with Thai nominees  to purchase land with or without a house on it in the company name which they are the real owner off (illegal as only a Thai national can own land in Thailand) 

You do not need a company to buy buildings only land 

Sure. this is why it seems strange to me that a company was the owner of the house only

Did you understand the reason why they put the property of the house in the name of a company, if the land was already a separate property owned by thai people ?

Maybe just looking for a person believing to buy both house and land ?

Hello, I am looking for a  physiotherapist for a pain in the shoulder (bicipital tendinitis).

Does anybody know a good and reliable physiotherapist in Rawai area ?

I found a person satisfied with Andaman Physical Therapy near Chalong circle in this forum, but I'd like to see other opinions and maybe (due to present traffic congestion) something closer to Rawai.

Many thanks

Federico

Paul944:

I have been in the situation to stay less than 181 in any country several times, but it is not so easy to cancel a fiscal residence without having a new one, your native country would be not so happy !

chiang mai :

The country requiring this certificate is Italy, but in this case it does not matter how Italy would count the days, they are just asking a Fiscal Residence Certificate issued by a country with which there is an agreement against double taxation.

Of course my plans were different, but I had to change them because of an unexpected and extremely serious health problem that forced me and my wife to go back abruptly to Europe. This is the reason I made me "so compicated"......

Your interpretation is acceptable, but I think that also mine is acceptable.

My main point is that the Immigration Departmente applies a criteria different from that applied by the Revenue Department.

Both are Government Department, so one of the two must be wrong !

I need to get a "Fiscal Residence Certificate" (R.O. 22) from the Revenue department.

To get this certificate, I need to demonstrate that I have been  "residing in Thailand for a period or periods aggregating more than 180 days in any tax (calendar) year ".

I have presented my passport with all the entrance and exit stamps, together with a count that, for me, arrives at 182 days, because I entered and exit from Thailand four times, and I have counted both the days of entrance and the days of exit. And this is the criteria usually adopted by the immigration Department.

But the Revenue Department told me that they count only one of the entrance and exit days so, in their opinion, I have been residing in Thailand ony for 178 days and I am not entitled to get the Fiscal Residence Certificate.

Following the Revenue criteria if you arrive and leave in the same day they count one day, if you arrive today and leave tomorrow would be always one day....

Now I want to make an opposition to their decision, that is in contrast to the criteria applied by the Immigration Department and to my opinion.

I was thinking to go first to the Immigration Department and to ask for a declaration about the number of days that I spent in Thailand (they should declare 182).

Does anybody knows if they could issue such a declaration ?

Has somebody any suggestion, or personal experience, about how to deal with this kind of problem ?

Federico

Going to Mee Sapam subject, it is not vegetarian.

Noodles with seafood are excellent, as well as many other plates like fresh spring rolls with crab

Suppose they are closed for the evening, here it is:

https://th-th.facebook.com/meesapam/

Enjoy your noodles :-)

Any idea for a shortcut going northbound from Rawai ?

The only I can imagine is route 3025 (through Orchid Farm) and later go back down through Patak, but it seems a bad idea....

Unbelievable that they did not create some  bypass alternative before starting the works !

Me too (Rawai area), I sometimes encounter a snake in my garden. Usually they go away without any problem.

In the case the snake enter inside the house and you cannot invite him to exit, which is the best contact to call ?

I know Kusoldharm Phuket Foundation at 076. 246301 or Ruamjai Kupai Foundation at 076-238364.

Does anybody know if these addresses are correct and updated ?

And in the unlikely event to be bitten by a scared snake, what is the best phone number to call or the best place to go, maybe not too far from Rawai area ?

Thanks

Last June, having already in my passport the address notification, I just needed a picture, passport copies and, of course, to fill the relevant form.

Very fast process, probably they will ask you 300 baht, ( hope to not start now the usual discussion about tips at the immigrationa.....)

www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911456-retirement-extension-2016-latest-requirements/?page=1

But, since the 3d is very long and updated only until the 12th of September, you may decide to go first upstair and ask the volunteers about the last minute changes

The sad thing is that thai politicians did not learn anything from the mistakes made in other parts of the world.

In India, in Goa, they have a very rough but someway effective rule : now it is not allow to build anything new at less than 500 meters from the sea.....

I am seeing that this once beautiful island is covered more and more by terrible and huge cement buildings, without any considerations about the landscape protection, and the natural value that they are destroying day by day.

Is there any local organization that is trying to do something to stop this  environmental slaughter ?

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

Previously for international departures (connecting) I always cleared immigration in phuket.

Me too, many many times !

Additional info from Bangkok Air site :

From 16th September 2016 onwards, domestic transfer passengers continuing to international destinations at Suvarnabhumi Airport can check-in at the new Phuket International Terminal located at Row E. For passenger traveling domestically, check-in counter and departure gate will remain at the Domestic Terminal.
 

Many thanks, but I wrote in HKT forum, Kham Tiang is a bit far from me  :-)

I have a small garden and sometimes I need to buy fertilizer, fungicides, pesticides, ect. to take care of my plants

Usually I go to Home Work or Home Pro, but they do not have a good choice, and the staff seems to have no knowledge of what they are selling.

Does anybody know a good place were to find these products ?

Many thanks

Federico

So, for the moment, except for the meter taxi issue, it does not look a "fiasco".

I think that many times we are too fast to criticize Thailand and its people, regardless......

Yes, ground floor room 103, but if you need the blank form for requesting the extension better to go upstair and ask the volunteer

7 hours ago, JetsetBkk said:

 

Would be nice if someone who presented their "picture" actually said whether it was on paper printed out from a computer or a photograph on photographic paper.

 

 

It seems more interesting to discuss if Thai people consider us like wanted or unwanted guests  :-)