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That would be normal kind practice. Depending of the time spend, transport to Amphor-office and location of village the amount can be from a few hundred baht to one thousand baht. If you have a Thai partner, ask what would be normal in your area.

Same reason as tourists comes back to same Mediterranean places like Mallorca (Majorca) and Rhodes year after year. I have friends that has had their summer holiday on the same island for 30+ years, and I have tourist friends here that have spent their winter holiday on the same Thai-island for 15+ years...

Normal practise in some banks/branches. Just follow their rules and don't ask questions, there are so much we aliens don't understand about Thailand...

Yes, the article also mentioned that, but AOT still don't want to give the camera file to the police, so they can judge themselves that it's useless...

You first need your daughter to be registered in a Blue House Book for Thai nationals, then it's easy to get an ID when 7 years or older. A Thai ID-card is only of any use if your daughter lives/stays in Thailand.

No, not so far...????

Might be a question about picking the bar-lady that don't talk about "who broke up with their Thai boyfriend, who is marrying a customer," and who is not "borrowing money from everyone"...

I originates from the part of the world where Aerated concrete blocks also originates from – they have been a standard component since I was child – I used them in my home country, and I had a self-designed house built in Thailand in 2010 when the Q-con blocks were a fairly new product here. A better choice is to do a Q-con double wall with either an airgap between the wall or fill the gap with mineral wool like Rockwool, there are similar products available in Thailand, also packed inside heath-reflecting foil. By making double walls you avoid visible posts and the Q-con blocks are great to drill in if hanging something on the wall, instead of thin smartboards. The airgap will be enough heat insulation in walls, rather use the insulation material funds on inverter aircons instead of normal compressor aircons, and save on the power consumption. More important for heat insulation is the ceiling and especially the roof. Cement Thai (HomeMart) has a roof team that can draw your roof in details, make the steel construction in light weight galvanized steel, and mount the roof tiles correctly with a heath reflecting foil underneath. The latter is very important for a good indoor temperature. Their quote was actually lower than my Thai building constructor could do it, and Cemtent Thai's "Roof Experts" gives you a 5-year warranty and might mosr likely still be here during the waranty period; while your building constructor might have disappeared. Over the ceilings, which are normally gypsum board, place some insulation on the top floor if the house is more than one floor, or above ground floor if only one level. Just bobble-plastic with reflecting foils can do it. I made my house like described; apart from having uPVC outer sliding doors. We hardly use aircon and only during really warm periods. Another benefit with inverter aircons is, that some models might be able to heat during a cold period, mine can heat indoor until -10 centigrade outdoor temperature... I have uPVC slide doors. Next time I build a house, or when refurbishing the one I live in, I will choose aluminium doors instead. A heat reflecting foil on the glass might be enough or even better than double glass.

From the photos it looks like it's an outside surrounding wall that has collapsed and fall onto the house...

Something might be strange, since AOT will not reveal the CCTV...

You can read my previous post about how many people that actually lives on Samui and some calculations of water usage...

From the article in The Thaiger: ...Prateep Kusolwattana, the director-general of Provincial Waterworks Authority 4, revealed that the water supply stations located in the Phru Na Muang reservoir and Hin Lard waterfall have been producing 15,000 cubic metres of freshwater daily for consumption on the island. To address the water crisis issue, the Authority aims to supply an additional 24,000 cubic metres of water from Surat Thani on the mainland via an underwater pipeline to Koh Samui...

In my modest opinion – and I also have a child in Thailand – you should first of all make it attractive for your son to stay with you; force won't solve the problem.

Go, there will be water enough in the hotels and resorts...

Get out and enjoy the party and dance – that's what many other former grumpy old men do, and it's really a healthy nice cure...

The northern beaches are the best on both Phangan and Samui; however, the southern beaches have nice views. Many guests in resorts comes for spa facilities and/or use the pools, the latter rather than swimming in the sea.

1. They can change extension of stay from work to retirement. 2. I think that accompany spouse in retirement is only for non-immigrant O-A – cannot easily find other information – so, probably both needs a bank deposit of 800k baht.

To my knowledge, getting a non-immigrant O-visa on retirement conditions inside Thailand requires a bank deposit of 800k baht. To extend the stay based on retirement your deposit need to be matured by 2 months, i.e. you need to change visa within 30 days from your initial arrival, preferably after 2 weeks.

There should be a fund book available in one of the Thai banks with that option, for example this one from SCB...

Little scary to realize how many of the most dangerous airport I've been visiting...

No, a Thai passport is issued to a Thai citizen, who can be born abroad and/or live abroad without being registered in a domestic House Book. OP's daughter is renewing her Thai passport from a foreign Thai embassy. OP asks about also having a Thai ID-card issued, which cannot be done by an embassy. For having an ID-card she needs to be registered in a domestic House Book...????

When I settled in Thailand in my late fifties, I decided to opt for the second best at that time of Bupa's health insurances and set the difference to the cost of the best insurance aside in a "Rainy Day-account". Also because that there might be/often are cases, where the insurance do not fully covers you, or don't covers at all. When I passes 60 years the insurance increased and I stepped a level down and set more aside. Again at 65 was a mile marker, where I decided it's not worth it anymore. I've never ever used my health insurance and got a 10 percent discount when renewed, but with a until then – and also until now – good health, I decided to top up little extra in the Rainy Day-account and become self-insured. I'm still paying an "insurance fee" every month into my Rainy Day-account. It's a difficult personal choice, as when self-insured and something happens, you might spend all or most of the money set aside. While when insured, you are still insured next year; as long as you can afford the premiums. Some with health knowledge have mentioned in this forum that you need to set 3 million baht aside – or have access to a larger sum of savings up around that level – so it's a question of balance between annual insurance premium, size of savings and one's health, combined with what you personally think is the right size for you. The initial insurance sum for the so-called "retirement visa" was 440,000 baht; so anything between that sum and several millions might be the right self-insurance amount.

According to the lawyers that wrote the book "Thai Law for Foreigners", your last will is fully legally valid.

To get a Thai ID-card your daughter must be registered in a Thai House Book first. When she is not registered as resident in Thailand, she don't need a Thai ID-card. Your daughter already got a Thai ID-number, which is stated on her birth certificate and in her passport. When she moves to Thailand and are registered as resident, this ID-number will be recorded in the House Book, then she is eligible for an ID-card that carries her Thai address.

Not according to the new rules, but ask Samui Immigration if you are in doubt about how they implements the rules...????