TigerandDog

and you believe that BS do you? The ONLY reason an election hasn't been called is because of the war with Russia. The Ukraine parliament, not Zelenski, declared martial law until the war with Russia was over. So please cease and desist with your MAGA BS propaganda.

"There’s also an ongoing initiative to ensure that Thai mobile banking accounts are registered under the actual SIM card owner's name, which has caused complications for some, including foreigners using bank accounts in their spouse’s name or linked to corporate accounts, writes Barry Kenyon for Pattaya Mail." The above is only part of what is happening. They are NOT just ensuring that telephone account names match bank account names exactly. They are accessing telephone account number profiles (without permission from the account holder), and they are also data matching passport numbers. So bad luck if you've opened a mobile phone account with a passport that has now expired, and your bank account has been updated to the new passport number. They haven't got the intelligence to check their paperwork and see that the bank account was opened with the same passport number as the mobile phone account was registered with. This is the issue I'm having with Krungthai bank, and they expect me to prove to them that the expired passport was used to open the bank account.

I pretty much do the same, and have done so for the last 50+ years both here and in my home country. Recommended pressure of 32psi, I always run at 34. Current set of tyres are 3 years old and only 37k kms on them. Still plenty of tread. For me, I think the reason for them still being in pretty good shape is twofold: #1. I only average around 12.5k kms per year & #2. I rotate the tyres every 6 months. First rotation is rear to front and vice versa. & 2nd rotation is cross rotate. Driver front to passenger rear and passenger front to driver rear. The rotation spreads the wear and tear on the tyres rather than having the wear in the one spot on each tyre which would be the result of not rotating them.

you do realise that when it comes to heart rates smart watches are only 80-85% accurate. To get accurate heart rates you should be wearing either a chest HRM or a forearm HRM, with the forearm HRM being the most accurate.

I'm with ttb Bank and generate my own statements from the app and print them off periodically throughout the year, but can also do 12 months in 1 hit if I wish to. When I obtain my bank letter for my extension I also ask the bank to stamp the final page of the statement. Been doing that for the past 8 years and Immigration have always accepted it. Just make sure you get your bank to stamp your printout (not every page) and you should be ok.

as a prostate cancer survivor I definitely recommend an annual PSA test for ALL men over the age of 40. In my case I was having annual PSA tests and was always within range, BUT towards the high end. My GP always said everything was ok and nothing to worry about. One morning I woke to find blood stained sheets. went to my GP who did another PSA test and the result came back just below the high end of the so called safe range. My GP, as a precaution, sent me for a biopsy and was firmly of the opinion that it would come back showing no cancer. To her surprise the result actually came back as localised malignant cancer. Treatments followed and I am now cancer free. The main point here is that PSA tests are ONLY an indicator, BUT they can lead to a patient being referred for further testing that DOES indicate whether a patient has cancer, and if treated early on, such patient can live a long and cancer free life afterwards. Even though I am now cancer free I still have an annual PSA blood test as it is possible for the cancer to return, even if you've had a radical prostatectomy, as it did with my brother-in-law. Several years after his prostatectomy his PSA levels started elevating rapidly, and further testing showed that the cancer had returned and was in his lymph nodes. He did not survive the retuning cancer. So guys don't be wimps when it comes to visiting the doctor, and get tested annually.

I don't agree. When I installed W11 it was v22H2. By way of the normal Wondows system updates my W11 is now v I don't entirely agree with what you are saying about 22H2 not being supported anymore. Whilst actual support may no longer be there, Windows updates should be automatically updating your version of W11. When I installed W11 it was v21H2. Over time the periodic windows updates have automatically updated my version to where it is currently, viz 24H2. As others have stated, just go to your Windows setting and go to Windows Updates. It should tell you whether your updates are up to date or not, and it gives you the option to Check for Updates and install them. Also in the Windows Updates screen check to make sure that "Get the latest updates as soon as they are available" is turned ON.

how long ago did I post that? Since that post the hotels I've stayed at have not been accepting either my pink ID card (on the basis that technically it's only valid for use within the province of issue) or my Thai driver's license. They will now ONLY accept my passport, even when my wife makes the hotel reservation in her name. So that old post may have been the situation when that comment was posted, but now it is as I posted today. You also conveniently choose to ignore the fact that a driver's license has your passport # on it and TM30's are submitted by hotels on that basis if the driver's license is used at check in. Again your comment re CM ignoring the TM30 changes in June 2020 is incorrect. Regardless of whether I used my drivers license or passport at a hotel check in, as previously stated CM have NEVER required me to submit a new TM30 upon return to my permanent address so as to approve my 90 day report. I can assure you that all the farangs I know in CM have NEVER had to resubmit a TM30 after returning from an inter province trip prior to submitting their 90 report, and that applies to before the 2020 changes too. Other provinces may require that, but our experience with CM is as stated, we've NEVER had to do it.

I don't agree with your first sentence DrJack. I've lived in CM since 2016 and travel inter province every month and have my passport copied at the relevant hotel I stay at, and I have NEVER been asked to submit a new TM30 upon return to my permanent address so that a TM47 can be accepted. The ONLY time I've had to do that was last year when I returned from a holiday in Vietnam. For the most part the information you give in this forum is accurate, but unfortunately, on occasion, you do make inaccurate comments when it comes to CM Immigration. such as the one in your comment above.

I refer you to my post last week about "My experience obtaining my tax refund". In that post I mentioned that the manager of my district revenue office considered my state pension (Australian Aged pension) to be a social security payment, and therefore not assessable. She obtained confirmation from CM Revenue Office that govt/state pensions are not assessable and as such there was no need to declare them. I also mentioned in replies to comments that individuals should seek advice from their respective TRD as like most things in Thailand interpretations can & will differ from office to office and between officers within the same office.

the tax deducted was on the interest earned in my Thai bank account. I closed all my home country bank accounts when I moved here in 2014, and yes 100% of the tax deducted will be refunded as the interest earned was well below the taxable amount.

I obtained both on the same day as application. However, items 3 & 4 under Eligibility were not requirements at my Amphur. In saying that I do realise that different Amphurs have different eligibility requirements.

Your comment, in a round about way, confirms somewhat my post Tuesday about my experience lodging my 2024 Thai tax return. It is relevant to the Australia/Thai DTA. My provincial TRD (CM) confirmed verbally with my District TRD that Govt pensions, and in the case of aussies receiving the aged pension, that they are not assessable. Only private pensions are assessable. The TRD deems the aussie aged pension to be a social security payment, which it actually is, and their advice was that under Thai tax law social security payments are not assessable and therefore they are tax free. TRD's in other provinces may interpret this differently, but even though I produced the figures for my aged pension, on the off chance I had to declare them, I was advised that it wasn't a requirement.

you missed the point completely. The original post WAS ONLY relevant to the Australia/Thai DTA, and that was clarified in the very first sentence of the original post. Everybody, including yourself, that posted comments that had nothing to do with the OZ/Thai DTA were all off topic and therefore irrelevant. It doesn't matter whether you were replying to someone else or not. It WAS off topic and irrelevant.

WHY are you posting about the US situation on a post that is ONLY relevant to the Australia/Thai DTA? Your comments are totally irrelevant to the original post.