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Exactly my point - it doesn't, yet UK residents in these countries do not have their pensions frozen. Oops. I had missed your point. My bad. As I understand it, that's due to treaties that probably benefit the UK in some manner. There is no such treaty with LOS. But there is with the Phils. I'm wondering if any Brits will be moving their residence from Thailand to the Phils to kill 2 birds. To get their full, fair adjusted pension and to dodge any recently announced Thai income taxes. Seems to me that spending half their time outside of Thailand may be a good idea. Or is that a flawed plan? In any case, I'm just spitballing.
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I guess I'd ask if anyone has been refused entry without first being warned to get a visa next time? Being pulled aside for extra scrutiny isn't the same as "almost refused". It happened to me once and I'm convinced that the IO was just curious why I was the only white face in a huge holiday queue of Malaysians coming in at a land border. I think they took pity on me way back in the hour long holiday queue. They pulled me out of that scrum, for extra scrutiny. I was pleased.
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Ostracized? What's also interesting is that he got a front row seat.
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Though the OP is a good heads up, I'd suggest that someone without 14 years of experience needn't worry so much. There's people reading in that are now unnecessarily worried about their 2nd or 3rd ever entry. And even with 14 years of entering Thailand, the OP was still allowed in on visa exempt after filling in some paperwork and answering some questions. Which is a good cautionary tale to have your documents and cash lined up.
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Is buying supplements on Lazada safe?
impulse replied to save the frogs's topic in The Wellness Zone
I go to a lot of trade shows in Thailand and see how easy it is to buy packaging equipment that can easily knock off any pill bottle and print any label. And press any pill in any size, shape and color. Make of that what you will. Or walk down Sukhumvit and ask yourself if all those blue pills they're selling are real. Realistically, there's no way that Lazada can stop that kind of thing. (Not that I trust the brick and mortar shops in the malls, either). -
I can 'splain that, though many may not like the explanation and I'm not sure I agree with it. To your former employer, it makes no difference where they send the money. It's gone to them, whether you live in the UK or Outer Slobovia. To the gub'ment, it makes a huge difference. A pension pound sent to a UK resident bounces around the economy several times, being taxed and creating GDP along the way. A pension pound sent to Outer Slobovia is gone. Sucks, I know. But fair play to them that they haven't changed the rules. It was that way when retirees made the decision to retire in Thailand. (I'm open to being ridiculed and corrected if that's wrong).
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Is mealworm allowed in Thai bread like in the EU since 2025?
impulse replied to TronxII's topic in International Food
Yet another wingnut conspiracy theory turns out to be a spoiler alert. -
I doubt that it'll be made in Thailand soon (if ever), but here's some eye candy from a company backed by Xiaomi, for $32,000 USD in China. 0-100 km/hr in less than 3 seconds. It's called the JMEV-01, but you can also Google SC-01. Released for public sale April 15. https://carnewschina.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/jmev_01_launch-800x450.jpg https://img-s.msn.cn/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1DIguk.img?w=768&h=1826&m=6
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Is Trump the most corrupt US president in history?
impulse replied to spidermike007's topic in Political Soapbox
Is Trump the most corrupt US president in history? No. That dubious distinction probably goes to Joe Biden. At least in my lifetime. But thanks for asking. Edit: Though it's a close race with LBJ. -
I honestly believe that more and more are trying on despicable behavior so they have something to post, for the clicks. Just look at some of the stupid "challenges" where they do something stupid for the sole purpose of posting it. Some of it just irritating, but some is downright mean and even dangerous.
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Honest question here... Other than "I like Thailand" (or the Thai family) what would be the impediment to picking up sticks, cashing in your 400K baht (or 800K) and moving to the Philippines? I'm looking more for a comparison of the legal and financial hurdles than a discussion of the relative merits of life in LOS vs Phils.. Is that even doable? And if a Brit did move to the Phils, would their pension be boosted all at once or would it just start where it was in Thailand and be adjusted each year?
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MSM-Purveyors of Misinformation/Disinformation
impulse replied to dinsdale's topic in Political Soapbox
Can you imagine the screeching if they didn't let the mothers take their kids with them, because they're citizens and she's not eligible? It doesn't matter what Team Trump does. The MSM will paint them to be monsters. Like when Team Trump "put kids in cages", but what they were really doing is keeping out the pedophiles. Team Biden lost track of 300,000 kids. There's going to be documentaries about that in decades to come. Like those Canadian schools for indigenous kids. -
While that well and truly sucks, I suspect he's doing better than a retiree that's getting the full adjusted pension back in the UK. The saving grace back home is that a retiree can pick up some work. Not legal in Thailand. It should be a cautionary tale for anyone retiring with nothing but a state pension. You really need a nestegg, or you're going to struggle. Edit: On an aside, why not move to the Philippines?
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