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On 9/4/2019 at 4:01 PM, sumrit said:

Not true. Thai Driving licences may occasionally be accepted but not very often these days.

 

 Always use it on domestic flights, money exchange, booking into hotels and others requiring ID. Rarely a problem.

19 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

The 2 years is in regard to claiming the OZ pension and getting portability,that is being able to get the pension whilst overseas.If one is outside of Oz for 2 years or more you are no longer considered to be residing in Oz(different from citizenship)  you have to reside in Oz for 2 years before being eligible for portability.

I was actually going to mention this. I get conflicting stories. I have been told I need to be back in Oz 2 years to collect pension when eligible. The other story is I can get immediately on return if entitled but have to live there 2 years to be eligible for portability. Two different scenarios so which is correct?

1 minute ago, geoffbezoz said:

You are a kind man and considerate person and I hope life treats you as well as you have treated him. What goes round comes round hopefully.

Thank you for that. I hope it does too, hasn't been too good so far since he was born.

2 minutes ago, tabarin said:

Just trying to imagine how rich we would be if we somehow were connected and all contributed a few hundred B a month. 
Could just buy our own part of Spain and import the Thai girls, cooks and other to there. 

Sounds good to me. Expatland.

3 minutes ago, British Bulldog said:

Hmmmm ... Half English, Half Scottish and half Irish ... so your count would be 1.5 of a person ... ha ha ha

Don't know. I am not a mathematician.

1 hour ago, FarFlungFalang said:

I have an Australian passport and I know that after 2 years out of the country and I cease to be a resident of my own country,so my guess would be 2 years.

Not doubting but where did you get that figure from?

I emailed my accountant about a year ago (after 5 years here) and asking him questions in that regard. Originally I planned to stay here until death do us part (and could still be the case), but with an unplanned sick baby and immigration rules changing I now plan to head back and try for the pension (eligible? in 2 1/2 years). He told me that I was still regarded as an Australian Citizen.

Having said that after 5 years I was kicked out of Medicare and have to "rejoin" when I get back.

15 minutes ago, geoffbezoz said:

One or two of our members are married to people from the hilltribes so guess they will consider it quite insulting for you to say  "no natinality I think like the hilltribe people", or did you say that as a joke ?

My son was born in Thailand nearly 3 years ago. I am Aussie and his mum from Myanmar and on his birth certificate it listed him as no nationality with a side note stating he was someone temporarily or illegally in Thailand.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

4: In my case my pension is a private one aged 60, The original letter from my pension company stating my annual/monthly payment.

This point worries me. Not everyone has a pension. The money I send to Thailand comes from my superannuation which does not earn the 65k/month. But the point is I bring the 65k in each month.

3 minutes ago, Bangkok Basha said:

I'm prepared to go the agent route and pay to expedite an extension of stay as the much cheaper alternative, but how do I go about finding one?

Read my post above to see I had same issue as you. I phoned my agent and she actually said if they get denied I could try myself and they would prepare paperwork for me (at a fee of course). Thought I would have a better chance using the agent. But then again this is only one persons answer.

My ex gf used to say she wanted to eat somtam. Sounded like she says sometime. I said what do you mean sometime, you like to eat ALL the time.

23 hours ago, Martyp said:

Yes what Ubonjoe said. Kasikorn, and I presume every other bank, can provide a statement tracing back the foreign origin of your funds. I believe Immigration accepts these statements from your Thai bank. It may cost 200 baht and you may have to wait two weeks. It is something I would talk to your bank about and then get such a statement in hand to test this before you absolutely need it. If you are going to go with the monthly income plan then you have to be vigilant monthly and have a tested plan to resolve deposit issues if your deposit shows up as a domestic transfer.

I have been using TransferWise and ok for the first 7 months. This month came through as SMT transfer. So I reverted to my old method from Commonwealth Bank in Australia. I always have sent in Australian dollars but for some reason this time I sent in THB and transfer came through as BTN. So I did 3rd transfer to send in Oz $s and came through as FTT. Then I signed up with DeeMoney and first 2 transfers sent back for next time. I contacted TransferWise and they said they have taken my recipient (me) for my payment to come to my Bangkok Bank account directly although they did say will not always work. If I have more issues I will just stick with Commonwealth Bank even though it costs a little more and not as good a rate as TransferWise.

1 minute ago, bluesofa said:

Rama X birthday.

Ok thanks.

21 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Yeah, ok. Will wait until after midnight on the 28th. to make a final decision on what this is.

 

Ok, I give up. What happens on the 28th?

I used to live in Brisbane Australia which has one main runway so can take off/land either way due to prevailing winds. To "share" the noise around they would take various flight paths at various times. There is even a website that has the outputs of noise meters placed around Brisbane in the various flight paths. Obviously can't do too much about immediate take off/landing zones but just before landing and soon after takeoff flight path can be, and is often altered.

Could be doing that here but I doubt it.

1 hour ago, remorhaz said:

To be fair they're just going to keep the deposit anyway regardless.  Has anyone ever received a deposit - that is - money BACK from a Thai?

Yep, last 3 houses I rented. 55,000, 30,000 and 40,000 respectively. Didn't get deposit back on first house as I broke contract and did not expect it.

Thanks for the replies.

26 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Surely first you need to first to set a limit with BBL.

 

This to some extent protects you from massive continuous unauthorized withdrawals by scammers etc.

 

Is it not also true that the bank you choose to approach in Australia and use their ATM machine would also have policies to limit withdrawals and protect against problems and issues and investigations etc., when foreign cards are used in their machines?

 

Yes I now believe that I will have to organise a limit with BBL.

And yes Australian banks would set limits and hence my question on here. Maybe some one has done it previously and have an idea on limits.

2 hours ago, natway09 said:

It all depends on what you have arranged with your Oz bank

Why would I have to arrange with an Oz bank using a Thai ATM card?

Hi. Does anyone know the withdrawal limits using a Bangkok Bank Atm card in ATMs in Australia. I tried mine once to see if it worked but only took $20aud out.

On 6/22/2019 at 4:31 AM, bkk23234 said:

What is the fine for failing to do 90 day report?

First time in 6 years late with my 90 day.I was 10 days late this month. Fined 2000 baht. And I got a stamp in my passport that took up half a page.

See so many Facebook posts on "criminal" acts on the road and they are fined 500 baht.

2 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

When the news broke about the 'possible' insurance requirement for ex-pats, this idea was suggested by a poster on Thai Visa. 

 

Is someone from the Ministry of Tourism & Sports reading Thai Visa in order to pick up a few tips. ????

 

 

Well according to a member who commented on a post of mine in another thread it is posts like mine that causes immigration to change the rules so I guess your statement is correct (according to him).