MUSTYJACK

but on another forum you say you are an online English teacher. So what is it? ..... Just asking for a friend.

The responsibility of dealing with uninsured tourists lies firmly with the uninsured themselves and with nobody else. Then the families of these people are spared both the financial pain of the hospital bills, and the embarrassment of handing round the begging bowl. Brits especially seem to belong to a victim culture that believes that responsibility lies not with themselves but with "the government", "the council" or "the pothole". If a motorcyclists eyesight is so poor that he cant see a pothole in the road, then he is either going too fast or he needs glasses and therefore should not be on a motorbike in the first place. I dont know if this chap had insurance or not, but the fact that there is a gofundme page begging for handouts suggests he is uninsured. Actions as well as inactions have consequences.

The edit symbol opens the document that has been loaded, but there is no way to actually edit it. The only way to edit the document is to edit it before uploading. I am more than familiar with online processing, but lose patience when the system is poorly designed, does not offer suitable options for the user to input the required information, a comprehensive guide to its use or a contact facility to help those having difficulty with the system. I have 3 German friends who have given up with it. They wanted to spend 3 months in Thailand but were asked for so much information, forms, contracts, receipts etc. from the owners of the properties they were renting and it was proving impossible to input all the information into the visa application. In the end they just cancelled their trip. They will be spending their Euros in Malaysia instead. The Thai need for paperwork, be it hard copy or electronic, borders on the obsessive.

I am planning to visit Thailand from the UK in January. My retirement visa expired during Covid and I shall be returning for a 3 month trip with my Thai wife. I now need to apply for a Non Imm. visa using the rather hard to operate e visa online application system. I need to upload various photos and documents, the system only seems to allow the uploading of one document per question, and for one question I need to upload 2 documents and the system will not allow this. ( I need to upload 2 pages of the Tabien Baan for my condo, in order to prove where we shall be staying. One page has my name on it, and the second page has the address ) There is also no way to delete a document once it has been uploaded, other than by deleting the whole application and starting again. I erroneously uploaded a document into the wrong section and need toremove it. Anybody out there know of any way to deal with these issues? Thanks for any help.

Not sure if this is the right section, if not maybe a mod can move it to the Legal Questions forum if there is one. 1. I am in the UK at present. 2. An elderly British friend died in Thailand 3 weeks ago. He was old, very unwell, alone, and shunned help of any kind. He had withdrawn into himself due to stubbornness, booze and depression. 3. His estranged next of kin in the UK (son) was contacted by the Foreign Office via the UK Embassy in BKK. A lawyer was then contacted by the son and engaged to collect the death cert. and organise the cremation. (fees 70,000baht) 4. A copy of his 12 year old will was discovered by a distant relative in the UK. Apparently this will is valid in Thailand 5. I am named as the executor of the will. There is about B2 mill. in his accounts to be transferred after probate has been obtained to his relatives in the UK. 6. As I am the executor, it is I and not the relatives, (nor the son who is not a beneficiary), are legally bound to gain probate and distribute the funds according to the instructions in the will, unless I legally renounce my responsibility to do this. Neither his relatives nor his son want to take on those duties. If the will is not executed, the funds will remain frozen in the bank for a few years and then pass to the Thai state. 7. Can I do this ( gain probate and access the funds) from the UK? 8. Or do I need to be in physically present Thailand to obtain probate from the court, and do I need to be in Thailand to take the probate cert. to the banks to release the funds? 9. I will be travelling to Thailand in 3 months, can I do this myself without the need to engage the (expensive) services of a lawyer. I can speak and read Thai to a level that would enable me to deal with most of the documentation and procedures. Has ayone ever done this before? Any advice would be most grateful. Thank You.