hotandsticky

Do you have no friends or family in the UK?

Depends which Immigration office....................Bumfuknowhere can multitask, but the processing plant that is Jomtien will send you to different windows. Maybe Jomtien when you back to collect your passport.....

Good luck with that one.......

Probably grumpier than normal because Indyref2 isn't happening.......????

15 days before (which is really 14 calendar days_ up to the actual due date is the reporting period online. 7 days grace period afterwards for personal visits.

Yes. I had forgotten about them - obviously, some Remainers have not.

Just for the purposes of the debate (and not a criticism of the OP) I am not sure I would have waited 2 weeks for a response; I know he has 7 days to report personally but after a week of waiting I would have reported in person.

I send him postcards from various parts of Thailand (at his request) to brighten up his wall. He is fully aware that I live full time in Thailand. Like most health professionals they are only interested in your health and medical welfare - they are not interested in the political bollicks.

Agree 100%. Golf clubs, for example, offer tiers of membership…….full membership, junior membership, weekday membership. The EU’s mistake was handing out full membership privileges to all and sundry.

I thought we were talking about visas, NOT extensions?

The visa is not to be confused with an extension (that cannot go beyond the expiry date of a passport). Quite simply you carry the old passport (with the visa in) AND the new passport which has your latest immigration stamps in.

You will be aware that you cannot open a U.K. bank account (Wise excepted) unless you are resident in the OK. Logic suggests that it is not a huge step to then review EXISTING accounts and - possibly - seek to close accounts of non-residents. I understand that the reason relates to increased regulatory requirements for such customers. I am not personally aware of any institution openly coming out and saying “off you go”. Nevertheless, I have always advocated maintaining a U.K. correspondence address……and at least one U.K. bank. Personally, I think you will be OK - but it may still be worth considering using a relatives UK address. At the last count I had active accounts with 4 banks, 10 different credit cards, with credit limits of £90,000, 2 Premium Bond accounts and I remain on the books of the local doctor. I have lived in Thailand for 16 years.

Great outcome……….not.

I think you will find that the forum is anonymous…..

I didn’t. I am an alien though, so I am not really resident here.

How well do you think that approach will go? When the tail starts trying to wag the dog the outcome is rarely successful. They don’t give a flying fart about the customer - only that the customer ticks their regulatory boxes. Conform - or, don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.

Anything is valid with 2 witness "I bequeath all my residual assets after testimentory expenses to John Smith of 2 Acacia avenue." Only if there is anything complicated do you need professional advice Start off with....what have I got, who do I want to leave it to. Keep it simple.

Really? Kasikorn bank, Jomtien issue them on the spot.

But take 500 Baht with you……..just in case…..

It is easy to get drawn in to sadness if you dwell on the loss, rather than focus on good memories you have of those people. Despite the inevitability of death, grief (and sometimes survivors guilt) is hard to deal with. Perhaps losing parents when I was 17 and 19 years old hardened me to 'boxing off' the loss of passing and concentrating on the memories. I still see funerals as a celebration of life rather than a mourning of death. The practicality of providing for loved ones makes it easier to view Will making as a living thing rather than a death thing. I have never seen it as being 'one foot in the grave'.

Why sad? None of us get out of this adventure alive - estate planning is a sensible thing to do. I wrote my first Will when I was 21 years old; it is not about age, it is about ensuring that your wishes are set out correctly.

If you have a problem maintaining the 800k you are buggered….words won’t help you, money might. The bank balance requirements are clearly set out in @Jingthing original post. Do not deviate from them - but don’t waste the effort of going back after 3 months to prove that you are complying. The letter is just an unnecessary piece of admin.

Absolute claptrap!

The clue is - this is the Pattaya forum.

I think that you overrate the role/abilities of a VfS clerk.