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15 minutes ago, Tom H said:

Ask „onemorefarang“ with over 55,000 postings here. He knows everything????

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5 minutes ago, Tom H said:

Listen to onemorefarang. 

53,032 postings expierience!

????

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30 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Thais seem to be heathier than citizens of most other countries:

source of that opinion, via 'Health Score'

You would expect their life expectancy rank to be higher than 54th.........

https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/

5 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

But not as International Transfers, no?

As 'Trade Finance' which is the normal description you get with Kasikorn for overseas payments...... and yes marked as 'Funds for long term stay in Thailand' with WISE.

8 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

And the money arrives at 14.02 the next day?

Weird that mine arrive in seconds

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Was it designated as an International Transfer please? At Bangkok Bank it is FTT.

 That is irrelevant for me dealing with Jomtein Immigration  - they need a special form from Kasikorn Bank in Pattaya Klang certifying receipt of the transfers.

With Kasikorn it shows as 'Trade Finance' on my bank statements and you can drill down to see that the payment came from WISE Payments xxx-x-x8899-x. As I said, Jomtein requires greater certification, despite the fact that I can supply 12 PDFs of the monthly transfers to back up the bank statements.

28 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I shall explain. I transfer or convert GBP to THB depending on the exchange rate. This makes no difference to Wise...they have your money wherever it came from.

Then you transfer to your Thai Bank, Bangkok and Kasikorn being Wises's main banks.

Put any reason you want, and unless you put Long Term Stay or Buying Property, it is usually immediate.

Otherwise it will arrive at 2pm the next day. 

Proved beyond any doubt for several years.

I don't actually believe that WISE send the payment to any bank in Thailand. This is how WISE word it:-

 "Our smart technology links local bank accounts in countries all over the world. So often we’re able to use money from a TransferWise user sending money the other way around. Once we get that sorted, we'll give you an estimate of when your money will arrive – usually it’s much faster than a bank transfer".

The whole point of WISE is they match currency requirements between countries i.e. I want to send GBP 5,000 to Thailand - WISE matches that with someone who wants to move Thai Baht into Sterling. I imagine that the reality is that WISE has accounts, or possibly agents, in each country and the payment to MY  Kasikorn account is made as a domestic transfer from WISE Payments in Thailand. That is how I think it works ...........but I will stand corrected.

My transfer of 65k on Friday  (with Funds for long term stay in Thailand as the reason for transfer) arrived instantly:-

Friday 12:26 am

You set up your transfer

Friday 12:26 am

You used your GBP balance

Friday 12:27 am

We paid out your THB

Hoi An

Take in Da Nang nearby then fly to Dalat

1 hour ago, MrMojoRisin said:

Semantics.

 

It is a partial (87.5%) pardon.

A commutation.

Either way, end result is the same.

He very shortly will be a free man.

 

BTW - receiving a full pardon is not the same as being exonerated, in fact, admitting guilt and showing remorse are common prerequisites for receiving a pardon.

That was indeed semantic.

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Better take that up with the person who granted the royal pardon, then.

 

"Royal Pardon is the granting of pardon to a person inflicted the punishment. The pardon may be either in the form of an unconditional release, a commutation or reduction of punishment. This depends on the discretion of His Majesty the King as stated in Section 221 and 225 of the Constitution (B.E. 2540) and Section 259 to 267 of Division 7: Pardon, Commutation and Reduction of Punishment in the Criminal Procedure Code Amendment Act (No. 23), B.E. 2548".

I don't need to take it up with anyone. I know what a pardon is - and should be aware of the vagaries of reporting translations in Thailand.

A pardon would not include an ongoing prison sentence.

pardon

2 of 2

verb

pardoned; pardoning ˈpärd-niŋ ˈpär-dᵊn-iŋ

transitive verb

1

a

: to absolve from the consequences of a fault or crime

b

: to allow (an offense) to pass without punishment :

7 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Seems that you think that you know more about it than the person who actually granted the reported royal pardon.  If it wasn't a pardon, obviously, it would not have been reported as a royal pardon!

If it was a pardon he would be exonerated and be a free man.

1 hour ago, rbkk said:

The Thai quotes about the pardon, being printed overseas, are that it is faster than 50G internet!

Not a pardon....................a commutation I believe.

A deviant sexually assaulted a ladyboy in her room, threatening her

"him" .....the passport and ID card do not lie.

Just now, Adventurer1 said:

Starbucks has the best flavor. Either you like the best or you like cheap.

Opinion only - and I disagree.

Give me Costa any day.

8 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Strange how I managed to get my Thai license, using my UK license without doing/having any of the above. But I'm not on a tourist visa.

17 years ago so did I  (a lady at the Land Transport Office) did wave a stick, randomly, at circles that were coloured red, yellow and green.

Not for any of the subsequent renewals that..... tested as per @youreavinalaffpost.

Just now, owl sees all said:

He has stayed away all these years. If he had stayed to fight his case, even if he had lost, he would have been out of clink by now.

 

If he knows the case against him was unjust, he should have fought it. Not come back grovelling on his belly for a pardon.

I agree.

I am sure that he could have negotiated house arrest with a ban from politics.

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

A done deal even before he dared to set foot back in Thailand.

Come back, fanfare, show his face in court, feign sickness, go to hospital, plead health issues, get a doctors note, private room, application for a pardon on medical grounds.

Back at the Thaksin residence in less than a month.

 

If it stays like that with no (direct) involvement with politics I can live with it......

24 minutes ago, doctormann said:

The main difficulty - reported many times on this forum - relates to the seeming inability of Wise to guarantee that international transactions actually show up as such on passbooks and statements.  This causes problems with immigration when renewing permissions to stay.  Maybe not insurmountable - and may depend on which Thai bank that you use - but just another hassle that I can do without.

 

I don't use Wise so, personally, have no problems with them.

OK....that is not a WISE issue.

They do in fact have a 'funds for long term stay in Thailand ' option as they reason for transfer.

Immigration are the culprits here, insisting on more than just bank statement evidence.

In my case I have to get a certification from Kasikorn bank in Pattaya to evidence the monthly transfers.

1 hour ago, doctormann said:

Quite right.  At one time, Barclaycard were asking for Council Tax bills to prove residence.  This proved unworkable but other proof of residence was required and I strongly suspect that Barclays Bank will not just accept a relative's address, for instance.  What irritates me about this is that you can be resident for tax purposes - and paying income tax on pensions - but this is not acceptable.  You have to be 'Ordinarily Resident'. 

 

All done in the name of money laundering, which is a nonsense for a pensioner, who needs some sort of an account to receive payments.  Yes, I know that the State Pension can be paid directly into a foreign account but this is not always the case for occupational pensions.  Yes, I know about 'Wise', who at least will provide a UK sort code, but using them is not without its problems.  Many reports on this forum of people having difficulties - seems to work OK for some but certainly not all.

 

What difficulties have been reported with WISE? 

I have not experienced anything negative, worthy of 'reporting', in the last 5 years.

Not my main 'bank' but certainly my only currency transfer provider.

1 hour ago, nglodnig said:

Being devils advocate here, what Barclays and other banks are saying is they don't want NON-residents. I don't really care what you are doing but having a correspondence address (i.e. a post box effectively) is NOT the same as being resident. If you are asked to prove it (which you probably won't) you would need things like utility bills in your name.

I never suggested that having a correspondence address equated to residency.

I guarantee that it would be less likely that UK banks would look to sever a relationship where a UK address was on file. 

As you indicated, going as far as reproving addresses is not on the current agenda. Low hanging fruit - if you have a foreign address, or a non-resident marker on your account, you are a much easier target.

The cost of regulatory compliance is the reason for declining new non-resident accounts..........closing existing non-resident accounts is the next logical step in the process.

3 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

yeah yeah yeah, did you really think you were going to go to a normal bar/night club?

I would hate to be someone's lackey and have to show nerds around...................

15 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

The jockey is sensible. He realizes that a kiss in jubilation, excitement, release of pressure that had been built up over time, celebration of a great achievement, is just that.

 

Nothing sinister, nothing sexual and certainly not abuse. Just a happy kiss.

 

Those looking on, the media, journalists, the lady's husband, etc all feel the same way. 

 

Either that or the equality women seek is flawed.

I do think that you handle trolls quite well.

He is on my ignore list, so I don't have to.