hotandsticky

Obviously not bad enough to force you back home.....

https://th.ninelife.com/products/john-west-kipper-fillets-in-oil-160g?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA_OetBhAtEiwAPTeQZ1082s7320W0plEhs1CljB1Pr_QNa6nbj5GRETLy60-OQdJ1kfi95hoCP3IQAvD_BwE

I think that concurs with what I was saying...............these days you can get 'passable' substitutes for virtually all foods from "back home" - BUT, most are not up the standard back home.

That should be standard because the IO SHOULD be checking for compliance with the terms of the previous approval - as well as 2 months before the current application.

Not in my language

I bet you watched it from start to finish........................and drooled down your T shirt.

LOL....someone who can't even trust their own taste buds and has to resort to a Septic news report! 🤣

That, for me, is the one notable exception. Nobody, but nobody, has consistently turned out proper fish and chips. (not any of the Bangkok pseudo British pubs, nobody in Pattaya - Goose's was excellent most of the time, The Village Chippy usually, Frydays if Liam was cooking, Sharples inconsistent - likewise Witherspoons, Robin Hood (and other pub venues) - Caddyshack probably up there for consistency...........................but none up there with 'proper' fish and chips from Robin Hoods Bay, Whitby, Filey, Skegness etc)

Not enough to bother posting about it on an internet forum. Things have changed over the last 20 years, you can now easily access passable substitutes for most foods from your home country (there are a few notable exceptions). I am more interested in the fact that Thailand chicken and pork tastes better than my home country - at a significantly lower price,.

Don't ask me - ask the OP who made that statement.................you do understand the difference between the OP and an ordinary poster?

Don't ask me - ask the OP who made that statement.

Interest lost, not statement charge, you foolish boy.....................

You might want to read his post again........................

Still is. Same as me, he hasn't lost his quality just because he retired from his chosen career.

Top man, Beckham.

Agree. Life is too short.

They are going to need to get their act together if they are uplifting fees by such inflation busting amounts. There is evidence of poor/illegal decisions coming out of this sector. It is even worse for is in Thailand because we are not offered the option to transact in Sterling, or Baht, - so we will be screwed on the US Dollar conversion rate.

Disappointing. Try again next time you enter at Swampy... I am also defacto 17+ years and ALWAYS enter together via the Thai side.

Good information. Could you now add (for the purpose of perspective) the people who have been taken to court for those who falsely declared their residence - or failed to advise a change to an overseas address.

Your LAST date of entry

I thought that was closed/sold.

That's not a reason, it is an excuse. You are also aware that 'policy' is probably enshrined in some corporate missive from 1999. JCB did the same for a number of years (and blankly refused to remit to Thailand). Mercer took over management of the pension and took a more practical attitude.

Much cheaper via WISE. I retired from HSBC and get free transfers....it is still more beneficial for me to remit via WISE - and a lot quicker.

You have an allocated sort code and account number. If DWP and Mercer, for example, can pay direct to WISE then there is no reason for Standard Life not to........Attitude!.........

Nobody cares if you have an issue or not. Your self-righteous approach is redundant; corruption is endemic in Thailand and here to stay. Using agents to make life easier is a natural course of action. I will be using an agent this year because I have a specific reason to do so. Please don't try and tell me that my extension stamp is any less legitimate than yours!