howerde

1 hour ago, jackdd said:

With the elite visa you have to apply for an extension every year at immigration and pay 1900, just as if you applied for a marriage extension. You just don't need any money seasoned and fewer documents.

You only need to go to immigration and pay the 1900 baht at immigration if you have not left Thailand during the year, 

I thought this was only an idea, but the upshot will be everyone just switches to non o retirement

The tow hitch fitted was about 9000 baht, the buzz rack 13000 for 2 bikes, took them a few hours to do. but seems perfect(well for the month i have had it)

I just had a buzz rack fitted to a forrester, it was for 2 bikes cost about 25 000 fitted with tow bar, it was cheaper than a swedish thules which was  50 000 baht

http://buzzrack.com/our-products/.  i'll see if i can find the shop it was in bangkok, or just google

It looks as if you would need to be married or unmarried partner (this means living together  for 2 years as a married couple) , have a read

https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/apply-joining-person-of-northern-ireland

You do not have to be married But one of the conditions is

• You have met in person and have lived together in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership for at least 2 years;

Lloyds bank have no limit on what you send from a branch, internet banking/ the app you can send 100 000 pounds daily, i sent money to my Bangkok bank using the app, i thought there would be issues as i sent a similar amount to yours  there were non, the charge was 9.50 from lloyds and no fees from Bangkok bank, i looked and sending through a 3rd party, but the  difference was negligible 

You can get some idea of jobs and the pay by looking at recruitment websites, she would need to be fluent in english for any decent paying job

eg https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/production-engineer-jobs-in-southampton

As above, use Line or Facebook, these seem the preferred method you should get an answer with a few minutes, i gave up on email ages ago, no one seems to ever reply

i thought the idea was 4 new categories being looked at in addition to the existing retirement visas, though you do need health insurance, and elsewhere  they mention it is 80 000 a year, 40 000 dollars a year is not exactly a wealthy person.

Only vaccinations from approved sources ie uk, Europe and USA, it is not only the vaccine that is the issue, fraud, bogus certificates etc etc, means until Thailand or other countries can meet this criteria(the proof will need to be accessible by border force ie computer held records that are trustworthy., you will have to isolate at home.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-quarantine-when-you-arrive-in-england

28 minutes ago, nottin said:

Here's a related question.

 

What is the most reliable, secure, assured, best way to stay in Thailand long term if am married to a Thai and am retired and intend to stay for the rest of your life?

 

The non-immigration O and O-A visa extensions are options, but are only valid one year per extension. The new retirement visas mentioned a few months ago sound interesting in that they might be valid for 10 years. The non-immigration O-X already offers that. But what happens after 10 years. 

After 10 years. you will need to apply either again for an O-X (if they are still available),  be aware the insurance needed for an o-x is only available from 2 or 3 Thai companies , unlike the O- A which has many more options.

5 hours ago, Bruno123 said:

Unfortunately some slightly dodgy advice here, such as;

 

 

If he is not charged by Bangkok Bank it means that Lloyds did the conversion at a poor rate.

If he was charged by Bangkok Bank it means that it was sent in Pounds and Bangkok Bank did the conversion at their TT rate and took up to 500 baht.

 

So also send in Pounds and let the Thai bank do the conversion or use something like WISE as suggested.

Though do reply to questions asked as there might be other things to be considered.

 

 

Rubbish, you have no idea, 

I transfer direct from Lloyds  bank in uk  to bangkok bank in Thailand,  flat fee 9.50 from lloyds, never been charged by bangkok bank, takes about 3 days,

34 minutes ago, Edward Abbott said:

On another topic, haven't been vaxxed and don't plan to be just yet. As far as I'm aware, having the vaccination is not mandatory to enter the Kingdom but if it becomes so, then that's the route I'll be forced to take.

Vaccination is only required if using the sandbox option, ASQ in bangkok or ALQ in Pattaya do not require vaccination

I was at MTT on friday  arrived 0930 was out at 1015

It is now a requirement to give details of any other passports/

8.1 The United Kingdom places no restrictions on the ability of a British citizen to hold dual nationality. The passport application gathers information about other passports held for security purposes alone and it does not provide dual citizenship information to the country of origin. Therefore, disclosure of an existing passport or ability to apply for a passport issued by another country is necessary and relevant to the UK passport application and issuing process.

Section 8.3 also states that it is a criminal offense not to disclose other passports

I believe that the names have to match in both passports, there was quite an issue with this a few years back. caught lots of people out when renewing passports.

see section 8  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548220/Annex_A_passports_August_2016.pdf

Seems like he is thinking of ILR which is lost after being out the UK 2 years, the 2,5 or 10 years visit visa is valid for the period you have been granted

On 7/7/2021 at 12:49 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

If there's a four month waiting list for the car the other dealers will be in exactly the same position.  When the demand for a particular car is so high that there's orders and a waiting list the last thing that will happen is the offer of a discount.

Correct, we  looked at the cross back in March, they all said no delivery til at least June, there was very little discount(a few thousand baht), with a waiting list of people willing to pay the do not need to discount at the moment

18 minutes ago, dagras said:

@howerdeBecause you basically get 2-year temp license on renewal if you are on an elite visa. And I've heard a lot of elite-visa people getting 2-year temp visa on renewal... But things are different in Chiang Mai... So that's why. is your visa an elite visa?

No not elite, i was not aware that your visa type dictated length of driving license at renewal, you never stop learning

Why not do in Bangkok, your 1st License is 2 years then 5 years on renewal i have appointment in Bkk for my License was told it would be for 2 years, then at renewal would be 5 years

Eva air show 1 flight a week (friday)  starting in August, not sure i would count on it though.

I received mine 1 week after applying at MTT (200 baht), the car dealer required it.

Guppies are a great starter fish, males are colorful and swim a lot (they are also cheap) i have a tank of them in a room without aircon most of the time, the temp in my tanks shows around 29-30 deg, they are also very tolerant of dirty water(should you forget water changes), as someone said you can buy a clip on fan cheaply for aquariums, that will reduce the temp a few deg,