Dogbarker

Well not all of us with real estate and money in the bank who one day may want to repatriate with a rate like you wish for would be devastating . It works both ways depending on your circumstances ...

If Blairs lips move we know what is coming out ... He still has a lot to answer for IMHO of course

No it is more than I have a bad memory and an old sat nav ... Paul's was a big improvement over the service I got at the British Embassy before!

Went along to Bangkok the other day and used my old satnav locator.. strange findings . It took me to Paul's Patisserie - does a nice pot of tea for two! Then discovered the embassy is relocated. I wonder if all the sale proceeds have been used as suggested? "The proceeds will be reinvested in the FCO's overseas estate and will fund 30-40 modernisation projects around the world." ( Credit Bangkok Post)

Big surge in British tourists .. maybe following the example of this young person allegedly from Benefits: Ellis Matthews, a British TikTok influencer from Lancashire, has found herself in a Thai prison for overstaying her visa. Known online as @mumontheruninasia, Ellis attracted attention for sharing her lavish lifestyle, funded by UK benefits allegedly.

Been there done that got the username. Seriously can get very bad for the farang. I know .. anyway best bet is to try and involve the Head Man if in a village .. that helped. Eventually the perpetrator was discovered . Please be very careful taking on neighbours .... !

I have a Malaysian born Wife . We have been married 48 years and share everything. Race should not enter into it IF you have the right partner in life whoever that person is. I hate your post !

Funny mercedes having the same issue as my roller!

With my bank ( not the one mentioned) I have to ensure international access is set up . There is usually a fee payable .. last time I tried it was baht 200 per transaction ..and I set a higher withdrawal limit to make it more economical . I found cimb in Asia good, no fees at most ASEAN ATM machines from CIMB, worked ok in Europe too .

Just my take on this having owned and rented out condos in Thailand for 20+ years . When renting check type and age of air con and if you are paying MEA or PEA rates (depending on the region/;area) or owner or juristic . If the owner allows you can use their apps and pay or as I allowed my tenants to take their pea slips to pay. Older aircons can still be fairly efficient if serviced but obviously more power hungry than your latest of course but do not discount them totally , perhaps the rent is adjusted accordingly for you to use an old style and pay a bit more electricity than rent ? Some pretty hefty York aircons cooling 100sqm is better than trying to get a 9600 inverter to do the same as I have found in one place I went to buy. They got a modern cheap air con from Big C but did not understand what they were trying to cool with it . Size matters! Haha sorry should not laugh at my own jokes. Importantly use a fan to circulate that nice cold air and when sleeping do not use that continental quite you brought from the UK or similar with a tog 13 ... Yep I had a tenant who said he could get cold enough at night ... I explained why .. his bills went down when he realized!! Happy meter readings.

There seems to be some denials by government on various aspects of the bill. They are out to get fraudsters and will be looking at info from banks in luding foreign payments etc it seems a quick Google will give som support to what I originally read and as support

They have the ability to look at your accounts to see if you have additional inflow if cash for example from second homes and not declaring it to HMRC. They can also see if there is money being received that could be tracked to illegal iswsvsucjvas drug money , yes who would be silly enough to put that straight into a bank ...but , also they will be able to see if money is being sent regularly overseas for example Thailand and wallop pension frozen ... So there are a few reasons they will be looking even if you are not on benefits ....

Be afraid if you are claiming for benefits over and above the basic state pension in other benefits such as pension credits . There is a lot of fraud from people who claim hardship and obtain extra benefits and many likely travel off to places such as Thailand for long holidays. So much fraud needs curtailing. I do express concerns that the basic state pension will be means tested even though you may have paid into the system for all your life. Fraudsters be afraid be very afraid !!!

There are lots of replies to this . Yes I have read the original post . I have just had true installed in my condo a few weeks ago . I am using this as an example of my experience( yes I know not 3BB) They have cables up to all floors - only 8. I had to pay a deposit for the modem / mesh which I can get a refund on . So I am lucky. However TIT if the cables are not already to your room or floor someone has to pay. Yes in UK and EU the Telecon usually provides it, even to a flat ( but only so far....then often you pay.) BUT generally in Thailand if it isn't cable there you have to pay . As you said AIS has now taken over 3BB have you actually gone to AIS? That would be my recommendation and forget 3BB if AIS will take you on. When I was looking in my house previously they were very helpful . I would be interested what AIS suggests.

Will be another fiasco .. about time they decided on the rules and stuck to it ... After COVID and being out of Thailand during that period I lapsed my retirement visa and decided to split my life .. still have money in the bank but could not bother with CM immigration and instead doing the tourist bit ... And a hop if required ...

You would get a lot unless you have been frugal and invested your savings then kiss all that pension credit and stuff good bye as I know .. grrrr

Not sure about that SIM but do consider Skype to phone if you have a WiFi package and want to call a mobile or landline that does not have WhatsApp etc. very reasonable cost you just preload Skype.

I think the technically you can own land .... the foreign cemetery in chiang mai where you can buy your burial plot!

Will be interesting what immigration will make of his ideas .. as he will not be contributing to the English economy and presumably not paying national insurance and tax I suspect he will not be expecting any of the benefits from the NHS housing benefits credits etc .... A bout of dengue and a hospital stay will soon see the GP fund me pages starting ..... Such is life

The 45 days visa waiver made the country more attractive to me to travel . But was withdrawn . Maybe a reconsideration would be advantageous ?

In Chiang Mai it is PEA who supply the electricity. If you do not pay them they can disconnect. HOWEVER you need to check if you have meter for PEA or the condo . If the condo and unpaid they can turn the electricity off. I previously owned 3 units in CM and had the meters changed to PEA as it was cheaper per unit than what the condo charged. Hope that helps .

Actually I am travelling on insurance that has a maximum stay away which expires on 27th of this month when I leave Thailand for another sldestination . I then have a Thai travel insurance that kicks in for the next 120 days. ... I even if you have insurance you can get caught out. There are companies that insure under 65 even though the journey has commenced. I am over that age.

Funnily enough I sold a condo earlier this year and went to CIMB to repatriate the funds to the UK . All paper trails from how I got the money, moved it to Thailand bought the condo sold it paid the tax and wanted to send money back . About 18 years between bringing and returning .Interesting the original documents mentioned issuing a Tor tor 3. It raised an eyebrow as it was an ORIGINAL transfer document rather than a bank book that nowadays says FET. When they finally understood funds were sent yesterday late afternoon and was in my UK bank at 11pm the same night . Full marks to CIMB and the rate was not bad .( Yes it was more than baht 1 m )

Yes visa free or waivers are great . I used to have a retirement visa but thought spending the money travelling was a better idea after COVID and reduced my property portfolio to just a small condo now . I only visit thailand on a visa waiver. The change back from 45 days with 30 day extension to 30 +30 was a bad move. Perhaps I could be spending the cost of my return flights to Penang,3 nights hotel ,can fares food and general expenses boosting Thailand by a small amount ... but for that simple change .... Oh well back in a few days until Christmas then onwards ....... Bring back 45 or even to 60 + extension. ( I get 90 days without an eyebrow raised in Malaysia ....)