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On 7/22/2023 at 9:56 PM, Hal65 said:

In the US it is legal

In the US they also drive on the other side of the road. How's that relevant?

On 7/21/2023 at 3:53 PM, eisfeld said:

She will be fined and on top might get tax issues which is most likely the reason why she does not want to file the TM30. She is avoiding to report rental income.

I keep seeing that tax issue tied up with tm30 and I never understand why anyone thinks there's a connection between the 2. Immigration and tax department are 2 different bodies that have nothing to do with each other. In order for the tax department to get the information from immigration, IO has to go out of their way to inform them. Why would the do that?

As for the landlord not willing to do it - I can think of many reasons. Extra work, disclosing personal documents to a tenant just to name 2

AFAIK you don't "take over" loan, but actually pay off the original and take a new one. Usually a loan for 2nd hand car is more expensive than for me out of the dealership.

Credit history out of Thailand means nothing as they can't really verify it.

12 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

But isn't his policy on sec. 112 what the people voted for? Obviously the majority of the voting public want it changed.

Not really the majority of the voters. They might be the biggest group but far from majority.

6 hours ago, JayClay said:

Maybe. Maybe not.

 

He's clearly got the public on his side. How the public react if/when he doesn't get his way will determine his destiny.

 

Compromising on this issue and losing the support of the public would most likely weaken him to the point that he would be a lame duck prime minister. It would empower the senetors to vote against every peice of legislation proposed potentially paralysing the government. 

Politics is a game of compromise wherever there's more than 1 party. If any party could win enough seats to have a majority in parliament there would be no need for a coalition. But if you need other parties in a coalition, you have to accept their stance on all issues as well.

So if he wants to be PM and that issue as he (and his voters) wants it stands in the way, he should find a compromise that will be a step in his direction and others can live with it as well.

On 7/18/2023 at 12:03 PM, Neeranam said:

23 years since I sat on that stool. 

Firstly, are you really an alcoholic or just a heavy drinker?

There is a huge difference. 

If you are indeed an alkie, the only cure is spiritual in nature.

Lots of spirit in the bars.

On 7/18/2023 at 1:53 PM, ASEANTraveler said:

So, how do I handle this is Thailand?  

 

Tell them you're married and your wife is coming back...

What a wonderful world. A students mischief makes it to national news...

On 7/17/2023 at 10:34 AM, Goat said:

What was your wife/girlfriend's employment when you first met her?

And what is she doing now?

Send me a pm if you're offering to take her off my hands and I'll give you full details.

On 7/17/2023 at 3:05 PM, Sticky Rice Balls said:

acceptance and tolerance...

That should go both ways. When I see a male dressed as a woman and tries to behave like a "woman" (they usually behave like a stereotype created by men, and not like most natural women) I find it hard to address that person as a woman. And they don't accept people not accepting them as they decide.

It's ecxectly the same as some older people trying to mingle with much younger people because they feel young. The younger people don't usually accept them and older people ridicule them

On 7/16/2023 at 8:14 AM, ezzra said:

I'm waiting for someone to ASK ME where did i get the money I intend to transfer.

Where did you get the money? Is there any left for me to take too?

38 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

 

Tried that a few years back. Didn't work as advertised. 

1. It also eat trees/branches

2. If you have young trees/plants - it will just walk all over them

3. It only eats the type of grass it likes, and I still hat to cut the rest

4. When they ran out of grass they eat I had to go get more from outside

5. During the hot season not grass to be found - had to buy. You can't leave those with an empty tank for more than a few days.............

1 hour ago, Henryford said:

A Merc, what a surprise. It's always the guys with big money who think the rules don't apply to them.

He might have spent all his money buying the Merc and doesn't have enough for the tolls...

I don't know anything about Mac's operating system, but windows always had (and still have) a problem with memory release of closed apps. The longer you keep it on, the slower it gets. I used a notebook. If I go away for a short time I put it in sleep mode. If longer such as overnight o put it on hibernate mode. But every now and then, when I feel it's getting slow I turn it off at night. As for restart after update - I don't usually do it as soon as an update is available, but pretty much when I want to turn it off anyway.

On 7/7/2023 at 9:37 AM, JimHuaHin said:

.  I rushed inside to put on a mask

WHY???

8 hours ago, Lorry said:

Did you ever take the yellow book to the district office (not land office) to get exempted from the property tax?

It's a blue book for me, and no. My name was added to the book at the district office soon after I bought the unit even though I didn't actually live there, and back then there was no tax collection as far as I can remember. My 2nd visit to the district office was about 5 years ago to remove my name from the book after I was registered in another province.

When I bought the 2nd unit I never got the blue book from the seller who claimed he lost it. I never bothered to get a new book for that unit.

6 hours ago, Lorry said:

This is exactly what my juristic person says. 

But I don't have a bill yet, and according to Banana's post it would be better not to wait for the bill. I will find out the contact details and ask. 

My "City hall" (= Khet in Bangkok) is far away.  It's the same place that issued my yellow house book last year,  but I guess I still have to go there and register it with them.

The land office has nothing to do with house book (yellow or blue) and AFAIK they have nothing to do with the tax.

I have 2 units in BKK. I used to be registered in one of them but moved out about 5 years ago. There are 2 names registered in that house book now. Last week I got the bill for the tax - only for the other unit which no one is registered as living in.

I never took the blue book to the land office to register anything with them.

Best thing is to have your wife write a will leaving you the property and all her belongings. The fact that you don't know if any relatives doesn't mean there aren't any distant relatives that might appear later in life.

If your wife goes before you, as was mentioned already, the court will give you 12 months to sell the property to a Thai person. At that point you either sell and move out, or come to an agreement with the buyer to lease you the property for 30 years. You could also find someone you trust and transfer the ownership to their name and put a lease on it.

As for owning the house without the land - no so easy. The land has a title deed (chanot). The house has no such thing. In some cases of property developed by a company (developers) they separate the house from the land by issuing 2 chanots - one for the land and one for the house. I've never heard of any individual who managed to do so on a single plot with a house on it. Many people would argue that if the building permit was given under your name that means the house is yours. Not true. No chanot = no ownership.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

due to his involvement in illegal prostitution in Pattaya.

Is there legal prostitution in Pattaya??

6 hours ago, webfact said:

dressed half-naked in women’s lingerie

Seriously? Is this the best way to describe it?

2 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

I never signed for my son's Thai ID card when my wife went with him to the Amphur and applied for it about 5 years ago around. He was about 10 at the time.

 well, if he is your son and you were married to the mother when he was born then you should have legal guardianship over him WITH the mother and both of you should have been asked to sign. So they probably f*cked up.

I never discuss my girlfriends with my daughter not with my wife!

2 hours ago, jvs said:

Take a good lawyer along with you on the next trip to the Amphur

so he can explain the law.

Maybe some one higher up is needed,sounds like a typical "i don't want to help you" civil servant.

No need for a bribe,just tell them they will have to explain their behaviour

in court.

(providing you have presented all you need as you seem to have done)

Sure, great idea. Every Thai person that goes to the district office always get a lawyer to speak for them. Not.

5 hours ago, Dean1953 said:

My step daughter was 12 in 2008, when she moved to the States.  What you say makes sense.  I’m now quoting my daughter directly, to avoid any confusion;         “We went with birth certificate, the blue house book (basically to show that i live in a house in thailand), thai passport, mom, and Thai school grade report”

She’s running out of time and patience this trip to get it done. She is right about her 15 year old brother who was born in Thailand and moved to the States at 11 months old and now looks like me, getting a Thai ID card. Besides, if there is any chance of his having to serve in the military, that’s reason enough to give up his Thai citizenship 

My replay was to someone who asked how could your daughter get a passport without the ID card, not about her situation now.

As for now, I think she could renew her Thai passport at the Thai Embassy in the US without an ID card as she was never issued one, and you can't get a first ID card or of Thailand.

I really don't understand why she has problems getting the card, unless she's under 20 and then both parents have to sign for it. My daughter got her 1st ID card when she was 16. She would have delayed it further but we had to renew her passport and as she was over 15 she needed the card (we live in Thailand fill time).

As far as I remember all we had to show was her birth certificate. Both her mom and I were present. They charged 20 BAHT for the card and another 20 or 40 for being 1 year late....