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I don't go out of my way to break the law so it really is not a worry to me. In the past 35 years or so I have received two official fines from traffic police and that is it. It is not a matter of being on your best behaviour at all times. I wouldn't over think things. I do not believe for a minute that the authorities are out looking for any excuse to revoke Thai citizenship. If you just get on with life you will be fine. FYI, since I obtained my Thai passport and updated my bank accounts, I have never used my British passport in Thailand, with the sole exception of showing the airline check-in desk staff when traveling to a country that requires Thais to have valid visas, but not UK passport holders.

Revocation never entered my mind when I bought a house. I never even gave it a thought.

I'm only 58 going on 59 and it has already started. Eat well and exercise, but there are some things I just cannot avoid.

The Grace Hotel was in competition with the Thermae for a while in the early 80's until it started catering more to the middle eastern market. A glass of iced tea could last an hour there as you window shopped. Didn't want to get drunk too soon, and earning a pittance at a language school meant you had to budget your nights out. ???? I have nowhere near the experience of Rooster though as I pretty much stopped going to those places when I got married at the ancient age of 25. I can't believe that is 33 years ago.

An extra 4 minutes for me as I stand and complain about the poor grammar of the English language sign. God knows whether the other one is correct or not.

Surely a declaration of intent is not binding. Someone may have an intention to do something but due to changing circumstances, that intention may change. Anyway, as you say, the UK really does not give much weight to such things. As to leaving the country, surely it is the responsibility of the airline check-in people to make sure you have the requisite documents/visas to actually be allowed on their flight (the airline is responsible for repatriation (flying you back) if you do not have a valid visa as you should not have been allowed on the flight in the first place). It is not the responsibility of the Thai authorities to make sure you have a visa for your destination country. That is the responsibility of the immigration authorities in the destination country. Having said that, if for some reason you had absolutely no choice but to select Thai citizenship or citizenship of your home country, I would have no qualms about choosing Thailand. Having lived here for 39 years and visited the UK only 5 times in that period (once repatriated, once for a funeral, once for work and twice for holidays (the latter 2 in the past 5 years), I really don't have a reason not to select Thailand.

What they doin? Dancin? ????????????

Mines 8.

I used to spend the summers, and a few other holidays, with my mum who lived in Sandown Isle of Wight. She took me on a trip to HMS Victory in Pompey at the naval base there. Still remember it clearly. It was the place where I saw a brass monkey for the first and only time in my life. The source of the phrase "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey".

Prakanong was really quite smooth for me, but then I think they have done quite a few as I have noted many names with addresses in this district announced in the Royal Gazette.

A dream of mine is to make a stitch-and-glue kayak and go out fishing on the dam. I don't think that I have the skills to do it though and sourcing good quality marine ply in Thailand can be a pain apparently. We'll see. I may get bored out of my head and give it a try to keep myself occupied.

I miss fishing. Will definitely get back into it when I retire to your neck of the woods. For me it will probably mostly be in the Lam Pao Dam. Only 16 months away. But the first few months will be overseeing the building of our new home - not supervising as I know very little about construction, but would know when they are cutting corners or not being careful.

In my case the district office got in touch with me via SB when I picked up my papers from SB. They had already set an appointment date without first checking my availability, which was quite strange. In your case, I would go straight to the District Office. Perhaps they may not be able to do anything that day, but you should at least be given a formal appointment date and time.

Great achievement. Now hopefully the government will listen to the opposition (MFP) and give medal winning paralympians the same rewards as given to medal winners in the Olympics.

But in the UK it would be a civil case, whereas in Thailand defamation is a criminal case with penalties including up to 2 years imprisonment. It is for this very reason (including that truth is not a defense against defamation) that defamation charges are used to silence opponents, e.g. the human rights people who reveal information about terrible treatment of workers by certain companies. Defamation charges should be civil only and not prevent people from revealing the truth no matter how distasteful to some. I realize that many other countries' defamation statutes are criminal law based too, but are they weaponized like they are in Thailand?

Rain forecast for all of Thailand for the next 24 hours so there is some hope for you.

Thanks for the quick response.

ubonjoe, could you confirm whether or not health insurance is needed for an annual retirement extension. Asking for a friend. I have read conflicting reports on this but understand that the change has not been enforced yet. However, a few months a friend of my friend was hit up to show insurance at Chaengwattana when he did a retirement extension.

You should have given her your Thai passport. ????????

You still need to maintain your work permit throughout the process. Likewise, if you divorced during the process, you would cease to qualify (this has happened to a poster on this thread).

According to yankee99, if you have Thai children, only 1 year of marriage is sufficient.

If you have already been married for a minimum of 3 years (assuming no kids) and 3 years tax receipts under your belt, then around 4 years seems to be the current time frame, counting from filing the application with SB.

My nephew who is a nurse at a medical station out in the sticks in Kalasin got his Pfizer booster today. He had already had 2 sinopharm shots.

Me too. But it also changed to 10 years later this year. For me, the day after renewal of my 5 year passport. ????

Yes, I renewed my Thai passport one day before the official change to 10 years. Only learned about the change afterwards. Typical of my luck.