JimHuaHin

Correct, I have no access to the funds in that account. My detailed explainations as to why I do not have a Thai TIN, including my supplying links to various Thai RD websites and Thai legal websites, have been rejected by NAB's morons.

Maybe peanuts for you, but not for many, if not most, retired expats in Thailand.

Thailand moves further backwards.

I have had similar problems in Hua Hin with mail from Australia and USA, with some mail (including packages) from the USA never arriving. My NAB account (since they took over CitiBank Australia) has been suspended also, as they have not accepted my reason for not having a Thai TIN. I have replied 4 times as to why I do not have a Thai TIN (do not have any accessable/taxable income above the tax free Baht 150,000 limit).

What can one say about Thai business elites - loyalty to their country of birth, or loyalty to the country of their ancestors? Rama VI was right in fear of the then new immigrants. How many Thai business elites have very close relationships with senior CCP figures?

It is not about the law, it is about who you know.

You may consult - Charles Rowland "Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents", Butterworths, Chatswood, 1994. This is the edition I have, I imagine it has been revised and updated.

Austria or Australia?

Foreign criminal elements and the Chinese Communist Party will be happy.

Sorry, I cannot answer your question, but I have a comment and a related question. Comment - in some countries, such as Australia, a marriage or a divorce invalidates any existing will in that country. Question - if I married in Thailand, would that automatically invalidate my Australian will?

There is only one country spreading chaos in Asia, and that is China. How many hundreds of thousands of Chinese Communist Party "operatives" have been sent out to spy on and disrupt Asian countries?

And if you are on a Non Imm O-A (retirement) visa you cannot work, therefore you legally cannot do volunteer work.

That is unfair. There have been many achievements, such as - Thailand is now the global hub of promised/imaginary hubs, - Thai economy is declining faster than previously, - An estimated 1 million Thais will be dropping out of school his year, - Household debt at a record high, - High number of factories closing, etc. - The promise to tax all expats has lead to an exodus of expats.

Are members of the BJT worried that the substantial monies they invested in cannabis production and distribution will be lost if the law is reversed?

".... health volunteers ... [receive] a monthly allowance of 2,000 baht ..." Volunteers are paid; thus they are not volunteers!! "Ura Prapmontri, another Khon Kaen volunteer, argued that age should not be seen as a barrier, noting that many volunteers have successfully adapted to digital technology. She suggested an age limit of 80 instead of 70." - Of course, that is more than they would get from the old age pension.

Putin needs to be removed and now. He is not only a war criminal, but yet again he has committed crimes against humanity.

Put it this way - if you happen to be an ethnic Hmong, for example, who was born in Thailand, whose parents were born in Thailand, whose grandparents were born in Thailand, there is a good chance that you are considered an alien, without Thai citizenship. If you are a white, you will most likely always be considered an alien, even if you as famous as the late Bruce Gaston.

Hi p414, I am taking 400 micrograms Tamsulosin (manufactured by Astellas, Meppel, The Netherlands) daily after a light breakfast. No side-effects.

Was this research conduced last century?

When you get cancer? Not, if you get cancer? If I get cancer, I shall be staying here, until I die, irrespective of the type of cancer and the stage of the cancer at diagnosis. In addition, if it is Stage 3+ cancer I shall most likely decline treatment, after I have done adequate research of the contemporary oncology literature on the specific type of cancer which I may have.

My recommendation - follow Sheryl's advice, closely. I have had prostrate issues for about 6-7 years. I have been seeing two very good urologists at my local government hospital, both of who provided similar advice as Sheryl.

It is not just Pattaya, the same applies in any area with a high proportion of (foreign) tourists. Until the higher authorities do something about the various "marfia" groups controlling these "taxi" groups, nothing will change ... but .... TIT and most Thais know that the "bosses" of various marfia groups are in government and parliament.

The TCT has a reality check!!! Most Thai people I know, who are not government officials, do not have holidays. They cannot afford to have holidays due to their low wages; any proposed wage increases are not supported by big business and employer groups. Many Thais, ever some government officials I know, are working 2-3 jobs just to make ends meet.

For me, there are two points here. Firstly, the powers that be in government (and the Bangkok-based bureaucrats) do not care about the plight of Thai people. Keep the masses poor and ignorant, easier for the local and national power elite to control them. Secondly, increasingly many Thais are realising that finishing high school or university does not deliver a "good" job. Many employers of "blue" collar workers would prefer to employ a cheaper foreign/migrant worker than a local. Completing a general university degree (unless in medical sciences) also does not deliver a "good" job. I cannot remember the number of young Thais I have talked to who finish university and end up working in a 711 shop, Lotus's store, Makro, sales assistant in a mall shop, etc. and know of others who after 4 years of university study work in "nail shops", bars, etc.

I hope this post does not violate any forum rules - if so, Moderator, please remove (apologies for my ignorance; so many fora so many rules, hard to remember them all). "As Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her blistering dissenting opinion, the Supreme Court majority just made the president "a king above the law." She wrote, "[W]hen [the president] uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune."" ("TRUMP v. UNITED STATES," U.S. Supreme Court, July 1, 2024 https://act.moveon.org/go/194359?t=18&akid=396381%2E4700055%2E8YM7PE"