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I would be wary about taking the advise that providing a false address is not illegal. Technically it is fraud by misrepresentation. A bank would probably take no action other than to cease doing business with you. The NHS, on the other hand, may view it as you receiving a financial gain if you are non resident and treat it more seriously.

Come on then, let us know which UK bank will give you 7% on the equivalent of 800,000 baht? I've had a look around and the best I have seen is 5.6%. My bank will do 5.5% but you need to deposit more than 800,000 baht for a one year fixed term.

I believe Thailand is joining the Common Reporting Standard as of 01 January 2024. This means that a person's financial information will be shared between signatory countries to the system.

That seems to be about income in Thailand which would not be counted as money transferred from abroad.

Nothing to do with the SET. Money from abroad is what is being targeted. If the money from abroad is from CG or dividends then it should be declared as coming from those sources and taxed accordingly. If the money is from an inheritance are Thailand going to ignore their own tax rules for inheritance money and tax it as income?

If the money is from capital gains and dividends theoretically you would pay Thai capital gains and dividend tax on it not income tax. Currently 15% and 10% I believe. A tax form would have to be filled out at some stage declaring where the money came from, it would be fraudulent to state it was income if it came from CG or dividends.

Are you trying to tell us that you are easily led, can't think for yourself and have no self control?

A couple of months ago I had a registered letter take an unusually long time to get to the UK. Tracked as leaving Thailand within three days (posted late on a Friday) then was in the wilderness for 17 days till the tracking logged it as at Heathrow.

Yes, he regales us with his tale of the potent elixir that he has never heard of and his scepticism, his research on the internet and its miracle effects but then refuses to let us know what it was. The more the thread goes on the more it smells of more BS.

They have a small ultrasonic bath with a tube and a thin wand. Low pressure water is pumped from the small bath through the tube and wand into your ear. All I felt was a slow trickle of water from my ear and fragments of wax came out with it. My problem is I get a pellet of impacted wax down by the eardrum. There is no way that is coming out with microsuction.

Turns out that the data they were using was incorrect. https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/alleged-spikes-in-medical-conditions-military-after-covid-19-vaccine-based-on-faulty-data-thomas-renz/ Back on topic, my son in Bangkok was ill with similar symptoms a few weeks ago. Was tested at the hospital and confirmed as H1N1 flu.

Had similar experiences. One doctor tells you to use oil for a few days then come back for the syringe and another boll@&ks you for using oil.

Bit naughty but I do it myself. Put a drop of mineral oil in the ear every day for four or five days. Use a garden watering head set to the thin single jet of water. Start with low flow and direct into ear from a few cm away. Increase flow as necessary. If I could find a place that used the ultrasonic method I would go there but all I get round here is a nurse with a thin tube trying to suck the wax out which doesn't work.

It seems this is nothing to do with xenophobia or a money grab by the Thai government. The conditions have been forced upon Thailand by your own Western governments imposition of the Common Reporting Standard. Sorry for the long link but couldn't find a quick way to shorten it on Android. https://sherrings.com/common-reporting-standard-crs-tax-laws-thailand.html#:~:text=The Common Reporting Standard&text=It is a standard set,financial information that is exchanged.

I shall be declaring any money I send over as coming from an inheritance. Once I have used up the amount that I can prove as inherited I will review the situation.

The article isn't particularly clear if he charges for ketchup other than vaguely mentioning a sachet of mayonnaise. If you order chips and want curry sauce or aioli to dip them in I don't see too much of a problem charging for it, a sachet of ketchup would be a different matter.

Not quite true in Thailand. 9am can also be 3 in the morning and 8pm can be 2 in the evening.

UK bank app was no problem but I have read that you need to visit the bank for a Thai bank app. Didn't have a thai bank app at the time so not sure about the process.

I was the same when I replaced my phone a couple of years ago. However when I switched the new phone on instructions came up on the screen for how to swap everything from my old phone onto the new one. The time consuming issue was having to put usernames and passwords into all the apps that required them.

What do you mean by forwarding firm? Similar to Kerry, Flash? Do you mean an agency that helps with passport renewals? How did you arrange for your embassy to return your new passport? Did you give the equivalent of a stamped addressed envelope for the forwarding company? Did the embassy have to contact the forwarding company when the new passport was ready? When you say "passport returned" is that the embassy saying they returned your new passport or the forwarding firm claiming that they delivered it to you?

I am British, I stay in Thailand with yearly extensions of a non-immigrant O visa. It would be hard to claim my domicile is Thailand when I don't have as much as PR status. Because my domicile would be considered Britain, (English), my worldwide assets will be liable for consideration for possible inheritance tax by the British tax office when I die. It makes no difference what nationalities the beneficiaries are as any assets they get will only be distributed after tax on the whole estate has been calculated by the British tax office. There is a tax free threshold of £325,000 and some property can be used to avoid a bit more tax if it meets certain conditions. Your country may have different rules.

The inheritance tax is on your estate and imposed by your country's tax office, it has nothing to do with the nationality of any beneficiaries.

Be under no illusion, he would probably have got the same treatment, if not worse, in any British city.

When I was looking for one two years ago it seemed that most shops kept very little stock on site and you had to order from their pamphlet. I bought from Lazada in the end and have had no problems for the two years I have owned it. The shop still sells computers on Lazada.

Who is in fear? It's just information for the public. The only people who keep trying to push any fear on others are people like you. Fear that there is some sort of agenda by the always vague "They".