sandyf

Insulated walls and a more robust construction. Common practice in cooler climates. Generally speaking in warmer climates they do not see the need and don't want the expense. Really beneficial in the warmer weather.

I have been going back and fore from the UK for touching 25 years, must be over 40 trips now with a multitude of airlines, EVA a few times, and can't ever remember not being checked quite thoroughly. Different localities may well be less thorough. I was denied boarding one time for being 2 weeks short of 6 months on my passport. I asked for a supervisor and she said only option was to phone Thai immigration in Bangkok. I was only going for 3 weeks and they agreed to boarding if the airline could confirm it was a return ticket, not sure how a throwaway would have worked in that situation.

I have very seldom been asked, they usually take the passport and look for it, when they don't see or recognise one, then they ask, re-entry permit often confuses. Last year I had evisa and it was in the passport when I handed it over, he put it to one side, after 5 minutes looking through the passport he said "you will need a visa", the mind boggles.

Last reading I saw the guy come, he went to the pole first to read 2 of the meters, the 3rd he had already done further along. He came to the gate to put the bills in the letterbox and I went and got them from him, he drove off. About 5 minutes later he was back shouting his head off and I went to the gate. He asked for the bills back, had a good look at them, handed them back and drove off. When I looked I could see mine had been separated, must have torn off in the wrong place.

If the bill comes from a man on a motorbike then the reading would be the same time as printing, as is the case with mine, usually about midday. One thing I notice is the version number on mine is 016 as opposed to 017 on yours. It wouldn't be out of the question for newer software to be geared up for changes in the pipeline. Another strange thing was i got a receipt for the previous bill come through the post, forgot when they stopped that but at least a few years ago now.

You don't need to apply in Thailand although that is what is encouraged. The Schengen handbook allows some flexibility and I know some that have been successful booking a limited discounted offer.

It is what those that didn't know better voted for. That aside, you will still need the Schengen visa, but it will be as a general visitor rather than family member. On the basis the visa is now 80 Euro I would have thought a day trip was not worth it, may be better to think of a longer trip. Last year we went to Dublin, you can do that on the UK visa. This year we are going to Turkey, no visa required for Thai nationals.

It is cavity wall construction, how I wanted it built.

As someone else has suggested you really need to reconsider the width, 2 metres each side is not enough to work with. On the basis main access will be from the public road then the car port and living area ought to be at that end. I would angle the corner of main road and small soi and put main gate there. As for the pillars you can have them where you want to a certain extent, depends on whether you use existing plans or have your own drawn up. I made sketches like you, a friend tidied them up on autocad, found an architect to turn them into plans, then went looking for a builder, not that easy when you deviate from normal Thai conventions. Good luck.

It depends on the foundations. Although we are in the country the architect we had got to do the plans used heavy traffic foundations. The floor plan is 12m x 8m and the pillars are also 5m from one side on the width, variable 2.5m - 4m pitch on the length. Lounge is a clean rectangle of 7.7m x 5m.

Forgot the link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-passport-creditdebit-card-payment-authorisation

Further to previous post details can be found here. I have been thinking about mine which is due in a year. They were saying 11 weeks before the industrial action was announced so I will probably make a trip to the UK.

I am going to go back to the UK to renew mine, hopefully I will get scammed on the government fast track website.

Did I say it was correct? Long time since I worked so character restrictions are a distant memory.

You quoted the new rates? I should have realised that you can only look at the "new rate", the "old rate" only applies to those in receipt of their pension pre 2016. Apologies. It is a bit of a coincidence that the 2022 rate for the "new rate" was about the same as the 2023 rate for the "old rate".

The OP said "such as", not that it existed. I seem to think that a "-" cannot be used, needs to be underscore. "fake websites such as UK-renewpassport.net"

Exactly, the term is protected. https://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/insights/protecting-scotch-whisky/protecting-scotch-whisky-outside-the-uk/ The only local drink that is anywhere near tasting like whisky is Crown 99. http://www.interbevgroup.com/brands-spirits-crown99.php

What do you mean by the "old" rate. There are 2 state pension rates, the old rate and the new rate. The old was about £141 and the new about £156. Both rose by about 10% a few days ago making them £156.20 and £203.85 respectively.

You should write to them, could take a few weeks for a response but it will be by email and plain sailing from then on and a lot less hassle.

You could try looking in that supermarket next to Mikes, think it is called "Modern" but not sure if still open. They used to have a fair selection of beers. It may not be from the UK. I was with friends in a craft beer bar in Prachinburi last weekend and one had a can of guiness, but it was from Malaysia.

Only the mentally challenged would think that visa status based on marriage is no different to visa status based on retirement. It is not all about forms, those that overstay change their visa status by default to "illegal", What people think they know is based on translation and by definition cannot be literal.

Quite, and mine are so old the plastic has gone brittle and a bit worried the clips will break off.

Brits with expiring passports are not just in Thailand.

A deal for what exactly, expand the existing service centre? The Chinese factory has been on the go since 2008 and the agreement was extended in 2018 until 2025. Only last week a new agreement was agreed to double capacity. China is the biggest user of Airbus aircraft in the region so the obvious location for production. https://www.airbus.com/en/our-worldwide-presence/airbus-in-asia-pacific/airbus-in-thailand

You could try giving the filters a clean, usually quite easy if you can work out how to get the cover off.