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Almost anywhere along the coast, oyster beds everywhere. Would depend on how you want to eat them, many restaurants serve them as a sizzler, bit of a sticky mess.

Again you were wrong, getting away with something doesn't make it right. You can’t travel with it after you’ve applied for a new one - but you will be able to keep your existing passport for ID purposes. https://www.passport.service.gov.uk/overseas/information/thailand/renew/adult

Again you are wrong. A passport remains a form of identification, you can travel with some airlines on an expired passport. Of course you are perfectly free try and cross an international border with a passport undergoing renewal. I however would follow the information from the British Embassy and get an ETD.

Thanks, I have only ever seen up to 30 days, must be looking in the wrong place. I was with 3BB and had an issue with them. I changed to a sim router and went for the DTAC 12 month. Hasn't worked out well and now it has paid for itself will be looking to go back to fiber.

You are wrong on 2 counts, the £5 is not deducted from the transfer, it is a separate charge that can be paid by either payer or payee. TT rates are not the same as BOT buying on Forex.

TT exchange is not the same as the BOT would get on Forex.

You are wrong. The old passport becomes invalid for international travel as soon as the passport office register the application for renewal. Once an application is registered the existing passport can only be used for identification.

You would convert some of your GBP holding into Thai baht, or any currency they handle. The only real benefit is you can do it at a time of your choosing when the rate may be beneficial. Last year I booked a holiday for this year in Turkey and converted some GBP to Turkish lira thinking the rate may not get any better or possibly deteriorate later, never anticipated the earthquake. As far as purchasing is concerned it is not necessary to have other currencies as irrespective of where you are they will take funds from any currency to make the payment. On my last return trip I bought a beer in Vienna airport and the sms said I had paid in USD, my EUR balance had run out.

From the heading - "an elderly technology averse"

Quite. A friend of mine bought a condo off plan in Wongamat back in 2009. When it was built he thought he had moved into the soviet bloc.

If it takes 4 months for renewal, it will be 4 months whenever you apply. Once you make the application you cannot use the passport internationally.

If you have an AIS sim there are a selection of data packages that can be added to that sim, and I should think the same for DTAC. AIS do not do the fixed 12 month as add-on but you can get 30 day auto renew which may be an option if you want to use the same sim. https://www.ais.th/package/en/package_net_non_stop.html

The "cost" is not less with Wise, it may be or it may not, too close to call. From HSBC to Thailand you pay a fixed fee of £5 and you get the forex rate when the funds are converted by the BOT, forex is better than the Wise rate. There is a small handling fee by the Thai bank, altogether very little in it and the overall cost using Wise is related to the amount you send. I have only ever cross checked the amounts I send, other amounts may give a different result. At the end of the day it is whatever you think suits best. I have seen the HSBC card but will stick with Wise, know that suits.

Yes. A few years ago a friend of mine in the UK did an Asian cruise and he was sent a load of immigration forms forwhere the ship was calling and had to complete them if he wanted to disembark. Came over and asked me if it was worth getting off in Thailand. Good job he did, the ship couldn't dock somewhere else and they were in Thailand for a week, put up at the Shangri-La. Those that hadn't done the immigration paperwork had to stay on board.

Quite right. Expats in Thailand do think they are entitled to a different level of service than offered by most other countries. Not only that, instead of being grateful for the service on offer the majority treat the system with contempt.

If there ever is an account number for your THB balance , it will not be IBAN. Thailand does not use IBAN and the number will be Swift and probably relating to a partner bank in Thailand.

You are to a certain extent embelishing the term "account", it is in fact only a currency balance as you have no account number or details, same as mine. I also have a Turkish lira balance and for that I have domestic account details but no international account details. For my USD and Euro balances I have both domestic and international account details which makes them pseudo accounts. The only true account is the home account.

Amlodipine is not normally prescribed on it's own, usual prescription would be a beta blocker or ace inhibitor with amlodipine being added if necessary. There is no silver bullet as such. I have been on BP medication for over 40 years, initially a beta blocker and then an ace inhibitor with amlodipine added some years later. The local ace inhibitor is enalapril and readily available at pharmacies, been taking that for over a decade without any problems. However the best advice is to go and see a cardiologist, I see the one at Bang Saen which is a government hospital and only 100 baht for the consultation.

If you had paid attention you would be aware my original post blamed the UN for not bringing the affected nations together, and the UK like the rest of the EU stuck their head in the sand. As I also said probably down to a lack of interest by the UN with the US being so far from the problem. Had the US been where Europe is things would have gone in a totally different direction.

There is more more to it than illegals but obviously you and others are so fixated the humanitarian issue is kicked to one side. One day you may realise why there is still a need for prisons.

I use Wise quite a lot but not for money to Thailand. I don't see the point in moving the money to Wise and then moving it to Thailand when I can do it in one move from HSBC to Thailand at the same cost. The real benefit of Wise is international purchases and travelling. I was in Laos a few weeks ago and paid the hotel with USD I had on my Wise card. That is convenience, I have had UK cards blocked in the past for not telling them I was in a foreign country, also avoids the non sterling currency surcharge. Each to their own.

Sorry, I must be mistaken. I was under the impression the UK government had suggested sending refugees to Rwanda. Horses and stable door come to mind. The silly people are those that kicked the EU in the teeth, taking back control has become out of control.

The article does not say they are buying a new Airbus aircraft, it says they are buying a replacement for their "airbus", could be a Boeing. If they are actually buying another A340, not going to be new, it was discontinued in 2011.

There is more than one "burden", something the UK government and it's supporters refuse to acknowledge. There has been armed conflict in many of the African states for a long time, currently 15. "In at least 15 armed conflicts, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Mali, Burkina Faso, and South Sudan, government forces or non-state armed groups have been implicated in abuses against civilians." https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/12/africa-conflicts-violence-threaten-rights#:~:text=In at least 15 armed,implicated in abuses against civilians. Why didn't the UK government, or any other entity, set up a safe haven in somewhere like Rwanda years ago to try and keep the war refugees on the African continent. As usual it was head in the sand which allowed economic migrants from all over to join the flow into Europe. Collective responsibility with other measures could have reduced that to a trickle. To make matters worse the UK kicked the EU in the teeth and now have no voice in the issues in the EU. If asylum seekers want to head to the UK why should the EU be concerned, not their problem. The issue is now out of hand and desperation has set in, on both sides of the fence. Bills alone are no solution, there needs to be wire cutters in the other hand.

You are being too literal, the translation of the Thai on that link says "Supporting documents for a visa" Supporting normally means what can be used, not what must be used. The spouse or parent not having a passport is not grounds for denial. The last line of the Thai notes is the one that get most worked up. All copies of documents must be certified true copies.