sandyf

My wife went to the passport office in Pattaya on Tuesday. Her appointment was 08.30 and I had a walk down Soi 13 along beach road and back up Soi 11. Every bar I passed was being opened up and there was someone there with a beer. Even some sat outside the Sportsman having breakfast had a beer on the table.

Quite common at my office that there is no one available to sign and they suggest you leave your passport and collect it next day. Of course you are free to leave with your passport and no stamp, up to you. Strikes me, a receipt from immigration is better than a passport without valid permission to stay.

Good deflection but you need to show us where it says at this point in time. "She said that British households had seen their food shopping expenses rise 6 per cent higher than other countries in recent years, referencing research by LSE students that examined the impact of the UK’s poorer trading terms since Brexit."

So there is no chance the UK inflation would be lower than it is if brexit hadn't taken place. Of course you are perfectly entitled to disagree, doesn't make it right.

Depends how you come back. I came back on an E-visa, that took about half an hour sat in front of my computer, no photocopying involved. After about 60 odd days I went to immigration to get marriage extension, just like any other time.

From a BOE official. “It’s undeniable now that we’re seeing a much bigger slowdown in trade in the UK compared to the rest of the world,” Dr Dhingra, who is also an associate professor at the London School of Economics (LSE), told MPS. She said that British households had seen their food shopping expenses rise 6 per cent higher than other countries in recent years, referencing research by LSE students that examined the impact of the UK’s poorer trading terms since Brexit. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-inflation-food-bank-england-b2226475.html

It's not far, come off at Chit Lom, come down through the shopping mall, out and along past Big C, 10 minutes at the most. If there is any discomfort over security the main branch is the best place to be.

You make it sound like a problem when it is no big deal. Done it a few times in recent years for one reason or another. Under consideration at the moment, wanted to move my renewal date so went to the UK a few months back and came back on a new Non O, going for an extension no different to any other time.

Better off going to the Super Rich main office, not too far from the BTS station.

Perfectly valid points, but at the end of the day it cannot be denied that brexit to the NHS was like amputating the foot of a one legged man. One legged people often become that way from poor life style and neglect.

Of course it will, mankind has always adapted to an ever changing environment.

Certainly a lot less incontinent than Pattaya.

Great is in the eye of the beholder. Some areas are busier than they were 20 years ago but quite a bit is very much the same.

https://www.airportthai.co.th/en/aot-reiterates-rules-on-bringing-lithium-batteries-on-board/

Last Christmas/New Year Koh Chang was declared a special zone with less restrictions. You coudn't get on the ferry across without a vaccination certificate. We went for New Year and I thought the ambiance on the beach far better than I was used to seeing at Pattaya. The island was mobbed and many may have spread the word. I booked again a few months ago for this year and it was difficult then to get a room near White Sands beach.

That is the downside of the QR arrangement. When I was in China a couple of years ago everybody was paying by QR code and life can be a bit difficult for tourists. Many services in public areas are unattended and cannot be used by the average touist. We were quite lucky in that my niece was at uni there and she paid for most things and I just gave her cash to pay into her account. In the UK contactless is the predominent method, with the higher limits most are using that for shopping and in pubs and restaurants. Cash is becoming a rarity.

UK trains and most budget airlines are card only, so it is a case of bring it yourself or go without, no "other places" around.

The stupid are those that think there is no chance of it happening. One has to assume you have never been to China.

So you are claiming the NHS did not lose any staff whatsoever due to the immigrant overtones of brexit, and EU citizens haven't been deterred by brexit to get visas to come and work in the NHS. Some of us were born at night, but not last night.

You are right to a certain extent but not just to do with Thailand. There was a huge reduction in services and that is not going to get back to the way it was anytime soon. If airlines can put bums on seats prices will not change much. When demand forces additional services and it is not quite so easy to fill the seats then it may look better. In the meantime there are also other factors in play, I doubt anyone would want to use Aeroflot or even China Eastern at the moment.

Of course you are perfectly free to disagree with Mr Saunders. There would be no “austerity budget” this week if Brexit had not “permanently damaged” the UK economy, a former Bank of England policy chief says. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-austerity-budget-bank-england-b2224911.html

When your wife changed her name she would have been given a certificate for the name change and a new Kor 2 which should still be valid. There is no change to the marriage certificate and you just need to provide the name change certificate along with the marriage certificate. My wife did it about 5 years ago and done a few extensions since then.

I think it was late 2018 when we went and we did look at going from Koh Lipe but there was a bit of a problem so went from Kuala Perlis instead. Think it may have been a timing issue in gettin from Hat Yai over to the Koh Lipe ferry. If you go the Sky Bridge is well worth a visit.

Quite. It never will be. the folly will be recorded in history books and taught in economic classes for all eternity.

Investing is nothing more than a lottery. As for my house, it would all be about the value of accommodation. Say for arguments sake take an average of 30K/month over 13 years, about 4.5M. Current value less build and maintenance about 2.5M. So a value of about $10,000 per $1000 invested and getting better by the year.