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On 3/12/2018 at 6:10 AM, Khun Han said:
All the information about what leaving the EU entailed was sent out to every household in the UK prior to the referendum.
Maybe you can post "All the information", I can't be the only one that got some sort of condensed version.
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On 3/12/2018 at 8:09 AM, davejonesbkk said:
OK thanks.
What documents do I need to apply for the non imm O in the UK? Marriage certificate and wife ID card right? Do I need that Kor ror 2 thing from the local amphur and if so does it need to be a recent one like when I do the marriage extension?
Edit: I think I need wifes family book too right? As we have a child now do I need documents for him too?
Do I need to supply any kind of financial details now or is that only later when I do the extension?
(Im only applying for a single entry btw)
You only need copies of marriage certificate and ID, passport or Thai ID card, they specifically ask not to send originals.
I did the same last August to move my extension renewal from the summer to autumn.
It is very easy by post, took about 3 days, all the info is on the embassy website which you should read in case of changes to the fees and note that you need to put passport number on back of postal order, nearly forgot that.
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Why not look at it the other way round. You can put your VFS appointment back quite easily, done that a few times, and get the Schengen visa first.
Unless things have changed, as the spouse of an EU citizen, there is a walk in facility at the Germany Embassy and I can assure you that the process is very efficient. They do it in half hour slots and unfortunately we were at the back of our bunch, had to wait about 20 minutes in the queue and then it was only 5 minutes at the desk. The only downside is that for the walk in you have to be there before about 09.30.
When we did the Canada/UK trip, I did the Canada visa first and then we collected the passport from the Canada office and walked next door to the VFS UK office. My wife saw them write on the application form, Canada visa issued, and her passport was back in a couple of days. May have been coincidence but it could have helped speed things up.
PS. Sorry did not notice your comment about UK visa first. Where did you get that from. I have done 3 Schengens and never heard of that. As the spouse of an EU citizen there should be no restrictions, other law related, on the issue of visas.
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On 3/10/2018 at 11:37 AM, Chomper Higgot said:
You cannot 'self certify' copies you make. The certification has to be done by your embassy or by the embassy of the nation that issued the document.
That is not quite true, a 'Certified True Copy' can be certified by the translator where they put a stamp on it certifying the document as a true copy.
You need to clarify between a certified true copy and a notorised or legalised copy.
It would be normal for documents relating to a marriage to be legalised but it is certainly not a general requirement.
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On 3/9/2018 at 7:49 AM, Grouse said:
Google is my friend
Under the Malta Independence Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1964, Malta gained independence from the United Kingdom as the State of Malta, with Elizabeth IIas its head of state and queen.[21] The country became a republic in 1974. It has been a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations and the United Nations since independence, and joined the European Union in 2004; in 2008, it became part of the Eurozone.
I was at RAF Luqa in 1975 and it was still a major operational unit at that time, not quite sure when they completed the withdrawal. Been there many times, last was about 2 years ago and the infrastructure has improved dramatically since joining the EU but suffered the inevitable rise in prices, now on a par with the UK beer wise but more expensive for food.
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On 3/8/2018 at 6:35 PM, soalbundy said:
My sister says they have yellow books, don't know if that's a passport, she exports to Indonesia. When they moved the cows finally the government wanted to know about any weed killers that had been used on the new land and came down to inspect it first. Really ! why all this interest in cows? It isn't a bad idea to know where your animals are grazing and being kept and what quality of animal you are exporting. For everything there are rules.
In Barnier's speech he stated that animal control regulations must be the same on each side of an open border otherwise it is not viable and a hard border would be required.
Like many other points on brexit, if someone does not like it, it gets taken off at a tangent.
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On 3/9/2018 at 12:09 AM, rickudon said:
Also, I am sure the UK does not want thousands of homeless pensioners flooding back to the UK and asking for housing and other benefits they would now be entitled to.
Like many other issues in the UK, that would be ignored until it became a problem, then the focus would be on who to blame.
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2 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:
I voted to leave on the plain fact that the EU is a bullying entity which is corrupt to the core and I wanted the UK to be independent from it, as did everyone else I know. The EU has been built on lies. How ironic you mention it.
Now people can see what it is like, someone wants to leave and they are behaving like a bully in the school ground, trying to 'rob the lunch money.'
As with most bullies they will end up with a bloody nose.
None so blind as those that do not want to see. The brexiteers will get the UK a bloody nose.
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1 hour ago, dick dasterdly said:
The uk was part of the eu during the 'mad cow' epidemic - and abiding to it's v. low standards.
And how are the 'mad cows' going to decide which side of the open border they should be on? The regulations must be the same on both sides and that can only happen in one of 2 ways and neither is what the mad cow is proposing.
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11 hours ago, topt said:
Free from memory until after Songkran - April 19 or thereabouts
Bringing in the tolls cut the traffic dramatically, never seen it so free from congestion. Price it too high and they could shoot themselves in the foot.
Even now quite often when we come back from Pattaya we will leave at the 36 junction and come up the service road. If we left Pattaya on Suk and came along the 36, it would be toll free and I suspect that is the way a lot of the provincial traffic will go.
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16 hours ago, Mattd said:
Go for it, enjoy, another couple of hours before my first, got to finish work first and that does get taxed
You mean like my state pension. The beer always goes down well sat on the verandah as the sun goes down.
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2 minutes ago, Mattd said:
I do understand where you are coming from, however, the DTA between Thailand and UK does not include pensions apart from Civil Service types, it is reciprocal by it's very nature.
The English in the document you posted is very clear. it refers to relief from UK income tax, not what you have tried to imply. As for the DTA I will just take the HMRC view on that, and its time I had a beer.
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23 hours ago, Mattd said:
Unfortunately the DTA between the UK & Thailand does not include pensions, apart from Government ones, i.e. civil services etc.
This is very clear in all the documentation available online and is backed up by the overview of worldwide UK tax agreements in the link you re-posted, scroll down to Thailand and you will see that there is no double taxation agreement in place for private and state pensions within the tax treaty signed by the two countries, based on item 4 in the notes column.
If you research this, then technically a person could be taxed twice on pension income when this is the case, the crux of this is can Thailand lay claim to tax the income generated by an overseas pension and then transferred to Thailand, most research suggests that they do not do this.
As I pointed out the "no relief" in Note 4 means no relief from UK income tax, this statement appears just above the note 4 you refer to "The table includes the main sources of UK income for which relief from UK Income Tax may be available." Feel free to read it any other way you want.
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2 hours ago, Mattd said:
Edit: UK Government document regarding DTA's and what is covered, you will see that private AND state pensions are not covered under the DTA agreement with Thailand.
Your document refers to relief from UK income tax.
Page 3 - "The State Pension is paid to people who have reached State Pension age. It is based on National Insurance contributions (NICs) and relief from UK income tax is available under the terms of many, but not all, double taxation treaties."
Page 7 - "The table includes the main sources of UK income for which relief from UK Income Tax may be available."
Nobody has mentioned not paying UK tax , the question has been about paying tax twice, something that the HMRC has told me that the DTA is intended to avoid but each to their own interpretation.
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20 hours ago, wordchild said:
What I said was correct, however do your own research. Maybe start by reading the actual treaty, ie as regards taxation between the U.K. and Thailand, rather than quoting from some generic comment. Many taxation treaties ,that the U.K. has with other countries, cover private pensions, however the current one (with Thailand) does not. Most pensions and ALL private pensions are not covered by the existing U.K. Thailand tax treaty, that is a fact. If you doubt what I say get reading.
The existing treaty is somewhat dated and is lacking coverage in many important areas. Not only pensions, but in other somewhat more significant, commercial areas. There has been a new treaty in the works for a number of years now, but it keeps getting delayed, for one reason or another. Maybe when the new one is duly signed off it will include a reference to the mutual treatment of pensions.
I am not as clever as you so I will just accept what I am told by HMRC.
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17 hours ago, wordchild said:
I am sorry but this is just tosh, you obviously have not read the treaty. As others have correctly commented above, pensions (other than certain government employee schemes) are not covered by the current UK/Thailand treaty. So there is a (maybe remote) possibility of pension payments credited into Thailand from the U.K. being taxed again in Thailand.
That is a bit strong considering you may not be right. This is an extract from a letter I received from HMRC in response to questions regarding my state pension.
"Please be aware if you decide to live abroad permanently, that if you have income from a
source in one country and are resident in another, you may be liable to pay tax in both
countries under their tax laws.
To avoid "double taxation" in this situation, the UK has negotiated Double Taxation (DT)
treaties with more than 100 other countries. Each treaty is called either a 'Double Taxation
Agreement" or a "Double Taxation Convention", depending on the wording of the treaty. The
United Kingdom does have a DTA with Thailand and this can be viewed in full on the website."I know from the letter that the HMRC were referring to my state pension in terms of income but you are perfectly free to take your own view. You shouldn't really try and make out your view is fact when it is not that cut and dried.
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21 hours ago, Classic Ray said:
But will they have crossroads with traffic lights for over 90 seconds every few km to let the tractors, old pickups and motorbikes cross, like every other “fast” road here? Why roads can’t have more flyovers and roundabouts and proper entry and exit slip roads I don’t know.
The latest section of the No 7 which was completed after New Year would suggest they will. No crossings, no U turns and all entry/exits are as you would say 'proper'. Not only that it is free to use although I am not sure how long that will last, there is a price list, just all zero at the moment.
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On 11/6/2017 at 10:30 AM, simoh1490 said:
We know for certain that both HSBC UK and Bangkok Bank are members of SWIFT because they both have active SWIFT codes that can be successfully used when transferring to and from those banks via other banks.
Just a heads up. I use HSBC online banking and do not pay a great deal of attention to bank statements. This morning I was thinking about statements for my wife's visa and notice that HSBC have changed the SWIFT codes. Looks like it has happened sometime in the last 9 months, the MIDL has been changed to HBUK, taken them long enough.
I don't do a lot of transfers back to the UK but when I do I normally just copy details from previous transaction, could have been a bit embarrassing.
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On 2/26/2018 at 9:19 AM, transam said:
My thought is that we are now in the hi-tech digital age, doesn't matter where you turn tech is taking over, so l reckon it won't be long before all the dots will join up to reveal fraudsters not following the rules regarding pension payout..As it is now ones passport tells all if there was a tech link, which l think will happen in the future..
Not in the future, it is now. I know for a fact that the DVLA and Trainline have access to your passport, so it would be fairly safe to assume some other entities. I have just bought a Senior Railcard and was asked to supply a DL or passport number for verification.
The question is if there would be any history attached to the passport data. It should be borne in mind that passports are scanned on entry and exit from the UK. There is very little immigration control now on the way out so how would they know when foreign nationals leave the country if not from the likes of boarding procedures and VIS.
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15 hours ago, Chicken George said:
The Pink ID is only normally of use in the Jang Wat or county you live in. So you still need your passport to be with you when travelling outside your area.. The Pink ID is off little use at all. Driver license is much more useful.
Why is it that the DL brigade always think that everyone has or wants a driving license.
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1 hour ago, Peterw42 said:
As explained when I recieved the Pink ID, the "cannot be used outside of province" statement is a lost in translation thing and means "not transferable" if you move to another province, meaning if you move permanently you need to get a new ID from the new province. There are no restrictions on temporary travel or use with pink ID. (same as if you move states at home you need to get a new license)
I regularly use Pink ID at 3-4 places in Pattaya to get the Thai price and license is not accepted. Free admission to floating markets, half price lunch at Tiger park and admission to Thai only army beach south of Pattaya.
Quite. A few years back I had the set check up that they run in the Chonburi Cancer hospital. I had to hand in my passport and I could see it being passed from one in-tray to the next as we moved around the various sections. I went back a few weeks ago and this time I had the ID card, they took that and as with the Thais, slipped it into a small plastic wallet and stapled that to the documents that would passed around.
Up to each individual what they would consider the better arrangement.
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From the OP. "British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she wanted a Brexit deal that was good for companies in Britain "
What she didn't say was how much collateral damage. SMEs are the ones at risk, the big boys will merely take a dent in profits.
“Brexit could potentially impact on an enormous number of issues affecting owner-managed businesses in the UK, from import and export costs, to access to labour, and grants and subsidies. Businesses have been given very little clarity so far on what effect Brexit might have on any of these issues.
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4 hours ago, sanemax said:
Are you incapable of using the machines yourself ?
Why waste the time when experience will do it that much quicker and I like to make them feel useful.
BTW I used to be an IT consultant and retired in 2009 when I got fed up continually having to learn something new. Now its on a needs must basis and supermarkets and airline check ins certainly do not fall into that category.
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3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:
Oh dear. Look at the "McJobs" being created. Part time, low hour, minimum wage, yes; proper jobs that pay enough to live on, buy a house, raise a family without both parents having to work long hours, not so much.
You think all those kids going into debt to get a degree in "media studies" are going to get a high paying job?
At the moment, nursing is about the only degree requiring job with prospects of a decent return I can think of, and few want to do it because it's such a <deleted> job.
Best jobs are non degree occupations like welders, mechanics, plumbers, electricians and builders. Getting a qualification in them at the moment is the ticket to the big money.
Was that a deliberate misinterpretation. The Eddie Shah saga highlighted the anti technology brigade in the UK.
When I said jobs were created elsewhere I meant high tech development in other countries.
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