sandyf

You are completely wrong. People can apply for an e-visa in any of the countries on the e-visa platform if they have a legal right to be there on a long term basis. Passports grant the right of abode so perfectly acceptable in the country of issue. In other countries you would require valid long term immigration status, tourist visas are not acceptable. This is how it is worded on the HK e-visa website Confirmation of legal residence, in the context of the Hong Kong SAR, generally refers to (a) Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card (“A” HKID); (b) Hong Kong Identity Card indicating right to land (“R” HKID) or unconditional stay permit (“U” HKID); or (c) valid stay permit issued by Hong Kong Immigration (for “C” HKID holders).

Context again, passports grant "Right of Abode".

I did not claim anything but obviously context is not your strong point. As a reminder, this is what I said "For an application in the UK, a UK passport proves the right to legal residence "

It is extremely difficult to register yourself for online. You have to go through a "selfie" routine that is almost impossible in the time allowed, gave up in the end. Most that are registered will probably have done it through their GP. I looked at this a couple of years ago and have forgotton the numbers. The government had said the NHS app had been extremely successful, but what they meant was there had been a few million downloads but only a very small percentage had actually registered online.

When asking for advice you are not doing yourself any favours by constantly contradicting what has been said with incorrect statements "with a 15 month non o visa based on retirement." It does not matter how you think the agent said it, you need to understand that there is no such thing as a 15 month Non O visa.

No it doesn't.

Neither your NHS or NI number gets deleted. If a GP removes you from their practice your records are returned to the central registar and any new GP can get them from there.

For an application in the UK, a UK passport proves the right to legal residence and has been reported many times to have been accepted, I wasn't an exception. Proving you are in the UK at the time of application is a separate issue which some would believe to be the interpretation, making the question ambiguous.

A couple years ago my wife took the pickup to have the drivers seat recovered. The guy that did it had several desk chairs in the workshop that had obviously been recovered. May be worth looking around for an auto seat repair shop in your area.

Documents submitted for an E-visa are checked by the local embassy so interpretation lies with them. An address does not indicate legal residence. I used my passport without a problem in the UK and that does not show an address. I also know people in the UK that have used bank statements without a problem. Difficult to put a definitive answer on an ambiguous question.

We went into Laos on e-visa at LP and no problem or cash. Came back into Thailand at NK Friendship Bridge and my Thai wife had to pay 30 baht to exit Laos, I didn't pay anything, that was a first.

When the e-visa was initially rolled out in China the ME option was not available, it was there on the website but couldn't be used. I don't know if that has changed or not but doubt it, I got rid of the account I had used for testing. The UK was the second country to be rolled out, think in 2018, and initially the ME option was not available, got switched on sometime later. Although the e-visa platform is centrally based the web pages would need to be tailored language wise for different countries so it wouldn't be out of the question for the option to have been inadvertently left disabled on a particular page. It has obviously been amended somewhere along the line as in the early days it couldn't be selected, greyed out, rather than getting a message. As far as the OP is concerned, if he wanted to try something different he should have created another account. If I remember right the system stores previous answers in respect of an account and that may be part of the problem.

Quite, it became another office variable when the embassy stopped doing income letters. In those days income was gross and the change made it net so I had to go from retirement combo to marriage on income. Yes you would probably need a translation of pension letter, they are looking to check the funds come from a foreign source, they like to see it at roughly the same time each month. Credit advice wasn't quite right, it is a remittance advice that is normally used. The remittance advice is normally issued by the remitting bank when a Swift or IBAN transfer is made, but may have to be requested. I think those using Wise have to ask for them. DWP don't do them as they subcontract the payment process. A credit advice would be issued by the receiving bank and they are not normal, almost certainly have to be requested.

Depends on personal circumstances. We used to the couple of hours to Bang Laem, only half hour at the border, then drive into Chantaburi to see friends and then come home. Last time I needed to do it my wife was tied up so I took overnight train down to Padang Besar, lunch in Malaysia and the afternoon train back north. But yes indeed, did several enjoyable trips when a re-entry was required. Penang by train when you could go straight through to Butterworth.

I have done many border runs to Cambodia and never physically entered the country, always paid the couple of hundred baht for it to be done. Passport back by the time I had come out of duty free. Bottom line is you won't be allowed to enter Thailand unless you have exited another country. One time I was in the queue behind a couple of guys speaking English and could hear them talking. Sounded confused and like they hadn't done the Cambodian stamp. When they got to the desk police arrived and escorted them away.

As far as the British Embassy was concerned I am fairly sure it was a convenient excuse to shed the workload with a chunk of the staff going to India, those left behind may have had to actually do something.

My wife worked for Red Bull in Vietnam about 20 years ago and she only saw the south, been back a couple of times to HCMC but she wants to go to the north. We did think about going to SaPa early this year but opted for Luang Prabang in Laos. That is a nice place and easy for Thais as a lot of Thai spoken. My wife asked the hotel manager and it stems from when they were kids, only had Thai TV. We are looking to go to north Vietnam in the new year so will be interested in what you come up with.

From the bank you will need the normal balance confirmation letter and a 12 month statement showing the receipts. You haven't said if you send the pension or if it is coming direct from DWP. As mentioned by BritTim you may need the credit advice as I was. Fortunately I was doing it myself and HSBC automatically posted a credit advice to my account each time I made a transfer. If however the pension is coming from the DWP it will be extremely difficult to get any credit advice, DWP don't do them and Thai banks don't want to know. People keep talking about codes but my bank has never had a code on the statement, they used to say "EXIM" but a while back that changed to "Transfer in via INTERNATIONAL". I know they have codes in books but in all the time I have done income, immigration have never asked to see the passbook. Even though my statements show international they still want the credit advice, one time I saw them go through, ticking off the advice against the statement. You need to be prepared and I would suggest you have your pension letter available, highlighting that it is paid every 4 weeks, as it is not paid same time every month, something they seem to find a bit confusing. Good luck.

You are right to doubt it will get you anywhere. If you want to make a comment regarding anything on the application the easiest way is to write on a piece of paper, take a photo and upload that. If necessary you can combine the note with a document. In your case I would suggest something like " New passport - Old passport unavailable, reported as lost to HM Passport Office." Simplicity is best, if they want more info they will ask. Usually quite quick, I applied on a Monday, they asked for more info, and I got the visa on the Thursday.

Thailand’s new PM-elect Srettha Thavisin said he expects the 10,000-baht digital currency handout promised to every Thai aged 16 and above to be implemented in the first quarter of 2024. https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/politics/40030526 There is however a problem currently over the use of "digital currency".

There was quite significant fraud in previous schemes which were addressed, hence the various caveats. There was nothing fabled about the WTT and 50/50 schemes, a good deal more than 10K was to be had.

The proposal is based on expected increases in revenue during 2024.

It is only a proposal at the moment. There is currently a problem over the proposal in how payments would be made which needs BOT approval. The 50/50 scheme worked very well so I wouldn't see why they need to change.

Best comment in the thread. The problem is that many come to Thailand and then become quite outraged when they begin to realise there is a difference. From there on in they blame very one in authority for things not being the way they want and in particular when it comes to cost. Comments about lowering prices are quite typical and across the board, the concept of controlling sales or amending product orientation is outside normal comprehension.

You answered on the basis of assumption which I consider to be quite arrogant, nobody can presume to know the intention of others. If you thought he had it wrong then your answer should have been 2 fold, addressing a change in visa and also a change in reason for extension, with a request to clarify. I thought the context of the text used in the OP indicated that the OP did mean what was posted. Using uppercase for "visa" would normally indicate some thought had gone into it. That turned out to be wrong and indeed that being the case your answer was spot on. Thanks on the last point.