ThailandRyan

So how does a retiree here, who has never worked in Thailand get onto the SS Scheme, Answer: You can't My GF pays into it and when Covid hit she could not obtain one red satang as she is a Myanmar National, even though she owned her own salon...her Thai employee's however obtained all of the payouts they could grab.

So in your view old people should just sit in the lazy boy recliner rocking back and forth as the days wane away in an overpriced and far from happy lifestyle in their home country instead of enjoying life to it's fullest and where happiness is found.....wow your just a sympathetic and caring individual with a post like yours. More elderly people living a great life here in Thailand.

Swelling batteries perchance

By someone using a Magic 8 ball is my guess.

Is there an anti government spray which can be used everywhere, asking for my Siamese cat.

Does this mean he is part of the #metoo movement.

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Yes, filling up bank accounts instead of filling in Areas for flood protection by building more canals and higher levies.

You and those other naysayers are hilarious. I have opened up two bank accounts using my Pink ID card and the yellow house book. Of course the banks can do what they want, I have lived here long enough to know that, just like the immigration offices do not do things the same. My Bank books are in Thai Script by the way.

Thats what I thought he was alluding to. The reason the school for my GF's daughter wanted the ID card is for obvious registration reasons particularly funding from the government and then for the entry prices charged for Thai's for museums and such versus the price for folks unable to prove they are Thai.

Normally the company who does the translations stamps and certifies the translation as true and correct. Then it can be taken to the MFA where it will be verified and then stamped as a true copy of the original document with a corner folded over, stamped and sealed and then a notarized seal placed on the rear of the document. Many translators around the embassies.

The K should have been an M, a fat finger typo. Of course I then I did not check my post before hitting the save button. My mistake and thank you for pointing out the error.

Thailand could learn a thing or two about locks and levies to move water around and protect the inner areas, but they will not spend the money.

Lets take some bets on this prediction. Pre-covid levels in 6 months at a minimum they are alluding to, yet with the global economy in near recession and the USD leveling, well slowly sinking the baht and inflation just really starting to kick off, I personally do not see a recovery unti late 2024 early 2025. Tourism is a big part of the economy and unless things change elsewhere Thailand may never see more than 15M tourists a year for awhile.

Looks like Ocean front property. Sad really, that no matter what folks have happen to their house or property they never are able to avoid the repeats as houses are never lifted up above flood levels in those prone areas. Crops are decimated and livelihood's lost. I feel sorry for folks.

I know, as I said my brown envelope was returned empty and with a Thank you but no thank rejection notice. So sad today, I thought I would fly in style while having the air crew wai and deliver me fruit baskets.....

You mean Putin being the one cutting off his nose right?

Who is going to tell all of the YouTubers who fly them without any registration.....

Back to being very full just like the MRT with everyone coming back to work as well as people going out in the evenings. Only ones not wearing masks on the BTS and the MRT this evening were 50% of the foreigners. Everyone else is wearing them as requested. MBK Mall was very busy tonight as well, and all wearing masks except about 50% of the foreigners

Yes a foreigner can own a house, the land would be on a leasehold. Just like buying a house in Mexico, except there it is a 99 year lease, or like in the US when you buy a house on BLM land where you lease the land from the BLM. In case of a foreigner buying real estate in Thailand, the ownership of a house can be registered and transferred separately from the land where the house is built; The transfer procedure must be in accordance with the Thailand Civil and Commercial Code; The transfer must be in writing; The transfer must be registered with the Land Department's branch or provincial office. Sale and transfer of ownership of an existing building separate from the land requires the current owner and buyer of the house to strictly conform with the standard procedure at the Land Office.

You own the house, but the land is a different story. A leasehold for 30 years or setting up a company which is not truly legal. Leasehold unless your married to a Thai who then owns the land, but yes a foreigner can own the house on the property.

Moving companies are few and far between for general moving. Most will not disassemble and re-assemble what you want moved.

Location would be needed for where you are located. After that many folks will chime in. If in Bangkok many places which are good.

well she is only 7 will be 8 in 10 days......exams will be a few years off, unless we decide she needs to go to an international school.

My GF's half Thai daughter, when she turned 7 was supposed to obtain her Thai ID card as per the law. Her Thai father failed to do it as required, and this year during the school semester (which just ended), he was called by the school and told she needed an ID card or she could not go on trips. He then took her out of school and headed to the local Amphur (who fined him 100 baht) and then did her Thai ID card of which the 13 numbers start with the number 2. It is silly actually. Still trying to figure out why my GF's pink non-Thai ID card starts with a 0.