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17 hours ago, RickG16 said:

Do you still make pasties? Can you deliver them in Thailand?

If you are serious i know a company that does and delivers all over the country, Bunters foods in BKK.

I did my retirement extension this week, very nice helpful female officer, was genuinely interested in why i came to live in Nakhon Phanom. I had a lovely conversation, and she noticed i was not well (wheelchair) and said about my wife just coming in and they would come to me if i needed them too. All previous dealings with Phuket, but what a breath of fresh air up here, in and out in 20 minutes, looking forward to going for my 90 report.

NP a great office to deal with. 

If you get a maid/driver and she drives and cleans ok then don't worry about her spare time, at least you are providing a living to someone

Please find attached  a Thai will and an English version, i filled it in got it witnessed by the Village Chief and it's all done .

13_Last_Will_and_Testament.pdf T13_Last_Will_and_Agreement.pdf

6 hours ago, Gatsby69 said:

I'm not sure that the bank can block the remaining money. I just ask ! As the bank must certify the money deposit by a letter to immigration, do you think that she is not required to alert immigration if you withdraw the money before term ?

NO

1 hour ago, SoonOh said:

#1, Why not go and ask your local immigration office?

#2, Retirement extension gives your freedom

#3, Marriage extension guarantees future headaches  

The idea of a forum like this is to enable people to ask questions from members for advice etc. it would be pointless if all the answers were as helpful as yours. Please explain the retirement freedom and the marriage headaches so we can all understand.

I am with SCB and transfer my pension each month from the UK, when it arrives they notify me on my phone. It arrived yesterday and the message stated IFT, or Inward Funds Transfer. This shows up on my statements as X1 but looks pretty general, not sure if it is good enough for the immigration office though !!

On 6/6/2019 at 10:46 AM, mosan said:

@Brunolem  I'm just going to jump in and say you're right.  I've been here since 2000 also and the number of foreigners here are staggering.  I could visit immigrations any time and would be surprised to see another one or two foreigners between then and probably up to about 2010. Same when I visited Tesco or Big-C (out here in the boonies of course).  Ubon Ratchathani was still the boonies at least up until 2010.  Now, I pass foreigners on my daily travels at least every 15 minutes or so.  Anybody who has been here any length of time and says otherwise is just flat out lying (or they are blind/deaf).  I now plan my trips to immigrations--early and way before my due dates--while avoiding days around weekends and holidays.  Those who cannot see or haven't been here long have not figured this out yet--can tell by their posts--late this, crowded that, I didn't know, takes way too long to do, etc., etc., etc.

 

Don't try to defend yourself against the ill-informed.  As one famous poster on ThaiVISA says, They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with (no) experience... 

I agree i think Brunolem was spot on with his observations, i have been her since the late 90s and have used immigration offices all over the country and services in nearly all adjoining countries. There are far more expats here now and far more from continents other than Europe. I wonder what the people from the EU countries (including the UK) would think of the Thailand immigration rules if the same rules had been applied years ago in their countries?

On 4/14/2019 at 9:38 PM, quandow said:

I believe life had some sort of intelligent design, and as I've pulled human remains out of a submerged plane crash and observed the lack of life, there is something about humans having a soul. It's even been weighed. As much as the method used to weigh the soul was sloppy science, I think the bible is sloppy narrative. Jesus was a short dark guy, not the European with flowing brown hair currently selling His book. It's been rewritten so many times with so many inconsistencies that it's difficult to fathom anyone taking it 100% seriously. There ARE many good parables, the lessons are good standards to apply to your walk through life. Do I believe we were created? Yes. Do I believe in the Judeo-Christian interpretation of God? No.

Intelligent design really!! The nerve that controls the gills in a fish travels from brain in a loop round part of the stomach. The same nerve in a giraffe that evolved into the voice box and larynx does the same!! If there was intelligent design it would have taken the shortest route. Also without the parables, much the same as the Buddhist teachings 500 years earlier, we would all be  thieving murderess adulterers???? You only have to look at some of the Amazon tribes that have no religion to realise that even uncivilized people living together get along ok.

พินัยกรรมแบบธรรมดา
(กรณีมีการตั้งผูจัดการมรดก)
ทําที่..................................................................... วันที่...................เดือน..........................พ.ศ...................... ขาพเจา ...................................................................................อายุ...............ป อยูบานเลขที่.................. ตรอก/ซอย......................................ถนน..................................ตําบล/แขวง.......................................................
อําเภอ/เขต............................................จังหวัด..............................................ขอทําพินัยกรรมไววาเมื่อขาพเจา ถึงแกความตายแลว ใหทรัพยสินของขาพเจาทั้งหมดที่มีอยูในปจจุบันและที่จะมีตอไปในอนาคตนั้นตกได แกบุคคลดังตอไปนี้ คือ
(1) ....................................................................................
(2) ....................................................................................
(3) ....................................................................................
....................................................................................
....................................................................................
และขอตั้งให....................................................................................เปนผูจัดการมรดกของขาพเจา เพื่อจัดการ แบงปนทรัพยสินอันเปนมรดกใหเปนไปตามเจตนาของขาพเจา
เพื่อเปนหลักฐานขาพเจา ไดลงลายมือชื่อไวเปนสําคัญ
ลงชื่อ...................................................ผูทําพินัยกรรม (...................................................)
ขาพเจา ผูมีรายนามขางทา ยนี้ ขอรับรองวา.....................................................ผูทําพินัยกรรม ไดทําพินัยกรรมตอหนาขาพเจา และไดกระทําลงในขณะที่มีสติสัมปชัญญะบริบูรณทุกประการ ขาพเจา จึง ลงลายมือชื่อไวเปนพยานในพินัยกรรม
ลงชื่อ.....................................................พยาน (.....................................................)
ลงชื่อ.....................................................พยานและผูเขียน (.....................................................)

Last Will and Testament
(General and basic form in the case that there is an executor)
Written At.......................................................... Date.................Month..................B.E. Year.................... I.................................................................................Age...............Residing at House No. ................ Alley/Soi......................................Street.....................................Sub-district.....................................................
District............................................Province..............................................I would like to state the following in this will. After I die, all of the assets that I currently have and that I will acquire in the future be devolved upon the following persons:
(1) ....................................................................................
(2) ....................................................................................
(3) ....................................................................................
....................................................................................
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And I appoint..................................................................................to be the executor of my estate and to divide my assets as inheritance according to my wish.
For the record, I am putting down my signature as evidence.
Signature...................................................Person making the will (...................................................)
I, the undersigned, certify that .....................................................the Will Maker has made this will in my presence and he/she has done it while he is fully sane and rational. Therefore, I am signing this document as the witness of this will.
Signature.....................................................Witness (.....................................................)
Signature.....................................................Witness and Recorder (.....................................................)

I used these forms no need for lawyers. Totally legalT13_Last_Will_and_Agreement.pdf

13_Last_Will_and_Testament.pdf

3 hours ago, Eligius said:

On the face of it, this looks EXTREMELY worrying for British retirees here. The irresponsible action of the British embassy in not confirming a retiree's income flow could be the death knell for many Brits here. Also, as far as I understand it, the British Government will not send pensions into a Thai bank account (only into a British one), and not every British bank will automatically forward a pension to a bank account in Thailand every month. Maybe I am wrong. 

 

Perhaps it is not as bad as I fear. What do other members think?

 

 

 

 

I have my pension paid into my Thai bank account, no problem with that, but hope they are only referring to those that do not have the 800k in a bank account over here for retirement. My state pension is nowhere near 65k a month!!

14 hours ago, sleepy99 said:

We've been together for 28 years, I am not worried about her.

I understand that I could have an ATM card made, but it has daily withdraw limits, if large sums are needed someone still needs to go to the bank personally.

Can't put the money in a joint account at the moment, since the money is still seasoning until next extension.

I just want to make sure that she can get this money out for me in case of an emergency where I physically can't do it myself. 

 

I don't know what bank you are with but my account has an atm card and my wife can withdraw 500K per day, when i die she can empty the account without going through the probate process. Same applies if she needed to withdraw funds if i was incapable.

2 hours ago, soleddy said:

They want 800.000 into a Thai bank so that if you die intestate they will keep it or else pick up the interest as a "fee" for holding it. Your lawyers in the UK or US will take about two years to get it back for a nice fee, and the bank also gets a nice fee for the transfer.

As confirmed by another poster, you need to do a will in thailand and have it witnessed etc. you can google and get a copy which i did. My wife and i went to the bank a couple of weeks ago (SCB) and organised that my account with the 800k in it can allow 500k a day to be withdrawn, so when i go she can empty the account and not have to wait around for months and involve lawyers etc.

6 minutes ago, colinneil said:

The scooter i have is an Extreme 420, it was imported from the USA, not by me.

Three years ago i saw a member on here advertise it, he was selling it on behalf of a Thai lady, who had been left it by an American who had it imported, sadly he died days after it arrived, and i purchased it.

Prakonchai Nick, went to Naklua, and did the deal, Jip99 went and collected it, and brought it here for me.

I never heard of that model i suppose with it being from the USA, the scooters i used to sell were mainly from Taiwan, called the Shoprider, really good machines. Not sure what size your tyres are but did you know you can get puncture proof tyres?

Can you keep your existing company and work permit, and work for the new company as a consultant and just invoice them each month? The benefit for the new company is that they would not have to pay any severance or social security tax, and you would be better off from a taxation point of view, whilst retaining the 3 year stay requirement.

On 8/2/2018 at 10:03 PM, hobobo said:

I'd stay in Nakhon Phanom forever, and I'd make sure the lady officer did as well! Well done, mate!

I live here full time now having moved up from Phuket, we lived there for 11 years , now retired.

This reminds me of an old joke.

Three guys standing over the grave of an old Poker friend. The four of them had just finished playing Poker when he dropped dead from

a heart attack. At the funeral The remaining three guys; give the winning from the night before.

First guy puts an envelope in the coffin containing $ 35,000. Second guy puts an envelope containing $22,000. The third guy, puts an envelope

containing $26,000; but it is a small thin envelope. The other two guys say to him. "Why is your envelope so small ? You should pay your debt,

even if he has died ? " The third man looked shocked. " Of course I paid him in full. " " I didn't have even cash, so I wrote him a cheque ".

Spend it now ! You cannot take it with you !

The way i heard it was this: the two guys put their money in and the third guy puts a cheque in for $83,000 and takes the cash !!

Hi Harry, thank you for the info most helpful, I will be flying with Qatar airways. Michael