richard_smith237

Turns out Bob Smith is really Bob Kumar ???

Yes, if you have your name in the Yellow Tabien Baan (house book) you ’should’ be good to go. Note: I used a copy the Yellow Tabien Baan (house book) for registration of a motorcycle in Bangkok recently so it should be no issue whatsoever. That said: when applying for a DL some area DLT’s accept the Tabien Baan and some don’t (i.e. DLT Area 3 at Sukhumvit Bangkok definitely do (did 2 years ago), but I’ve read on here than in Pattaya for some reason they don’t). No issues there... You shouldn’t have any problem registering the bike in your name with the Tabien Baan as proof of address. There's a lot of conflicting info and the 3 month rule has also been debated - but thats the general gist of it... Rule of thumb: Get a Thai Licence if you can, it removes any potential ambiguity. That said: you should be good to go with your home licence and IDP for up to a year if stopped. Thats it - a Copy of your Yellow Tabien Baan (house book) with your name in it matching the name in the copy of your passport (and a photo copy of your Passport and perhaps visa stamp).... That depends on the age of your licence and what endorsements it contained at the time. There are power restrictions etc... For example: my UK car licence has the ‘AM’ endorsement on the back... it allows for 2-wheeled or 3-wheeled vehicles with a maximum design speed of over 25km/h (15.5mph) but not more than 45km/h (28mph)... Also the ‘A [79(3)]’ endorsement, which is restricted to ’Trikes’.. BUT... it has a picture silhouette of a motorcycle on it, so with this the Thai DLT gave me a full motorcycle licence !!!!

..........Bob Smith ???? ???? Did she ask for more money ????.....

Go to a competitor - they’ll likely have the same phone deal Trx your number across for free. For what it’s worth, my Wife got a good deal (DTAC - iPhone 12 - monthly contract) and could use her existing number with no extra charges. So I don’t know why they won’t allow you to do the same.

Transfer of any number should be free. No idea why they are charging 200b extra per month for his, there is no reason to.

I’d walk away from this. Go with a different operator who will take your original number. I’ve never had issues switching number to a new operator (no extra charges). Currently we have our package (internet / TV / Cell-Sim), I was able to keep my original number. Expected hassle, there was none. Try True - they may offer a better arrangement in transferring your number for no extra cost.

Its a fairly simple process... A coupe of forms (per vehicle). - Transfer of vehicle form - Power of attorney form (for recipient to act on your behalf at DLT). - Signed copy of your Passport and Visa page. - Signed page on Blue / Green Books. You’d need this for each vehicle - then your daughter could go down to the DLT and make the transfers into her name (if she has time, although you said she doesn’t). As far as agencies - I’m not sure. Perhaps the same agents who help with driving licences can also do this (they may be familiar with how the DLT works) - they usually advertise on facebook. Going the agency route with a power of attorney letter obviously comes with the risk of fraud. I would be better for your daughter to go there personally than using an agent you were just introduced to. -------- I’m sure you’ll get a load of PM’s from hard done by foreigners looking to pick up a little quick cash to help out !!! ( I remember when I was looking for a driver I received a hand full of PM’s from forum members looking to offer their ‘driving services’ !!! )

I'm inclined to agree... However, it was explained to me at the DLT that if someone is living in Thailand and is on a Non-Immigrant Visa they are considered a resident and need to get a Thai Driving Licence. It was also explained to me that only Non-Imm visa holders can get the 5 year licence, those on Tourist Visas (and also Thai Elite Visas) are only given another 2 year licence on renewal. Of course - what we are told is often different from the law. The law is often not followed. The law and what we are told varies from office to office... and what we are told varies from person to person within the same office !!!.... This is often the source of many disagreements on here... So, what I understand the regulations to be as they have been explained to me by the DLT often varies with what someone else believes. Ultimately - we get whatever we can get. ---------- I encountered contradictory information at the same DLT. I was initially renewing a 5 year licence I was told I could only renew to a 2 year licence as I wasn’t holding a Non-Imm visa (I was on Thai Elite an thats not considered a resident visa), thus I was issued a 2 year temp licence.... two years later when I went to renew that I was given a 5 years licence, even though I was still on the Thai Elite Visa !!!... Go figure !! either the regs changed or they were interpreted differently by a different officer (or they simply didn’t know). As I wrote.... Ultimately - we get whatever we can get and if it doesn’t go our way, we write it off as TiT In the case of the Op: He should have no issue getting a Licence - his biggest hurdle is getting proof of address. - Some immigration offices only give the Certificate of Address letter if a 90 day report has been made. - Some Embassies (i.e. UK) will not give the Affirmation of residence letter if on a tourist visa or visa exempt entry.

IF they haven’t already, people are going to start suspecting your deliberate obtuseness is not so deliberate... IF you provide examples of dangerous driving or a car accident in the UK, would you consider that as valid evidence that the Thai road deaths are not as severe as people and stats suggest ???

Then you are getting hung on on semantics... Double Charging in the context of over charing foreigners doesn’t mean charing exactly twice the amount. That said, in another contexts such as that of receiving a double charge on your credit card bill means being charged for the same thing twice, exactly double. You have suffered from a failure to both grasp context and understand that phrases are not solely restricted to the use you understand.

But the Thais are paying less so it reduces our premiums! I never get excited about the fact some people are paying less than me. Didn't Aseop write a fable about this kind if jealous anxiety about a dog and a manger? You have gone full on apologist: The Thai’s are paying the going rate at hospitals. Foreigners and foreign insurance companies are paying more and the hospitals are not passing this profit on to its customers as savings. Hospitals are not ’non profit’ organisations, when they are doing better they don’t reduce their costs to customers. You seem to believe the Hospitals are passing on the additional profits from dual-charing foreigners and foreign Insurance companies on to their Thai Patients and Thai insurance company in the manner of ‘discounts’.... you are wholly naive.

I have to ask you [Hammer], Do you believe the general attitudes towards safety and Child safety in Thailand are better than the UK ??? .... better than many of our home countries ??? OR... do feel you have to object because you really really like it here so feel the need to defend your choice for being here which also means defending against any criticism of anything Thai ??? You seem unable to be able to differentiate between having a negative opinion on one (or even a handful of facets of Thailand life) and having a dislike between everything Thai. Mine is not a Thai bash. But, it is bash on the general attitude towards safety in Thailand... particularly the attitude towards safety of children in Thailand.

WRONG: You have taken the phrase ‘double charging’ literally and in doing so are either being obtuse. In this case... the phrase ‘double charging’ is the same thing as ‘dual pricing’.... it means one party is charged a different price than another, or there could be a whole range of tiered prices depending nationality or other factors. In the context of this thread and pretty much everywhere else the phrase ‘double charging’ pops up with regards to ‘foreigners paying a different price’ its does not mean being charged twice .... the English for that would be ‘charged double’ !!!

Think bigger picture - it puts up our premiums !

I think this is underlying xenophobia and simply clumsiness due to lack of thought rather than any underlying or inherent racism. It is also quoted that ‘hotel rooms are cleaned to international standard’ which implies that something foreign is in fact ‘better’. Thus: As with many of the comments and statements in Thailand, I don’t think racism is involved, but I do think there is an absence of thought to towards the ‘optics’ of such statements which allow underlying xenophobic colours to surface... Public figures in Thailand are in dire need of media training instead of spouting off thoughtlessly...

A separate issue from ownership but valid nevertheless. IF the OP has either of the following he’s good to drive / ride in Thailand. - Driving Licence in English with motorcycle endorsement. - Motorcycle licence in English language. - Motorcycle licence in non-English language accompanied with an IDP - Not on a Non-Immigrant Visa (i.e. on tourist visa or visa exempt). IF the OP is on a Non-Immigrant Visa, its considered he’s on a resident visa and as a resident should be driving / riding on a Thai Licence, in which case. - He can get a Thai Motorcycle licence with his Driving Licence in English with motorcycle endorsement. - He can get a Thai Motorcycle licence with his Driving Licence in English with motorcycle endorsement.

Or... you can only bang the Aussie half of her..

Anyone with any sense knows what to keep out of reach of children without need for labels. We’ve become accustomed to labels simply because of the spread of US ’suing culture’). A label isn’t going to stop a 3 year old... and if a parent needs a label to know that something is harmful to a child then maybe they really shouldn’t be parents - part of the issue is that any idiot can become a parent !!! Any parents that leaves their medication out where a 3 year old could consume it is wholly negligent. The issue is the absence of basic levels parental supervision and awareness of basic child safety.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14470540/teen-mum-pretty-little-thing-baby-die/ And hundreds more stories like this suggesting you just seem to have an obsession with making critical generalisations about Thailand without context being blind to the faults of your own country. Quoting that ‘it happens elsewhere’ (and a british tabloid story) does not invalidate the comment that the general attitudes towards safety in Thailand and the general attitudes towards child safety in Thailand is poor when compared to our home countries (i.e the UK). Look at drownings and other accidents... IF you think Thailand is safer for children and there a fewer easily avoidable child deaths (per 100,000 of population) then you would be quite wrong.... This is not a ’turd that can be polished or rolled in glitter’ because it hurts your sensitivities and you think its a Thai-bash... Any (educated) Thai person would make the same observation. Read Pantip forum and you will see that many of the criticisms levied against Thailand by Westerners are also the exactly same criticisms levied against Thailand by Thai’s.... Thai’s don’t need your 'gone native’ defence to brush reality under the carpet. Identifying real issues is not a Thai-bash....

Well technically they are correct... As with Covid, IF caught outside of Thailand and brought in there is some blame which can be directed towards foreigners... even if a Thai caught it overseas and carried it into Thailand. But... Your point remains valid, there is a strong element of xenophobia and the ‘avoid sexual contact with foreigners’ comment.... IF THAT COMMENT IS TRANSLATED CORRECTLY !!!!! Yes, that statement need capitals... because a coupe of years back the vast majority of foreigners in Thailand who read it took sleight when it was reported (translated) that Anutin stated “Dirty Foreigners.....”... which is not exactly what he said... the comment was deliberately transliterated by the media into click-bait gold !!!... All of that said - the comment itself is still extremely clumsy and unprofessional from someone in public office..... “be careful......” etc etc should be the statement as the statement in its current guise could be more damaging as there is an implication that Thais would not carry the virus !

A Thai Immigration officer refused to allow a Thai national entry with a valid Thai Passport ?.... Interesting... That said: Thai Immigration officers can’t legally reject Thai Nationals because they don’t like that the Thai holds dual nationality. There is always more to the story when something seemingly so strange happens. Perhaps the Thai Passport had expired and you didn’t get the complete story from your ’Thai Lady Friend’.. ? We (Wife, Son and I) travel in and out regularly, I’ve never once considered hiding my Son’s British Passport because a Thai Immigration officer may not like the idea he has dual nationality. ... In the scenario you mention, IF the Immi officer didn’t like it, there is nothing he can do about it at all anyway. But... IF it makes someone more comfortable, sure.. go ahead and hide it, no real harm in that either... It just seems a little ‘paranoid’ to me.

An equal argument, there is no proof that the cookie the child ate didn’t contain marijuana. Clearly there were 'marijuana laced cookies’ in the house. Thus, with access to such cookies it was a possibility the child ate one, given the child's symptoms, that possibility becomes a probability.

Its valid criticism of the attitudes towards safety and the absence of responsibility of those tasked with providing primary care to children... Very warranted... based on frequent and utterly avoidable deaths of children in Thailand... drownings in village ponds, in khlongs and rivers, children unrestrained in cars, on motorcycles without helmets.. the list goes on.... So you were partially correct, my comment was criticism of Thailands attitudes towards safety, but that criticism is very far from being unjustified - it is wholly justified. An absence of adequate supervision is the very reason this news story exists. And yes, parental irresponsibility exists elsewhere and it deserves criticism wherever it exists... But just read a lot more of it here than I do in the UK news for example.

To buy and own - you need just your money. Perhaps your passport as ID. To register the motorcycle in your name you will need proof of address... i.e. a Certificate of Address (from Immigration) or an Affirmation of Residence (letter from Embassy / Consulate).

Unfortunately its true... but not 100%... In Government Hospitals, charing non-Thai’s more is now state-sanctioned - there are even notices stating such. In private hospitals there is also a double-charging system. My wife had a minor procedure last year... Cost was approximately 65,000 baht (one night spent in hospice). Initially she was quoted that the charge would be +/- 40,000 baht.... When she provided her international Insurance card the price increased. She was told that the initial price was for self pay or Thai Insurance.