Chongalulu

I’ve tentative plans for June /July. Perhaps when it finally dawns on them they’re ruining their tourist industry and the reputation and have another flip flop..Better to wait until uk summer anyway

All looks pretty innocent to me … I mean none of them are carrying plastic bags . ????‍♂️

Bananas ? ????

And if only they could similarly get rid of them in a couple of years (or sooner) when they mess up,eh…?

If you’re gonna have a fight with him I’ll hold your wallet… ????

And don’t sit in a passenger seat next to someone who’s borrowed money…? ????

It’s just part of the circus/pantomime act . No one actually thinks to question why /what it’s supposed to achieve. Typical of the Thai ???? lack of critical thinking.

Friend is a BA captain- only cargo flights indeed.

I understand what you mean. I shudder to think what might’ve happened had I not brought my 9 year old stepdaughter to UK . In a decent UK state school she went on to get A levels in maths and English and a first class honours in Business economics at a decent university and now at 26 earns a very good living getting a graduate level job in on line commerce. That said she is considerably brighter than the average Thai I meet . There must be hundreds of thousands of kids here there futures blighted by the appalling educational system here . See PISA educational tables for Thailand’s ranking ????

They’ve kept a not very bright,poorly educated and inward looking populous sufficiently nationalistic that they don’t appreciate how self inflicted this destruction of their tourist industry is.

It wasn’t a claim that Portugal would suit everyone in Thailand better ! ????

I know of at least 2 friends that have committed to moving to Portugal,one a family. While probably a little more expensive overall there are particular tax incentives offered by the government which probably more than offset that and of course no ‘Russian roulette' with visa renewal,as here. The difference between a government tolerating your presence while it suits vs one which actively encourages retirees to move there . For Europeans having the rest of Europe on the doorstep too must be an advantage .

4% is actually very poor for a developing country supposedly recovering from the pandemic. Even developed UK is forecast around 7% and France and Germany greater than 4%. The continued destruction of the tourist industry likely accounts for depressing a better figure.

Nextbase recommended I use Sandisk 32 gb (ultra I think) which wasn’t expensive here and fixed a problem I had. I have the duo model but found even after I got nextbase themselves to replace the internal battery it didn’t last long . I think the heat in Thailand kills it ? But it’s only really a backup for when not connected to the car battery so not a practical problem that stops it working ordinarily.

Damn! He missed the trick of reminding us how many vaccines Thailand donated to the inferior USA… I’ve got that the right way round haven’t I ..? ????‍♂️

I use it via the website but presume,unlike all my uk banks and credit card companies Kasikorn hasn’t enabled fingerprint id on their app which makes OTP superfluous? Otherwise can’t see the point of the app

Talking about 2 Thai drivers and so that statement inherently has a 99.99% probability of being correct! ????

It wasn’t a post solely directed to you! It’s a wider discussion about a possible general trend in immigration which might be of interest to others. You have the option to do us all a favour by walking away !

I’m reluctant to specify in case of potential comeback,but it’s one generally regarded as formerly being relatively easy and helpful to deal with and we always dress smartly ,have all the correct paperwork and are very polite.I noticed a couple of others in there seemingly having issues,hence my implication that something might have changed..

I think you’ve missed the point. Things are being made artificially more difficult (the excuses will be tailor made to your circumstances) and I think it’s to put pressure on to use an agent- for the reasons we are all well aware of !-. I’ve had several years of no problems using income method at my office,but this year providing exactly the same proofs (including all the fx documents) nonsense questions like " why did I bring in so MUCH money" (I brought in way above the requirements ) and where was I getting the money from ! None of which are germane to my application! It too was hinted at that next year ' it wouldn’t be accepted " ????.

While yes he can drive for 1 year on the Thai license his biggest problem will be insurance. He’s both young,no uk licence nor resident and no no claims bonus,all of which counts heavily against him. Expect a premium in excess of £2000 ! His cheapest option is to become a named driver on another’s policy and pay them the difference. Generally it would be cheaper for him to use taxis when necessary

Irrelevant

I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt by putting it down to your menopause/ time of the month rather than ill informed ignorance, although I’m not ruling out a combination of all three…

And Thailand slowly strangles the last remaining breaths of their once vibrant tourist economy. Articles reporting this kind of thing is appearing increasingly often in World press. The results will be well deserved although sympathy for the unemployed workers just trying to make a living .

What people? The problem exists and there’s little you can do when you’re on the end of it