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I've used icontainers to move full container loads from the US to Thailand. They are cheap but there is a lot that can go wrong if you don't know what your are doing.

I plugged in your details: 20 foot FCL, Bangkok port to Long Beach, California for personal effects and the prices were under 2,900 dollars for the sea freight portion only. You still will have to pay all the costs to get the container on the ship and off the ship.

However you have to understand there could be extras. For example you will be charged if you don't have a loading dock. You will be charged if the truck has to go to a non-commercial address. You will have a maximum of 2 hours to load the entire container. You will need your own bolt seal. You will have to prepare your own customs paperwork. (For Thailand that means paperless customs which you have to be previously registered for). You need to weigh the container. Also check if each pallet has to be individually weighed for a personal effects move, or whether the total SOLAS VGM can be used.

Any mistakes and you will incur time delays which you will be charged for on a daily basis. If your paperwork is not correct you will be charged container hire per day and dock storage per day.

I would at least use a Thai customs agent to clear your container this end. They cost a few thousand baht and they will talk to the truck driver, get your load into port, process the paperwork and pay any fees on your behalf. However you will still need to ask them about paperless customs and how to deal with that.

I would suggest you first move your goods to a storage unit which has good access, a loading dock and a forklift (if such a place exists). Palletize your goods, wrap and band the pallets and have your tie down straps and bolt seal ready.

Make arrangements to hire their forklift and driver on loading day as well as a few people to help load and tie down. You will have 2 hours to load.

Take photos of the load, bolt seal the door, take a photo of the bolt seal, take a photo of the container number.

If you haven't done this before you will be lucky to get it through without any problems.

A much easier option would be a LCL. I plugged in 1,000kg, 10cbm and 5 boxes of personal effects and got a price of about 1,100 dollars.

This way you could palletize, box and weigh your goods and have a forklift put them on a truck for you and then the rest is taken care of.

Understand that with LCL your goods must be stackable, meaning they must be boxed in a way that allows another pallet to sit on them, otherwise you will be charged extra because the shipper loses to ability to make money from the space on top of your pallet. Obviously for double height pallets (bulky but not heavy items) this will not apply.

Good luck, and understand you will need a Thai speaker who is used to dealing with Thai businesses or who is capable of doing so. The first thing you need to do is talk to a Thai customs agent about exactly what you have to provide them to clear the container onto the ship.

That's impossible to answer. You can ask at the land office - there is no secret about the fees. It will be much less than if you sold the land to a non family member.

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Your company is completely responsible. The original invoice from the agent should have shown 7 per cent VAT and then less a 3 percent deduction for WHT. Your company should then have issued a WHT form to the agent and paid the witheld money to the revenue office.

Your company did not do that, so effectively the agent took 3 per cent of your money. It is the responsibility of the company to withhold tax, however, so it's time to quietly pay up.

You may also have to pay a late fee of 200 baht and penalty interest of 1.5 per cent a month.

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Bank transfer is easiest, followed by depositing cash into their account using a Cash Deposit Machine or a bank teller.

As stated, it is unlikely you would get a cheque book, and even if you did you would find it very difficult to use.

Transactions are either in cash or performed electronically.

I'm going to move this to the Banking forum.

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Or you can purchase a ticket in person from the counter at their head office, which is near BTS Mochit.

This is not really related to Thailand, but it could be entertaining.

Moved to the pub.

8 hours ago, swm59nj said:

Sorry I had it backwards. It was 20 baht per unit for electricity and 5 baht per unit for water.

Do you mean 20 baht per unit for water and 5 baht per unit for electricity? That would make sense.

If you get the electric bill to pay yourself and then pay 20 baht per unit for the water that's the same deal you will find in many, many condo buildings.

The rates you were quoted were about right. The government rate varies from month to month, but for electric it is 4 point something baht per unit. Many landlords round this to 5 baht for consistency.

Government water rates are less than 20 baht, but many condo buildings do not have government water meters for each condo unit. Instead the building installs their own meters and charges 20 baht per unit. Any profit should go into the building common fund.

Rather than asking if you will be charged government rates, a better question might be will you get the electric bill to pay yourself. As nearly all bills are delivered to the property, the answer is normally yes.

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4 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Yeah always 2 sides to every story and there's more.

 

" Thai Supreme Court ruling 2297/1998 states that the lessor (landlord) does not have to be the owner of the property.

Therefore the Usufructuary can rent out the land.

Although in the event of death of the Usufructuary within the lease term, only the usufruct will be terminated but not the lease." 

In this case the OP stated the encumbrance was a lease. That's quite different to a usufruct.

2 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Maybe the 30 year lease would be void if the land was sold then he would be vacating the house & land

The lease is vacant if he formally cancels it at the land office. The sale of the land has no effect on a registered lease.

3 hours ago, khunbaa said:

...during that time they had bought a house and nice piece of land...

When you say "they', whose money paid for the land? Was it 50/50, or did the husband use 100 per cent of his money?

The husband has a 30 year lease. When this expires he will have to vacate the land. The woman can sell the land at any point, but the lease will remain registered against the land until it expires or the ex husband formally agrees to its cancellation.

As has been stated, very few people would buy land they could do nothing with for 15 years unless they got a very large discount.

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9 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:

I would first call PEA or go in one of their offices with the receipts and/or proofs of payment.

This is another option. Personally I would give the manager a few days to sort her own mistake out.

There is a good chance the hospital will register the birth at the district office for you. Get your wife to ask them if they provide this service. If they do, they will provide your wife with a copy of the requirements. Normally, it would be a signed copy of your passport and your marriage certificate. Your wife will have to provide her documents aswell.

As you are married then your name has already been transliterated into Thai, so no problems there. It needs to be exactly the same spelling on the birth certificate.

Do check the requirements of your own country regarding translations of Thai documents into your native language (if required). It's going to be much easier to get things sorted in Thailand if you are certain what is required.

Remember that your child must be registered in a Thai house book within 15 days. Your wife can do this or she can authorise someone to do it for her.

Once the house book is completed you will be able to get the child a Thai passport. Remember that you must be at the passport office with your wife to apply for the passport. It's also a good time to renew your wife's passport if the validity is short.

Good luck, congratulations in advance and feel free to ask questions so you can get your timeline sorted.

Your son entered on a British passport and will exit on a British passport. You have the TM6 card aswell, so you won't have any problems at all.

Is his current extension of stay from immigration in his latest passport? Don't forget to get it changed over to his new passport if you haven't already.

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Yes, go and talk to the manager who made the payment and politely tell them the money has not been received by the electricity company, so you want a refund.