blackcab

Moved to the Home Country forum.

You need a Court order.

Like in any country, people are free to sell or encumber their assets when they wish.

The only lawful authority that can stop this is the Court.

To be fair, if the land is subject to litigation this should be one of the first applications to Court that the lawyer makes.

3 hours ago, Hal65 said:

Does Thai public record list mailing addresses of out of country foreign (condo) owners?

No, not really. The Land Office has the contact information given to them by the owner when the owner purchased the condo unit. This contact information is not public and may not be up to date.

The condominium managers office may have such contact information. They might contact the owner for you if there was something in it for them.

In Bangkok:

Medconsult

At the present time everyone who has entered Thailand needs to take a PCR test.

This includes Thai citizens.

If you do not wish to be PCR tested then you will have to wait to re-enter Thailand until a time when the Thai government relaxes the testing requirements.

21 hours ago, rose33 said:

This definitely has less value than a lifetime usufruct.

Don't assume so. It's not uncommon for a 30 year lease to cost the same as the current market value of the land.

Watches generally attract a 5 per cent import duty, plus vat.

However some countries have an exemption, such as Japan, where the import duty is 0 per cent. Quite handy if you are importing a Grand Seiko.

The 40 per cent mentioned above is the ceiling rate. This is the maximum authorized rate, however WTO rates would always take precedence over the ceiling rate, and General rates would almost always take precedence over WTO rates.

This topic is already running here:

https://aseannow.com/topic/1247214-cabinet-approves-plans-to-attract-long-stay-foreigners-to-thailand/

1 hour ago, Regain said:

Can i reduce rent payment, pay government electric rates instead of nearly double?

No, that's not going to be part of your contact.

Your legal options are to pay to fix it yourself or to give your landlord notice and move, assuming you are past your minimum length of contact.

The BOI have the below urgent announcement on their website. It would appear that if an applicant has a valid extension based on volunteering then there are no problems at all. They just have to show documentary proof.

For everyone else they have a different suggestion.

I realise that few people will be impacted by the decision by the BOI, but the chances are they are carrying out this policy in the same manner as other immigration offices.

https://smart-visa.boi.go.th/smart/

Where is the Odeon Circle? Is this another name for the 22 July Roundabout?

Calling China Town experts...

Reputable paint companies such as TOA or Dyno Paint have technical specifications for the application of their products.

On large commercial jobs companies such as TOA or Dyno Paint will provide a technician who inspects every stage of the work, and their approval is required before the next stage is allowed to start.

If what you are reading is that a multi-stage process is required then the chances are that you are being sold a process that will not deliver long term benefits.

As the British Embassy does not issue passports this topic has been moved to the Home Country forum.

Moved to the UK Home Country forum.

36 minutes ago, Speedo1968 said:

You do not retain your passport if you use an agency

Why's that?

Speaking for myself, I wouldn't be too happy with an agent holding onto my passport for two months or more.

Why would your passport be sent to the UK?

If you apply for a UK passport in Thailand you retain custody of your old passport until the time you collect your new passport.

At which time your old passport has the corner cut off the front cover and it is then returned to you.

Perhaps the email meant that your application had been received. The agent is probably keeping custody of your old passport and they will return it to you with your new passport.

I'm moving this to the banking and business forum as it will receive a wider audience.

Although this topic is not strictly about Thailand I am sure there are many members who will have a common interest in this topic.

9 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

If the the ratio allows for more foreign ownership, because it's registered to the company, could he/the company not just sell it to himself, or his foreign children? 

Owning a property via a company is normally done so that the property falls into the Thai quota, as nearly all Thai companies must be majority owned by Thai people.

3 hours ago, Harveyboy said:

if so why don't they let me change

The building management company has no control over who owns what. However, you cannot just change your condo unit from Thai owned quota to foreign owned quota. The only way to do this is to change the ownership of the condo unit via a sale or deed of gift at the land office.

This is why I suggested you ask the building management company what the current ratio of Thai to Foreign owned units is. Without this information you will be operating in the dark.

The correct answer from the building management company will be a percentage, for example 10.9 per cent or 47.6 per cent. Anything else is not the correct answer.

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