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1 hour ago, Toscano said:
I cannot see the significance of the name change relative to the land registry office . As I understand foreigners are not allowed to own land , so purchase of land would be only in your wife's name .
The OP did not say land. There is every possibility that the title deed is from a condominium unit.
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5 hours ago, earthscar said:
Just bemused me that there was possibly some way a debt between private citizens could pass on to a child w/o the child signing/co-signing the document.
No, there is no legal possibility of this, however with a lot of people living in small communities it is often better for them to retain long term relationships rather than cause short term strife.
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The estate of the deceased will be liable for the debt. If the estate has insufficient funds then the debt can remain unpaid with no legal consequences for others, unless a third party guaranteed the debt, in which case the third party would become liable.
In reality, for a relatively small sum of money it may be better to pay so that cordial relations remain, even though there might not be a legal obligation to do so.
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Get your new passport with your new name and go to immigration to have your extension of stay transferred.
Then take your old passport, your new passport and your title deed to the land office so that the land office can note the changes.
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11 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
I think the UK passport office is being bit over the top about the spelling. Maybe showing her ID card with the spelling in english would help
The UK passport office has been quite firm about dual and multi nationals having identical passport names for some time now.
They are rather inflexible, or should I say that the individual examiners have no authority to override the rule.
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11 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
The site for the free deed poll states otherwise.
Yes, I know ????
Fortunately in this case I believe the website is incorrect.
Further investigation will show that the issue is not with the UK passport office. Instead, it is with second countries that take issue with a UK deed poll being used to try and change identity documents from the second country.
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22 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
It appears to me their best option might be to apply for the UK passport without informing them she has another passport when applies again.
The problem with this is that the UK passport office already know about the issue, and I guarantee that it will be recorded in the applicant's case notes as an action point.
Secondly, applicants are specifically asked in question 3 of a UK passport application, "Have you had or been included on any sort of passport before?" The question has a Yes/No tick box.
Personally, I wouldn't advise an applicant to sign a declaration when applying for a passport in this way, especially after the applicant has been notified about issues with the alignment of their dual passports.
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12 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
I looked at that site it says she would have to be a UK citizen from birth. It appears in her case it will not be that easy.
It appears to me their best option might be to apply for the UK passport without informing them she has another passport when applies again.
You don't have to be a UK citizen from birth to execute a deed poll. Anyone can execute a deed poll, it is more a matter of whether the UK passport office will accept the document.
The main issue for dual nationals using a deed poll is whether their second country will recognise the legality of the name change.
In this particular case, as the passport applicant would be changing their UK name to match their Thai name, there would be no issues in Thailand as no Thai-based documentation would need to be changed.
More detailed information can be found below:
https://deedpolloffice.com/change-name/who-can-change-their-name#nationality-restrictions
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3 minutes ago, tomacht8 said:There is a school on Sukhumvit Soi 4 in Bangkok.
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Visitor parking is on floor 5.
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14 minutes ago, Greenwich Boy said:
I know you need two pre paid cards, that is fine
You can also buy single use tickets at each station. Pre-paid cards can, however, save significant time at peak hours.
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19 minutes ago, Neeranam said:
Could this be an issue?
The UK has been insisting on identical names in all passports for some time, however I cannot speak for the passport office.
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4 hours ago, paul-s said:
We have considered changing her name here on the UK, but travel to Thailand in 5 weeks.
Changing your wife's name in the UK can be done in a matter of minutes, for free.
Use this website to create a deed poll:
In the UK a deed poll does not need to be registered. Instead it can be unenrolled. An unenrolled deed poll is completely acceptable to the passport office.
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Would the passport office accept her changing her UK name to match her Thai name?
If they will then you can use an unenrolled deed poll that can be printed off various websites for free and witnessed by two people, one of whom can be you.
That is going to be so much easier.
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Before you even start, you are required by Section 23 of the Building Control Act 1979 to obtain permission to demolish the building. You should be able to obtain this permission from the District Office.
Demolishing the house will more than likely cause the current house registration to be cancelled, which will in turn change the tax liability for the land from a residential house or second house to vacant land.
Unless the house and/or land is incredibly expensive this won't be too much of an issue unless you leave the land vacant for many years.
To answer your questions, you would normally remove both the superstructure and the substructure in its entirety.
It is extremely unlikely that you would re-use a foundation of unknown origin and composition for a modern house. For starters, you probably would not even want the same floor plan.
Also, there is little to be gained from building a modern house and using an unknown and antiquated septic tank. The cost of a new replacement will be a very small part of your future build costs.
You should find the demolition costs to be quite reasonable. The cost of carting away and disposing of the waste material is normally much more, although you may receive a combined price for the job.
During demolition someone needs to be on site to check the demolition crew do not use an excavation machine to dig a big hole and bury a large portion of the waste material to save themselves the effort of carting the material away.
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Emquartier is as busy as it was pre-pandemic.
MBK has always had a very high percentage of tourist visitors/customers. That mall will only recover when tourism starts once more in earnest, unless the owners decide to repivot.
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3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:From whom can I get legally binding answers about what is possible (considering the construction and load bearing walls in the building) and allowed and what not?
From a member of the Association of Thai Structural Engineers. A licensed Thai structural engineer is pretty much the only person who can give you a legally binding answer that you will be able to rely on in Court should any part of the building become overstressed, damaged or fail as a result of your or your agent's actions.
Or, and this is the important point, should you be accused of damaging the common property of the building whether you did so or not.
You are an old hand in Thailand, and you know very well that this could go awry, which is why I suspect you are taking the very sensible path of asking for advice.
It would cost nothing for a small group of co-owners to petition the police and lodge a complaint against you, which as you well know, would immediately put you on the back foot.
This might seem like a serious answer, but I cannot simply say that removing all the "thin" walls would be an ok thing to do.
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5 hours ago, BAKABAS said:
I wish to set up a business in Thailand.
1. What sort of business? A restaurant? A furniture relocation company? A craft beer brewery?
2. Have you previously set up, worked in, and/or managed this sort of business in your home country? How much knowledge and experience of your chosen business area do you have?
3. Do you have any other type of business experience that would benefit your startup? Are you an accountant? Do you have experience with stocktaking? Have you previously founded other companies, whether successful or not?
4. How well can you read, write and speak business level Thai?
The answers you give will greatly help us advise you.
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1 minute ago, BritManToo said:
Do they ask every person that visits a UK hospital these questions?
I've certainly never encountered them.
I haven't encountered them either, but forewarned is forearmed.
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The NHS uses a standard set of questions to determine Ordinary Residence.
As it happens, I have attached those questions and also the way answers are assessed.
It's always good to know the logic underpinning the NHS Ordinarily Resident test.
Click the following link to download the PDF:
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30 minutes ago, brianthainess said:
Where I am you must leave a 2 METER gap between property and boundary, this does not include roof overhang and I thought that was common everywhere 1/2 a mt are you sure about that ?
Apologies, I was in Bangkok mode when I write that. In Bangkok, Section 56 of the Bangkok Ordinance re Building Control B.E 2544 (2001) allows for a minimum gap between buildings of 50 centimetres.
Other provinces will differ. The starting point is the Building Control Act (1979), however each province can also be subject to a specific Ministerial Regulation.
It might well be that in one province the distance to boundary can be 2 meters and in another province the distance will be 1 meter. I doubt it will surprise anyone reading this that there is a complete lack of consistency across provinces in regard to this.
The closest the gap can be, however, is 50 centimetres. Any closer requires written consent of the other party.
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Backfilling a property with soil is a common practice, and issues such as this arise from time to time.
The first thing to understand is that you are not allowed to make a permanent construction such as a kitchen within 50 centimetres of your boundary wall. This puts you on the back foot as you state the area has been turned into a kitchen.
The second issue is that your neighbour is allowed to backfill the entirety of his land. If the boundary wall is shared between your property then it will be up to both of you to decide a reasonable course of action.
Such action might be a plastic barrier membrane installed at your expense.
The only way to stop an action like this is to build your boundary wall a few centimetres inside the true boundary of your property, thereby leaving an "air gap" between your boundary wall and the curtilage of your neighbour's property. This air gap could not be filled as it belongs to you.
What I would strongly suggest you do not do is get into any kind of a dispute about this. Boundary issues make lawyers salivate more than a free steak dinner, especially when the answer is not clear cut.
You might also consider the cost of installing a thin interior wall with an air gap inside your kitchen. It might be cheaper than the external membrane. For example, leave an air gap, then build a thin half-height wall and fit a shelf/ledge on top of the new wall. Just a suggestion.
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