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baansgr

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  1. 15 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

    If he had a Thai passport at one point then (unless the Thai Embassy that issued it screwed up massively) he has Thai citizenship.

     

    Pretty sure a person doesn't lose their Thai nationality just because their passport expired and they didn't renew it.

    ID cards are not issued until age 7, whereas passports are issued if required from day 1..so possibly this is his situation 

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  2. 10 hours ago, mommysboy said:

     

    A retiree today would be claiming 220 quid under the new state pension scheme.  It seems wrong.  People leave it a bit late to do anything about it- a solution for example would be a reset by moving back to UK for a year, or Philippines perhaps.

     

    In the end I think the only reasons were - A. It would cost too much.  B. Nobody cares that much in the UK.  In fact some blood thirsty wolves were all for cancelling the pension completely.  Campaigners shot everyone in the foot by vigorously demanding that a rise be backdated.

    But when you leave, I believe it goes back to the original time and amount when you left the country 

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  3. 11 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

    Why so much talk about dowry year after year. In some countries this is the culture, tradition and norm. Thailand has been one of those countries and in some way still is. How you, as a foreigner, reacts to that is up to you. It´s also up to your wife to be and her family how they react. Here one must just ask themselves how important this is. Mostly, we are talking about 200-300k baht, which is, barely, nothing at all if you have decided to stay in Thailand. Either you pay up and be happy, do talks where all agree that dowry is not needed or move on to another woman with a mindset and a family that accepts your view of dowry.

    Dowry is.not needed for a 47 year old grandmother...

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