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40 minutes ago, jackdd said:

This advertisement might be fake, this is an Indian Scoopy, same as these ones: https://www.jualmotorbekas.com/scoopy/scoopy-2010/

You can even see the front license plate on the picture.

Thanks, but it is a pic of a similar model i found on the net, not from the small add.

2 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

You'll get wet and maybe get a cold or flu!

Ok, get lost with your stupid trolling.

1 minute ago, PatOngo said:

Just avoid riding on rainy days!

Thanks, and of course i need to ask you what is the reason.

Scoopy lovers, I found a 2010 scoopy for sale (25K km, 15K Bath).

As you can see in the pics of a similar model, the front design is quite unusual with turning lights fixed on the handlebar and not on the body.

The saddle looks a bit different as well not sure if it's smaller or just in a different position.

I confirmed with the seller that the engine displacement is 108CC.

Are those 2010 model ok and the difference just cosmetics or should I avoid them?

Is the price right?

Thanks

4 hours ago, thequietman said:

Yep. love my Click 150i, but feet and leg room is Sheeee Ight. ????

Thanks, have you compared with the Scoopy?

Hi,

Altough i am not very tall (1m69 / 5.54 feet) I have the feeling that you get more space for your leg on the scoopy than on the click and that it would make any ride lasting more than 20 minutes more comfortable on the Scoopy.

For those who knows well these two models, am I right?

Hi,

I will move from a condo in Pattaya to an other condo in Pattaya.

The landlord can do online TM30.

Do I have to go to Jomtien immigration anyway and fill the TM28 form?

If that the case, what docs do I need? New online TM30 registration screenshot, new contract, anything else....?

Thanks

9 hours ago, Misty said:

Hi Fletc

Hi Fletch,

 

The IB institutional application asks a number of questions regarding employment, where funds come from etc.  They may have a somewhat different application or requirements for individual investors. 

 

Depending on the time of day one of their offices will be open.  Right now Hong Kong staff should be there - give them a call, ask for the account opening department - they should be able to help you.

 

Cheers

Lot of useful infos, Thanks.

I wont start the process before several weeks as I have to terminate my fiscal residency in France before and that means starting first to move funds out from brokers and bank account that don't accept non residents.

I was thinking as an alternative solution to open with IB Europe first as i am still resident there and then ask them to transfer it to IB LLC.

But this infos made me think that it could be harder than open straight the account in Thailand.

https://ibkr.info/article/936

But i may be wrong, if anyone has experience or input about transfers of IB accounts from Europe to SEA, it would be nice.

On 5/23/2019 at 4:42 PM, Thailand J said:

Today I ordered a transfer into BKKBThBK as a test at 10:50am local time, money arrived at 1:29 pm local time...within 3 hour!

I used the default Chase Bank as intermediary, the fee was $2 as I expected..same as that with Schwab. Of course the usual 500B Bangkok Bank receiving fee. Good deal compared to TW.

One security code via SMS to set up the bank info and another to transfer money, easy. First transfer of the month is free, $10 each after that. MOnthly auto transfer can be set up .

 

Hi, Interesting, hope you are still around as I would have few questions.

1) Did they ask you for an "employer name"? I see it is one of the requirement on their website for "other countries"

2) I live in Thailand but my money is in Euro, is it possible to fund this account using an european bank as a recipient? I know for IB Europe you can use a branch of Citi in Germany not sure about the IB for Thailand.

That's important because if i have to transfer first my euros to a non UE bank it will cost me big in fees.

Thanks

13 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You report is due in October as shown on the slip immigration put in your passport.

You got a new entry in July when your visa was issued that canceled out your entry in June.

 

Thanks Ubon Joe. Do you think they can argue that i should have done a a new TM30 24h after being stamped at CW, even if not out of the country (and did not sleep in BKK)?

It is too late to do anything about it now but just to be prepaired.

I don't really trust elite answer for anything outside BKK and was hoping either some expert advice from here or a reply from someone who had the same issue.

Making the 90 days report for piece of mind now makes sense, except that when i do again in december i can have an other officer telling me that it should have been done 3 month after stamped, so in october.

Good Morning,

I've finally done the Elite Visa in July.

Already in Thailand since June, I took the option of doing it in Bangkok CW instead of flying out of the country.

So i have now in my passport the Visa, the stamp from CW "admitted" from July 2019 to July 2020 and a litlle piece of paper stating that my 90 days report is due for october 2019.

My TM6 aka departure card is still the same i got when I arrived in thailand in june and it is now 90 days since i crossed the border.

If I was living in BKK i would not worry too much. Thing is I live in Pattaya where i have registered my TM30 in june.

Can I be confident that Jomtien immigration will take the date from the stamp of CW (July) and not the date of my arrival in Thailand (june) to count the days for the 90 days report?

Thanks

Hi,

Applied for Elite visa, they made clear that if granted and then done by Bangkok immigration i will have to show a TM30 receipt.

I have the TM30 for my actual condo in Pattaya.

I am on VE extended till 4th of august.

I did some research on the forum, i understood that the form to fill if already registered on arrival via TM30 is named TM28 for address change.

Just would need to know if the receipt i will get is the same as the original TM30 and will then be accepted if i have to show it for the elite visa.

Located in Pattaya, I'm currently on DTAC at 4 mbps unlimited.

Quite satisfied, even tough it could be better.

Will i notice a real difference if I upgrade to 10 mbps next month or the mobile infrastructure in Pattaya is already at limits with 4 mbps.

I'm asking because one time i did a one day unlimited speed and if i remember well, the speedtest results were only slightly better than with the 4 mbps but maybe someone has done more extensive testing.

20 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

Never go swimming with the brown trouts, they are plentiful in pattaya and jomtien. swim off the islands is ok, if you feel the need. 

Any independant studies about the quality of the water in let's say Ko larn ?

Good Morning,

I have a Seiko Monster 2nd generation mechanical automatic watch that is loosing up to 10 minutes everydays since a fall on the floor last year.

Is there a shop in Pattaya that could service it properly.

I bought this watch for around 200€ from internet 4 or 5 years ago and 2000 THB would be the grand maximum i'd be ready to pay.

Thanks

Good Morning,

I filled yesterday the form on the official website.

At the end it stated that i should receive by email an username + password to follow up on the application process.

Haven't received anything yet. Do they process that manually or is there a problem and i should contact them by phone?

Thanks

Good morning

I noticed last time i went in Jomtien an office with a big "Visa Elite" sign.

Is it part of the official Elite Visa team or a middle man?

Could i speed up the process if using their service or better do it online?

Thanks

Sounds great, i really wasn't in the mood to change my passport.

Hi, French National, 43 years old, soon 44 this autumn.

Currently on 2nd Land border Visa exemption.

Decided to apply for Elite Visa this month and started to move funds to my Thai Account.

From what i understood , when done it should then start on the date of my next entry, so July or August the latest and then valid till summer 2024 with the possibility of being stamped one extra year if leaving the country soon before expiry date.

That will bring me close to the 50 years old and the possibility for retirement visa.

Then realised that expiry date for my current passport is november 2024.

Means it should be renewed 6 months before that date, so I should get a new passport around may - june 2024.

Should I assume that if things does not completly change in 5 years I will just have to get stamps transferred from old to new passport at local immigration office and then leave the country and come back with old and new passport to get the last stamp at airport ?

If anyone knows....

Other solution would be to get a new passport now but first i'm not sure the ambassy will agree as it has plenty of space left and then it will delay the application for Elite that apparently is taking now 2 months and up.

Thanks

1 hour ago, anon7854 said:

Was there any economical explanation for the inflated 1 uk pound to 70 thb exchange rate? Because I'm pretty sure there was none. 

As I'm seeing it things just came back to normal. Brexit just made it obvious.

Yep, that year the economy of the UK was doing very well, far better than France and the likes, so the 1 GBP for 70 THB or the 1 GBP for 1.4 EUR.

The Brexit has wrecked the GBP and damaged the EUR too.

And indirectly put the perspective of interest rates increase on hold for a long time.

3 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

Given that the UK's largest export is servies, a Goods Only deal isn't going to reverse the pain.

 

But it's not just Brexit that's causing the GBP to be weak, all major currencies (AUD, USD, SGD) are down against the THB so other factors (e.g. Trade War with China) are hurting it also.

 

IMHO this decade of Quantitative Easing is what has damaged €, £ and $ against other currencies.

The day those countries will stop, their currencies will quickly go up against THB.

But we are waiting for that to happen since 2013...

So, except if Thailand start the same kind of policy or is actively willing to lower the value of the THB, i think we will continue to lose on the exchange rate for the next years and maybe more. 

Thanks ubonjoe.

As I have luggage, i think i will take the nok air flight at 2.55PM to be on the safer side although i really wanted to avoid Don Mueang.

Moreover this flight is more pricey...

Hi,

Planning to cross the border on Tuesday morning from Pakse with the 8.30 AM bus, then take a flight to Bangkok.

I'd prefer landing in BKK as Pattaya is my final destination.

The only afternoon option is the 14.10 Thai smile flight.

Could someone who use regularly this bus tells me if have big chance to get this flight, means leaving Pakse at 8.30 a,d then getting a taxi or tuk tuk at Ubon Bus station and being at check in around 13.10.

The other option would be a nok air flight at 14.55 but landing in don mueang.

Thanks

3 hours ago, Crisu said:

 

 

If you transfer this interest/dividends the same year you earn them into your thai account, then YES.
If you transfer interest/dividend the next year or the following years, then NO

See the above statement of KPMG tax advisor.
 

 

Yes i understand this part of the law.

Just would have like to get infos from people in my future situation to know if they had to justify that this money was already in their foreign account the year before being transfered to Thailand.