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14 hours ago, Eaglekott said:

As I understand you can get an International Vaccine passport at some locations including the Airport

No longer available at the airport (Suvarnabhumi).

I'd assumed that the legislation granting immunity from prosecution for those behind the vaccination decisions was to cover the disastrous procurement process.  Now I realise it was also to cover the disastrous decisions, not backed by science, that they were going to make going forward.

A frozen version is available (though at the moment out of stock)

https://britishop.com/product/aloo-gobi-british-indian-curries-to-go/

Also sometimes stocked by Villa Market, I believe.

16 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I wonder how this works as a long term business tactic

I suspect it's not long term, and that the coffee business here is really hurting.  Another niche coffee supplier here has been bombarding me with emails of the 2-for-1 type for a couple of months.  Previously, emails from them were very few and far between.  I'm an existing customer.

It is utterly irrational.  Thailand has a slightly larger population than the UK, but:

UK had 32,651 new cases yesterday; Thailand 14,555.

UK has total of 7,371,301 cases; Thailand 1,448,792.

UK has had 134,983 deaths; Thailand 15,124.

On top of that, researchers reported that in Bangkok 99.7% of residents wore masks correctly, and only 0.02% did not wear masks, whilst in the UK people have largely abandoned mark wearing yet gather in large crowds.

In short, Thailand is doing far better than the UK in managing the virus situation.  If double-vaccinated people visiting the UK from Thailand are considered too dangerous, then logic would only dictate that the UK government should ban all people living in the UK from going abroad.

Utterly irrational.

Edit:  Add sources
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

https://thethaiger.com/news/bangkok/study-shows-99-7-of-bangkok-wearing-masks-properly

Don't forget that even if you're non-resident you will still be subject to UK income tax on income arising in the UK from your ongoing employment.

I'd rather not name the hospital because of the defamation laws in Thailand.  However, it was arranged through Intervac.

I was due for my second jab of AstraZeneca this afternoon in Bangkok, precisely 12 weeks after the first jab.  The hospital has just 'phoned me to delay the appointment for a couple of weeks.  That means it'll be more than 12 weeks between the jabs, so they won't be accepted for reentry into Thailand.  What a fiasco! I guess they're not getting the quantities of the vaccine they need.

1 hour ago, LongTimeLurker said:

According to the UK government you can declare a domicile of choice after 3 years of living in that country

Again you are wrong.  If you acquire a domicile of choice (and that involves far more than just living in another country), then for taxation purposes you will still be considered UK domiciled for a further three years.

In other words (and putting this a bit simplistically), leave the UK, sever virtually all connections with the UK, prove that you have no intention of ever returning to the UK, and then wait a further three years.  Only the will you be considered non-domiciled.  And even then the tax man may well challenge that when you die.

And whether you put anything in your will about domicile is utterly irrelevant.

On 9/11/2021 at 2:34 PM, LongTimeLurker said:

Non-Res is 183 days, Non-Dom is 3 years.

It's extremely difficult to establish a domicile of choice.  It most certainly doesn't happen after 3 years of being away from the UK, and often doesn't happen if one's been away 20 or more years.  It depends upon how completely one's severed one's ties to the UK and establishing that one is not ever going to return to the UK to live.  Under normal circumstances, domicile is only determined after one's death.

2 hours ago, willi2006 said:

Got a yellow certificate as shown here with the requirements listed at the Provincial Health Office

I suspect that's possibly out of date.  More recent notifications have dropped Suvarnabhumi Airport as a place to get the certificate.

34 minutes ago, Midwit said:

Maybe big pharma with their paid experts don’t want to bring it up. They are making insane amounts of money right now and they don’t want the gravy train to end. 

You're forgetting that AstraZeneca is working on a non-for-profit basis.

12 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

This was last weeks announcement for the remainder of the year

That chart was dated August.  There's an updated version which I've seen, but can't find again.  I believe it said that Moderna for December was down to 2 million doses.

Wasn't there supposed to be a yellow booklet as proof of vaccination for international travel, only issued in four locations, IIRC? Or is the app. now going to provide the necessary proof?

According to the Civil & Commercial Code, Section 990:

"The holder of a check (sic.) must present it for payment to the banker within one month after the date of issue if it is payable in the same town where it is issued, or within three months if it is payable elsewhere"

https://library.siam-legal.com/thai-law/civil-and-commercial-code-checks-section-987-1000/

Apparently, they're now available in "green".

https://www.bioplasticsmagazine.com/en/news/meldungen/20210902-Iconic-Aeron-Chair-now-made-with-recycled-ocean-plastic.php

(That said, I'd never want one.  I really don't like arms on my desk chairs.  And it was really a challenge to find such an armless chair in Thailand.)

7 hours ago, internationalism said:

for private moderna ... Might be from Oct, but limited quantity. Only 4mln (out of 9.3mln booked will be available) 

Uh, not quite as good as that.  The-newspaper-that-dare-not-speak-its-name today reports, it's going to be only 1.9 million doses of Moderna arriving in the last quarter of this year, according to the GPO.

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16 minutes ago, cleopatra2 said:

I am not sure trustees can break the scheme rules

True.  However, in many cases the pension holder nominates who will receive any death benefits.  This is not binding upon the trustees.  So, for example, if someone nominates their wife, then divorces and lives for many years with a partner (not married), the Trustees may be permitted (within the scheme rules) to deem the partner the beneficiary, deeming her to be more deserving than the ex-wife.

12 hours ago, cleopatra2 said:

For any private pension will depend upon if named as beneficiary and scheme rules.

However, the pension trustees often have a large degree of discretion when it comes to deciding who gets the payout, even if the deceased has already named a beneficiary.  If not already named, she could write to the trustees, explaining her circumstances.

The first thing to do is to try to discover what company and personal pension schemes the individual was enrolled in.

As others have said, she'll get nothing from the State.

1 hour ago, 2009 said:

But if you are in the UK less than 3 months a year, there's no tax.

This is totally, 100% wrong.  Generally speaking, the property owner would need to register with HMRC as a Non-resident Landlord, and the income would be taxable.

On 8/24/2021 at 8:47 AM, Neeranam said:

wanting to sell her house to me, to avoid the authorities taking it if she goes into a care home. 

It would appear that she's unaware of "deferred payment agreements".  These are offered by every council in England & Wales.  (Don't know about other parts of the UK.)  The individual doesn't pay for care at the time it's incurred, but pays when the home is eventually sold, or from her estate when she dies.  Effectively it's a loan from the council, and attracts interest.  There may also be an arrangement fee.

It's now been almost a month.  Does the British Consular Team plan on continue to ignore this simple question?