Shoeless Joe

20 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Golf....spoils a good walk.

regards worgeordie

And quoting idioms often spoil a good talk.

Regards,

Joe

Looks like you're just gonna have to suck it up!
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Joe

5 hours ago, webfact said:

They said his shack was open to the elements and he would not have been able to afford a mask. They are convinced he coughed to death on smog particles perhaps exacerbating a preexisting condition.  

 

Lots of people have been experiencing blood coming from their mouths and noses, they pointed out. 

 

The city was reported for many days recently to have been the most polluted in the whole world. 

17 minutes ago, rascalman said:

Toenail what is your problem d no you like the pollution?

Actually, "Toenail" is quite right to draw attention to the veracity of the "report" and ask whether there were other potential contributory causes to this poor man's death. If he had been a long term smoker then lung cancer might have been partly responsible. He might have already suffered from COPD (Chronic OObstructive Pulmonary Disease), pneumonia, or perhaps emphysema. All or any of which might be revealed by the autopsy. There has been one report of a woman with a nose bleed (who let the blood stream into her mouth) because that made for a much more interesting photo. But "lots of people"...where's the evidence?

Of course, nobody likes or wants to live in a city where the air quality is so poor. It's simply naive of you (and others) to accept this report as having incontrovertible facts.

Regards,

Joe

Thank you all for your responses (which are much appreciated) regarding available services for transferring the money.

I'm going to stick with Lloyds but I'm still none the wiser regarding whether or not I'm better off (with regards to exchange rates) making the transfer in sterling or baht.

Regards,

Joe

9 hours ago, sfokevin said:

If you need these transfers to show up as "Foreign" on your Thai bank statement for visa renewal purposes note that people have reported that TransferWise transfers do not show up as foreign on some Thai banks statements...

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1077010-kasikorn-bank-cant-confirm-uk-pension-comes-from-abroad/?do=findComment&comment=13717913

Yes, this is exactly why I'm doing this and with regards to Transferwise, that's my understanding too.

Regards,

Joe

Thank you for your response. However, I need the transfer to be easily idientifiable as a "Foreign" transfer, not "local".

Regards,

Joe

10 hours ago, Slap My Nips said:

Use TransferWise: https://www.transferwise.com/

 

You can pay either using your Debit Card or using a Faster Payments Bank Transfer and as the money is sent locally, the funds will be in the Thai Bank account within a few hours or 1 working day. 

 

 

I have an account with Lloyds TSB bank in the UK and I'm never sure whether it's best to transfer money to Kasikorn bank  in sterling and have them change it to baht. or to use the low Lloyds exchange rate (currently 38.7 baht to the pound). Wahtever method I choose Lloyds will

charge me a transaction fee of £9.50 (approx 360 baht). Also, Lloyds say that transferring money in sterling might mean the transaction takes some days longer to complete. Can this be true?

Simple answers would be appreciated.

Regards,

Joe

On 1/31/2019 at 7:13 PM, Shoeless Joe said:

I have 2 sources of income via pensions neither one of which meets the 65k requirement but when added together, easily exceed the required amount.

 

My work pension I transfer from my UK bank account every month to my Kasikorn account. When checking my account online, the deposit is identified as "International Trade and Factoring Centre TFN05030". So I guess that's an easily identifiable foreign transaction?

 

But my government pension, is (or should be) paid monthly directly into my Kasikorn bank account BUT checking my online statement, I see this is identified as a "Domestic Money Transfer" NOT a foreign transfer. I've been to Kasikorn to ask for an explanation but they seemed not to understand what I (my Thai wife) was asking, (i.e. "why isn't this shown as an international transaction"?)

 

So i've written to the Pensions Service in the UK asking for confirmation regarding as to which bank they actually transfer my pension. I have the horrible feeling that they transfer the pension to the Bank of Thailand central clearing house, who then transfer it onwards to Kasikorn bank (hence the "Domestic Money Transfer"). That being so, how do I get Kasikorn bank to confirm that it's actually an international transaction?

 

Regards,

 

Joe

 

 

This is the response from the DWP:

I have 2 sources of income via pensions neither one of which meets the 65k requirement but when added together, easily exceed the required amount.

My work pension I transfer from my UK bank account every month to my Kasikorn account. When checking my account online, the deposit is identified as "International Trade and Factoring Centre TFN05030". So I guess that's an easily identifiable foreign transaction?

But my government pension, is (or should be) paid monthly directly into my Kasikorn bank account BUT checking my online statement, I see this is identified as a "Domestic Money Transfer" NOT a foreign transfer. I've been to Kasikorn to ask for an explanation but they seemed not to understand what I (my Thai wife) was asking, (i.e. "why isn't this shown as an international transaction"?)

So i've written to the Pensions Service in the UK asking for confirmation regarding as to which bank they actually transfer my pension. I have the horrible feeling that they transfer the pension to the Bank of Thailand central clearing house, who then transfer it onwards to Kasikorn bank (hence the "Domestic Money Transfer"). That being so, how do I get Kasikorn bank to confirm that it's actually an international transaction?

Regards,

Joe

Yes, everything seconhand is priced as thought it's treasure! You could try looking online...here's one of the better sites: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/111750725520124/?ref=bookmark

or maybe keeping aneye out for what's being sold at Chiang Mai Auctions where at the last sale they had some good quality hi-fi items for sale, the next auction is in February: https://www.facebook.com/chiangmaiauction/

Regards,

Joe

Yes, OK and thanks.

I think that somewhere I might have the original paperwork from 6 or 7 years ago, when I first set up the transfer. I'll also check with the Pension Service and with Kasokorn bank. If I find out anything useful, I'll add it to this thread.

Regards,

Joe

That's great.

Thank you very much!!

Regards,

Joe

My apologies if this has already been picked up earlier in this thread.

I notice that transfers into my account are simply identified as "TRN" in my Kasikorn Bank book. However when i just now checked my account online via the KCyber online banking route, in the section "Account Management" /  "Statement Enquiry" foreign transfers made by me from my bank in the UK direct into my Kasikorn bank account is clearly visible as: "international Trade and Factoring Centre TFNXXXXXX. But my UK Government pension, which is paid directly into my account is identifeid as "Domestic Money Transfer BNTXXXX".

Would I be right in assuming that this is because my UK pension is paid into the Kasikorn Bank Head office and is then transferred onwards to my CM account (hence a "Domestic Money Transfer). Can I ask Kasikorn to identify the payment from now on as an International Payment?

By the way, 6 months accounts are available for copying.

Regards,

Joe

4 hours ago, sfokevin said:

Does anyone know the Thai words for “Credit Advise Detail”...

Much earlier in this thread someone mentioned "Bai Rap Rong", I think this is what you want.

Regards,

Joe

Someone fairly recently posted a picture of the proposed layout. Regretfully, I can't find the post. Does anyone else have a link to the thread?

Thanks

Joe

9 hours ago, KittenKong said:

This is true, until the moment they choose to broadcast the information to all and sundry on a public forum. From that point onward they open themselves up to all sorts of comments and criticism, helpful or constructive or otherwise.

The spiteful response and your sad support of it makes me wonder if you actually read (and understood) the original post.

Joe

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

The Thai Visa run starts at 5 AM

Well , no one actually does any running in the last one , they just stand about arguing with each other and wait for all the other runners to get back and tell them they should have gone on a different route  

Now THAT's funny....good one!

Regards,

Joe

It might be a good idea to ask your question on this site - Chiang Mai Musicians and Performers - for some additional expert opinions

https://www.facebook.com/groups/chiang-mai-musicians-and-performers-1491504297562821/

Regards,

Joe

I have 2 pension income streams paid monthly into my Kasikorn ban account with a combined total of circa B80,000 (one is approx B57,000 and the other approx B23,000). I can show this has been happening regularly every month for circa 7 years. Do you think TI will be OK with this if the "Bankbook Route" is approved?

Regards,

Joe

1 hour ago, jonwilly said:

Yummy Pizza on 25th, 3 separate  sittings over day starting at midday.

B650, last year was top notch as one expects from Toni and his crew.

 

john

I had Christmas lunch here a couple of years ago and it was a terrible experience. An excessively long wait (1 hour+) for very average food (dry, cold turkey) and vegetables served lukewarm. Endless excuses regarding lack of serving staff and inexperienced kitchen staff I think the price was B550/600 add in the price of a couple of drinks and it was more than B1000 each. I don't really understand why it's double the price of a Sunday lunch (except for the blatant profiteering, like many other restaurants on this day).

Ho, ho ho...

Joe

54 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Keep the popular and important stuff, visa, Thai politics, travel stuff and price of cheese etc etc

Absolutely! Let's get the priorities right!

Joe