john smith

I'm not sure if this is relevant but... two years ago I used my Bangkok Bank debit card to pay. Things went fine at the office and the payment form with all the other paperwork was checked and accepted and sent to the UK. Some time later an email arrived from the passport office refusing my debit payment. My daughter in the UK paid for the new passport for me.

A variety of answers which have nothing to do with the question that was asked. I suggest that you Google Thailand probate laws. As a quick and incomplete answer yes you do mostly have to go through probate and it is not cheap as lawyers and judges are in the mix. Like you I protect my assets. My original plan was to leave my wife my Bank card number so that money was available to tide her over until probate was completed. This is not legal. She can not access any money that is in your name until completion of probate. The same rule applies to everything that is in your name only. You need to discuss this matter with a reliable firm of lawyer preferably not one in a tourist resort

I was under the impression that driving under the influence of drink or drugs negated your insurance .

I have some serious concerns about the facts in the article about the Chagos Islands. The actual cost is spread over the 99 year lease. The government's figures are correct. For the first three years there will be an additional charge just over 100 million for the lease of the base. Although I have serious doubts about the capability of this governments I do appreciate real facts rather than manufactured ones.

So, when you cut through the plethora of meaningless words what emerges is that the government is saving face but can not actually admit that the casino idea is defunct .The ministers are slithering away quietly.

Third world maintenance strikes again. It used to be helicopters that were dropping from the sky now things have moved on. Thank god the same mechanics do not service the national airline

Thank you to those who offered advice. I shall wait until after the weekend and try again

Sorry, this is and old and tired topic. I have read the instructions about the steps to be followed before filling in the 90 day form. They are quite clear. When attempting to access the 90 day form website via the promised link .There is no link. There are instructions how to fill in the soon to come online arrival card and some other stuff but no link to the actual 90 day online form itself. Would someone please assist by telling me how to find the damned form

As of September last year the company declared liabilities of 100 billion baht including bonds. Payments to contractors were delayed. The company has lost money every year since 2020. TRIS credit rating is BB-

Dr Qadhi was educated in a Saudi university widely considered to advocate the Whabbi strain of Islam. This should give pause for careful thought. Whether not the Dr. Advocating the project subscribes to the Whabbi tenenants of Islam which are widely considered to be somewhat extreme is not known and there is no reason to believe that he does but the Governor of Texas would do well to give very careful thought to this project which might well attract religious extremists. Whabbism is an ultra conservative form of Islam. Adherents to its beliefs are encouraged to flock to Jihadist movements

To quote Foghorn Leghorn " Ah do despair ,ah say I do despair."

Were I the worried parent of the boy I would be appalled to read some of the comments on this thread a number of them show a cynical indifference to the feelings of his parents who may well be out of their minds with worry.

For cycle read motorcycle. Given the context of the thread I thought that was a given. Obviously not.

Twenty years ago on Samui police attempted to use the same tactics and achieved nothing. The shop owners absorbed the losses . The fines then and now are so small that tourists really do not care. Shop owners simply will not check for driving licences as to refuse to rent cycles would destroy them. I lived a short distance from one such shop. On several occasions whist talking to the shop owner over an afternoon beer the shop owner left his beer to rent a cycle to a tourist who had shortly before been stopped for not having a licence. Cycle rental is a big business

Does Bangkok Bank still charge B 200 for one years printout of all transactions in bank book ( not deposit account) ordinary passbook.