john smith

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-

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

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.

I may be three or four days late renewing my non O retirement visa ( possible hospital stay) is there a fine for this or will I need to cross a border return and start the whole process again? God forbid!

To settle a bet does one go through a body scan on arrival at Bangkok airport?  My friend believes AI which says yes. I say this only happens at departure and AI is wrong.

Oops! I missed a zero in line five. It should read £ 6000

I live in Thailand for more than 180 contiuous days a year. My income  sent here is from my foreign pensions. My state pension is in theory not taxed. It is lumped together with my second pension. Thia reduces my tax allowance to around £ 6, 000 from £12, 000 +.  Thus, the Revenue takes 20% of the £6, 000 but this is technically not tax being simply a reduction of my tax free allowance. Presuming that we who are not Thai citizens will be given tax numbers I wonder how the £600+ of non taxable income will be seen if it is more than the tax allowance of Thais?

As a slightly silly aside given that I pay B 86 000 annually for my Thai medical insurance can I claim tax relief on that whether or not I'm liable for tax payment here?

Yes I know this is the wrong forum but I find the new format  difficult to navigate. The problem- I ordered a phone. Lazada sent an invoice. The phone arrived and I handed over the cash. It was not sufficient.  The invoice on the delivery persons phone showed B 300 more than the invoice on my phone.I refused delivery and sent a complaint to the company from which I had bought the phone. Their response was " This is the break price." After receiving this answer I emailed Lazada customer complaints. There was no response. Could anyone explain what break price means or is it a lost in translation situation and abandon ship?

I was in Bangkok last week in a quiet part of the city near a large hotel. Three very large buses of a type that I have not seen before were parked outside the hotel. Every bus had HAN TOURS  in large letters on its sides. This I suspect is an indication of which country is cornering the Chinese section of the market here. It was an incredibly blatant statement

Is this the group that runs Icon Siam in Bangkok?

Thank you Gottfrid for your first answer. Your PWD answer chills me to the bone. No bank here is going to own up to a mistake of that magnitude.

I am having a problem with my bank. There is confusion between me and them and my insurance company - a Thai company. A payment made to the insurance company by the bank has possibly gone astray . As of now everyone is hiding in the bushes and mumbling not me. It seems as if I shall have to sort things out. Cash was moved between my two bank books - savings and savings deposit and then sent onward to as of now an unknown destination. So far I have been unable to find the meaning of the passbook codes and as little English is spoken at my local bank branch I would like to have all of my proverbial ducks in a row before discussing the problem with the two parties involved.  I should add that all of this was handled by the bank teller So, can someone please tell me what in simple terms the passbook are telling me with the letters SMT and PWD ? Hopefully one of these will indicate something meaningful.

I did my transfer from my old passport to my new passport this week no letter from my UK Embassy having been provided as is now the  normal procedure.Huahin charged B 500 for the service. Obviously things may be different elsewhere