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One has been parked in my Soi for over 2 years by a traffic warden who used to live in the Soi. It’s full of his personal belongings, he visit it now again, he has been asked to move it but ignores every one, some of the Thais think he is Police because of the uniform and are scared to approach him,TBH nothing illegal about it but it’s an eyesore.

73 years old I was refused health insurance because I was on 20mg statins daily, I have no history of coronary or heart disease, my cholesterol was 6 mmoL/l now less than 4 mmoL/l.

What did the 70000 work at before, Thais are very resilient and will find work elsewhere.

Logged on, I was given the option of renewing my licence, I don’t have a Thai Licence or convert it, I selected convert it and it said coming soon.

Item 5 E-Learning Training Certificate, confirming completion of an approved course. What is that and how do you obtain it ?

1968 model IDPs (Thailand)are valid for up to 3 years. However, validity of IDPs cannot exceed the validity of your domestic drive license.

I have searched the net and nowhere can I find you can covert your country or IDP to Thai Licence by taking the multiple choice written test ?

The reason I am asking for a link is I can’t find one, I am not being lazy. My car here is insured through my U.K. Licence not a Thai Licence.

Can you provide a link to prove that, why issue it for a validity of 3 years then ?

U Mines is in English not Thai so how can it be a translation tool ?

An IDP under the Vienna Convention is valid for 3 years in Thailand or less if your U.K. Licence expires before 3 years.

What is it then, is it not a permit allowing you to drive ?

Thailand signed up to the 1968 Vienna Convention for IDPs, how can they make an amendment now by saying holders of IDPs require an additional written test ?

How do you do that ?

So if you are coming to Thailand on a short break and plan on hiring a car or a motor bike using an IDP the first thing you have to do is find a Land Transport office to do the test or is it going be online ?

Number plate recognition a great idea providing the bike is registered to the current owner.

Teachers and sometimes the Police outside my sons school watching young kids on motor bikes and parents with no helmet, no action taken. Over the W.E. they have repainted the red and white crossings and put more Road markings down outside the school, no idea why as I doubt the majority of drivers don’t know what they mean.

If the condo complex owners find out she is not the legal owner they will take it from her. Speaking with his daughter today she wants it legally to be signed over to her, I wish her the best of luck.

They were repainting the red and white crossings outside my son’s school yesterday, no idea why as no one takes any notice of them. The people directing the traffic in and out of the school at starting and finishing times must have hearts like lions as some vehicles/bikes take no notice of them.

When Thailand closed the borders due to Covid they said they didn’t need to rely on tourists for their GDP, what’s changed ?

His family haven’t been in contact for 20 years with him, and already said no no intention of coming to Thailand and currently not going to fund anything. Their attitude I believe is the fellas girl has the Studio Apt for free and that’s it.

A colleague passed away very suddenly last week,he didn’t have a Thai Will, some thing he was always talking about but never got round too it, tbh he appeared to be in good health, he owned a Studio Apartment which he said he would leave to his Thai partner not married of 20 years. He has a U.K. daughter and son, they won’t be coming here, they hadn’t been in contact for years, they said his Thai partner can have the Studio Apt. The Tabien Baan has no ownership name in it but there were documentation in the Apt when he bought the property. He had only a few thousand baht here not enough to cover the funeral costs, he is currently in Bangkok undergoing a post mortem, his Thai partner wants him bringing back to Pattaya for a proper cremation albeit she says she has no money although she has family who I am sure would help for the cremation. His daughter has documents to complete so as and when his body is released decisions can be made about his cremation, she was advised by The Embassy don’t send money to people here as you don’t know them. A bit long winded, the moral is get a Thai Will made, you just don’t know what’s round the corner, now it’s big mess leaving his affairs to be sorted here and in the U.K., in fact I don’t think he made a U.K. Will either.

I was charged 4000baht for duty on 2 genuine international football tops and shorts, sent from the U.K.,my daughter left the receipt inside the parcel which Customs opened.

It is, 5 years deals for private landlords, https://www.landlordtoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2025/04/government-to-offer-landlords-five-year-deals-to-house-migrants/

As I already quoted the issue is with Bangkok Bank transfer times, all the other banks nothing has changed with transferI times.