Jen65

you have not mentioned whether you own or rent property . Is your husband retired ,working and /or have financial means to support you adequately if you were left on your own . Your financial status may affect a proposal to alleviate your situation of being forced to leave . If you own property ,put in joint names , put necessary money in the bank for a retirement visa then your husband makes a Will and leaves all to you .

Quality tourists . You get what you wish for .

Strikes me like "monk" ey business !

Lucky you ,as an Australian and yes, some Embassies ( very few) get involved in doing anything when their citizens die abroad except issuing the required death certificate . The British Embassy here has nothing to do with issuing passports except in emergency .They are done by the HMPO however there is , on the back page of ones passport the facility to inform whom is ones next of kin. They obviously record the death and will likely help if there is no next of kin . However , this article refers to "when a foreigner dies in Thailand " and although you as an Australian may have a large presence and thus larger Embassy and resources here , many other nationalities are not so so lucky with some having hardly any representation at all .

How does the embassy get instructions from the deceased ?? I wouldn't rely on an Embassy doing much in the way of assistance apart from supplying the requisite Death Certificate ( get quite a few of those ! ) Much better to assign ones Lawyer to be the Executor of ones Estate and to Execute the Will ( as long as one has been made) and ensure they have all the necessary information on file to do so . The lawyer should be aware of any other Wills made and specific to assets in other countries . Having a Lawyer deal with this avoids the input of supposed girlfriends / family / other parties arguing over who gets what !!

Thailand is a 2 horse jockey - it will always change horses to the one who it thinks offers the most in kickbacks . You have to look at the Authoritarian / Communist governments in the region and it seems Thailand is set on joining that circle . They are already buying Chinese Submarines so no way should the US supply anything with advanced technology .

very useful and informative post. It does help if one resides in Thailand and has next of kin/wife/girlfriend and has assets (local and overseas) whatever and , if one has a WILL , to make a sealed letter (the place known to your next of kin ) listing your assets , bank account details , the place where your original Will can be found ( Lawyer / Land Office ) , contact details of whom needs to be informed ( ie financial adviser / lawyer / overseas next of kin etc ) . The WILL may state what type of funeral to be had or if body to be flown back overseas and also anything specific about the ashes . This should be consulted at the earliest .

looks a yes, with Chinese Engines !

Quite likely she wasn't in "reasonable state of mind " when she carried out the shooting , being consumed with anger . He may have been psychopath ! Lots we really don't know about what lead up to this killing or "murder" .

Monkey business

Well, that's your point of view and I think she deserves a fair trial where no doubt the full facts and history of the case will be disclosed and for the Judge to decide on the appropriate sentence , not us .

I remember the old saying "clunk click every trip " !!

Seems like she worked at the store where he also worked ? as proprietor ? don't know. So he kicked her out on the street after beating her and abusing her for 4 years ! Wouldn't you be angry ?? You stated he had asked "the woman" to leave his house ! She wasn't just a woman but his partner of 4 or more years ! She got her revenge and carried out the "dare" , much to his disadvantage .

one should consider the other side of the story where Thai girls/wives find themselves in abusive relationships - maybe the male half turned to drink/drugs or had unknown abusive traits before the marriage / relationship and it is usually the female who comes off worst - jealousy or otherwise . There does not seem to be a happy medium in Thai relationships where the parties can sit down and discuss their grievances and either come to an amicable solution or seek help . Here, it appears everything is either fine and loving at one end or the other extreme end where the male half (usually) loses it and becomes violent - out comes the gun or machete ! I can hardly blame the female in these cases where she was stuck in a stormy relationship and beaten regularly . At least she knows he can't now inflict any more pain or come after her at a later date if she had tried leaving him . I hope any Judge is sympathetic to her plight .

Another Grenfell in the making ?

It was stated some electrical work had been carried out just previous ?? I wonder whom made these works - proper competent person or an amateur ?? That may well have contributed to the short circuit . As far as I understand , the regulations require an RCD on all new electrical installations but on older installations or ones done by an amateur , the absence of such can prove disastrous and/or fatal . I wonder if one was fitted which could have mitigated the short circuit and consequential fire/explosions ??

to be valid then foreign same sex couples would have to produce internationally recognised marriage or civil partnership documents for immigration in order for consideration of the retirement / marriage extensions . This immediately poses the problem of how ones legal civil partner is able to initially enter Thailand if say one partner is retired but the other below retirement age ? Lots of issues here to resolve and be confirmed before embarking on such proposals

totally agree , what's the point unless there is some amendment to allow same sex foreign couples to live/stay in Thailand on the equivalent basis as married couples .

One also has to take into consideration what the deductible / excess is and if those quotes are 200,000 or 300,000 deductible ?. I just had to increase my deductible to the max from Pacific Cross in order to get a reasonable quote .Then there are the exclusions for pre-existing conditions to consider . If many or important ones excluded then the policy may be worthless in the event of hospitalization for such and in that case self insurance ( large bank deposit ) may be best option . I just wrote another reply regarding quotes from local and outside Thailand companies . I will stick to the one I have , for now at least , as I do not want to "step off " the insurance ladder and go the "O" visa route .

When I investigated and compared insurance quotes to renew O-A medical insurance under the new requirements ,I obtained quotes for both Pacific Cross International ( outside Thailand ) as well as the local / domestic Pacific Cross whom I have been with from the start . The International Plan was considerably more that the domestic one !! Medical Insurance for anyone over 70 is never going to be cheap and the same policies in Europe/rest of world are just as expensive if not more . One has to bite the bullet and either self insure or take the best policy offered (after checking the small print ) but to have no insurance is foolhardy .

you are correct . unfortunately your original post with extract of insurance quotes did not state/show they were applicable to the new requirements or just an extract from the then current or old requirements .

same here in Pattaya . Foreign currency deposit account ( equivalent of 800,000 baht ) letter done in 5 minutes !

I would be wary of ditching medical insurance because if, at some future point, the government realises the inconsistency between the O-A and O retirement visas/extensions and simplifies it to ONE visa with medical insurance , then you might not be able to get back on the insurance ladder easily !!!

I think you will find that that does not include a) outpatient and b) Covid insurance .I will be surprised if it does !

Two totally different Wills . Living Will makes it clear whom will make decisions , have access to money on your behalf when you are deemed incapable of making those decisions yourself ( ie if hospitalised and in a coma ). So a "Living Will" is one that applies whilst you are still alive . The normal "Last Will and Testament " applies after your death .