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I also has to do the " verification of ID" for my Oz bank (which they more or less froze until my ID was confirmed)...BUT it required a notorised copy of my passport done by the Oz Consulate in Bkk. Only option was to send it and their form back by EMS. I think they got it in a week or so. Don't know how you did this "online"??

People here (I'm in HK at the moment ) might have recognized him 17yrs ago, but not so sure now. And most folks here not really interested in Thai politics. But I think that I could hunker down in the Peninsula hotel for a few days!!.

All quite true. My little (now full size) siamese cat was the offspring of a soi cat and I took her home (having bred seal point, chocolate point and blue (or lilac?) Point siamese cats (purebreds with papers....for sale back in my home country ). I recall Winston Churchill saying that dogs looked up to you, cats looked down on you and pigs looked you straight in the eye ! PS. suppose that she stays with us for the bug hiuse , garden and food every day .

9 years on still waiting for the good luck and fortune !!!!!

Many mentions of Magnesium (which I've been taking for many years ) but note that otc Mg "supplements " come in the form of various Mg compounds/forms..eg. chelate, citrate, glycenate etc. I understand that they all have different effects and benefits, so it's worth specifying which helps sleep or cramp or constipation etc I think Mg glycenate (?) Is the best to assist sleeping Any other members comments welcome.

I don't thi.k that they check his bed or quilt to make a ruling. Perhaps his perceived guilt??

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With the greatest respect. Were you li Inc in Hong Kong during this period? It was not a "sellout"....their lease had run out, and I don't really think that they had much say in the matter! Although they tried to bargain for 50 year "good deal" for the local Hongkongers...it was probably never going to happen.. But Hong Kong and Macau (Macao) were always Chinese territories, but not so Taiwan.

I think you need to study the history of Hong Kong and especially the lease which was granted to Britain which expired in 1997. HK was handed back ,by Agreement, peacefully and graciously in 1997. As was Macau... Totally different scenarios to Taiwan. I lived and worked in HK for 20 years and still retain permanent Residence status here (I'm currently in HK as I write).

slightly off topic but where did you get the spinal stenosis surgery done and what was the cost and long.k term outcome.? Where I get medical Treatment in Hong Kong (although LIVING in TH 20+ years......married ) they refuse to do this kind of spinal surgery (too dangerous ) and so only take Pregabalin At 73, expat health insurance is far too expensive. .

As I've previously posted, I did the "transfer of stamps" FREE and quickly at Pathum Thani IO. Just handeR in completed "request" form and both passports to "triage " station. Sit outside to wait, then both PPs returned.

If you read it all.....his name is Arabic/Muslim. Very common in Singapore Not Indian.

It's always been a bit of a mystery to as why every app (including BBL) works every time I go to Hong Kong, where, on arrival I whip out the Thai AIS sim, insert a HK CSL sim and Bingo, I'm up and running. Can use the CSL data if out on the street....or ANY WIFI which pops up. Do transfers and pay bills etc via BBL app ~ no different to my being in Thailand . Only thing that's the same is the actual phone !!!! Some younger whizz kid out there can enlighten me !

This appears to be 100% correct...in my case. The "original" tiny branch in this mall,where my account was opened many years ago, I'm sure will not be around in another 10 years(I may not also !!!) ....with a large, well staffed, newish branch just a few hundred metres away. I can only assume that when that happens, they will transfer all the records to the "new " branch. But anyway, I've been able to do everything I need, like new passbook, letter for Immigration and bank statements without any problems. Only this new.passport and photo ID thing required me to go to the original branch !!

Just a quick addendum.... Back at original branch, they submitted the new PP details and was told 5 working days before transfers over 50K. I told the "lady" that this was no good because I HAD to make 3 transfers, each over 100K to landlords by that Friday....or our 15 year lease could /would be terminated ! She then smiled and told me to come back on the Friday and it'll be all fixed. Which I did and they took the required photos for the face recognition..."you can do the transfers this afternoon" She also thought to ask me what my daily transfer limit was! My real beef about this is, that the BBL app facial recognition is (for me) difficult to use getting the right picture including smiling showing teeth. So just a stupid grin (no teeth visible) worked. But all this took over an hour compared to 10 minutes previously.

The Ongoing Saga................. Appreciate the above comments BUT, as I have mentioned earlier, the BBL branch which I went to ( and who previously issued me with a new bankbook, and provided the mandatory "letter" for extension renewal at Immigration etc) were insistent that I go a few hundred metres down the mall to the original bank branch where I had opened the account years ago! (why they have two sub-branches a few hundred metres apart on the same level, in the same shopping mall is anybody's guess???). So it's back tomorrow for the "facial ID" photo. The BBL App I have on my phone appears not to have any face recognition facility but I'll see what happens tomorrow! And, to sum things up, I tried to send someone 50K yesterday....but NO ....wouldn't work. But B49,999 did !! Incidentally, I am pretty sure you can raise your mobile/internet transfer limit using the phone app. I did it years ago (for a Dee Money overseas transfer), but at a branch, which involved the usual 44 pages, signatures and mobile phone number. I would have known nothing of this New Passport/Fae ID/ 50K+ limit business if it weren't for other members on this Forum posting this advice. Much appreciated........unlike some members here, BBL gave me NO warning of this new BOT instruction and limitations it imposed.

I would think so. In my case, I went to Immigration last week and got stamps "transferred ", but don't have to do extension until December l. Btw, bank photocopied extension stamp on OLD passport and new stamp in NEW passport. Can't be TOO careful.

Correct. I should have just done it on the phone app as normal and left my new passport registration until after. They think my old passport is still valid until December 2023. I just wasnt aware of these implications.

I am Aussie....so yes, everyone. You can do the transfer at the bank (I think) but 50K limit on mobile.app or online banking.

As recently posted, I received my new passport and, as others here have advised, I needed to inform the bank (BBL). Well I went along to the largest branch in the local (Large) Shopping Centre and ( as usual looked pretty under staffed) , but finally my number came up. They were very polite but told me to "register" this new Passport, I had to go to the Branch where I had initially opened the account. Luckily, this small and obscure branch office ( closed for all of COVID etc) was on the same level at the other end of the mall. So walked down there, and got attended to quite quickly by a pretty ( not looking) officious woman who knew what I needed, but nonetheless got an underling to go and make the obligatory photocopies of the various pages of both Old and New passports.... (NOTE: if you are doing this, Bring both passports , plus new and recently old Bank passbooks....................both appeared to be needed. Now ,the Cruncher, I told her that I needed to do a Transfer of some 300K by next Friday and that I normally do this on the BBL App on my phone. NO,NO,NO....cannot until your new passport is registered at the HEAD Office on Bangkok - 5 days. Maximum 50K. I have never been advised or notified of this by BBL, but thanks to reading the various posts by members here I was aware of this BOT ruling. So, SHE says come back and see ME on Friday ( deadline for my payment) and we will sort it out. But I have to take your photo for face ID next Friday and submit that to HQ !!! Now, yes, I KNOW that this probably ONLY applies to mobile and internet banking and that I could do ti at the branch in person, but I just thought this was worth mentioning for those that might be thinking that "just advising the Bank of your new Passport was a quick and simple/painless exercise!! 6 or 8 signatures and mobile phone number on various forms!!!!

Agreed . My thai wife and I lived (me working) in Hong Kong for 20 years, but after only 7 years, got Permanent Residence /ID. No visits to /from Immigration, no scrutiny of money in the bank, or reporting! Can own property and.live there forever.....if we wish

I guess you're referring to Pathum Thani Imm office. I've been going to them for many years and they NEVER once enquired about the 400K after the "under consideration " period. in fact during the covid years, and thereafter, everything is done while customers wait outside under a marquee. Just hand in the passport to the lady at "reception/triage " on appointed day and wait outside for someone to bring it out with stamp inside ! Exactly the same procedure for getting stamps transferred to a new PP.. Yes, they always do a home visit in the nice BMW. I recall the late ubonJoe answering this old chesnutt many times and stating that there is NO written requirement or rule regarding the 400K other than the 2 months seasoning before the renewal application..

All correct, but WHY take it in personally ?? Just send in by EMS . You don't have to send in your old passport, which is still valid until 30 days after new PP approval. A no brainer ????

Worth noting that the new PP is dated from the day they receive your application. 10yrs from late May (in my case) not 10yrs from expiry of old passport ! So, lost a few months.....but probably won't make a difference by 2033!

Posting in includes a debit authority so that was simple (albeit painful to pay B10,500). But the last time I attended to get the notorised copy of my PP for the bank I has to use my BBL Debit card.....BUT the ha.d held POS device they use doesn't fit under the glass in the tray where you deposit everything. So, the lady swiped my card a.d I had to tell her the PIN number to access the account! Might be different with a credit card? What do they always tell us? NEVER disclose your PIN number to anyone (especially wife ????????????)