Andycoops

Complete <deleted>. I pay income tax on my pensions because my combined income means they they are over the 12570 GBP allowed tax free. So in fact I pay for UK services I never use and haven't in nearly 16 years but can't have any increase to my 40 years of NI contributions to my state pension. Get the facts right. If your income is over the minimum for tax and your income arises in the UK you will be paying income tax, regardless of where you live.

Correct there have been recent articles in the UK press about the state pension being tax free because the threshold for paying tax is being outstripped by the triple lock increases, putting pensioners in the the tax bracket...

Simple, there are people who emigrated to Australia who have frozen pensions that generate below 100 GBP every month...

Non of your business

When I apply for my marriage extension I usually go 2 weeks before the current one expires. I am then stamped as under consideration for 30 days, that's 2 weeks after my current extension has expired. I go back to the IO to receive my new extension according to the date stamp to return for it. I then receive my new extension for another year which starts and finishes on the dates of the previous one.

When my proof of life form came to me here I had to get signed and with a official stamp. I went to Pattaya beach road police station where there is a officer who is assigned to do this and paid 200 baht plus a tip. He duly completed the relevant section on the form in English and plonked the official Thai police stamp under his signature. Lawyers, doctors etc can also do this if you can find one. DWP send out the proof of life forms at random to your official address you registered with them, there is a time limit for you to respond, no response and your pension payments are stopped.

The only problem there is when they send out the random proof of life form to your registered address in PH and there is no reply, your pension will be stopped.

I'll believe it when I see it...

Soon be in the past, finished next year if your lucky...

Key Visa, opposite the BigC South Pattaya. Used them before with excellent service.

Protesting in favour of terrorism the same as in the UK. Completely bonkers. Remember 9/11, remember London bridge etc etc. These people are the the lowest form of animals on Earth. Do we see other religious groups raiding villages, raping, beheading, kidnapping, slaughtering and think it all a joke... I think not.

Protesting in favour of terrorism the same as in the UK. Completely bonkers. Remember 9/11, remember London bridge etc etc. These people are the the lowest form of animals on Earth. Do we see other religious groups raiding villages, raping, beheading, kidnapping, slaughtering and think it all a joke... I think not.

Incredible. No doubt there will be a rush on the lottery numbers...

This is hilarious, the sky is the limit with Thai weddings. Set the limit.

Proper legal marriage in Thailand is recognised by the UK. There is no requirement as I understand it to register it with the UK government. I have registered my legal Thai marriage with my company pension provider because my wife is entitled to 50% of it per month when I die. This is also included in my Thai will along with my UK bank accounts.

Very easy to retire in Thailand as it is anywhere if you meet the requirements...

Very easy to retire in Thailand as it is anywhere if you meet the requirements...

Very easy to retire in Thailand as it is anywhere if you meet the requirements...

Anyone who watches those Muppets on Fox other than to get a good laugh needs to be in a sanitourium.

Lunacy, they are already causing major problems along with their corrupt commie brothers from Peking. But of course the Thai only looks at tourist numbers not what they spend and if they are spending on condos it's with illegal gains. But of course the Muppets, unelected, running the government are of course blind to this because of their own incompetence.

I had to give them my old passport last year too because it contains my last entry into Thailand in 2020, which ties in with the white arrival card stapled into the new one.

Who wants to visit the invaders of democracy and a country that is a dictatorship with little or no freedom...

The Thai never think anything through it just knee jerk after knee jerk, mumbo jumbo statement after mumbo jumbo statement...

I remember a report from years ago in Pattaya when they did a inspection of these dispensers and almost all fell below the minimum standards for bacteria because they were never maintained. Despite the fact you paid to refill.

I've used DHL from here to the UK, docs arrive usually within 2 days of despatch.