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7 minutes ago, johng said:

The buyer of the old car gets a new number plate in their province,so as far as I understand the process

If you want to keep the old number plate and use it on your new car  you have to transfer from the old car to the new car before selling it to someone else.

Right, and we can all do that in Bangkok.

Yet that leads to the question: After transferring the number from the old car to the new one, the old car has no number. Will the buyer get a temporary number until the new number from his province is issued? 

2 hours ago, johng said:

As far as I know you can't just keep the number plate,   you can transfer the plate to another car  within the same province  so Bangkok to Bangkok or Chaingmai to Chaingmai  but not Bangkok to Chaingmai

You also cannot transfer from Motorcycle to car and visa versa..as per (old) normal  things may be different if you know "someone"  who arranges things for a monetary fee

Thanks much. But I could sell the car to someone in another province? Let's say, my car is registered in Bangkok and I want to transfer the number plate to a new car registered in Bangkok. The buyer of the old car, however, has a registered home address in another province. The buyer is a tourist with a certificate of residency of his own condo.

Dear all, is it possible to keep the no. plate of a sold car without immediately transfering it to another car? Like holding a no. plate without car? Issue arises when selling a car and new one is not ready yet... ????

Anyone?

26 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

Look nice for that age! I think i buy new that kind(wife want). Last 2007 car i had Finland 2009 lol.

Audi A6 Quattro 3.0 had gearbox problem so i get rid of it! Good luck anyway looks good if somebody want little used car!

Honda no Audi! Those Japanese are really worry-free ????

Honda CR-V 2.4 EL. 4*4
Model year 2007
Color metallic
178,000 km

Accident-free

Reliable and everything in perfect working condition

Original and only owner

Special accessories

New: Michelin tires, shock absorbers, fuel injectors, power steering pump, engine seals

Changed oil every 8k km 

Services according to Honda maintenance

Price 325,000 baht

Comes without number plate (will keep the number)

Shoot if you have any questions! Car is in Bangkok Sukhumvit area.

Thanks @david143 and @yankee99 - am flabbergasted. Looks like the easiest naturalization process on the globe then ????. Again, congrats, well deserved, I hope you guys will visit many national parks and enjoy them rubbing your sweet ID under the rangers' eyes and pay local. 

20 hours ago, david143 said:

First applied in March 22 2018
after 1 month interview With NIA
August 10 2018 File sent to MOI
December 17 2019 MOI interview
And Oath will be on 26 Wednesday 2020.
yeah since start process its goes all smooth and quick _ Thanks God

While this is outstanding, it clearly is neither usual nor normal. Also judging from your posting of photos from the interview rounds, you might be very well connected, maybe through family or work privileges. Just interesting to see, in the typical Thai way, how most seem to wait for years and someone fast-tracks. Not raining on your party, yet the inequality is too obvious. ????

You newer candidates seem to be quite lucky since the law was changed and you can apply now without PR. At least something that hopefully continues to work in TH.

On 8/14/2020 at 4:47 PM, BKKBike09 said:

There's another round of interviews taking place next Tuesday 18th. After that likely early September. Apparently they are trying to work through the Covid backlog so will be scheduling interviews at least monthly, if not more frequently.

Would be nice for the candidates if they also work through the oath backlog ☺️

On 7/24/2020 at 8:11 AM, onthemoon said:

Using your old passport in Thailand is not scary, it is not allowed. You can lose your Thai nationality.

 

Condos that foreigners can buy (never mind who sells) are more valuable because of the quota that the buyer needs to adhere to. Never mind the seller's nationality. The only one reason I can imagine not to change the nationality at the land department would be to block other foreigners from buying in your condo building, if quota is a tight question. However, I wouldn't take the risk of losing the Thai nationality over it.

 

Just my 2 cents.

Have you heard of a case of someone losing Thai ID over stuff still registered to the old passport, such as condo, driver's license, insurance contracts, bank account, etc.?

You guys with successful applications make it look like a piece of cake to get the Thai ID. Aren't there any forum members in here whose applications are stuck or lost in bureaucracy?

Would be good news however if at least the naturalization law is transparent and followed to the dot.

4 hours ago, bankruatsteve said:

Edit: The correct water pressure is what ever makes you happy (to a point).  Our mains pressure is almost never the same as our pump but it's usually good enough.

Good point to consider, thanks much!

2 minutes ago, 2long said:

It's technically illegal to pump from the mains, although many people do it.

The most-common method is normal pressure from the mains to a tank, then pump from the tank to your taps. That's what we and most others have. When the power fails (not often or for long, if in central BKK) you still have water. We do.

Yeah we got the tank, but below ground, so without power there's no water. 

Would you know how the water pressure from the mains compares to an average houshold water pump?

Good day - we built our house a few years ago in central Bangkok. Installed a Mitsubishi water pump for the two-storey house. But seems that the water pressure from the public pipe has become stronger over the years.

Question: Can I connect the public feeder pipe directly to the house's pipe system, no longer needing an own pump? Or is the «outside» pressure still too weak?

Advantage of no own pump would also be to have water when power fails.

Is there a monthly or yearly quota for farangs, Indians, Chinese, etc. who get approved?

No one of the recent candidates had to pay to speed up the process and get the final BORA interview?

Heard your file can accumulate dust for years without a little extra help - even after MOI approval.

That's great news. Foreigners finally realize they're not welcome in Thailand - wait, that their money only is welcome. Too much double- and triple-pricing, a society developing backwards and, yes, living costs higher than in the West. Of course hotels are comparably cheap, yet that's just a matter of oversupply. Hardly any hotel makes money.

High time for these Indians to watch how mass tourism is ruining this beautiful country:

https://www.dw.com/en/thailand-holiday-paradise-in-danger/av-49045913

Great report. The team even had minders sent by the Thai tourism authority to only report beautiful things. Well, that's difficult given the state of things.

I remember the day, not to far away, when plastic rubbish on beaches didn't even exist yet. Now? It's a tragedy.

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

True. Example: 60 capsules of saw palmetto ( imported from Germany ) cost 1300 baht at my Thai pharmacy.

I get 90 capsules, same active content, sent to me by iHerb in America. The shipping cost is more than half the total cost. Even so, that costs me 620 baht, and I usually get it in a week.

There is a considerable markup of some products in Thai stores.

The Thai markups are even more astonishing now since the Thai baht is strong - most likely reason for it being that big Thai companies go on shopping sprees abroad, so of course the central bank facilitates their shopping.

Fundamentally there is absolutely no reason for the Thai baht to be strong.

Yet, olive oil, cheese, everything just gets more expensive, even though it's imported products.

In reality these products should become cheaper! Wrong hopium...

So yes, whenever I can avoid the Thai greed of course I order from abroad.

3 minutes ago, rak sa_ngop said:

I ordered some items value 1300 baht from iHerb on 17th Sept selecting the cheapest 'local post' option and they arrived today 26th. About the 10th order of mine from Iherb and each one has arrived with no duty and within time.

 

Well done iHerb

Ordering from iHerb since some time, always fast delivery and never any import hassles! Agree, well done iHerb!

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

You have this one experience and they your conclusion is:

 

 

Maybe "Thailand" is not the problem but that one person who does not understand that one personal experience does not show that a whole country is moving backwards.

It's not based on a single experience. It's a coherent experience, each time when having to use their "services".

Seems you never have issues when you get something ordered from abroad?

Don't get me started about other issues, oh yes I am pretty sure by now after the yearly work permit renewal that I have no syphilis and no elephantiasis... I'd would become a long list, not even mentioning the TM30 hassles. Ask any hotelier...

On 9/14/2019 at 11:58 AM, Tayaout said:

You can use Tor and a website like coinswitch.co to change any crypto to another one without needing any account. 

Those must be the industry's worst rates ever!

What crypto you "have" to buy? Since BX Thailand is closing down, if you want a local exchange signing up with Bitkub is straight forward and they have reasonable liquidity for okay prices. But again, depends what crypto: BTC? XRP? ETH?

Coinbase's fee are very high, if you're looking for another global fiat to crypto exchange have a look at Kraken.