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Member 380 Posted 34 minutes ago On 12/7/2024 at 7:52 PM, scorecard said: The pension supplement of AUD83.20 continues forever if you move abroad. I rang Centrelink International today who advised me that "continues forever" is incorrect as will cease for all OAP after 6 weeks outside Oz. He scoffed at the notion and cautioned me re scammers, trolls, etc. OK, well here is my understanding: I returned to Oz after decades of absence, did the 2 years 're-establish a home', gained the full OAP portability, moved abroad, been paid the full OAP and the full supplement for many years. Never been queried. Earlier when I asked the CLink officer to explain 'portability / OAP supplement etc., she said clearly it continues forever unless you break the law or die. This was after some discussion n the 2 years / gaining portability etc. It seems that other who achieved continued payment abroad but did not go the 2 years route are managed under a different policy. No further comment.

It's also been previously reported that taksin's older sister Yaowaluck (now deceased, often described as very corrupt) was deeply involved in developing the rice scheme.

BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation.

I use my K Plus app at Makro. Just scan the QR code and all done. I did ask the Makro cashier 'Do you only accept K Plus? She responded 'No, any bank app which uses a QR code'. Whether that includes foreign bank apps I don't know.

And don't trust any 'advice' given by the amphur staff, they are not lawyers and not experts on these matters, but they will tell you they are. One example is getting a will for your Thai your wife. The amphur staff will tell you they know how to do this. But they don't. Example: My Thai nephew decided he wanted to make a will (because my Thai son had just made his will, but Thai son did it with a Thai lawyer we have used before, but not free, 3,000Baht). Nephew was told 'Amphur staff will do it free. So Nephew went to amphur office with his new wife. Nephew had found a template online and I alerted him to the appropriate clauses in the Thai Commercial Code. Nephew had completed the will template. Amphur lady said 'but you have to leave 100,000Baht to your wife's mother'. Nephew was not convinced and contacted his old high school buddy who is now a lawyer. Lawyer said he was not convinced and went with my nephew and wife to the amphur office. Amphur lady insisted have to leave 100,000Baht to your wife's mother'. Lawyer asked the Amphur lady: - Are you a qualified lawyer? - Answer NO. - Have you had specific training about writing wills? - NO. - Please show me a Thai Gov't book / instruction / policy / document which states 'have to leave 100,000Baht to your wife's mother'. She couldn't. Supervisor now in the discussion says 'but she's just trying to help'. Lawyer calls another lawyer who confirms there is no such law. Amphur lady now says 'but I think It's a good idea'. Nephew scoops up all the documents and go the his lawyer buddy's office. Lawyer writes the will for free. Lawyer reports the matter to a government department who issue a letter to nephew saying there is no law / policy etc., saying have to leave 100,000Baht to your wife's mother'. A few weeks later they go back to the Amphur office for a completely different matter. Lady who had claimed she knew the law but didn't not to be seen. Amphur boss comes to the counter and says 'don't come here and make trouble, you made my staff member very upset'. But she does help with the new matter at hand.

Here's the toll free number details: If you are in one of the following countries, you can use our free call numbers listed. The numbers may not be free from mobile or public phones. Austria 0800 295 165 Canada 1888 2557 493 China (north) 10 800 6100 427 Includes the provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Shandong and Henan. China (south) 10 800 2611 309 All other provinces Denmark 8088 3556 Germany 0800 1802 482 Greece 0080 0611 26209 India 000 800 61 01098 Indonesia 001 803 61 035 Ireland 1800 200 333 Italy 800 781 977 Korea, Republic of 003 081 32326 Netherlands 0800 0224 364 New Zealand 0800 441 248 Philippines 1800 1611 0046 Poland 00800 6111 220 Portugal 800 861 122 Singapore 800 6167 015 Spain 900 951 547 Thailand 001 800 611 4136 I added the bolding to the Access number from Thailand. The above is cut from this main document: https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/how-we-can-help-with-international-services?context=22471 You mentioned "...I may contact Centrelink in respect to a few of my OAP mates living in LOS ." This is clearly not my business but I wonder if Centrelink officers would be allowed to discuss details regarding other members. Surely that would be a breach of privacy. Your business entirely however I wonder if you might give the guys in Thailand the toll free number as above and suggest they call: Thailand 001 800 611 4136 Calls to this number go direct to the CLink International office in Hobart. They don't bite. As with all gov't agencies nowadays all calls are recorded so it pays to be careful what you reveal.

Can i suggest you call the toll free number and get a clear specific answer.

Direct from the Clink website: As of September 20, 2024, the fortnightly Australian Age Pension is $1,144.40 for singles and $1,725.20 for couples: Singles The maximum basic rate is $1,047.10 per fortnight, plus a pension supplement of $83.20 and an energy supplement of $14.10. The pension supplement of AUD83.20 continues forever if you move abroad. Other items : e.g. energy supplement, rent assistance etc., stop immediately.

It happens in many industries. My Thai son went to first day of lessons (hotel pool on Ploenchit Road) to learn basic diving (for an upcoming 3 day holiday in Bali and he wanted to spend 2 hrs diving - never done a dive before - never heard of being qualified to an international standard etc etc.). Second morning three 'scouts' from other diving schools approached my son and the other 2 students and offered them money start teaching diving the next day. Son and the other 2 shocked at the ofer and also because the teacher from the first day had disappeared.

I give up.

Do they run from the left side to every car to try to catch folks driving without a Thai permit?

I guess there must be a reason why 7 police officers assaulted someone, but I cant find such detail. Please share.

OP hasn't had much success with identifying a C'Link expert. Perhaps if the OP posted a list of subject areas and specific questions folks on AN might be able to help. But what would be needed is to sort the bullshot / unconnected / unhelpful / deliberately incorrect / off topic answers from the real answers. CUT AND PASTE FROM ABOVE: Here's a cut and paste from the appropriate Centrelink site. I have called the Thailand free call number several times over several years, always got through and speaking to a Clink officer in less than a minute. Never ever had charges added to my AIS phone bill. "If you are in one of the following countries, you can use our free call numbers listed. The numbers may not be free from mobile or public phones. c c c Thailand 001 800 611 4136 " 1 Quote Posted November 24 Ring them at 5 in the morning Thai time and you will get through quickly they are actually very helpful Not so sure about 5.00 am but I do agree: in my experience the officers on 001 800 611 4136 are very helpful.

I'm aware of a Norwegian couple, been coming to Thailand for 3 months at a time two times every year. Both late 60's. They maintain a 'permanent' rental on a small house on the beach. Norwegian husband and wife stay together in the house for the first 2 months of each visit, then the Norwegian lady flies back to Norway alone. Norwegian husband then transfers to his long-term Thai GF/s house for one month then he flies back to Norway. This arrangement has become well known. The Norwegian wife talks way too much, like a machine. She tells all 'My husband needs 2 women to take care of his sexual appetite so I have to be flexible. Several years back the Norwegian lady found a very young Thai man to stay with her for the the third month. That lasted about 3 days then the Thai boy fled.

Been working in LOS for 35 years, seen this happen many times. And every case is different / quite different. We had a family from Belgium living in our moo baht village (husband, wife 4 daughters - 19, 18, 16. 12). Posted here from the company HQ in Belgium. Within 4 weeks of being here the husband moved out to live with his new Thai secretary. Still supported his whole family from Belgium. Belgian wife (about 45 yo) eventually decided to take her own path and hired a handsome / hot 18 yo Thai escort boy from an agency (seen many times around the yard of the house, usually in just very short shorts). She had money, she bought him out from the agency and paid him a good monthly salary. / This became public knowledge because she shared all the details with her 2 oldest daughters 19 and 18, including the full sex details and of course gossip was rife. Plus many times the 4 daughters saw her on the sofa, in the kitchen preparing meals with her hands inside the boy shorts and his tiny bikinis. And more. Eventually the young man got tired of this and disappeared. So wife decided a new approach, she found addresses of small local Thai discos, went there and approached young Thai teenage boys (was seen with underage Thai boys) and instantly put her hands down their pants and groped them and even sucked them in public. The 4 daughters decided this could not continue. They contacted their father and asked him to come home. He said no and refused to discuss the matter further. The 4 daughters then did some research and found the contact details of the global HR director of their fathers company in Belgium. They called him and asked him to help them. HR Director quickly flew to Thailand, spoke to the daughters who had by this stage not seen their mother for weeks, she had moved in with a hot Thai boy. HR guy quickly got the facts, found a good Thai lawyer and then told the Belgian man his employment would be terminated in 1 week. Belgian man realized he had built a monster and dismissed his new Thai lover and arranged for himself and 4 kids to get back to Belgium quickly. Belgian wife had now heard the above details and apparently had realized this couldn't continue and asked for financial help from the company to get back to Belgium. Meanwhile in Belgium the 4 daughters were living happily with an aunt they respected and who it seems was a good listener. Mother joined them. Belgian husband now back in Belgium looking for work. His original company had spoken to the Belgian Embassy in Bkk and asked them to try to block the man from ever entering Thailand again.

Abortion after birth...what does that mean?

How do you now the date of the photo? She's a conman, same as her brother.

My whole family live here in Chiang Mai, Don Chan / Thasala area. My Thai adult son, his Thai wife, my uni age Thai granddaughter and myself buy 'groceries' online regularly from: Food Panda, Big C (both locations), Makro Superhighway and LOTUSs. They never buy just 1 item, always wait until need 3 or 4 items to spread the delivery cost. Delivery from all these shops is prompt. From Big C Don Chan (very close to our home) often less than an hour. Items delivered always match what was ordered online. I do agree it would be nice to look at Rimpings offerings and then buy online.

Looking for a dinner venue: - 5 adults, 1 kid, 1 baby - Typical Christmas dinner menu, possibly some drinks - Start 5:30 pm (need to get baby home early) - Reasonable price per head (Note: Not interested in big hotels or super expensive restaurants) Suggestions appreciated, thanks.

Maybe a drawcard looking for clues to construct lucky lottery numbers.

I get the full OAP basic supplement like every OA Pensioner. I don't get any other allowances: phone, rent assistance etc.

I get the basic supplement and CLink confirmed OA Pensioners get the basic supplement regardless of location anywhere in the world. After departing Oz the other 'allowances' stopped quickly and have never been reinstated.

- Bestiality is common in every country and in every socio-economic level and animal and female or animal and male and has been for at least several thousand years. - Incest is common in every country and has been for at least several thousand years and is common in every country and in every socio-economic level and animal and female and animal and male. And between sibling. Standard stuff. Not new news.

I think you've been misinformed. OAP recipients who are outside of Australia are paid the full supplement. I got the full OAP, then a bit later I left Oz and came to Thailand. Receiving the full supplement continued and I've been getting the full supplement all of time (now about 6 years). I'm wondering if you're aware that you can request to be changed to the 4 weekly payment cycle. Every 4 weeks transferred direct to my K Bank savings a/c here in Thailand. Funds sent by Clink go through a Commonwealth gov't banking process (not through a commercial bank in Oz and the fees are tiny.to K bank fees receive the OAP transfer are also small (about 120Baht from memory) every 4 weeks. K Bank will (if you request it) send an instantaneous email to your email address with an attachment giving some details of what's been deposited into your K Bank savings a/c. No charge. It seems that the deposit into my K Bank savings account is just a few hours after despatch from Oz. The bank account receiving the OAP funds can be a personal savings account (your name only) or it can be a joint account. I spoke to a CLink officer about that before I returned to Thailand. The officer confirmed it can be a joint account and Clink prefer that the second person be a relative. CLink don't want to know if the a/c needs one signature for withdrawal at a bank or two. As above, I've received the full OAP supplement since I moved to Thailand. C'Link do always know whether your in Oz or not in Oz. They have a live link to Oz Immigration records. Their systems check every passport number (arriving and departing) and your movements are automatically recorded in C'Link records. One item that might not be clear, as above C'Link check every passport number in the Immigration records (arriving and departing) and your movements are automatically recorded in C'Link records. But they don't know where you went or where you arrived from.