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17 hours ago, pineapple01 said:

And the Room stays the same temp whilst saving 40%....Hmmm. My LG just the same doesn't, in fact its a useless feature.The rooms just get warmer.

We've saved a lot of cash since we were alerted to this feature by an LG guy about 18 months ago. For us it works.

On 4/21/2020 at 4:10 PM, Dogmatix said:

 

You need 5 years of PR to apply for citizenship but in 2008 they amended the law to allow males with Thai wives without PR to apply.  However, they still need to show the three year record of work in Thailand with salary tax receipts.

Your last sentence; is that meaning that PR holders (who have already proved at least 3 years of work (work permits) and clearance of Thai personal tax for the years or work permits as part of gaining PR) don't have to further prove work and tax matters to apply for citizenship? 

My understanding (perhaps wrong) is that folks with PR have to prove work (work permits) and tax clearance for at least 3 years immediately prior to applying for citizenship and the work permit / tax clearance situation must continue for a set time (don't know how long) after the application for citizenship has been lodged.

Experts, would you please advise. 

1 hour ago, JomtienRay said:

We all wish for this, but the Odds of this happening are A million to one and drifting.. ????

Not so sure about that, IMHO various business groups which make big big money from Chinese tourism are very powerful and can exert very big pressure on government, even threats to get income rolling.

2 hours ago, brianinbangkok said:

okay I managed to contact PR section and spoke to the officer in charge of the PR section who actually took the time to investigate the options and called me back.

 

Only those PRs that expired after Thailand closed the borders on 26 March 2020 are considered under the special corona rules and those PR reentry permits are automaticly extended.

Enter as usual.

 

So for me , my PR is gone.

 

If I fly back as soon as possible (within a month) after they open the borders again I can re-apply without the need for 3 years of WP/Tax returns and if approved pay the ~ 97k fee as my wife is Thai. otherwise its the full 200k.

 

If I do not return and apply few years from now.

Its basicly restart the whole process , show 3 years WP/Tax returns pay the full 97k fee.

No point IMHO I rather apply for a Thai passport at 5K.

 

So as I no longer live in Thailand its not the end of the world for me, just makes it more difficult to return if I wanted to retire in TH.

So hope the above information helps others in the future.

 

 

 Thanks for sharing.

On 4/20/2020 at 12:42 PM, dallen52 said:

We all know that its not happening. 

Government statistics now show 17 million farmers and students that were not listed before. 

 Still beats me how the head of the house is listed in the blue book and their occupation is the family occupation. ????

My partners father was a farmer. 

Died 40 years ago. 

She and her sister are listed as farmers.

On some government database. 

So nothing will be paid. 

 

The information is supposed to be updated annually at the local Amphur..

 

I don't think so...!!

Also in the picture is that many local folks just don't worry about correct records etc.

On 4/23/2020 at 2:24 PM, Crossy said:

 

Have you checked the meter reading, our bill is well up with me working from home but nothing like that percentage.

 

What Air con's do you have?

We have LGs in many rooms. We discovered if you turn on and set the temp., etc then press the 'Savings' button the electricity cost goes down around 40% (yes 40%).

But you have to press the 'Savings' button every time you turn on, not difficult.

Many other brands have the same button, maybe different word.

18 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

When the time comes the deputy PM may have to kiss an awful lot of dirty farang butts to get us back????

How many have left specifically because of anutin?

21 hours ago, asiacurious said:

Looking to upgrade the phone and get a pocket wifi too.

I guess you've done your homework on charging.

I 'bought' a pocket wifi, I was aware there would be a 'start-up' fee on my next bill and of course a wifi monthly data fee and a small monthly equipment usage charge.

What I didn't realize was there is a substantial charge for 12 months to actually buy the equipment and it's not cheap.

In Thailand I've always been happy with the phone service offered by AIS.

3 hours ago, yawg said:

Health officials are only sock puppets of big pharma. I don't believe all the BS in the mass media. Many proven facts around the virus are out there and ignored or suppressed. 

Seems fair comment considering that it's big pharma and health insurance companies (both very powerful and ruthless) which are hell bent on stopping any form of national health service for poor (and all) Americans.

9 minutes ago, lujanit said:

Australia.  However Centrelink uses Immigration data to tell if you have gone overseas and not come back.

 

You may be right about the address.  Probably they used some program to identify OAP with an address in Australia.  They will work it out quick enough.  I can’t be the only person living overseas with an Australian address.

 

All interesting, and confusing. Both Centrelink and the Dept., of Veterans Affairs have told me in their correspondence it's an offence to not tell them current residential within 7 days of any change. 

At one point (just a few months ago) I spoke to an officer on the 'Older Australians' line, she politely said, if you go abroad and don't tell them you have gone abroad and you do continue to get the allowances, they will demand repayment of the allowance I should not have received (deduct it from upcoming payments) and they will also prosecute which could also mean permanent cancellation of all pensions.

A bit of a conundrum. 

25 minutes ago, Spellforce said:

Because I'm thinking that some tourists will start to come back in May with a covid-19 test and thet'll stop to ask that crazy 100,000 usd insurance.

But about this "14 days quarantine" ?

Given the discussions about medical insurance for all tourists over the last 1 or 2 years and it seems quite a desire from the Thai authorities to implement the same, why would they drop the Covid 19 health insurance requirement? 

22 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

No idea where this wholly false flame came from? As a libertarian I strongly advocate the legalization of each and every drug known to mankind. Up to the user if they want to take it or not. Ignorant people that want to ban everything under the assumption that it will eradicate the substance are living in a dream world. I can leave my home and return in under 2 minutes with a baggie of heroin, although it has been illegal for 80 odd years, and it costs a fortune. Total failure on the part of the prohibitionists. This lady died due to ill thought out prohibition of alcohol, and you bang on about "right wingers"? 

Well 'up to the user' sounds OK, but IMHO that statement or attitude can't really stand alone because in a civil society nobody can ignore that they must respect the rights of others to go about their daily activities and assume a civil society  provides some level of safety / some level of respect for others.

On the other hand if folks want total freedom to do as please with no controls then they must accept that if someone shoots them or their wife or kids then they must accept it without recourse.

1 minute ago, lujanit said:

Yes, that is correct.  Centrelink will pay the allowances if you are overseas for the first six weeks, after that the allowances cut out.  You still receive the basic OAP.

 

I get the pension paid into my Aus account then transfer what/when I need money into my Thai account using Transferwise.

 

I just cannot work out why they paid me the $750.

Thanks. In the Centrelink files is your address recorded as in Australia or abroad? Maybe that makes a difference?

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Maybe they haven't realised the rest of the world is skint also long haul destinations will be off the list for a while, I get the feeling British people will be holidaying at home and a lot depends on the cost of flights

Could be that airlines regain permission to fly / entry to countries is open but given so many people lost their jobs, reduced to part time work etc., large numbers of previous travelers have very limited budgets.

On the other side of the story the airlines will be desperate to get revenues, even with small margins.

Does that mean competitive airfares? 

15 hours ago, sungod said:

In a country that uses metric, could be a generic term for .44 or .45.

 

11mm is not a standard size I'm aware of.

Not really relevant to a tragedy.

2 hours ago, lujanit said:

Thanks.  I won’t spend it.  They know I am living overseas as Centrelink has stopped paying all the extras for about a year now.

Just curious, ignore my question if too personal, are you saying you've been receiving the basic old age pension abroad for some time, paid into a bank a/c in OZ, but not including allowances like electricity? 

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

And the first meeting will be abandoned because one (or more) of the committee members didn't show up. And when contacted he said 'but my maid didn't turn up to make my coffee and my wife refuses to do domestic tasks, which I respect'.  

Just wondering whether the PM's younger brother (and his hi-so wife) are on yet another committee?

7 minutes ago, ozzydom said:

Having an Oz bank a/c may be the secret,I have a Thai a/c and zilch ,nada.

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1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

"The virus will be disabled once its vaccine is developed."......spoken by one with the intelligence of a split pea!

Seems to me the overall medications needed are, and very happy to be corrected by our medical experts:

- A vaccine so that those vaccinated won't get infected or their immune systems will reject the virus taking hold.

- A shorter-term preventative medicine, to be taken when a person enters a known virus area and having taken the preventative medicine their system will reject the virus.

- A medication to treat folks who are unlucky enough to catch the virus (test proves positive) and to hopefully kill the infection quickly and hopefully stop complications and death. 

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

steaming cow pat's might be described as agricultural product as well so that could mean them becoming the hub of B/S .. 

Did you drink vinegar for breakfast?

Sure make it OK for the rich to give large / very large gifts to doctors and medical staff to ensure their family members get all the resources, and the poor don't get a fair share of the resources. Gross.

5 hours ago, lkv said:

Way to go, Mae Hong Son.

 

Congratulations. It's an important achievement. 5 cases and 100% success rate.

 

The PM will be paying a visit shortly, to shake hands and all that.

But will there be the correct social distancing?