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Seems to have been forgotten that dowry is common in many countries and has been for centuries. - In some countries the groom / groom's family pays the dowry. - In some countries the bride / brides family pays the dowry. Ultimately these activities are standard, But if one person doesn't like the idea then that's their personal attitude / choice. Ultimately these things are cultural.

Just like you.

So 'he' is claiming Thai PR on the basis of: - because married to a Thai citizen for 15 years, he brings in and spends more money than the average Joe and he speaks Thai reasonably well. Nothing mentioned about having worked in Thailand for at least 3 consecutive years with a Thai work permit (WP) and that WP still valid, and proof or having submitted a Thai personal tax return for same period and proof that any tax payable had been paid. Everything in my para immediately above is very relevant and is the normal core requirement to gain Thai PR. It's been mentioned before there's a very small number of cases where other circumstances have also taken into consideration, but not 'I spend big every month'... No doubt 'he' will be back with a full report of the meeting with the police committee.

Some would be interested re this activity taking away jobs that Thai folks should have.

That can happen, there's lazy folks everywhere. I am aware that at least 2 major supermarket operators in Thailand have policy that older stock must be at the front. There's a number of points with this: - Shops want to recoup their total costs of selling and they want to do this quickly so they want their ongoing auto. sales / stock analysis* to reveal that older stock leaves the shelf first, and their auto. analysis does auto. flag if the sequence is out of order. And there will be some investigation 'what's going on here?' * supermarkets, department stores, all selling / business activity is analysed to death nowadays and that analysis reveals many interesting points, all valuable in operating successful business. - Shops don't want to risk stock being 'past use by date' which brings more selling administration which costs money. -And there's more...

This reply to my 4 line comment above using a 'confused' emoji. Nothing confusing whatever about my comment which is 100% fact reported hundreds of times in the international media. Do some reading, educate yourself.

So Israel has a right to wipe out a country, while at the same time Israel, for many decades has been severely punishing that country and stealing their land / pushing the rightful owners off that land / controlling the movement and daily life of the people on that land?

Are you saying that supermarket staff / shelf repackers are not polite? And don't allow access to shoppers? Both items are untrue. Yes at one wholesale supermarket occasionally an aisle is taped off and there's a forklift in operation. And the forklift will disappear as quickly as it appeared. Life ain't perfect.

Now you try a diversion. I also use a (compact) wheelchair on some days when my back pain is severe, but I don't expect that life should be structured / re-arranged to suit me. Are you expecting supermarkets should be set up / operated for every person / situation? In fact when I do use my chair I can still easily do my shopping with little difficulty.

I owned a luxury house on Jomtien beach for a few years, rented sveral time to farang expats, their employers paying all moving costs. One renting couple (Britcouple - husband and brit wife) mentioned that they a large full container arriving a few days after they moved into the house. I asked the office at the village where the house was located where the container could be 'parked' while it was unloaded. Answer: outside the village at the footpath. Container arrived, local moving agent had arranged for 4 staff to be available to take each box one at a time from the container and drive the box (5 - 10 minutes, on a fork lift) to the house then open the box and take out the contents. Brit husband (engineer) had gone to work, his farang wife took over the supervision of the whole operation. Each box was opened then Brit wife indicated a). Put the contents in this cupboard, or b.) throw it away. Ultimately the majority of this 'junk' had been transported across the worls, at big expense, to be thrown away. The moving / transport agent got quite upset about the abrupt / demanding way his 4 staff were being spoken to by the Brit wife and he called the company and complained. The Thai admin. officer came to the house and same activity was continuing. He gave a report to the US CEO. CEO was horrified about the whole scenario plus the enormous inappropriate expense. Brit wife (alcoholic, several large bottles of gin, neat, every day) abused the CEO. By this time the company was not satisfied with the husband's work, they were sent back to the UK, and had to pay a large reimbursement to the company.

"... when the isle is blocked off completely with tape while a forklift is in use." For your safety and removed as quickly as possible.

My police file has been 'stored' at 2 locations: - Bunglamung Police Centre and lock up (Pattaya / Chonburi)(where the red book was issued) and the file retrieved from a filing cabinet in that office on the date when I went in well in advance of the initial 1 year and again well in advance of the next 5 year reporting. Later we moved to Chiang Mai. I went to the Bunglamung police centre, the officer retrieved my hanging from the same filing cabinet and said "I will prepare a standard letter about changing address to put n the envelop with the documents we are holding here, you must collect the envelope tomorrow and you have 7 days to report to the appropriate Police station in Chiang Mai and give them the envelope. I reported to the Chiang Mai City Police Centre about 3 days later, and gave them the envelope. The Chiang Mai office scanned the documents quickly then took a new hanging file and put my name on the tab on the hanging file. He then said 'coming soon you will need to do the 5 year reporting update, do you want to do it today? I agreed and 10 minutes later the update all done. Twice I've been back to the Chiang Mai Police Centre and both times the officer found my name in the red book then took the matching hanging folder / file from his filing cabinet.

- I forgot to mention cost of hundreds of lights in a night time operation. - The biggest 'roadblock' in supermarkets for wheelchair users is probably other shoppers?

I'll ask. Why bring so much with you,? We moved from a Chonburi city house to Chiang Mai family: 3 adults and 3 kids. I found a moving advice site which helped. We worked all day Sat. and Sun for 3 week ends. Each item put 'on display' and then a quick : - When was the last time we used this utem? - Will we ever use it again. - Is there something on the market, cheap which would be more practical and easy to buy in Chiang Mai and more... Ultimately we threw away a very large amount of stuff. Son spoke to a few local truckies, and got very cheap quotes for on big truck to CM. Son offered a 2 day job to 3 reliable uni colleagues:help load the truck, go with son in his mini van to CM. Move everything a nominated position in he new house. Big dinner when completed, VIP bus tickets back to Bkk. It all worked very well.

Because they have owned houses/ condos there for a long time?

Seems you know very little about the whole subject area. -In modern supermarket operation everything on the shelves sells. The operators study much data before they add an item to the shelves, if it doesn't sell at an expected turnover it's deleted. -Cost of operation is taken very seriously and that includes costs of salaries and benefits. Night shift operation causes increased costs, and it's therefore avoided. And the supermarket is not going to use an 'all night time re-stocking just to avoid a small inconvenience to customers. -I guess you've noticed staff step aside very quickly if they see that a customer wants access to the shelf where they are working. -During daytime there's many supervisors on duty (all areas of the operation and they can quickly fix any issues, regardless of reason. At night time there would to be supervisors on duty just to supervise shelf re-stacking - not doing a multi-function role. Increased costs.

Well not sure about cars but a salt (human) body scrub is quite invigorating. I was offered this at a spa in Ho Chi Minh City, I imagined that it might 'rough up' human skin and be painful but the Spa owner assured me that's not true. It was quite pleasant, not painful in any way, my skin was much clearer and smooth and I didn't ongoing get any rust development.

I have a question, it's been suggested to post the question here: "And still not clear whether the Australian Old Age Pension, transferred to Thailand, is exempt from Thai personal taxation, especially where the recipient has no other income." Or perhaps the question is whether the Oz OAP (alone) is considered to be income under the Thai RD regulations? I'm just guessing but I suspect a few Aussies on the OAP living in Thailand will be interested in this point. Thanks for any advice you can share.

I have Thai PR (27 years) and replaced my Australian passport two or three times in that period, because of 10 year expiry / validity, but never tangled in any way with travel in and out, so I don't have any specific knowledge know about change of address / new passport number etc. But regarding the Red covered Police Registration book I'm aware that prompt update of address in the red book is not taken seriously, as long as the holder does the 5 year update. I do this at the police city centre here in Chiang Mai muang, my Thai adult son always goes with me, the cop who handles this speaks good English and is very pleasant. I was in Australia when the 5 year update was looming, my son went alone to the police centre with a copy of my red police book, explained to the same polie guy that there was difficulty to return to LOS because of Covid. The police guy instantly said 'don't worry at all about that, just be sure you bring your dad t with the original book quickly after he does return, so we can do an update'. Son responded 'but it maybe a year or more late'. Cop responded 'not a problem and he wrote a quick note in the copy of my red book and gave it back to my son. Police guy asked my son how old I was, son responded 78 yo. Police guy responded 'we are aware that several very old foreigners are several years overdue to do their 5 year update, it's not a problem, but your dad has your help so please watch this and keep it updated.' Son asked 'could I bring dad's red book and you speak to him on a LINE video chat?'. Policeman man said 'i've never done that because the actual regulation says 'report in person', but maybe the regulation can be changed, however as per our discussion it's not a serious problem.'

If you have say 7 to 10 days before it's critical, suggest you send an English language e.mail to: Division1 Immigration (at) gmail.com They usually respond within a few days and usually clear answers. Good luck.

No doubt there's several very snr officers who 'have baggage' and would not hesitate to make various claims against big joke.

Wow, if the 'too close to xxx' was applied consistently nobody would qualify (but of course too close to prayut and some others might not count'.

And still not clear is whether the Australian Old Age Pension, transferred to Thailand, is exempt from Thai personal taxation, especially where the recipient has no other income.

And ensure the sending bank add a comment re purpose of transfer: 'buy condominium'

Thanks for the suggestions. I've just discovered this is covered in my dental benefits with my Thailand Social Security Fund continuing membership. Their dedicated dental clinic at Rajavet hospital in Chiang Mai is excellent. Going tomorrow.