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3 hours ago, DPKANKAN said:

 

FCA licences are issued to many companies offering financial services, not only banks.  For Wise the FCA licence lists under "Activities and services":

For a typical High Street Bank this would be:

Wise are not a bank in the eyes of the FCA,  no matter how many times you post that image.

On 11/19/2022 at 7:27 AM, Doctor Tom said:

You have a great faith in the integrating of UK systems that is not justified.

I made no suggestion that the government was efficient enough to use the information to their advantage, only that the information is there if they were to look for it (in most cases).  Border Force exit checks are not required.

5 hours ago, Onerak said:

Not convinced. Any cards asking for money to get it and then using Visa/MC network to authenticate has to pay a fee to Visa/MC. Visa/MC is not altruist organizations to enable any cards to access their network for free. Also, what kind of fraud protection it provides? All my cards provide 100% fraud protection. One call and it will take the charges off from my cards and I have done it multiple times. 

I have a couple of fee free cards from the UK.  My understanding is that the Visa and MC exchange rates are slightly below the interbank rate that Wise use.  That slight difference gives Visa/MC their fee when I use an ATM.  The banks providing my cards have full protection.

2 hours ago, Doctor Tom said:

As an aside, there is no system for tracking UK citizens that leave the UK.  There are no longer any Boarder Force outbound passport checks at airports and most ports, only inbound ones.  So they know when you come back, just not when you left, unless you tell them, such as declaring it for Tax purposes.

The government know when you leave through the airline API system which informs the UK government of the details of everyone on a flight originating, ending or transiting through the UK.

If the will was there that information could be passed to other government departments.

BFS lost that feature a few years back when there were too many passes being sold and the money not ending up in the right hands allegedly. You could try this company:

https://www.limousine.in.th/fast-track-immigration.php

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Could you maybe post information which allows me to try out your Pick of the Year ?

Google Streetview location showing the old restaurant but there's also an entry for Yong He Dou Jiang showing 13 reviews since it apparently opened in July.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Yong+He+Dou+Jiang/@12.9428508,100.9037739,3a,75y,291.07h,87.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s53LFkrVgzOUns2iTHsLduQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m15!1m7!3m6!1s0x310295fd3e319c6f:0x41224f3a7c5b5b28!2sThanon+Pattaya+Klang,+Muang+Pattaya,+Amphoe+Bang+Lamung,+Chang+Wat+Chon+Buri+20150,+Thailand!3b1!8m2!3d12.9329126!4d100.8973609!3m6!1s0x310295f7b80b0bfb:0x7d2c242bd350fb95!8m2!3d12.942832!4d100.9036225!9m1!1b1

On 11/8/2022 at 12:43 PM, Pdavies99 said:

Facebook is not effectively installed on your computer rather it is a web page I suspect you have a browser problem.

I know, hence my question.  It was you that suggested to uninstall it which didn't make sense.

On 11/7/2022 at 10:00 AM, Pdavies99 said:

Uninstall Facebook, restart the laptop, reinstall Facebook, use an alternative browser, ie Edge or Firefox, etc.

Tap Translate Screen app.  Draw a box round the Thai text with the on-screen cursor and it'll translate the contents of the box.  Fiddly to start with but you get used to it.

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

You can find out how by putting the question  into a google websearch 

Nope - uninstall a browser or delete activity/history is what it says, that's why I asked the poster who recommended it.

6 hours ago, Pdavies99 said:

Uninstall Facebook, restart the laptop, reinstall Facebook, use an alternative browser, ie Edge or Firefox, etc.

How do you uninstall a website you access with your laptop browser?

8 hours ago, RayC said:

However - another guess - DWP will probably try to recover the overpaid amount (plus a penalty?) from your estate. My father died on 15 May and I had to repay 16 days pension from his estate.

If it was an overpayment while he was alive they can do this.  If it was to rectify a payment made after his death (maybe a timing issue in his death being reported and filtering through the system) they may ask for its repayment but there is no legal need to pay it.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2022/01/dwp-has--no-legal-power--to-force-you-to-repay-pension-or-benefi/

On 11/6/2022 at 7:40 AM, bbi1 said:

Is there gonna be any issues easily getting a Bolt taxi back from Ban Phe Pier to Pattaya?

I just tried it on the app and it showed no availability.

4 hours ago, ThaiNotes said:

Can business class arrivals still bypass the horrendous immigration queues on arrival?

 

I know airlines stopped handing out priority passes years ago, but is there currently any equivalent? FWIW I'll be arriving next week on Emirates.

Yes.

You show your Business Class boarding pass to the Immigration Officer.

The Fast Track area was reported as being in the renovation process recently and fast tracks were being processed to one side of the main immigration hall, so you may have to look out for it if that's still the case.

12 hours ago, bbi1 said:

What extra pass they give you?

It's old information, but there used to be a seperate pass.  This was one version.

On 10/27/2022 at 8:41 AM, richard_smith237 said:

That said: there is an IATA* list of information that the airlines themselves use - its is the information on this site that the Airlines rely on when checking documentation.

 

*I can’t seem to find that IATA site.

The IATA site is Timatic.  I like to use the Emirates interface to it which can be found here:

https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/before-you-fly/visa-passport-information/

It confirms the information used by the airlines has been updated to reflect the change to 45 days on arrival for visa exempt entry.  Here's the data for a British passport holder:

21 hours ago, Coota said:

Nakonchai Air run a bus service from Buriram to CM.

14 hours ago, Red Forever said:

The VIP bus goes overnight from Burirum to CM and vice versa.

I think it's called Nakhon Air or something.

Comfortable, a/c and not too dear.

I know their website isn't very good, but it's not showing a CM to Buriram bus.  Is it the one to Ubon that perhaps stops off in Buriram or is there a point to point one that's missing from the website list?

19 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

That's exactly what i have been on about it doesn't happen in Thailand or maybe it does depending on what Thai bank you use. 

That's the day it's paid out by the government.  Your delay is it being processed by Citibank and sending it overseas.

On 10/24/2022 at 2:45 AM, AlexRRR said:

Gees your picky, your the fool who bought a place with low head room in the stair when most people would have passed on it....

There's not much gets past you is there?  Unfortunately "the fool who bought etc" got past you as well.  It's at the top of each page but I'll put it here for you too.

On 10/22/2022 at 9:16 AM, AlexRRR said:

25mm per inch sir, you can work it out

I did.  You didn't.

200 to 300 mm is not around 4 to 8 inches but you go with it if you want.  Mind your head. ????

13 hours ago, Hotrats said:

Update to my post above: right at the end of the 3rd day of waiting I finally received the approval email for my 90 day report. So it does seem like the online reporting system is working well, although the response time may be a bit longer after returning from abroad as opposed to to a report done without having left the country.

Maybe just your office or a combination with last weekend's holidays.  Mine took 42 minutes from receipt to approval following an overseas trip a few months ago.  (Timestamps are BST).

7 hours ago, AlexRRR said:

Well sir i was a builder in my home country, so i know a few things . . . .

Was the conversion of mm to inches one of these things?

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200 to 300 mm....thats around 4 to 8 inches.