Everything posted by treetops
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At check-in traveling to Thailand with an ”O” Visa. Is it required to present a flight ticket out of Thailand?
The airlines use a system called Timatic to check visa requirements and some of them provide an interface to the Timatic data. I like to use Emirates' one which can be found here: https://www.emirates.com/th/english/before-you-fly/visa-passport-information/visa-passport-information-results/?widgetheader=visa&nationality=se&destination=th The wording it uses is "Visitors who are visa exempt but do not hold return/onward tickets could be refused entry." As you have a visa this warning does not affect you.
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Thai Consular introduces electronic documents services including e-passports
E-passports have been issued in Thailand since 2005, but I don't suppose The Thaiger cares about details like that.
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Songkran 2024
Proposed by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, but "clarified" a few days later that she "meant a month of cultural events, concerts, decorations, markets, and festivals, leaving the current water celebration days the same in current provinces".
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Grab - what happened?
Thanks both. Just been playing about with it and it seems it's automatically added to the initial price when the card is selected as the payment method. Time to change cards.
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Grab - what happened?
When did this happen or can anyone else confirm it? Are you sure it's not a fee from your bank? I'm an infrequent Grab user but have my overseas credit card linked to my account and have never noticed any 3% surcharge.
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STARLUX Airlines to launch LA and San Francisco to Chiang Mai flights
It appears they've just launched the TPE-CNX route and the USA flights mentioned will connect to them in TPE. Misleading headline IMO.
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Thai immigration online 90 day reporting system
Completely new system since then. The current one was introduced in December 2021.
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Thai immigration online 90 day reporting system
Two mates in the last couple of months have successfully submitted 90 day reports on-line and had them approved after receiving new passports. Both in Jomtien. One USA passport and one UK passport. How long ago was your experience?
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Is Chiang Mai airport immigration easier than Bangkok ?
That's per year, not per trip but it's wrong anyway. That's because only one extension is allowed per visit before leaving the country, and you've used it. The seven days is a courtesy to allow you to get packed and exit Thailand.
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Risk of bursting washing machine water hose?
Add me to the list of those who have had a washing machine hose burst. In my case it was the hot water supply and I came home to a kitchen full of steam but it was a small breach so not a vast quantity of water although still enough to do damage. There are accessible taps but even now I don't turn them off when I'm away.
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Thai Lion Air...Your Experience?
Only non-stop alternatives are from BKK instead of DMK with Thai or Nepal Airlines.
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2G/5G Routers and internet telephony
You still aren't explaining what you have in an understandable manner as indicated by topt. How it appears to me is that you have a router communicating on 2 available frequencies. These are 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. The 2.4 GHz frequency is slower but reaches further and will pass through obstacles like walls better, and this could posssibly explain why you have 2 bars on one and 5 bars on the other. But. You say your phone won't connect to your 2.4GHz network which seems strange as your laptop sees it OK. In the phone shop you'll be too far away to see it. You should find it under settings, Wi-Fi or similar which should then show you a list of available networks. A router with 2.4 and 5GHz capability usually just has the name and _2.4 or _5 after it to show the difference. You can check the exact name by looking for it on your laptop which you say connects to it no problem. The 2G and 3G phones you mention are 2nd and 3rd Generation mobile phone technology and not relevant AIUI, but I could have misunderstood you altogether. Try again but with some pictures of what you're seeing if posssible.
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Can someone pls change my username?
But don't wait 8 years (the time since you signed up) to do it.
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Changing Money in Pattaya
Damini just up from the post office on Soi 13/? are competive going the other way so might be worth calling too.
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Legal Tax minimization for foreigners
Can you explain why that is the case? My understanding is the requirement is 180(?) days in a calendar year. By May 2025 there will only have been 151 days elapsed so you can't know at that point, or is there another reason you chose that date?
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Bangkok Bank statement doesn't show correct description for Wise transfers
I understand it was the manually implemented solution before they introduced the long stay option in the reason for transfer space. No harm in having both.
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Money from abroad
I'm going with what I read online which I agree is not infallible, but anyway, as posted above the Thai bank owning the ATM also knows and may report it using some other instrument. Agreed, the amount of data to trawl through would be incredible which is why I'm not worrying overly about this recent development. My rough calculations show I'm still paying far more in tax in the UK than I would here and one would be credited against the other AIUI so no net effect on me if so.
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Buy a condo to Airbnb - is it really profitable?
Not if that's a nightly rate as the poster claimed.
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TikTok adds text-only posts as social media battle escalates
X.com existed before single letter domains became restricted in 1993 therefore was allowed to remain in existence even though new single letter domains would not be permitted. Twitter must have acquired it from it's original owner but just use it to redirect traffic to twitter.com
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Bangkok Bank statement doesn't show correct description for Wise transfers
Here's Wise's take on transfers to Thailand including their transfer partners, how it shows in BBL and KBank when received from abroad and how to get the evidence if the system fails, as it apparently has done. There's a new one (to me) on there now detailing the process for transfers over 50K baht to SCB. You may have to be logged in to see the page. https://wise.com/help/articles/2932335/guide-to-thb-transfers
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Money from abroad
Both countries have signed up to the OECD Common Reporting Standard which allows for this information to be shared.
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Money from abroad
Information on debit card ATM withdrawals will also be in the data communicated from his overseas bank to Thailand.
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Clever but Sloppy Tax Changes
Just what we need. Another thread with armchair interpretation of the new rules for others to argue about. You've done well though - yours is one of the worst understandings to be posted so far.
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Price difference between booking via agents and direct with VietJet.
Did you add any ancillaries like hold luggage or seat selection? I've noticed with some agents they bump up the price on these so after luring you in with the low headline price they sucker punch you later.
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Anyone got an email from Wise asking for more info
The option about buying property in Thailand also takes the "long" route and gets marked as an FTT by BBL as that's a requirement when funding a condo purchase.