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Pink ID Card or Driver's License.

Most of us would assume that you are a legal visitor to Thailand. So whether or not you "like" it, you ARE in the system. But then is is entirely possible that you are a multi-year over-stay.

In times of military rule, when the government is trying to install an internet gateway and restrict your basic freedoms, when immigration starts asking for you to reveal all bank accounts, social media accounts, which bars and restaurants you frequent, and what you had for breakfast, on threat of not getting a visa, a little paranoia may come in handy. And I don't mean the Black Sabbath variety, which ALWAYS comes in handy.

No, I certainly won't be voluntarily going to government offices to be finger-printed and processed, thank-you very much. Keeping under the radar and out of the system as much as possible is the way I'm going. You won't catch me going for the Pink.

Patek's Curry Paste and pickles - at Tops.

Very few flying ants here this year. Had some in mid-may, almost nothing since. In CM last week - a LOT of them at San Sai.

River Market. Excellent food, service and a great view as well.

My daughter, when visiting here, refused to eat in small, street-side restaurants. Surely, get sick there, she would say.

So we looked it up.

"CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people out of 321 Million) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 5,000 die of food-borne diseases. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), deaths from Food poisoning total about 5,000 annually in USA. That is 15.6 deaths per million residents." Source: CDC

Food poisoning in Thailand, 2003: 126,185 reported cases with 11 deaths. That is 0.15 deaths per million inhabitants. (Source Thai Health)

The pangasius hypophthalmus is much like sea bass filet, both in taste and consistency. Just 1/10th the price. Breaded and fried, it's great with a yellow curry.

Wonderful.

I understand the request was for an Android weather ap. I use Amber. It has a choice of three different weatjer info sources. I tried all three and found using Forecase.io as the most accurate. Can send you it if you want.

Get a yellow book. It shows you are the owner of the house (not the land, which can only be held by a Thai or a Thai company).

Best guarantee you can have.since this is registered on the chanote itself.

You can do this yourself at the local Amphur office.

I should have mentioned that Kanchanaphisek Road is also known as Highway 9 - and was mentioned above as a preferred route.

We did the trip to Sam Roi Yot (about 100km past Hua Hin) 2 weeks ago. When doing that trip (twice a year) we always overnight at Chi Nat - the break makes the trip MUCH easier.

The traffic through Bangkok is terrible with lots of construction. Fastest route to partially bypass Bangkok is to use Kanchanaphisek Road.connecting to Highway 35.

Route WILL take you a total of 10-11 hours because of construction delays.

All current foreigner driver's licenses in Thailand carry that person's passport number preceded by a three digit nation of origin cope. It is a Thai Land Transportation regulation that you must inform your local Land Transportation office when your passport number changes. You are then issued with a new diver's license with that new passport number on it.

Very good. Download speeds are averaging 1.8 to 2.0 MB/S, peaking at 2.2.

Not yet.........

I do think that many of the posters into this thread have missed the point.

The white Temple" is not a temple in the usual Thai Buddhist sense.

It was established by a man who decided he could do something with an almost dead property.

He created a tourist attraction.

People should stop referring to it as the temple, and rather simply call it the white tourist attraction.

May be usefuil for you to review post 9 by Santisuk

No need to file the return if you have no income to report, They will however send you another one next year (according to my experience).

To be precise that would be "no need to file the return if you have no income that is taxable in Thailand to report".

You might have income in a foreign country for 2015, but have not brought it into Thailand during 2015 (ie you lived from savings of income from prior years). That would not be taxable in Thailand.

If the income is from the US and already taxed there is no need to claim is it as there is a tax agreement between Thailand and the US.

I should add something I forgot in my first response. If you have Thai income and have paid tax on it (such as income tax deducted by your bank on interest earned, you may file an income tax reture and get a refund of tax paid if that is your only source of Thai income.

It appears you have USA on the brain. We are both speaking of the Thailand Income Tax forms which are delivered via post to all registered tax payers.

No need to file the return if you have no income to report, They will however send you another one next year (according to my experience).

Thank you! I worry I may get fined for not submitting.

I hope you understand that the IRS classifies income as earned and unearned. I assume you live in Thai so how do you live without any income ? I can see you not having a w2 or self employed income etc. ( earned ) but no unearned like SS, Pension , interest on savings ( in Thai or the states ) , dividends etc. You have the booklet , I would suggest reading the easy to follow instructions on who has to file and what is considered income. I assume you are retired , so for example if your only income is SS you don't have to file. Again assuming you are retired here on a retirement visa using the 800k in the Thai bank method you may not have to file with the IRS but you must file the FBAR with the Treasury Dept. Why you may ask - it is the US law that requires all US citizens no matter where they live to report to the Treasury once a year if they have more than 10,000$ in total any where outside of the US -- severe penalties for not filling

No need to file the return if you have no income to report, They will however send you another one next year (according to my experience).

You don't actually need anything in form of membership or day pass, or... At the cashier when she asks you for the member card, simple say mai me. They do NOT require you to have one.

The V.K. Currency Exchange (Photo studio upstairs). You tell him which country and he makes the photos to the national specification.

12 Changklan Road across from Wat Upphakhut or about 30 steps north of the Plaza Shopping Centre building.

For anyone wishing to apply for PR (permanent residency) status; You require a non-refundable deposit of 97,000 Baht which is not drawn upon unless your application is approved. To the best of my knowledge (my applications date back many years) no one in the north has ever been approved, Advantages? Only if your intention is to seek citizenship.

Tried two times. First application returned denied due to a spelling mistake. Second never responded to (in 3 years).

BTW - each application cost 97,000B

The massive thread??? Right.

A Thai-registered car/truck/motorcycle cannot enter China. I've been told there are exceptions (If you have a special reason to take your vehicle into China, per-screening is available at the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok) but never heard of anyone actually able to do it. We got to the border and were very politely told we could not enter and told to rent a Chinese car and driver. This was at Boten.