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Sorry I forgot passport & copy was also on the list, but they didn't ask for it on the day.

Did this in Bangkok recently. This is the list DLT said they wanted: Police report Residence certificate Details of lost licence (photocopy, or other info) What they actually wanted: To see the digital copy on the phone A couple of hundred Baht for the replacement (200? 300? I can't remember). The whole thing took about 5 minutes and most of that was waiting for it to print.

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The dengue infection cycle is primarily mosquito>human>mosquito>human etc. It is zoonotic, but as far as I know, bats are the only other animals to get acute infections. We are the main hosts. https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/dengue-transmission-22399758/ Also, first infections with dengue are often mild. A lot of people don't even know they had it (which is why you need a blood test before getting Dengvaxia). The vast majority will not end up in hospital. Subsequent infections are a different matter.

The Qdenga vaccine was developed here in Thailand at Mahidol.

Perhaps we are just talking past each other ???? Malaria and dengue are both transmitted by mosquitoes. You get malaria after being bitten by a parasite infected female Anopheles mosquito. While they are biting you, they also transmit the parasite (Plasmodium) into your blood. You get dengue after being bitten by a virus infected Aedes mosquito. The dengue virus is present in the mosquitoes saliva, and gets injected into your blood when they bite you. It's a two-way street. If you are infected with either malaria or dengue and the right species of mosquito bites you, you can infect the mosquito, allowing it to infect other people later on.

Malaria is a parasite not a virus. Dengue is a virus. They are not related, and it's possible to be infected with both, even simultaneously. There's no real treatment for dengue, just treating the symptoms while you suffer through it.

I'm not sure what you mean. There are 5 (or 6 depending how you split them) strains of malaria parasites, and 2 of them are responsible for most of the infections in humans. There are 4 strains of the dengue virus (DenV-1 to DenV-4). DenV-2 used to be the most common and also the most serious, but 3 & 4 infections have been increasing. Infection with one strain of dengue offers little or no protection against the others, so you can catch it naturally 4 times. Subsequent infections are always a higher risk than the first, regardless of which strains are mixed. The Qdenga was initially based on DenV-2. It offers the best protection against that strain, but has reasonable protection against the others as well.

Reinfection with a different strain significantly increases the risk of the most serious effects (haemorrhagic fever, organ failure, death). If I'd had it before, I'd get the vaccine.

As far as I can see, it's not licenced for over 60s because there's no data, not because it's contraindicated. There's also no data on people with chronic illnesses. But then, they don't even have data on boosters yet, so I suppose it will all come through eventually.

That was the Dengvaxia vaccine, which was for kids that had been previously infected. This will be the Qdenga, which is for adults whether they have been previously infected or not. I don't know enough about it to say whether it's a good idea, but there does seem to be a lot of people going down with Dengue in Bangkok at the moment.

I've used Mr Bag Fix for repairs. Probably not the cheapest option but it was convenient and the work was good. You can get email them for an estimate. I'd try @LS24's DIY options first though. Also, sometimes the telescopic tubes get slightly crushed during baggage handling, which stops the inner tube sliding freely. You can sometimes just squeeze it with pliers on the opposite sides and pop it back into shape.

Maybe this is what the app update is about. How does facial rec work on web platforms instead of phone apps? Does it rely on a webcam?

http://fixchair.com/index.php/office-chair-price If you are in Bangkok, Fix Chair will recover it for about 1,000 THB. I've used them for a few repairs.

You would be better looking for a therapist that offers CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy). There are a lot who work online over Zoom or whatever now. Most people with mild anxiety can get a handle on it after about 6 x 30 min sessions, but you usually see improvement before that.

SCB already has a 50k limit for transactions without face recognition. As far as I know, it just means they are just improving the facial rec abilities of the app. I haven't been to the branch to sign up for facial rec, so I have to keep transactions below 50k now. Maybe the update will let us self-register, though I probably still won't. I thought that was a Thai requirement. Is it actually just something SCB has implemented?

Taiwan may be an option for DIY. A short flight, the quarantine isn't too onerous (a week or so I think), and it's generally quite dog-friendly. But it would need a lot of research to be sure.

I haven't used them myself, but https://relo4paws.com/ often gets recommended. I believe there are also companies that specialise in this based in Singapore. FWIW a year or so ago, a colleague took her dog back to Australia and the best quote she got was $15,000 AUD. She did it herself instead, going from Thailand to Malaysia. But I don't think Malaysia is on the list anymore.

I honestly don't know. Natwest closed my UK account when they found out I was living overseas, so I'm very careful not to let UK banks know now. I use a VPN to connect, and if I have to use a SIM, I turn off my Thai one and use my UK one (Tesco Mobile, if it matters). That's probably overkill, but I'm not really sure what these 'security checks' are, and I don't want to draw attention to my setup.

It's my UK bank that occasionally (a few times a year) insists I connect via mobile data, and that's what I do. Enable roaming, make the connection, turn it off again, and that seems to keep them happy for a while.

You can receive an OTP on another phone and just type it into the app manually, but a lot of smartphones won't work without a SIM card anymore, and even if it does, the app may require you to connect using the SIM sometimes, rather than wifi, as a security measure.

You can either lose over a year on your passport or 3 months on the visa. Either option will work. Do whichever is more convenient for you.

Your passport is valid until the expiry date, including the extra months. However, the Schengen area (and possibly other countries, but the EU is the only place I'm aware of), will only accept it for the first 10 years. If you aren't traveling to or through a Schengen country, it doesn't matter, and you can use it until 2025. If you need it for the EU, it effectively expires in July 2014. This has only become an issue since Brexit. Any new passports issued will only be for 10 years, and there won't be any extra months added in future.

Over the years, I've had two cable fires after being assured unlabelled 125v cables were definitely rated for 240v. I would never risk it again.

There is an individual breaker switch for it indoors (an actual switch, not just the breaker box). Will that turn the outdoor part off as well, or is it more likely to have its own electrical supply? I couldn't see an obvious connection, but I don't know how to tell if the outdoor box has been isolated if the part inside has been turned off.