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No she didn't, but I contacted my relationship manager and explained what had happened, and she advised me: So I will wait accordingly. I did point out that the message in red on the Krungsri Online Banking page was therefore inaccurate and they ought to perhaps change it, so that people like you and me don't have to waste our time trying to register now, which the notice infers,

In response to their notice that Online Banking will cease on 1 October 2025, I downloaded the app and because it informed me I had to go to any branch to register, did just that. Took passport and the clerk tried several times to register me, but Registration Failed on every occasion. She asked whether I had more than 1 SIM, whether my account was registered using another SIM, another form of ID, to which the answer is "no". Very sorry. She also thought that if I had Online Banking, the app could not be registered, but I have no idea whether that line was based on anything. So clearly there is something remiss with this registration malarkey.

Why not download the TraffyFondue app and report it (in ENG or THA) to BMA with narrative & pictures. They respond very quickly. Whether they do anything about it speedily is yet to be seen. I have used it recently for crapped up pavements, (made by BMA) during a questionable initiative to make them more user friendly, (which they are now obviously not), as the workmen assigned to the task dig it up, (often in the wrong places) and reinstate it with cement laid by a child, or a gaping hole, or a pile of concrete rubble are clearly not supervised, or following a plan, if ever there was one. Once you download the app, it gives you this LINE and you add your name and complete your issue in the brown box at the extreme right.

And it may provide the military the screen they need to remove a government in their well-worn fashion. And the rest, which only became "inconvenient" because it affected Chinese, and burst the Chinese tourist balloon.

Not disputing that. He does need due process, which he was denied.

Exactly. The new indictment is pretty thin, despite Bondi's attempt to paint it as people trafficking, or trafficking children (remind you of anyone, Epstein etc)?...which is taking a mighty long time to declassify because it might include a large role played by one Donald Taco Trump.

Thanks. Gottcha.

Well, 33.4% of the electorate. A bit like the US electorate: the majority didn't vote for either candidate, (Harris or Trump). The lack of interest in voting is indeed a choice, but rather a sad one when the the consequences are there for all to see. Although " [democracy] is the worst form of government" is attributed to Churchill, he said:

Ok good. That presumably saves time if there's a queue at IMM. Normally I travel using Fast Track, but last time I didn't and the e-Gate facility wasn't available, except to Thais, (and even that seemed too novel to be of much benefit). I don't suppose the e-Gate works for returning to Thailand.

Do you think option 1 allows for use of passport, or does it mean Pink ID, (which is same as TIN)? (I have not registered my Pink ID / TIN with my bank).

I have received the letter, but it is different from yours, in that it gives me 3 options to receive the money, (at Krung Thai Bank): 1) is probably not applicable, as my bank account (and therefore PromptPay) is registered through my passport, (but whether that is my "national ID number", I don't know). 2) is not applicable, as I do not have a Krung Thai account. 3) I do not know what an e-Money card is, or how to use it.

Just curious about use of e gate: I presume you hold a UK passport, but were able to utilise the e gate with that and it correctly read your EoS Non O visa? Also, were you in Fast Track because you're a Qatar Airways Gold card holder, or were you travelling in Business Class? Thanks.

The famous quote attributed to Samuel Johnson is: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." The full quote, as recorded by his biographer James Boswell, is: "Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." (In 1777.)

Yes, a bit complicated. I have PromptPay on my bank accounts, but bank accounts opened with passport and they have no record of my pink ID, nor would they accept it, (AFAIK). I'll just deposit the WHT refund cheque. I agree, awaiting clarification as in "waiting for Godot", I imagine. I shall continue to retain information as I did for 2024, (none of which has been required). When there's something unequivocal, (a man can dream), I will decide how to proceed with document retention etc.

@Zaphod Priest & @Yumthai Noted, thank you. I obviously misunderstood some of the hundreds of thousands of claims made over the last 18 months that these (CRS & FACTA) were of themselves serious tax evasion tools.

Thank you! I thought it might get transferred by PromptPay, but no matter, there is a K Bank and others in the vicinity. I will deposit it into the nearest if I can. Interestingly, I discovered that because I had used my pink ID to register for a TIN, (and it's the same number), the TRD officer said that was not registered with my bank, (which is correct, as I only obtained it earlier this year), so it is not specified on the Tax Cert, and this caused a delay, as they couldn't reconcile it. Without it, there is no digital connection between bank and TRD, (despite the claims of CRS & FACTA being able to monitor every transaction). Anyway, I guess we'll wait to see how the last TRD ambiguous blah about the need for tax filing in this tax year, and perhaps it will all have died a death, as some suggest from the unclear statement, and we go back to how things were pre Por.161 & Por.162.

I have now received an SMS saying that TRD are sending me a Form K.21 tax refund notification by mail. I think a Form K.21 is an authorisation that I have to complete and take to K Bank for the refund. I tried to find a sample of K.21 on the TRD site, but it states "no result". Honestly it's a rather worthless palaver (2 months after filing online).

I hailed a cab on Silom on Wednesday. Got in, and told the driver my destination, in Sathorn. He said THB200, so I got out. I walked a few metres to Thaniya Plaza, called GrabCar and a Toyota Camry (usually used for Grab Car Premium) arrived within 8 minutes. Total fare, including Ride Cover and Card fee THB100. The choice is an easy one. (The usual "normal" taxi fare, with traffic from Silom to Sathorn would be around THB70.)

And of course Trump has done everything he promised in his election campaign. On top of that he has abided by the rule of law at every turn. He has given himself selflessly to the service of the American people, foregoing his salary, giving up his hugely successful real estate empire, working day and night at the White House, saving the taxpayers billions by cutting waste fraud and abuse, through the imaginative creation of a new department authorised by Congress, diligently observing the separation of powers, (including but especially the power of the purse invested in Congress), following the rulings of the Supreme Court to a "T", appointing the most competent and professional cabinet in the history of the world United States... ...oops, I was just offered a job in Washington; better get my empty suitcase ready for all the green heading my way.

Why does Bangkok Metropolitan Authority's (BMA) iniative to cover sidewalks with a shelter seem to lack any what we might call "planning"? 20250528_150037.mp4 Apart from destroying the existing safe pathway, by digging up large sections of tiles, in-filling with rubble, or cementing over with great imprecision, or simply leaving dangerous holes which are a safety hazard, the new overhead cover removes the ability for drivers on Sathorn Road to see the signage of buildings, businesses, hotels and condos. 20250528_150037.mp4 This initiative seems to be taking place at a similar (but not coordinated) time that MEA is carrying out another initiative, to move overhead electric cables off the sidewalks. Two different departments of a metropolitan authority seem unable or unwilling to commincate with each other, to coordinate public works. MEA started their project a few months ago, but seem to have dug up areas and not returned to reinstate what they did. It takes a special skill to truly operate the wrong way. Thus it ever was.

USD61 billion? I think Trump is too incompetent to achieve what Hitler achieved in the beginning, although they are both known for their chaotic planning, (Hitler latterly), Trump now. Is that the "True North"? A Golden Dome over his Golden Shower.

Chaengwattana, Bangkok.

Using an agent for EOS legitimately is akin to paying for Fast Track. Been doing it for about 5 years. I provide bank letter, verified savings passbook, photos and the agent picks up from my home with my passport the day before the visit to IMM. I'm usually at IMM for about 20 minutes, and I get the EOS and Multiple Re-entry in my passport delivered back to me the next day, (sometimes the same day). The agent's work is a price worth paying (for me).

It's not as though she has any responsibilities in Thailand itself, as they are managed by her father. Interesting how many foreign trips are taken by Thai prime ministers. Srettha had quite a record, (15 trips to 12 countries in his 7 months in office) so I presume she has to beat that before she hands on the reins to the next appointee.