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Well done Bkkjames and Jockstar.........

Indeed it is news, if correct. Not sure how the embassy is going to calculate/validate net income for transactions occuring in the current tax year, and upon which the applicant is relying for issue of embassy income letter.

The British Embassy require your P60 from the previous Tax year. This clearly shows Gross and Net income.

Very bad news if this is correct. I will need the Baht to return to 60+ per GBP or else consider changing to a Married extension.

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This may help. http://dancoongolfclub.com/home.html

Thanks LB

Both the hotel and golf course look very nice.

There is one called The Dam a little bit outside KK but its good and a nice little accom IMHO

Hi Binnsy when you say a little bit outside kk would that north south east or west, ive never been to kk before and i,m coming from 70km south west of Chaiyaphum.

The course is Ubol Rattana Dam. It is well sign posted as you drive out of KK towards Udon Thani. The turning (left) is about 20km out of town, and then another 20km along that road. It is inside a Park Area. Nice course, but Dan Coon is better to play, IMHO.

Why should Google respond? Surely, if the International Courts have not ruled on the border, "cutting it in half" is the fairest thing. Maybe Thailand should ask for "land rent money" from Cambodia, for half of the Temple......

Without a doubt, The Red Lion in Soi Khao Noi. - Brilliant.........

Sorry, I have no experience of these people.

There is an English guy "Alan the Builder" who uses KhonKaen.com and other forums (Surin, Korat) who builds all over Thailand. He shows regular updates on the Forums and seems to be an ok guy. He might be worth contacting.

Good luck.

As mentioned in my first line, it is a resale - owners selling to buyers.

I have sold 3 houses in Pattaya. Two of them were sold to Farang and took about 3 weeks for the money to be in my account - but only because the buyer had returned to his native country and everything was done via telephone / email / and agent.

The third (my main residence) was sold to a Thai couple and was completed in 3 days from when they first viewed. I must confess that it would have been a little longer if I had not passed over an envelope at the Land Office!!

Hope this helps.

I was at Khon Kaen airport two days ago, to use the Post Office there. I enquired at the Thai Ticket office and was offered flights on 2nd January at 1290 plus tax, making it about 1,800 each way.

You will always get a better deal at the Thai Ticket office as opposed to online or using an agent. The only problem is that it is a very busy route and quite often all 3 flights per day are fully booked, making you lucky if you can get a stand-by. I often go to the ticket office 2 -3 days before wanting to fly and always get a better price than offered online.

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Please tell them that they are too late. That will give me a chance of going top again!!!

This is now the norm in Korat. Every night their are numerous alcohol checkpoints with breathalyzers in hand. If over the .05 limit you are arrested and booked into jail, with a court hearing within 48 hrs.

Barry

The same in Khon Kaen. I have 3 friends who have had the pleasure of a night under lock and key, a fine of 8k - 12k and either community service or giving blood. It's been going on up here for months.

RawaiDragon with his usual reliability of information..

Same person posted both a 'eyewitness fact' and 'denial' of a recent event also.

Or........maybe he meant the King's Cup Golf being played in Khon Kaen - just replace sailor with golfer - easy mistake.

No, peasant is a perfectly valid word.

peasant

–noun

1. a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.

I agree the word can be used in a derogatory way, but the word in itself is not derogatory, especially when referring to poor rural farmers. Similar to farang ...

Thank you for the English lesson.

I still insist that it is insulting to generalise, as the OP did, that all people in the North are categorised as peasants. The majority of the wealthy in this area also voted for Thaksin. I am not supporting this, nor condeming.

It is nice to know that I, along with thousands of other foreigners, am married to a peasant, and have produced even more peasants in our children.

1) "the peasants of the North" not 'all people in the North are peasants'.

2) A peasant is a poor person of low social status who works the land in a country where farming is still a common way of life.

3) More than 40% of the population of Thailand earn their income in agriculture (which contributes 12% of GDP).

4) "farang" is a slang word

5) The word "peasant" is an intellectually respectable word which appears in everything from history books to sociological dissertations to economics to current events and affairs publications...

Also, given that you've managed to mention Thaksin in your indignant post, I'll mention Thaksin too.

AH, another English lesson. It's a shame that you do not understanding how offensive your "Grammitically Correct" word is, when used as you did.......

As for mentioning Thaksin, surely that is what the thread is headed isn't it. You really cannot see how it offends, can you.

Subject now closed as far as I am concerned. I intend to spend the rest of the evening socialising with my peasant wife.

Let me take this opportunity to point out that in the above sentence, nowhere did that poster assert that all residents in Northern Thailand are peasants. He said throw money at the peasants of the North, which most readers would interpret are a SUBSET of all the residents of the north. Surely you aren't saying that there isn't a huge population of poor rural rice farmers there, now are you? Cheers.

Jingthing, I am not trying to get into a fight with you or anyone else. If you look at one of my posts I concede that that many people in the North and North East are "poor" in comparison to many in Bangkok.

I take exception to the term "Peasant" when many other words could have been used. e.g. "poorer people", 'Farmers", "village folk" etc.

IMHO the OP was using a phrase that is insulting to the majority of Thai people north of Bangkok. If they are a "subset" why are so many people concerned about the voting powers that they have? (No, that is not a question to debate with you, it is merely a comment to ponder).

I personally feel that what the OP says has it's merits, but it will never happen as Thaksin was the first to recognise them. I am also seeing that the more "anti Thaksin" shown on the news, seems to strengthen their resolve to get him back, but once again, I do not want to enter a discussion about that.

Without staging a "Poll" we will never how the majority of people would interperate the comments of the OP. I STILL find them offensive.

Sorry if I am causing you a problem, but sometimes it is very hard to read a post and "bite your lip whilst counting ten".

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No, peasant is a perfectly valid word.

peasant

–noun

1. a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.

I agree the word can be used in a derogatory way, but the word in itself is not derogatory, especially when referring to poor rural farmers. Similar to farang ...

Thank you for the English lesson.

I still insist that it is insulting to generalise, as the OP did, that all people in the North are categorised as peasants. The majority of the wealthy in this area also voted for Thaksin. I am not supporting this, nor condeming.

It is nice to know that I, along with thousands of other foreigners, am married to a peasant, and have produced even more peasants in our children.

I missed nothing. I have lived in the North East for several years.

My objection is to the term "PEASANTS". You really do need an attitude lesson.........

Most people in the North and North East are poor in comparison to Bangkok residents, but I would bet that they have a better quality of life than most.

There really is NO NEED to refer to them as "Peasants". It is insulting to them, and embarassing to a lot of Farangs who have to read it.

Pardon the cynicism but on the last point in the article, populist policies, the government should throw money at the peasants of the North until they forget about Thaksin.

Then the government could make adjustments to whatever populist policies it might have devised to get through this emergency.

You "stuck up" muppet. Do you think that there are no "PEASANTS", as you describe them, in Central or Southern Thailand? There are numerous very wealthy Thai people in the north and north east.

All you need to do is dial 1175 and follow the key strokes for English. You will get an excellent English speaking "helper" on the phone. Just say that you want to change your tariff because you do noy use the phone a lot. (I was getting one week for every 50 bt. on one of my numbers, so I did the above and now get one month for 100 Bt.)

It will accumulate if you do top up early, up to 12 months validity.

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Do you use Internet Banking with your account in the UK?

If you do, PM me as I might be able to help out.

No You cannot use any Debit Card issued by any Thai Bank to verify your PayPal account - it has to be a CREDIT CARD.

Just open a new PayPal account, and use any major credit cards from your country to verify your account. Then link it to your Thai Bank account to transfer/deposit money. Good luck.

Sorry but you are wrong. I have just opened a PayPal account using my Kasikorn Bank "Cyber" card. Money has gone onto and out of the account with no problems.

OP: If it is of any interest to you I am in the same position and used to use ATM transactions to get my money here. I then realised that a friend I have in London can send it for me.

He works at a Money Exchange office in the West End, and they have numerous customers in Thailand.

I set up a monthly Standing Order from my UK Bank to his Company Bank, via the internet. He gets the money the same day as the transfer and arranges the transfer there and then. The money is in my Thai Bank account within 3 working days.

The cost of this is 10 GBP per month for transactions under 3000 GBP. Over 3000 it is FREE. I get Spot rate less 0.70 Baht - much better than the ATM or Bank transfer.

PM me if you would like more information.

I was in the same situation as the OP when selling a house in Pattaya.

I went back to the office an hour after being told to wait for 30 days with "an envelope" marked "Tea Money" and told them that I would be in the UK when the 30 days expired.

Just like magic, it was sortrd out there and then. House sold, money exchanged between me and buyer. The Best 5,000 Bt I have spent.

I am soon to extend my retirement visa for the first time in Thailand. I obtained the first one in the UK

Part of the required 800,000Bt I want to show as income from property rental in the UK

I think I will need a letter from the UK embassy or consul confirming this

My question is what will the Embassy/Consul need to prove I am making the income

So you are saying that that your ‘retirement’ visa extension will be based on a mixture of savings and income.

When I do mine I only need proof of pension and I show the British Embassy my last year’s ‘pension advice’ (my extension is due prior to my receiving the present years pension advice) and bank statements, usually the last three months, showing the pension payment. My bank statements also show my monthly rental income but that is not needed.

So bank statements should do, you should indicate rental payments, backed up maybe by showing them your Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement(s) covering the period in question.

It shouldn't be a problem getting a letter from the Embassy, AS LONG AS you can show them that you are paying UK Income Tax on the rental income.