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  1. Lol, I was thinking I’d rather move to Mogadishu than live in Mansfield. And I’m from Warrington 😳
  2. My Dad's best mate for over 50 years just died, I want nothing more than to go home to hug him (My dad) but I've been back to the UK in March & have none changeable flights booked for October.. Flip side it's not a lot of money to fly back for a few days (Mrs Spade's birthday is same day as the King on 28th July so I have to be back for that)... Honestly don't know what'sbest to do, Mum says leave it to October... Have you ever it had it Blue...
  3. Or maybe switch to an LTR Visa then there's no need to keep any money in the Bank in your name. Thailand Elite/Privilege visa would do the same job but I'd rather stick the cash into an account in her name than spend that sort of money on one.
  4. I use Bolt 30-40 times pm & I’ve never had a car turn up that was > 3 years old. If you’re concerned about it, book a Luxury Car (Have booked a few when times are really busy, not my idea of luxury motor but they’ve all been in immaculate condition). Now as for metered taxis, I’ve been in some really sh1tty cars & I don’t use them at all nowadays (Have contacts for trips to/from airport & when we’re going to Koh Samet / Chang).
  5. I've recently been through a very similar situation (also with a pension managed by Towers Watson) and their explanation to me was... The scheme's annual increase is on 1st November so any quote I had up until 31st October would have been calculated to include the 2025 increase & then discounted backwards from final pension age for taking it early. As I will reach final pension age before 1st November 2026 any quote I get for after 1st November 2025 will not include the estimated annual increase for 2026. The quote I have for October would not be what I would get as I would be taking the pension before the 2025 increase was applied so it would be reduced by the annual increase. At the end of the day, without pulling the trigger, I won't know exactly what I will get until after the 2025 increase is confirmed, but I do know that I would not get more by taking it in October. FWIW I've decied to leave it as-is until it fully matures, now I just need to decide how much (if any) PCLS to take... Hope this helps.
  6. Seems like the story is legit as it appeared in a major UK News Paper... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14870001/father-dies-pursuing-dream-Thai-boxing.html
  7. My advice would be to put the 800K into either of your Bank accounts & next extension see Maneerat (8k) and you will only need a 3 month statement (NB, assumes you keep your Bank Book up to date & not have problems with consolidated entries I found it best to stick the 800k into a separate fixed deposit account, as you also get more interest that way). Next year you can do it on your own if that works better for you (I find it better to pay the 8K, up to me).
  8. Funny story about The Smiths/The The... Was at my old team leaders wedding & his sister is married to Johnny Marr so obviously they came, stood at the bar & Johnny walks up, says you must be Sam, Pete has suggested I talk to you as we're looking to by property in South Warrington... I just blurted out Fck me, you're Johhny Marr πŸ˜› Have loads of similar stories that he use to tell us about people he'd met (believe it or not he was most impressed by meeting Bryan Ferry) but my favourite one has to be when he was arround his sister's house & Paul Weller walked up... Fck me, you're Paul Weller πŸ˜›
  9. Simple answer is NO… You have to be able to show money in a Thai Bank Account to get an extension to a Non-IMM O. Talk to an agent, get yourself a Bank account & take it from there πŸ‘πŸ»
  10. The 4 month lock-up seems to be a Bangkok Bank Policy, carries no weight with Immigration. If you have had the 800K in the bank then you’re fine, if you’ve gone below this then I’m hearing from friends that Maneerat can help you out with KBank, ScB & KrungThai I can only recommend you have a chat with them to get yourself sorted Best of Luck πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»
  11. 1st lady is Miss Nancy 😊 & she suggested exactly the same thing to me, put the money in Kasikorn & can get the β€œLetter” after 1 month. I β€œLost” (put into a Thai bank account & forgot all about it) 800K to the vagaries of Thai Immigration 10 years back so hopefully when I do mine next Thursday it will still be all good πŸ‘πŸ»
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