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Finance’s permanent secretary, Lavaron Sangsnit, insisted that the scheme will be funded under the Budget Act and the State Fiscal and Financial Disciplines Act. Thais aged 16 and over, earning less than 70,000 baht (US$ 2,000) a month and with less than 500,000 baht (US$ 3,600) in their bank accounts, are eligible to receive the 10,000-baht handout. Based on these conditions, approximately 50 million individuals will be eligible, a decrease from the initial estimate of 56 million. Aaahhh...Thai math again. "70,000 baht (US$ 2,000) a month and with less than 500,000 baht (US$ 3,600) in their bank accounts,".....half a mil Thb might be around the 142K Dollar mark, based on the 70K example, rather than a paltry 3.6K. No wonder the country is a leader in math.....

Hell Yeah! Christmas lights and Christmas food (if any's available) - EVERY year, too! We enjoy the decorating and lights and all that goes with it. The Scootergirl is always asking if it's today's the day to start decorating. an a Merry C to all of you......

Yes - was at the Lamphun office a couple of months ago (August) and same same for me - IO required 2 sets of EVERYTHING, including written forms. I presumed it was just a one-off thing, as the staff had changed since my last visit. Seems it's perhaps one of those "new requirements" that pop up all of a sudden without any apparent reason or warning - and will possibly disappear again just as quickly. I'd also booked an online appointment for 10am but the staff didn't seem to know what an "online appointment" was (or maybe didn't care). He just nodded me away to take a bog-standard queue number and I had to wait my turn, like everybody else. No big deal, really, as there weren't that many people waiting. Otherwise, everything went rather as expected (slowly!) and I was out of there again after around a couple of hours.

Oh dear - I'm pretty sure you missed an 'r' in 'picks'.....

Very simple - Thanks ma'am for all the many years in both war and peace. You did us all proud, no matter who the person or what country. Total respect for HM.

^ Lucky you. I didn't get any "barcode" at all - all I got was the opportunity to view the training video yet again (loop?). Also, the first question was asked well before the subject was even discussed in the video - discussion in Thai, too. Don't know how people with very little Thai knowledge can manage at all. The lady at the licence office didn't flinch at all when I told her about the barcode problem - she just made a digital one on the spot for me. I had all the lesson proof needed on my smartphone - screenshots of stuff from the video.

Me, too. I was wondering why I was wondering about not getting any AN letter in my inbox. I wonder .............. Wonderful

Sheesh! I do hope that Bangkok is NOT the (only) calling place in Thailand. I live way up-country, very far from BKK. It would def be mighty bothersome for my partner to have to worry about what may or may not be occurring in far-off BKK, while trying to sort out my personal effects and all the running around and masses of paperwork that are undoubtedly required. Unfortunately, I can't guarantee popping my clogs in a hospital....????

To Sharecropper - no further info from anyone, I see. Yes, it would definitely be great to know more about the procedure and timeframe regarding the "Consular Letter". I presume (but don't know for certain), that it can be requested via an email to [email protected] I have already prepared such an email for this purpose, which requests release of my body and includes my passport details and my partners Thai Id, passport copy and phone number. Again, I presume that the Consular Letter is an official 'release of body' authorisation. If so, how does the next of kin receive it (i.e. via email?) and what does he/she actually do with it - take it to the police or mortuary (or wherever)? Anyone have any info or advice of the above? Thanks ????

Yes, much the same sort of problem I was having, after recently installing Linux Mint 20 on a desktop - I just couldn't get the wifi to work at all. Ended up installing Mint 19 - seems installing earlier versions can often help the problem (but no guarantee, at all!). I am using a wifi usb adaptor - and even now the wifi occasionally doesn't connect at startup, though I find it usually helps just to remove and replace the usb adaptor again - then it connects without any further problem. Good luck solving your problem ,,,,,

Really? Not surprised - they often carry old and out-of-date articles for weeks and months on end. Still, my fault and noticed the article before getting my morning coffees to wake up properly. ????

Same here - can't get past the first page, after 'Submit". Just get the ridiculous "contact your local immi...." popup. I noticed this morning that the BP had an article saying that the Online Reporting was 'back online on Friday, after being down for months'. Off to the Post Office tomorrow, then.......????

But no navigation bar or status bar....

Perhaps just as easy (or easier) to move to another town/area in Laos? If it's just the local cops giving you aggro, that is..... Anyway, good luck, whatever you choose.

Thanks for the info - much appreciated. Was at Lamphun Immi just a few days ago - naturally nobody there mentioned anything about moving - and no info posted on the walls about the move. Looked on the website, too - no info there, either (when I looked, that is - things may have changed since then). Anyway, good to know - and have passed the info on to others. Buggered if I know exactly where the new place is, tho! Even the wife couldn't guess 100% from the map. Oh, well...... Cheers