jayceenik

I am a senior Belgian. I'm pro-Putin, pro-Russia. 100%. The hatred Europeans and Canadians have developed for Russia is a great US propaganda success. My Lord, be a former SS volunteer having fought on the side of the Nazis against Russia in WWII and the entire Canadian Parliament will applaud you! Goebbels is smiling, wherever he is now. The Canadian Armed Forces: Casualties 42,042 men and women of Canada's armed forces died during the war BTW, I fought in Vietnam in the US ARMY. Extended tour. Honorable discharge. Bronze Star. I like the USA. But this war in Ukraine is a US proxy war that's destroying Europe. Deindustrialization. Weakening of the Euro.

Transferring over USD 50,000. When I first came to live here long time ago I was told by my KTB bank that I could transfer from overseas any amount but transfers over USD 50,000 (or equivalent) required extra work and explanations before the amount was put in my THB savings account.

OK, I'm an old timer and my post will bring only memories to some. About 33 years ago I got a job in Papua New Guinea with an Australian company. We were on 2/i with flight paid back to AUS for time-off periods. I arranged that I got Thailand instead. I was immediately hit with a new govt new Thailand taxation obligation and had to declare an artificial "income" to get a visa. That's when I got my first TIN. There was that retired American ex-UN librarian with a villa in Pattaya who got hit too by surprise and honestly (!) declared his (big) pension. The Thai income tax he'd have had to pay was so enormous that the tax employee he reported to agreed that he'd only have to declare a much reduced amount. Anyway, it was one of those overnight military govt that didn't last long and that nasty farang income tax was soon abolished. My Belgian pension, paid in a Belgian bank is taxed at the source and I also file a yearly Belgian tax return form so I guess that I'll be safe from that new tax but I have also an old savings account (non-interest bearing) in a different country. Will transfers from that account be Thai taxed?

I'm from Belgium and I love Russia. I respects Putin and dismiss Ukraine as a non-democratic Stefan Bandera state.

Assets are in a SIN bank. Willed entirely to my Thai wife. When she was still my TGFI I went to SIN to have a proper will drafted by a local lawyer, valid in SIN and naming her as sole beneficiary. She is also named as Administrator. I paid xtra to have the will registered with the SIN authorities. TGF is now my wife and that will ease up the obtention of the SIN Grant of Probate. There will be no SIN, TH or Belgium (my nationality) inheritance taxes. She'll deal herself with the SIN lawyer to get the Grant an then go to the bank to get the account.

OK. It's a long time ago that I needed a Thai Police Clearance to apply for a visa to PNG. I went to the big Police compound on Sukhumvit in BKK and after asking around I was directed to an office where I got the clearance immediately with just showing my passport and my stay extension stamp.

Before we got married I gave TGF THB and she bought a house and some land in her name. No problems there. We got married a couple years ago and now she wants to buy again some piece of and we'll have to appear before a Land Office officer and sign a document that I have already downloaded. So, we know what to do but I'd like to hear from locally married BM who have gone through this process and tell me how it goes. Thank you.

I'm 100% on Putin's side. Biden and his cohorts are the ones who are ruining Europe. Not Putin.

Yes. Same for my Belgian pension. First my marriage Certificate stamped certified at MoFA at CW then French translation at Alliance Française in BKK English translation at Chulalongkorn Uni. Both are used to translate Thai documents and do a great job. You do it by email. No need to go there in person. https://www.chula.ac.th/en/cu-services/academic-services/chalermprakiat-center-of-translation-and-interpretation/ Chalermprakiat Center of Translation and Interpretation Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University Borommaratchakumari Building, 13th Floor, Room 1308 Tel: +66 2218 4635 Fax: +66 2218 4636 Email: [email protected]

A threat?

Not "phile", I respect Putin but it's Russia I like. The man can be replaced. And I think that Zelenskyophile i the right word to describe this proxy USA-Russia war. Me, I'm pro Russia and pro the Russophone East Ukraine and Crimea minority.

I used to watch him regularly until he got fired. Glad he is back on this new media. I understand that the Zelenskyophiles hate him but I am a Russophile so I love TC.

For official documents TH to ENG and ENG to TH I have used the translation service of the Chula Uni. With the Chula Uni stamp on it the translation looks great! https://www.arts.chula.ac.th/ccti/?page_id=382&lang=en

My Isaan wife spends an awful amount of time on TikTok. Seems to have great fun watching all sorts of content. Cute dogs, sexy fashion. I'm sure she must have already a really thick personal "dossier" somewhere in the CCP files in China.

Brave Finland will now be ready to storm the China beaches with her NATO colleagues when Big Protector will say so. BTW How many NATO countries fought in Afghanistan? At its height, the force was more than 130,000 strong with troops from 50 NATO and partner countries.

Thank you for answers but my question was about obtaining a Credit Card.

I'm a senior retired in Thailand on the one-year/800k plan. I have looked into getting a VISA CC here in Thailand. It seems like all Thai banks insist on a Work Permit before a foreigner can get a local bank CC. I've maintained a healthy Savings account at the KTB for years (800k + foreign source deposits) but it's not good enough for them. Anybody here with a local CC and no WP?

In Vietnam I was a heli pilot. On the base we had hooch maids to do our laundry. A clean uniform every day. When I saw these Russian soldiers hauling a washing machine out of a bombed building I thought immediately that they were taking it to their quarters to do their laundry. That was obvious to me. How else would they get clean clothes? But then I see this from my personal military experience.

From what I know the passport office was not paying any rent to the Avenue. It was like a "prestige" tenant. My TGF, now wife worked close to one year there just after it opened after going through a selective hiring exam and a two-month work experience at Chaeng Wattana MFA.

I've doing that myself a few times already with my Belgian passport. Waste of validity time but there is no other way. Indeed I'll be renewing my passport again this year even though it expires sometime next year but before my next one-year extension date.

By coincidence we caught and killed a cobra in our garden yesterday. We were alerted by the dogs barking at a bush. It's the second one that has gotten in our place. I like and admire those animals but unfortunately we cannot live together.

Reductio ad Hitlerum

I'm Belgian, I live in Thailand. I've had a PayPal account linked to a bank account in Singapore for many years. Now I've just received a notification from PayPal that seems to indicate that with an address in Thailand my account will be terminated on 30 November as I've no Thai ID. Is that right?

Jeez! So much hatred for Russia!! What has the Russian people done to you?

Just curious. Most posters on this thread hate Russia and hate Putin. So, who do you think sabotaged the Nordstream gas pipelines ? " A tremendous opportunity", said the US. Indeed... Though not for Russia, not for Germany, not for Europe (except Poland and Norway with their just inaugurated Baltic Pipe).