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Yeah, it's a problem when you change insurance provider. You're locked in now and if you do change they will load the policy.

Yet it's cheaper than candy and more available than ever

Arrest the lot of them and lock them up for say 5 or 10 years. That should teach them some manners.

What's to alert about the passport? Were the drugs hidden in the passport? Anyway now she's blacklisted she will never be heard from again so it doesn't matter. Zero voice for her.

Yeah, I got all my ducks in a row before leaving for one of my 3 month trips - no problems at all.

Yes, I made sure everything was up to date and matched between the bank and DTAC which is my mobile provider. I went the mobile store first, then the bank - they already had my new passport but I wanted to double check about the mobile phone checking system - you see I am now in Cambodia and wanted to avoid any issues while over here - all seems well but I can see where it might fall apart due to expired ID documents that remain unaltered when renewed.

I went down to Kasikorn and made sure both the mobile phone company and the bank were using my new passport which I've had for a couple of years already just to make sure I avoided this situation - so far so good. But the mobile phone company definitely had the old expired passport on file for me, I wondered if that would make any difference, not sure about you but in the UK the passport number completely changes every time you get a new one.

Not a problem, I'm a non resident since last year at the moment and will be for some time. But I may return full time depending on what any royal decree says, until them I'm strictly lower than 180 days per year. The proposed Royal Decree is a game changer though.

The proposed new change about same year income and previous year income which is supposedly making its way towards a Royal Decree will nullify all of this for the vast majority of people if it ever shows up. Of course recent political 'alterations' might change that - but maybe not as it's still the same party in charge at the moment. So a lot hinges on that supposedly proposed Royal Decree to encourage remittances really.

Likely named the lot of them who set it up. His information is worth more to 'the system' than him sitting in a cell as a mere mule.

What exactly would they be paying for? What's the deliverable here?

I would be very careful - I've seen people attempting to sell these for years - but they mostly do it on facebook groups - there are a few groups there which you should check out - just search for them. Someone was attempting to sell on a few months ago - he wanted a high price for it - I think it was 5 million Baht or more but that's just from memory You will not get a good deal no matter what happens.

There are a couple of very deluded people attempting to sell these for far more than they are worth and you should be aware that even if you do buy one - you don't get the same benefits that they do - it changes into something more recent - as they have altered the types of membership available I have no idea what it gets converted into these days - but it used to be the 20 year version.

Well it changed on July 1, which is today. It's a new world! lol

Is it an actual rash - with a raised surface or just a skin pigmentation change? You mention itching which does suggest some form of rash but after multiple months - is it spreading or confined to only the 'sweaty' area ?

Yeah, there's a lot of big Thai companies doing business down here in Cambodia. Just one example is 7/11 which are building them all over the place. I'll bet they love having their business disrupted by petty politicians and money really talks in Thailand.

A Doctor needs to evaluate him in every way, a different one who knows what he's doing. My father could barely eat once when he came home from hospital after having a pacemaker fitted. Turns out he was over medicated on all sorts of tablets he didn't need and they were making him ill. The pacemaker worked just fine. But he was being pumped full of duiretics and other stuff even though his BP was normal due to an edema. They also had him on lisinopril which is odd due to normal BP. As you might expect his BP was very low - like 65/40 and for a normal man about 76 years of age about that time that is far from normal. He could not eat anything and could barely sip a little bit of water - no idea why. He returned to hospital after attempting a blood test and passing out in the Doctors office - in the end there was nothing wrong with him - or so they said - just medication related issues - as in - way too much of it. Whatever is wrong with this guy could be one of a hundred different things and we know nothing about his current status, drugs he's taking and medical history - nothing at all.

Indeed, a worthy cause I think. But I would not want to send him to the same place that came up empty. Surely they did a load of blood work already as a first step and must have some idea of what's wrong with him?

I have both excellent insurance and tens of millions of baht, no plot lost here.

They will let him die and not bat an eyelid. Nobody cares at all. This is a warning to all who retire to Thailand....have tens of millions of Baht on hand or potentially end up like this poor guy.

Who knows, maybe he stopped paying his rent and they couldn't get rid of him, then it would be a no brainer to just get him kicked out - and for free - with a possible reward?

It really depends on how much you have in them, you have to consider other factors as well like investments which may be linked to these accounts and perhaps have issues if you want to open an offshore account which does serve expats - Standard Bank in the Isle of Mann and the like will service you when you're living as an expat - I don't have an account with them but I hear good things. Even then, any UK investments - how well do they work with foreign banks? I 100% tell my UK banks nothing at all and never have. As far as they're concerned I live in the UK at a relatives house. It may or may not require a tax id in the country where you live (Thailand) - but that depends on when you tell them you moved there - for example - if you move to Thailand in July and have no income generated in Thailand then you're likely not really going to be issued a TIN until 2026 for a 2027 filing at the very earliest because you would be non resident this year.

Makes little sense at all, lets see if we can lose a good long term paying customer by having him deported - how can we possibly lose 🤣

So what exactly changed then? I still can't buy a bottle of Cognac if I go shopping at 3pm? What nonsense

It's all happening now