cocopops

Hi all,

I'm confused about the letter I need for my 4-year-old to travel to Australia with me, his father (and without his mother). Details are as follows:

• I'm on his birth certificate as the father (but I'm not married to his mother),
• We have his Australian and Thai passports - the Australian he has had for years, the Thai one was issued last week,
• His last name is the same as mine,
• We have return tickets,
• We'll be departing through Chiang Mai airport,
• If it's necessary, his Mum could accompany us as far as the immigration counter at the airport. But this is a bit inconvenient...

When we went to apply for his Thai passport last week the lady behind the counter said that no letter was required if the child was traveling with his father, but this doesn't seem to comport with things I've read on thaivisa and reddit.

So, has anyone done this with their kid recently? Do I need his Mum to write a letter giving permission for him to travel? And does it need to be notarized or anything like that at the Amphur?

Thanks very much,

Cocopops.

9 hours ago, sirineou said:

Through cultivation the THC level of todays weed has steadily increased  over the past decades. In the 1990 the average THC content of weed was less than 4% by 2013 it is reported to be about 10%.......... 

I started university in Australia around 1990 and I can assure you of two things - (a) the hydro and even the bush weed we generally got hold of was much, much better than 4% and (b) folks were telling this exact same story but with different dates.

Once you peg your currency you cannot manage your own interest rates - you have to go with the central bank and market that control the currency you have pegged to. That's the lion's share of the great <deleted> of 1997 - they tried to peg the currency and control the interest rates.

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

More mass murders are committed by crazy white American men, than any other group. Many are off their rockers. Not sure why white people are so defensive. We are a highly defective race!

Shouldn't you be off in your safe-space trying to figure out what your pronouns are this week?

Is Add Carabao concerned that this is a bad idea in and of itself, or is it that the regulation doesn't go far enough and he wants them to get permission to use higher thc concentrations?

Not for a while of course, but this mofos gonna be Prime Minister at some point. He's charismatic, a successful businessman, has a good eye for popular policies, and plays politics better than anyone who hasn't already been exiled. He's not a cleanskin like the Future Forward crowd, but he's more likely to be a future leader.

3 hours ago, Bob12345 said:

Strange requirement as this is (competion) sensitive information. Why would the consumer care what the cost price is? Say a pill is sold for 100 baht, but the cost price is 1 baht? Now what? Dont take the pill?  

 

Better let them display the verified selling prices of the same products at the 5 nearest or biggest competitors. This hospital sells the pill for 100 baht but around the corner they are 75 baht. Thats useful information, the purchasing price not.

 

Btw, just get the manufacturer to charge you 99 baht for that pill and give back 98 baht in the form of discounts on something else (or just cash). 

Exactly - or just have the owners of the hospital set up a second company to sit between the hospital and the drug wholesalers.

Having them publish their own prices is a great step - someone else will aggregate them online. Asking a private business to take responsibility for correctly reporting their competitors up-to-date prices though? I don't think that's going to work.

8 hours ago, newatthis said:

External or internal travel?

International both times.

It's low season. Jump on AirBNB and you'll have your pick.

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the bit about driving is hilarious

I thought it was the only point at which he approached something resembling reality. Driving while high seems more or less safe while you're doing it, and I suppose it might be for short trips. But on the other hand pot makes you drowsy, which isn't generally considered good for driving...

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I got my CBD permit to carry and use Cannabis on  2nd June from  my  Doctor.

Thanks for posting.

So what does this permit actually allow you to do today? Is it still illegal for you to buy regular cannabis on the black market? Assuming so, is it that once you have obtained it you cannot be prosecuted for possessing or using it?

And how does "CBD" play into it? Does the permit specify a maximum THC level of the cannabis you are allowed to posses?

Our project (single house only) was worth just 2% of that, including land budget, but it is also cancelled. Lady we were negotiating with to buy the land with is super-pissed, but I she conceded that she understands our reasoning. We're getting our kids out and going south before next year. Sincerely hope it improves for those who remain though!

7 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

I can't say it in more simple terms, exported means to send outside the country ergo, you can't send THB overseas, it must be exchanged here in Thailand and then whatever currency you've exchanged it for, can be sent overseas. Is that clear?

Well, yes.

Of equal relevance, very few foreign stocks or ETFs are traded in Thai Baht, so I guess the OP can rule them out for that reason as well.

To the casual observer, it appears that you tried to mislead the OP. Perhaps in order to make the proposal in your PM appear more attractive to him or her. Am I wrong?

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3) I was told exactly the same thing about SWIFT transfers. I knew they were not going to accept outward transfers as that was well communicated. I have also been told they can't do inward transfers. No-one has claimed to me they don't have a SWIFT code though.

I guess she was simplifying it for me - "we don't have a SWIFT code that you can use". Anyhow, if they told you the same thing I guess that's that. When I asked about the mobile banking they said they were fixing it and I should wait, but when I mentioned the inward transfer thing the person I talked to actually started recommending other banks. Which says that it's not going to happen.

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General work around though has been to almost empty most of the bank accounts and use other banks from now on  With the exception of the Mortgage

I think I'll adopt this plan too. It's good that you don't have to move your mortgage - that might have been a headache and a half - but they seem to have failed their expat customers in almost every other way possible.

Thanks for posting all this info. I imagine there are lurkers who will benefit too.

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I was told today that Tisco do not have a SWIFT code and that there is *no way* to transfer money in from another country

Although my bank in HK reckons they do have a code. One for "Tisco public bank company" and a separate one for the securities broker. Odd...

Hi all,

I was moved from Standard Chartered to Tisco as well. Got the new passbook and the ATM card seems to work. Three things:

1) I'm not on Mobile Banking yet. They reckon there's some problem with Mobile Banking for people with passports (not Thai ID cards). Anybody with a passport on the Mobile Banking app yet?

2) They don't have Internet banking, but I've been set up with "e-statement", so I can at least see the balance online. So that's something. A poor man's online banking I suppose.

3) Here's the big one - I was told today that Tisco do not have a SWIFT code and that there is *no way* to transfer money in from another country. Has anybody else been told this? Or given some way to do international transfers (incoming - from abroad to Thailand).

Number 3 is kind of a deal-breaker for me. I don't invest or keep too much cash here - mostly just transfer money in and get it out through the ATM. Does anybody know of a workaround?

Thanks guys,

Cocopops.

1 hour ago, amykat said:

Well, just a moment before you get too excited....John Kane needs tell everyone just what he is getting paid to "study" and you will see why they might want a farang face for that (for one thing) .... please John ..take it away ....

John Kane will be the greatest philosopher of this, or any other, generation. You heard it here first.

You're overthinking this.

It's for personal use! I swear it!

@lemonjelly:

"George" or any other name will work, just make sure - as cocopops mentioned already - to get the Thai Spelling right. As far as i know there are no oficially established rules which would assign to each Latin letter a Thai Script counterpart. So it is all about sound. Just speak clearly and make the people who will traduce understand correctly how you want the name to sound.

If the name you choose is common, there may be an entry in the Thai wikipedia for a famous falang of the same name. General Washington for example:

https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%88_%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99

Also - I'm not married to my son's mother, but the birth certificate has my name on it as his father. His surname is mine too, not that of his mother.

Just a quick question, did you give your boy a German name? Was this a problem with the Amphoe office?

I've been told that the first name has to be Thai, anyone know?

My Falang/Thai kid has the same first name as a former King of England. AFAIK there are no issues with this. Whatever name you choose, be sure to get the Thai spelling right!

Surely the problem with education is a cultural problem. How do you solve that with Section 44 ?

Section 44 is often used to transfer or dismiss personnel. Perhaps the problem to be solved is that too many academics harbor inappropriate sympathies.

Some people want to make a public spectacle of their gory death. Seems like a kind of crime to me. It might cut down on suicides of all types if they were posthumously fined.

Why not simply put a huge tax on mental illness? That should reduce both the public and private instances of suicide, no?