chickenslegs

It was a spirit made from fermented and distilled sugar cane, perhaps.

When most people disagree with your view, shouldn't you consider the possibility that you were wrong. Or, is everyone out of step - except you?

He's an attention seeking fraud (IMHO). For anyone not familiar with his nonsense, this (13 minutes you tube video) is a good explanation ...

Interrogated

Just spent 15 minutes trying to find a 'tax rebate' button on my Gov Gateway Personal Tax Account. Can you point me in the right direction?

Pike

Captain

You only gave her the bus fare? Someone should tell her that agents are charging 5,000 baht.????

I gave that a laugh, but it's not really funny. Maybe someone who has been through the process of reclaiming overpayments can tell us the procedure, which forms to complete, and where to find the forms.

Found this using google. All in Thai, but looks interesting ... https://pestawaythailand.co.th/กำจัดนกพิราบ/ And this ... http://en.bird-tech.net/Menu/Our-agent.html

Eager

Seems that the first acknowledgement is automated but (in some locations) it goes wrong when humans get involved.

Good luck. And I hope you stick around long enough to attend her graduation.

Did you get an email confirming that they received your application?

Their leader lives in the Hundred Acre Wood.

Some offices are better than others. I use Jomtien (Pattaya) and have never waited more than a couple of days for approval. On Monday I received a reminder by email. I submitted my application at 10.18am and received approval at 11.16am.

Too

What I gather from the linked article is that the husband stepped in to prevent his pregnant wife from being stabbed (possibly to death). He is dead, but his wife and child were saved. "Heroic" is a word often misused - but IMHO it is appropriate in this case.

I have the opposite problem. I have been receiving my UK state pension for more than 1 year (my total income is quite a bit higher than the tax allowance) but my income tax has not increased. I informed HMRC online, who confirmed that I was not paying sufficient income tax, but they could not adjust my tax code without confirmation from DWP. I was told by HMRC that I need to request DWP to inform HMRC of my state pension income. I then contacted DWP but was told that HMRC already have access to my state pension information, and that I should contact HMRC myself. I then logged into my Government Gateway account and informed HMRC of my additional income. This was 6 weeks ago and I have not received a response. Meantime, I am expecting a tax bill of 2K GPB or more when they eventually get around to sorting things out. Lucky for me that I noticed the underpayment and set aside some money to pay the shortfall. But, what an absolute shambles!

I am certain that some UK pensioners have been able to do so - and have posted here that they received refunds from HMRC. Unfortunately, the aseannow search facility is no help, but I'm pretty sure that @mikebellis one. IIRC he got a cheque for a few thousand quid. Maybe he will respond with a link to his thread. Edit: Found the thread ...

Yes. I always do my report online as soon as I get the email reminder from Immigration (which, by the way, is a great service). My memory is so bad that I could easily forget if I didn't do so. I report at Jomtien and my latest online report took about 30 minutes to be approved. No complaints from me.

Was there a choice, or was it a package deal?

Yuk!

It's been a hundred years since I was in a Thai gogo or beer bar (well, it seems like that) but even I know that It's not just an extra 50 baht for a "lady drink". The "lady drink" is almost certainly just soda or similar, so the whole 200-250 baht is profit for the bar - and contributes to the lady's earnings. Edit to add: I always thought it was reasonable compensation for playing connect 4, or dominoes with me when they could have been earning big bucks for short times.