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And long may that happy state of affairs remain as far as I am concerned. The Bangkok Bank mobile app always proved hit and miss in firing up on my smartphone and over time proved increasingly more miss than hit. So I then jacked it in disgust - and this thread exemplifies very well why I have no intention of returning to it any time soon. Long live internet banking, say I!
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Anutin urges Phuket officials to get tough with foreign offenders
OJAS replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Likely no visa to revoke in this case, though, if this particular self-opiniated, egotistical, moronic Austrian was, unfortunately, admitted into Thailand on the basis of a 30-day visa exemption. -
And a further key point which IMHO the OP needs to check is whether his home country has a diplomatic presence in Laos, in the form of an embassy or consulate. It it doesn't and consular-related issues arise in his case which need to be dealt with, he might find himself obliged to make physical trips to his home country's embassy in, guess where, Bangkok!
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Thai passport for daughter
OJAS replied to lost_in_space's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
OP - this thread might also be of interest to your daughter: -
Thai passport for daughter
OJAS replied to lost_in_space's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Sounds to me like they probably mean a copy of her mother's blue Thor.Ror.14 Tabien Bahn - see link below for further info including an image of what one looks like. https://magnacarta.co.th/home/faq-section-2/house-registration-book/ -
Seeking advice for new stay possible.
OJAS replied to Avoid's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
- Special conditions: 1. Citizens of the People’s Republic of China who do not have a residence in Vietnam may be able to apply for a Tourist/ Transit visa once if they have round trip ticket to and from Thailand, evidence of accommodation in Thailand, and adequate finance. -
Seeking advice for new stay possible.
OJAS replied to Avoid's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
According to their website, though, Hoh Chi Min City do have a special condition for PR China nationals "who do not have a residence in Vietnam" but "may be able to apply for a Tourist/ Transit visa once if they have round trip ticket to and from Thailand, evidence of accommodation in Thailand, and adequate finance." https://hochiminh.thaiembassy.org/en/publicservice/tourist-visa?page=5d80ab3315e39c2fe800a7a7&menu=5d80ab3315e39c2fe800a7a8 Maybe Savannakhet would be an alternative possibility if they couldn't meet Hoh Chi Min's requirements and it's single-entry - rather than multi-entry - tourist visas that they're after and they could meet their financial requirements? Don't know how easy the consulate is to get to from Chiang Mai, though. https://savannakhet.thaiembassy.org/th/publicservice/104412-tourist-visa?page=5d84a44c15e39c26b400453e&menu=5d84a44c15e39c26b400453f -
UK police catch British pedophile at London airport
OJAS replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Probably didn't bother with "little trivial things" like that. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the Embassy - and, hence, the British taxpayer - ended up stumping up the costs of an emergency travel document + air ticket + 20,000 THB max overstay fine in his case. -
UK police catch British pedophile at London airport
OJAS replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
The fact that he skipped his trial at Chester Crown Court in December 1997 (as stated in the OP) would have automatically guaranteed his inclusion on any official watchlist, I would have thought. And when his name cropped up in the PNR data list* for the flight he took, this probably set alarm bells ringing at New Scotland Yard or wherever. * https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/passenger-name-record-data/passenger-name-record-data -
30 years on the Lam in Thailand
OJAS replied to Chomper Higgot's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Richard Burrows, 80, was arrested on Thursday after flying back to the UK from Thailand, nearly three decades after a warrant was issued for his arrest. So it looks like we may well have the PNR data list for the flight in question to thank for this vile individual finally receiving his long-overdue comeuppance. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/passenger-name-record-data/passenger-name-record-data -
If you've already got flights booked you might as well still go ahead with the trip IMHO and proceed in accordance with @richard_smith237's (1) to (3). How you go about applying for an emergency travel document, as per his (1), is set out in the following link: https://www.gov.uk/travel-urgently-from-abroad-without-uk-passport And, as a variation to his (3), you might instead wish to consider returning to Thailand with a 30-day visa exemption and then converting this into a 90-day non-O visa for retirement at your local immigration office, as set out in the following link: https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9.FOR-RETIREMENT-PURPOSES-50-YEARS-OLD-NON-O.pdf Just beware, though, that, if you are minded to go down this alternative route, you will probably, when checking in for your return flight at LHR or wherever, be required to show proof of a confirmed flight booking out of Thailand within the following 30 days before you are permitted to board this flight. A cheap throwaway ticket for the likes of an Air Asia flight to a destination in an adjoining country (e.g. Kuala Lumpur) should do the trick here.
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Tax certificate from Thai RD
OJAS replied to stat's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Could have fooled me! -
You will already have paid capital gains tax to HMRC on the sale of your UK property, and, since this is covered by Article 14(1) of the double taxation agreement between the UK and Thailand, there is IMHO no need for you to declare the sale proceeds once remitted to Thailand as assessable income for the purposes of any tax return you might be required to file with the Thai RD: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80bddc40f0b623026953eb/uk-thailand-dtc180281_-_in_force.pdf That said, it is possible that the RD might eventually be alerted to any sizeable remittances arising from your property sale and require you to provide evidence that these do not, in fact, relate to income which should be classed as assessable. FYI I am still in the process of remitting to Thailand the proceeds from the sale of my UK property a couple of years ago in (sizeable) dribs and drabs, and have decided to hang on to all papers relating to this sale, together with all subsequent UK bank statements, in case I do get challenged by the RD at some point. I would strongly advise you to do the same. Personally speaking, I would not have thought that any of this should be a material consideration to the timing of your move to Thailand.
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Online Banking.
OJAS replied to IvorBiggun2's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
That's more or less what I also told the Co-op back in 2018, but I did also give them my HMRC UTR number for good measure. However, rather than go through all the hassle of obtaining a local TIN from my local RD office soley in order to satisfy my home country bank, I would be sorely tempted these days - if specifically pressed by them for a local TIN - to merely give them the 13-digit ID Card Number stated in my COVID certificates! -
Online Banking.
OJAS replied to IvorBiggun2's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
I bank with the Co-op, and back in 2018 they required me to complete a form which is presumably similar to at least one of those which Smile have sent to the OP. No big deal really. I stated my TIN as being the 10-digit UTR code used for my tax returns to HMRC, and the Co-op seemed happy with this. -
Question about visa extension
OJAS replied to kimamey's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
A further option, as referred to by @Liquorice, would be to return to Thailand after 6 June with a 30-day visa exemption which you could then convert to a fresh non-O visa for marriage at your local immigration office, as set out in the following link:- https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/6.FOR-PROVIDING-SUPPORT-TO-OR-BEING-A-DEPENDANT-OF-A-THAI-CITIZEN-SPOUSE-VISA-NON-O.pdf