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Could not agree with you more! What I find particularly mystifying, though, is that it only seems to be Thai banks who are determined to ram lousy apps down the throats of their account holders through withdrawing their online banking services. For instance, no bank back in my home country (UK) has followed - or is planning to follow - suit, as far as I can tell.

@twozeds - and having updated your bank with your new passport details, you will then need to ensure that your phone's SIM card registration is aligned to the last 4 digits of your new passport number, for the reasons explained in this thread on the Banking forum: https://aseannow.com/topic/1359645-does-your-sim-registration-and-bank-details-match/ For AIS SIM cards this will necessitate a trip to one of their shops. Presumably similar in the case of DTAC and True SIM cards?

Where are "they" located in your case? The Chiang Mai or Jomtien immigration office??

@KiwiFire - the following link sets out the procedures you'll need to follow in this connection (assuming, of course, that NZ was where you and your wife got married!): https://www.govt.nz/browse/passports-citizenship-and-identity/proving-and-protecting-your-identity/use-your-nz-documents-overseas/

Ah, the scourge of the slow, clunky, user-unfriendly banking app which Thai banks seem intent on ramming down our throats in place of online banking come hell or high water! After 3 months of more often than not unsuccessful attempts at using the Bangkok Bank app I dumped it since this appeared to me preferable to succumbing to the urge of hurling my smartphone against a wall in sheer frustration.

Looks like this is, indeed, the case if you're claiming the new State Pension (i.e. a male born on or after 6 Apr 51). However, when I delayed claiming for the old pension from my 65th birthday in Aug 14 to Apr 15, I was paid at the increased Apr 15 triple-lock rate (and have been ever since).

Info on packages from next season: https://www.monomax.me/premierleague

This BBC news item includes statistical info on UK non-doms, which @Millian might find useful: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-32216346 Any further changes to UK non-dom status beyond those introduced last April will presumably be announced by the Chancellor in next October's Autumn Statement and come into force from the next UK tax year starting on 6 April 2026 at the earliest. In much the same way as any easing of the foreign remittances taxation requirement locally wll presumably come into force from the next Thai tax year starting on 1 January 2026 at the earliest - subject, of course, to all necessary legislative hurdles being surmounted in the meantime. That said, though, we should not forget that this is Thailand! 🤔

Begs the (to me) obvious question as to why HMPO continue to make such a song and dance about the need (as they see it) for a passport to be physically cancelled through a pair of scissors being wielded to its front cover. A totally unnecessary and superfluous requirement these days, I think.

The following thread illustrates perfectly why new accounts with Krungsri should now IMHO be avoided like the plague. I agree with @MJCM that Kasikorn is probably a safer bet.

Turning to the bottom end of the age range, isn't it just as unacceptable that Krungsri are seemingly more than happy to give the green light to kids from as young as 12 using their app for whatever nefarious banking purposes they might have in mind, in defiance of the express wishes of their parents or guardians? Clearly so much for there being any curbs on the banking activities of minors (or at least those aged 12+) in LOS, I think!

When it comes to the UK, though, you can't beat contactless for ease and simplicity in making payments up to £100 IMHO. Presumably the likeliest reason why this hasn't, unfortunately, caught on in Thailand has something to do with the annual 250 THB fee levied by Thai banks for their cards, whereas UK banks don't impose any such fee for their cards.

In this case he would need to apply for a fresh non-O visa before re-entering the country. This is because the option of a 90-day non-O conversion of a visa-exempt entry at his local immigration office won't be available in his case since he has been on overstay: https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9.FOR-RETIREMENT-PURPOSES-50-YEARS-OLD-NON-O.pdf And that, of course, would necessitate him obtaining a new passport first!

More a case of Thai banks getting their poxy banking apps sorted, I think.

Are you monitoring this conversation as well, Kasikorn?

"They" presumably being the Spanish Embassy in Bangkok. In which case it should IMHO be the clueless idiots working for that Embassy who were responsible for writing the wrong mailing address, to whom you should be directing your ire, not Thailand Post!

What is this?

Unfounded barstool gossip, I think.

So were the officers able to navigate their way from their office to chez vous OK without any prior assistance on your part in the form of a hand-drawn map or GPS co-ordinates?

Interesting. Suspect that one could be in for a home visit from one's immigration office in connection with a retirement extension if they require directions to one's home (in the form of a hand-drawn map or GPS co-ordinates) where they haven't done so before. So far my local office (Rayong) hasn't required such directions, and I'm keeping my fingers firmly crossed that this will still be the case when I apply for my next retirement extension there in a few weeks' time. Did Nakhon Ratchasima require directions to your home (in the form of a hand-drawn map or GPS co-ordinates) when you applied for your initial retirement extension there?

Do these 2 offices specifically require hand-drawn maps to where you live to be provided as part of the retirement extension application process, as Chaengwattana do?

Maybe so at Roi Et. But not necessarily at other offices.

At Jomtien or Chaengwattana?

But I didn't get mine from DWP for 53 days! On the other hand, I received a letter from HMRC last week in 27 days. Go figure the reasons for the huge discrepancy between these 2 UK government departments.

Could have something to do with the fact that UK banks don't levy annual fees equal to around 250 THB for their credit and debit cards, whereas Thai banks do. As a result, making card payments contactlessly, which I certainly found an extremely convenient and user-friendly process on my last trip to the UK this time last year, has, sadly, not caught on in Thailand. Here, the only alternative to making cash payments is by aiming and then firing e-pot shots at a QR code with your smartphone, which, in my experience, can prove to be a hit and miss affair thanks to erratic banking apps which Thai banks seem determined to ram down our throats come hell or high water.