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Banks might like them but can't insist on them because in a household only 1 person will have a council tax bill. Santander, for example, will accept a driving licence as proof of address (also as proof of ID).

When you apply for a new card the first thing you get is this email. As you can see all the card details are in the app and it can be used online immediately. When the card is received the only activation needed is for contactless payments, by making a single chip and PIN payment, but as you can add the new card details to Google pay, etc. before you get it that is hardly much of an issue.

You can easily turn on and off different payment types for the card to restrict it only to ATM withdrawals for instance, as well as limiting the maximum transaction values. Or freeze it at all times except when you want to use it. This does of course require that all these security features actually work, which is by no means certain.

You can certainly complete an application for one, I just went through a dummy to check. GBP10K in the bank needed, together with the other marriage related documents.

The app should still have asked for your authorisation - that seems to be a security flaw. Hopefully someone will ask Uber where they delivered this feast to.

I have read a couple of reports recently of e-visa Multi Non-O (retirement) being issued to UK passport holders. The option certainly exists in the e-visa application.

You certainly don't need the card PIN to make an online purchase. Just the card number/name/expiry/security code, those should be enough to initiate the transaction but the app should then ask you to authorise the individual transactions, either by the app password or biometrics. It doesn't really matter if you have the "live" card or not, as soon as they issue a card number the details are on the app and it can be used whether you actually have received it or not. I don't think any of this is only applicable to a Wise card.

There are 2 dates on a tourist visa. Issue Date and Enter Before/Expiry Date. You are not expected to arrive on the Issue Date (a lot of times this would be impossible) but only before the Enter Before/Expiry Date. 90 day tourist visa?

It is correct but the only time it might be an issue would be on entering the UK, nobody else will know it has been cancelled. But it is actually less of an issue than when replacing in the UK, you also can't travel on it as you don't even have it.

Made up nonsense.

They started it. "THAILAND’S Department of Health....."

Yes. I use Agoda. I don't care what the first price is, only the final price. If I am willing to pay that then I book, otherwise try somewhere else.

I am sure I read a thread on here last week where the Bangkok Embassy were unable to contribute in any way to this process and referred the poster back to the UK to go through the steps your have already taken. As far as I recall the next steps are for the documents to be translated and certified by the MFA in Bangkok. Perhaps your agent is getting the British Embassy and the Thai MFA mixed up?

They will work fine. They do not care where the data connection comes from, wifi, SIM or a piece of wet-string.

" I think turning off "data Roaming" is all you need to do. The home SIM will connect (it is not roaming) but the AIS SIM will not.

My phone (Xiaomi based on Android 12) has a further Data Roaming setting....."International Roaming" which can be set to "Never". That probably exists in your phone somewhere as well and will do what you are looking to do.

Apparently. Marketing/branding nonsense. It’s bold and clean with shades of green. With international people, places, letters and symbols taking centre stage.

As for the insurance question it is quite likely that her insurance will not allow a foreign resident on the policy. But not the case that insurance is not possible, you may need a separate short term policy. Lots of info if you search.

Yes, up to 12 months.

The second option by some margin.

You have 1 year to renew after expiry.

I had to look up "pegging" to see what it was all about. I'm surprised they let you do that in the bar.

If you search for nationality (สัญชาติ) and use Chrome to translate the entire page then you will start to make some progress. Still won't be easy but then why should it be.

That's exactly what I wrote.

Postal option does not exist for the UK, besides posting to an "agent".