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On 9/12/2020 at 4:47 PM, possum1931 said:

No! You do not pay for what you don't get. Simples.

it means the teachers get no money for what they didn't offer ???

23 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Start using the AC

the humidity is a very important factor in the comfort and using AC reduces it considerably

14 minutes ago, nahkit said:

Took my new passport to immigration last Tuesday along with the old one and a letter from my embassy. Took about 15 minutes for them to do it (including my 90-day report) and they charged me 200 baht.

I did the same last week and it took me also 15 minutes ...and it was free of charge

16 hours ago, natway09 said:

If I read this correctly & your wife made an income in Thailand obviously she would need to declare over a certain amount.

Monies you sent from abroad to your account I presume are "tax paid" at source so you can give some to her without further tax liability on her behalf.

Legally, if your money sent has never been taxed you may need further clarification as is a grey area

 Message from OP  :   my Thai wife was warned that I ....and not she ....need to pay tax on the monthly transfer of  my pension (minimum 40,000 THB) I transfer to support her.   She was told so at the occasion she declared the money she made for herself one time and for the first time in our marriage of more than 30 years.

I am staying on non IMM "O" yearly extension based on marriage.

Since several years I make therefore monthly transfers of minimum 40.000 Baht/month to my account here in Thailand

My Thai wife made exceptionally some money and she declared this to-day to the Thai tax authorities

Now the Thai tax authorities warned my wife that this is "income" and therefore I am subjected to tax...

My pension is already taxed in my home country and there is a treaty with Thailand to avoid double taxation.

What is the experience of other TVF members making money transfers to comply with Immigration Laws?

What if 2 months before applying for extension I deposit 400.000 Baht in my account : is this then also taxable income?

15 hours ago, Yom said:

Very convenient.

over the past 24hrs/48hrs/one month/a year?

Some real numbers - today 8:00.

This comes from:   Chiang Rai Forum -Phrae PM2.4

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These numbers are confusing : I bought a Xiaomi PM 2.5 detector and it indicates green (=safe) up to 50,  orange (= moderate) between 50 and 75 and red (=unhealthy) above 75

Air pollution reaches sometimes dangerous levels in Bangkok.

This period I leave my windows open most of the day so that the polluted air can enter without obstruction.

Would it help to improve air quality indoors if I close windows and use air conditioning?

Toxic gas will not be stopped but I guess dust particles could ....or not?

1 hour ago, smedly said:

This is ridiculous 

 

for 364 days a year I can shop walk around do whatever just like anyone else and yet on just one day to visit one place (immigration) I need to get a covid test - how stupid is that 

 

Jesus Christ - who thought that one up

what has Jesus Christ got to do with this ???

11 hours ago, david555 said:

Is not the fault of the Banana republic ..... as our Embassy could be the one who could arrange vaccinations .... even more the foreign ministry of Belgium ...could remember us , not only for taxation 

As still we are taxable in Belgium ????????

There is a treaty between Belgium and Thailand to avoid double taxation....of course if you keep your legal residence in Belgium while staying in Thailand you will pay taxes in Belgium

On 10/16/2019 at 10:11 AM, ubonjoe said:

Only at 1 or 2 rogue offices that wanted it in the bank for 3 months since the were using the old rules for retirement extensions.

Not sure they are still doing that or not since it is now since is now 2 months for them as well.

 Can Ubonjoe confirm that I/O will not ask for origin of 400.000 THB as long as it is in my account 2 months before the application day / I could do the same in stead of the annoying and expensive monthly transfer from abroad I am doing now.

19 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

You can apply for the 60 day extension and then the one year extension.

If you have not gotten one before since you last entered you can get the 60 day extension to visit you wife.

She has to be with you when you apply. You will need your marriage certificate and copy of it. Copies of here house book registry and ID card. Some office may want a recent printout of your Kor Ror 2 marriage registry that can be requested at any Amphoe.

Copies of your passport photo page, visa, entry stamp and TM6 departure card.

If you have already applied tor the 60 day extension to visit your wife you can apply for the 60 day covid 19 extension. Same passport copies and a completed affidavit they will give you.

Do you need a reason to get a 60 day extension of Non Imm O based on marriage ?  My stay is allowed until 21 April so I need to apply for yearly extension late March or early April . However before and after Songkran the local Immigration Office is flooded while in June my application for one year extension would be much more relaxed.

5 hours ago, smutcakes said:

The law does not say anything about masks and General meeting.

Sounds like a stupid problem to have, inconsiderate Co-owners, sadly i think its one you are going to have to simply reason with them, but they dont sound the type to be reasoned with. Glad i don't live in a Condo like that.

Not sure if the Juristic Manager could take action based on safety and omit them from the meeting.

If it escalates they are the ones who will look stupid.

 

Could you not compromise and have the sitting separately?

sitting separately  ….thanks for the excellent suggestion

We had in our Condominium an annual general meeting as required by Thai Condo act 2008

The Committee requested the participants to wear a mask but some co-owners refused and they created discomfort within the majority of the co-owners.

Free masks were made available to everybody.

This kind meeting can be a super spreader of COVID-19 but could refusal of entry by co-owners without mask make the AGM illegal?

What does Thai Law say about this?

As there was no quorum there will be a follow up meeting within 2 weeks...

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

Why are the public outraged?

It was a forgone conclusion that CP would be given the go ahead.

CP can do anything they want, no way will this so-called government oppose anything they do, money, money, money, thats all that matters.

..and who would be a more acceptable candidate able the cough up 10 billion USD ...the owners of Big-C ? the owners of Central Group ?

3 hours ago, CraigInBangkok said:

I don't care about politics  but he's a narcissistic lunatic

Are you also family like his sister and his niece ????

18 hours ago, Eindhoven said:

https://www.myce.com/news/aacs-2-0-copy-protection-ultra-hd-blu-ray-discs-actively-exploited-loophole-83221/

Thank you for this clarification

On 10/29/2020 at 3:23 PM, johng said:

 

Yes they made it rather difficult to connect to a PC  due to  not wanting people to "backup"   or in other words copy the Blu Ray discs...there are HDMI recording devices  that could work  but again it would  record in real time and  quality maybe compromised.

 

The drive I pointed to is specifically designed to work in a PC  I very much doubt your PC would not detect it

as it connects to a   PC SATA port   inside the PC.

 

The Blu Ray players you have are stand alone  but   The  Samsung BD-F5100   might be able to hook up to a PC via the LAN port    have you tried that yet ?

I tried via the LAN port but again no sign on life / playback

1 hour ago, Oldie said:

The HDMI port is for video output and not an input port. At least if you take the one from the graphic card. 

Thank you but the HDMI port on my desktop PC is next to 3 USB ports and the latter are used as input for playback from external HD / I would be surprised if the HDMI port is only for output

31 minutes ago, johng said:

You would  most likely need a PC Blu Ray drive  like this

https://www.jib.co.th/web/index.php/product/readProduct/16995/8/DVD-RW-ASUS-BLURAY-16D1HT-PRO--BLACK-

 

then use some ripping software   like this

https://www.makemkv.com/

 

The  Samsung BD-F5100   might be able to hook up to a PC via the LAN port and  you might be able to use VLC installed on the PC to "record" the  disc in real-time  ie: slow   and  probably not the full quality but worth trying first.

Thank you but I do not think that if my (new) HP desktop PC with Win 10 cannot detect a Samsung or an AJ it will detect the ASUS player your recommend

www.makemkv.com looks good but only after the Blu-Ray player is detected and is operational

I want to back up my many Blu-Ray DVD's on an external HD ( I did already the same with my standard DVD's using a HD DVD player)

I have two Blu-Ray players : one is a 6 year old Samsung BD-F5100 and now I have a new AJ D-828 BD

When I connect them (to the power and to the HDMI port) they do not show up in the Device Manager

I have good excellent software to play with the Blu-Ray video but first I need to find out how to get the Blu-Ray player detected

Did any TV Forum members succeed and is kind enough to tell me how?