p_brownstone

I thought that for many years the old "pull off and throw away" tabs have been replaced by a tab which does not detach from the body of the can but stays attached after operation - simply to avoid the significant waste disposal problems associated with the "throw away" tab.

But in any case I am quite sure it's all the same metal composite, so it makes far more more sense to collect / recycle the whole can + tab.

Patrick

I really cannot relate to the majority of the Posters in this Thread.

"You make your own world and are destined to live in it" - who said that? Oh - probably me!

I came here in late 1971 and now (at just over 70 years old) have been here since then - except for 4 years in Lagos, Nigeria (now, if you want to bitch about a place - believe me, that's the place!).

I have run my own Company here for 25+ years. I cannot / will not retire - my own decision: I wake up every morning before 6.00 am and I am truly excited to see what happens in the new day.

The day that excitement dies is probably a few weeks before I do too.

Patrick

V.A.T. on Imports can only be "reclaimed" by the Company which Imported the item, and only under circumstances where the Importer "adds value" to the Imported item then sells it on to someone else, with added V.A.T. based on the Selling Price.

To make it easy, let's imagine you Import, via your Company, an item which is not liable for Import Duty and the C.I.F. price (Cost + Insurance + Freight) is Baht 10,000.- ; on Import your Company would have to pay V.A.T. (and get an official receipt) to the Revenue Department - via the Customs Department - totaling Baht 700.- (7%) .

Your Company then sells the item to another Company or individual for - say - Baht 12,000.- ; you would have to add V.A.T. (7%) of Baht 840.- on your Invoice to the Customer, that V.A.T. must be paid to the Revenue Department, by your Company, every month (before the 15th of the month following the transaction.). However your Company has already paid Baht 700.- to the Revenue Department so you are only required to pay the difference (840 - 700 = Baht 140)

If you are sending goods directly to your Customer in Thailand however he / she will be responsible for paying all Import Duties and V.A.T.. Since your Company is not involved in the actual Importation you cannot reclaim V.A.T.. (Obviously Import Duties are not re-claimable by anyone.).

Patrick

You cannot set up a Business here - and obtain a Work Permit with the correct Visa (and Thai Elite does not qualify you for a Work Permit) - without establishing a Thai Registered Company and employing 4 Thai Staff.

That's just your first step to overcome.

Patrick

2 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

When someone approaches you to tell you they are kit maak and they are clearly in some distress but if I have time I'd prefer to relax with them and say have a beer and take there mind off it or something.

I have rarely heard a Thai say that they, personally are "kit maak"; that's more usually a phrase one would use to address or advise someone else (usually as อย่าคิดมาก - yah kit maak - don't worry / think too much - or ไม่ต้องคิดมาก - no need to worry too much), not to comment on one's own feelings / situation.

In that case the phrase would more properly be " ผม / ฉันคิดหนัก " - pom / chan kit nak (I am thinking / considering hard).

Patrick

I believe that any man bringing his Fiancee to be married in Thailand is charged corkage.

Patrick

1 hour ago, jeab1980 said:

Correct as did most of the men in the village. Its only falang who sees anything wrong with shorts. A good pair of shorts and a shirt nothing wrong with it. If you want to wear long trousers thats your choice something i would judge over like yourself.

Well OK, to each his own as we say.

To me it's simply a huge, jarring, disrespect to the deceased to wear shorts to a funeral or memorial service.

Patrick

2 hours ago, jeab1980 said:

On cremation day i did wear long trousers once   (big mistake) far to hot and it goes on forever. Next time i wore shorts.

I really hope you are joking.

You wore shorts at a funeral?

Patrick

9 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

I have attended many Thai, although none of then family. There is normally a few days wake before cremation day, and there should be food and refreshments laid on during each day and the evenings. I have never seen an open casket. From my experience the coffin is normally displayed at the front of the house of the deceased (or maybe the local temple) and is ornately decorated. There maybe photos and personal belongings there also.

On cremation day in the morning the monks come an do their bit, then everybody eats and after that everybody moves to the local crematorium normally walking in procession and there is another service involving monks and family members there.

 

As for you, just be yourself, Wear black, white or any dark colour shirt but don't wear shorts.

 

I generally think that Thai funerals are a well oiled machine. The whole local community will have done it so many times before.

As far as the "open casket" question is concerned this is not quite correct.

In most Thai funerals there is at least one day where the deceased is on open display and "bathing rites" are performed by family and well wishers. This basically involves pouring scented water over the deceased's hands - sometimes the face or neck too.

After that day's ceremony the body is placed in the casket and remains there until the actual cremation. The number of days before the cremation is dependent on the number of Sponsors who each want to support the ceremony for a day - and thus demonstrates the general respect accorded to the individual within their local society

Patrick

34 minutes ago, Anythingleft? said:

Going to put money on the guy not coming back either of his own free will or by demand until the statute runs out. Even after that he's a free and wealthy man, returning to Thailand probably has very little to no interest for him when he can probably live almost anywhere he wishes.
It would though be a major poll booster for the authorities though if they actually saw this through and made an issue of getting the guy to court here to stand trial, guilty or innocent the "perception" of fairness, equality and justice would be on display. This would be the RTP yardstick for eternity


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It's rather "cold comfort" to me but I always keep in mind what different lifestyles people like Vorayuth - and especially Thaksin - must experience in their self imposed overseas "exile".

Vorayuth is now - apparently - living in London: Yes, he has access to billions of Baht, but get a Traffic Ticket or worse (!) run over and kill a policemen in the UK and all that money will be of VERY limited use; difficult to buy yourself out of that situation. As a well connected Thai in Thailand however it would never be a problem ....... but in the UK he's not living by Thai rules anymore.

Apparently Thaksin is now spending most of his time in Bharain or Abhu Dhabi; both Countries have a very sizeable number of Billionaires, so Thaksin is really no-one special at all, simply one of thousands. When he was in power and living in Bangkok he could (and did) literally shut down Sukhumvit (in Bangkok) or large sections of the Expressway just to ease the passage for himself - or his children - to shop at Siam Paragon or wherever; and demand that the Mall was kept open until after midnight etc. etc..

No chance of that in the ME, much less London - or most European cities.

As I say, cold comfort but "Som Nam Na" too!

Patrick

Your wife must use the same Passport to leave Thailand as the one she used to enter; this has always been the case so I do not understand how she was able to exit Thailand in the past on a different Passport to that which she used on entry.

If she has two Passports there is no need for a British Visa in her Thai Passport when she leaves Thailand.

At Airline Check-in they will want to see both the Thai and British Passports - so they know that she has the right to enter the UK without a Visa.

At Immigration, leaving Thailand, just show them the Thai Passport NOT both. There is no problem holding two Nationalities but some junior Immigration Officers may not know that, best not to confuse them!

At the Boarding Gate she may be asked to show both Passports - again to confirm to Airline staff that she has the right to enter the UK without a Visa.

Enter UK on her British Passport; next visit to Thailand exit UK on her British Passport but enter Thailand on her Thai Passport; happens probably a thousand times a month here, never a problem.

Patrick

Does it  have to be a Government Official - would the Abbot of the local Temple not be acceptable?

Just a thought.

Patrick

1 hour ago, Cracker2000 said:

Oddly, the 'finger' is no a common insult in Nigeria, over there they use a gesture where they flick all 5 digits in your direction to express the same sentiment.

Yes, he should have used the "5 Kobo" salute; he'd be satisfied and his adversaries would have no idea what the gesture meant!

Patrick

2 hours ago, Jeremy50 said:

Go back to Nigeria, it's a nicer place with nicer people. Face racism on a daily basis over there? I don't think so.

Rubbish.

Have you ever lived in Nigeria?

Patrick

1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said:

My son was born in Thailand, where I live, in March 2015. I am British and my son's mother is a citizen of Laos. We were not married. In November I applied for a UK passport for my son in Bangkok. The passport was issued in around 3 weeks.

At no stage did I apply for UK citizenship for him. I was specifically advised that this was unnecessary.

So I'm afraid your understanding is not accurate.

Well, I must admit that surprises and confounds me!

You did not even need to show any evidence that the child was yours?

Patrick

1 hour ago, 7by7 said:

Jimmybkk's child is 9, therefore was born after 1st July 2006 and so can inherit British citizenship from his father even though his parents are not married.

 

Check if you're a British citizen.

All of the following do not apply because the child was born after 1st July 2006.

 

The only reason why the child would not be automatically British is because Jimmybkk himself, is British by descent. This depends on where he was born.

 

If born in the UK or a qualifying territory and at least one of his parents is British then he is British not by descent and so his children will be British wherever they are born.

 

But if born outside the UK or a qualifying territory then he is British by descent and so cannot automatically pass his citizenship onto his children unless they are born in the UK or a qualifying territory.

 

You mean  The British Nationality (Proof of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 2015; which does not stop children born outside the UK after 1st July 2006 whose parents aren't married from inheriting their British father's nationality.

 

It is about proving paternity, and wont effect Jimmybkk and his child anyway as it only applies to children of unmarried parents whose birth certificates were issued after 10th September 2015!

 

An interesting commentary on this: Proving paternity in British nationality law: rule change on effect of birth certificates

In most parts you are wrong.

No one - certainly not I - contests the fact that the child is entitled to British Citizenship - but it is not automatic because the parents were not married at the time of birth.

However the British Father may apply to Register the child as a British Citizen using the Form I indexed earlier. Only once that has been done can he apply for a British Passport for his child.

It does not matter that the child was born before or after 1 July, 2006; the original British legislation was approved on 1 July 2006 but was not made retroactive - i.e. did not apply to children born before 1 July 2006. There was a huge campaign to remove this date restriction which eventually resulted in the amendment 2015 No. 1615 so the legislation now applies equally to any child born outside wedlock to a British father regardless of the date of birth.

BUT the Father must submit an application for the childs' British citizenship - with supporting documentation!

In the OP's case he cannot simply walk into a Passport Office and ask for a Passport for his child, he needs to have the childs' Nationality Registered and approved after submitting documentation - and possibly providing DNA evidence to prove he is the father.

Patrick

11 minutes ago, theoldgit said:

 

Yes you did, but it's sometimes helpful to give a little more detail if you have it to hand.

OK

How about this?

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-register-as-a-british-citizen-form-ukf

Patrick

2 hours ago, theoldgit said:

No, not automatic, but

 

 

Which is exactly what I said ........... "there is no automatic right to UK Citizenship".

To Quote from your own Post:

We may normally register a child, born before 1 July 2006, whose British citizen father was not married to their mother, under section 3(1).

i.e. you must first have the child Registered / Accepted as a U.K. Citizen before you can apply for a U.K. Passport.

Patrick

2 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

There is no requirement to register the child as a UK citizen. Just apply for the passport.

 

Incorrect.

If the parents were not married at the time of birth - as the OP himself states  - the child has no automatic right to British Citizenship.

Please look up : The British Nationality (Proof of Paternity) Regulations 2015 .

Patrick

Not really answering your question, but have you Registered the child as a U.K. Citizen?

You will need to do that first before you can apply for a Passport.

Patrick

1 hour ago, Naroge said:

????

 

I've never seen any restrictions like this in any multi story car park in Thailand.

Nor have I.

It would be impossible to police anyway: Except for vehicles where the LPG Tank is easily visible - Tuk Tuks, Tractor / Prime mover units etc., an LPG powered vehicle looks - externally - exactly the same as a petrol or diesel vehicle.

Also of course none of the so-called Security Guards stationed at the entrance to car parks would have any idea as to how to identify an LPG powered vehicle, just as they so mindlessly trundle their "mirror on a stick" under my car when I drive into a Hotel or Office Building "looking for explosives". Unless there was a large package under my car with the word "BOMB" on it (in Thai of course) they will never find anything and have absolutely no clue what they are looking for in any case.

Patrick

It can certainly get out of hand if you don't set some firm rules.

I have my daughter and two of her cousins staying with me every weekday, they too need computers to access their school website for homework assignments etc., which is OK, they all have iPads and Smart 'phones or use my home computer.

Rules are: 

1 hour of playtime on the iPads etc. once all homework has been done.

Absolutely NO use of iPads or 'phones at the dinner table - at home or when we eat out.

NO iPads or 'phones in the bedroom after "lights out".

Patrick

4 hours ago, Langsuan Man said:

Has anyone here at Thai Visa ever tried to obtain a license / permit before entering the country ?

 

I would be more than happy to pay for the ability to bring in more than one liter of wine just so I don't have to drink the fruit wines imported and sold in the retail stores here  

By "fruit wines" I guess you mean wines produced from ummmmm .... fruit .... such as grapes??

From my point of view there is absolutely no point in importing Wine for personal consumption (i.e. for non-commercial trade) into Thailand: There are many Companies now selling very good quality wine etc. here in Bangkok, admittedly at a premium price, but for me at least the convenience of having decent Wine / Port / Malt Whisky, whatever, delivered to my door far exceeds the hassle of trying to drag it though Customs myself with all the associated paperwork.

Patrick

I have had a Kindle DX (the large format version) for many years but now the Battery icon in the top right of the screen is superimposed with an Exclamation Mark (!) - which I guess is a warning that the battery is about to turn up it's toes and die.

I don't want to buy a new Kindle because the large format is no longer available.

Does anyone know where - in Bangkok - I can have the battery replaced?

Patrick