theoldgit

I'm not sure which country you're asking about, as you've posted your question for those seeking advice about visas and migration from Thailand.

I'm guessing you're asking about a Non O visa for Thailand, so I'll move your question to that forum.

Do let me know if I've guessed wrong. 

This is not visa related, so let's move this thread to the travel section.

Racisit troll post removed, along with a response of the same nature.

A post correcting the slur was also removed.

There’s a long running thread in the Banking Forum regarding Wise, please comment there

I’ll close this thread.

Have you looked through this?

https://www.changiairport.com/en/airport-guide/Covid-19/FAQ.html?utm_source=changiairportedm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VTL_FAQ#VTL

There seem to be plenty of domestic tourists in Hua Hin at the moment, the car park by the old ferry terminal at Khao Takiab was packed on Saturday, with cars queueing up to get in, and leave, probably all wanting to leave Bangkok before the massive influx of tourists expected there this week, the main road through the town is certainly a lot busier now..

A lot of Thai families on the beach with sellers doing a roaring trade in mats, the Thai people certainly adapt to the current market.

I’ll move this to the banking section.

This is the latest guidance for travelling to the UK https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-to-england-from-another-country-during-coronavirus-covid-19

Travellers from Thailand have to produce a vaccination certificate, the "Yellow Vaccine Passport" isn't required, it isn't even mentioned, so I would doubt that it's better, this is the guidance:  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/countries-with-approved-covid-19-vaccination-programmes-and-proof-of-vaccination

Andrea Bocelli has a concert scheduled in Orlando on 19 December and a furthr concert in Prague on 8th January, I'm sure he has pencilled in the NYE extravaganza here whilst enroute.

On 8/30/2021 at 8:40 AM, theoldgit said:

 

Likewise, my wife has already got a letter confirming she entitled to 50% of my current Civil Service Pension on my demise, and my young neice has been nominated to act on her behalf to navigate the claim system when the time comes, thankfully Sara thinks the world of my wife.

 

What we don't know yet if she would be will be entitled the Personal Tax Allowance if she lives in Thailand, the tax difference is about 9,400 Baht a month.  

Further to my earlier post, I've received clarification from my Pension Provider, the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

It depends what scheme you're on, my wife is lucky.

Thank you for your email with regards to your Civil Service Widows Pension.

An age difference reduction to widows pensions is only applied to member's who are in the Premium/Nuvos/Alpha sections of the pension scheme. The rules of these sections of the scheme state a reduction must be applied if the spouse is over 12 years younger than the member. However as you are in the classic section of the scheme no such ruling applies and a spouse is entitled to the full widows pension regardless of age difference.

54 minutes ago, lassebasse said:

What about domestic flights to HH?

 

Currently operating to and from Chiang Mai.

14 hours ago, sharecropper said:

Great link and thanks for the reply. What is the usual delay in terms of (hopefully) days for obtaining the consular letter after the relevant documents are submitted, and does my wife have to go and hang around outside the Embassy trying to get to see someone - or can it all be done online?

Info from the link:

Get a Consular Letter

Thai local authorities need a Consular Letter from the embassy before they release the body for burial, cremation or repatriation. The next of kin must provide proof they are related to the person that died and inform the embassy in writing who they have requested to make the arrangements. If someone other than the next of kin is making the arrangements, they need to provide a copy of their passport and Thai ID before the Consular Letter can be issued.

14 hours ago, BLACKJACK2 said:

......... The reason for the 10yr visa is really in case my wife needed to get to the UK in a hurry. A little bit of background. I have been with my wife 20yrs and we have an 18yr old son. When you applied at the embassy we had 5 visas. They then outsourced to Regents House, 2007 I think we applied and got rejected, the whole experience was terrible and I said I would never apply again.............

Just to be clear the outsourcing at Regent and subsequently at Trendy was/is only for the receiving of supporting evidence and now just the biometric capture, the actual decision making is carried out by UKVI staff, either in India or the UK.

My wife has a longer term visa, it's not very cost effective, especially with the difficulties of the last couple of years, but we took the same view as you that it gave us the peace of mind, should we need to travel to the UK in a hurry.

We live in Thailand so it might be easier to satisfy the decision maker that my wife would return to our home here, rather than you guys who live in different parts of the world, there will always be an element of doubt in the decision makers eyes, that doesn't mean that an application would fail, but it's a risk.

You will not need the previous paper work, her application will be based of her current circumstances, she will would need to submit the relevant pages of her previous pages though. 

Off topic post removed, this isn't the place to vent your anger.

I've also needed to remove a couple of helpful posts, my apologies TM. 

1 hour ago, BLACKJACK2 said:

I thought it was all done online now. The only thing I can really provide from this side is a sponsorship letter.

Yes, applications are submitted online, but there's really nothing to prevent you assiting your wife by submitting the forms on her behalf, the application would still be hers and she would be responsible for its content, and of course know what the content is, and she would need to attend the Visa Application Centre.

Supporting docs can be uploaded from anywhere.

A reputable agent would certainly be a good option.

The use of an agent can be reassuring for some applicants, though you can do most of the donkey work from the UK if you wished.

If she does use an agent pick a reputable one, preferably one that’s registered with OISC in the UK, whilst that’s not a legal requirement here in Thailand, there are a lot of cowboys claiming to be reputable agents.

23 minutes ago, sandyf said:

 Heathrow are putting the taxes up next year.

It's been reported that Heathrow wanted to almost double their charges but the regulator trimmed back the increase.

The Guardian has reported that the Chancellor intends to substantially increase the APD for ultra long destinations, giving Singapore as an example of "ultra long", we will have to wait until Wednesday to see if there's any truth in that. 

I'll move this to the Thailand Visa section

I use the mytello app, it costs me 0.3 Baht a minute to a landline and 1.4 Baht to a mobile.

You pay for a local call, but that is covered by my contract minutes with true.

I live in the next province, Prachuapkhirikan, and did my report online a day or so ago and got an instant approval.

I've used Agoda for bookings throughout Europe also, never had an problem.

8 minutes ago, Gsxrnz said:

Ditto.  Due the 30th and online not working. Tried every trick re cache, Explorer, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, laptop, phone, dropdowns, include/exclude flight number. 

 

It's forked. You'd think I'd be used to that SNAFU feeling by now.

I did an online 90 day report yesterday, my confirmation of approval was instantaneous.

52 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Yes, IOs differ from office to office.

And maybe even in the same office. ????