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UK - EU Trade agreement SUMMARY

1 hour ago, sezze said:

Im Belgian , we eat them about 6m a y . Taste great when braised with some butter , certainly salt/pepper/nutmeg and for the lovers together with some small bacon pieces .

I stir fry them in a wok with garlic, salt & pepper and crispy bacon pieces.
Us Brits now call them Brighton Sprouts, for reasons I don't want to go into.

On 12/23/2020 at 8:13 AM, smutcakes said:

I cannot remember a time ever going into a Villa market where they didn't have both fresh (expensive) and frozen sprouts.

I got some fresh ones in villa a couple of weeks ago, they were 700 Baht a kilo, the ones we brought in Makro on Tuesday were 129 Baht a Kilo, I would have paid the higher price if Makro had sold out.

Not too keen on the frozen ones, remind me of school dinners.

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12 hours ago, Jebs said:

She is now 'stuck' in Thailand, can't get back into Myanmar(?) and I can't travel to marry her there. So we're at a bit of a loss as to what to do next. 

Any advice would be more than helpful. Thanks in advance.

She can apply in Thailand, though I'd personally wait until things settle down over there.

You also may find this useful, and whilst Norway, or its fish, are not in the EU they are in EFTA and mirror Schengen Visa rules.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-norway

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6 hours ago, Eindhoven said:

"Visas and migration to other countries"? ????

Indeed, goodness knows why the question was asked here, I’ll move it.

1 hour ago, kenk24 said:

Actually - I have heard other stories like this in high end shops... that even with money, they seem not to be desired customers - which as a former biz owner is startling to me... but you are correct, this does happen...

 

AND in USA too.. one of my employees, a college grad school student, well-spoken, nicely dressed, carries himself well, went into a higher end artsy type shop to get a gift for his mother... the owner looked at him, told him to go give blood and come back. 

 

AND in my 20s as a hippy type, I was not welcome in stores in 'classy' Princeton NJ... 

 

There is going to be a hopefully small % of pomp out there.. you are correct. 

We had a similar experience when my wife was shopping for an overpriced handbag on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, dressed in her signature cheap denim shorts and t-shirt.

All the snooty sales girls totally ignored her, concentrating on the well dressed tyre kickers who had no intention of buying anything.

She noticed, who she took to be, the store manager drifting through the store with his entourage in tow then stopped him and asked if they actually sold handbags and if so how could she actually get served, unlike his enourage, he smiled and she was served pretty quickly, the experience was rather like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.

As you're not asking about a visa to a country other than Thailand, I'll your question to the Home Country Forum where members may have better knowledge of your question, and even better than the banking forum.

The OP's issue has been resolved, so I'll close the thread.

As you're asking about a return to Thailand I'll move your qustion to the appropriate forum.

This really isn't the forum for another Brexit thread, so I'll close this one.

Joint statement from UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen - 13 December 2020

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 As you're asking about a return to Thailand, I'll move your question to the appropriate forum.

As your girlfriend is Thai she is allowed to return to here to her home country, you're right in saying that she'll currently need to quarantine on her return.

She will need to contact the Thai Embassy that handles Certificates of Entry and other requirements for Thai nationals in Ecuador, Thailand only has an Honory Consul there, and I pretty sure they don't issue CoE's.

 https://www.consuladotailandia.com/web_en/index.php/about/ 

On 11/23/2020 at 12:55 PM, vogie said:

Darren at Key Visa will sign it for you for 500 baht.

Do you know any retired UK Civil Servants, there must be plenty in Pattaya, along with retired bank managers and other groups they can sign and I'm sure most, if not all, would do so for free.

You're asking on a forum about visas and travel to countries other than Thailand, so I'll move it.

On balance the Immigration to Thailand forum might get a better response that the Covid-19 Forum.

Have you looked on the Thai Embassy website in the US?

Statement on UK-EU negotiations 9 December

Some BTS Stations have lockers, the nearest to the Embassy is probably Sala Daeng, and then a couple of stops to Surasak and then five minutes or so walk to the Embassy.
Not ideal, but an option.

 https://www.lockbox-th.com/service_storage.html

22 hours ago, JensenZ said:

K-Bank has 2 levels of debit/ATM cards at different prices. What I did notice the other week is that the yellow ATMs are now charging 10 baht to withdraw cash. I tried some other ATMs and they didn't charge it (yet). 

They've actually got at least five different debit cards, with annual fees of 200, 599, 999 and 1,599 Baht, the more expensive ones come with various bells and whistles add ons, many of which are usually not worth the paper they're written on.

https://www.scb.co.th/en/personal-banking/cards/debit-cards.html

According to their instructions you pay online as part of the application process, the facility to do so automatically shows once you've entered all your details and indicated you'll pay online

Getting married in Thailand

To get married in Thailand you need to:

• complete your affirmation of marital status online
• swear and sign your affirmation at the embassy in Bangkok

Your affirmation will be valid for 3 months from the date they are stamped at the Embassy.

If your partner is British they will also need to swear an affirmation. If they're not, they might need an equivalent document.

This service costs £50. You can pay online as part of your application.

https://www.prove-eligibility-foreign-government.service.gov.uk/thailand/complete-affirmation

Just now, Tyler Visan said:

And how much of it is still left?    LOL

All of it, it's for a party on Boxing Day.