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I think you'll find that the cut off dates for receiving your pension at 67 have already been fixed.

Any further increase would be for those born at a later date.

Not 100% but I believe the cut off for 67 years old was being born before 1st April 1970. That date rings a bell as I only made it by a couple of weeks.

On 8/7/2019 at 6:25 PM, Jip99 said:

Brilliant!

 

 

1st November, just in time for my pre-Xmas diet.

 

 

Talking of which, will we still get turkeys, or should I panic buy now ?  I have put away 41 lires of milk, 15 kilos of sugar, 17 chickens, 2 hams, half a pig, 48 tins of carrots, similar amount of tinned potatoes and 32 2kg bags of frozen crinkle cut chips.......... and a couple Xmas puddings.........  just in case......... oh! ------ and 2 dozen boxes of candles in case of power cuts.

You forgot the HP sauce.

No need for MFA certification. I, a teacher here with a work permit, have signed photos in the past and they have been accepted.

On my own passport renewal I got a teacher from the school where I was at the time. a Thai, so sign my photos.

If the views "they don't want us here" and "they all hate us" and the like are to e believed, then surely this is playing into their hands. A bunch of foreigners complaining and whinging. I bet the Thai authorities love it, if they really do hate us.

5 hours ago, rasg said:

Try a different browser.

Tried everything. I am a trouble shooter and will always try every which way until I ask for advice. I know for a fact that I was not the only person having major difficulties yesterday.

Still trying. Possibly the worst website I have ever come across.

15 working days wait for visa but allow a month to navigate the application process. Lol.

Good Morning,

I can't seem to get passed the appointment page on the VFS website.

It is an application for a UK visitor visa for my wife. We have completed the application and uploaded the forms. Continue from that page and onto the book appointment page.

My wife's intended travel date is 9th November. I am trying to get an appointment for 9th September.

Once the appointment, standard slot, has been booked there is a "confirm order" button. This is unresponsive. As the page is loading I can briefly see a "Cancel" button and a "Continue" button but they soon disappear.

Anyone with any ideas?

Thanks.

12 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Live in the sticks?

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I regularly speak to up to 50 expats every month. The amount is actually increasing rather than decreasing.

2 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

I notice prices going up every day (Thai wife does and points it out). My usual grab bag of 6-8 things at 7/11, milk, juice, sugar etc. used to cost under 500 baht, now its over 600 baht. The usual trolley of groceries from bigC used to cost 2,000 baht, its now 2,500. just yesterday the usual pack of bacon went from 300 to 320 baht, a knob of butter was 90 baht and its now 110 baht.

Yes you can find some things that haven't gone up (yet) but a large percentage of normal everyday things has gone up by 10-20%.in the last year.

 

As for people leaving, I dont know any, have been chatting to a couple of new arrivals at the condo pool.

I've been buying bacon for the same price for the last 5 years. 260B/Kg. Having said that, I often make my own.

4 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Thanks Briggsy,can you show me where it says it's not permitted?

It most definitely is not allowed. I'm very surprised the IO at the border did not notice.

As and when an eagle eyed IO does see it, and possibly the previous times, you will find yourself in all sorts of trouble.

4 hours ago, Joinaman said:

Thanks guys

have found a couple of places for the milks and sugars, cheaper than Makro including delivery

All the local shops here buy from Makro and resell at higher price, so need to buy cheaper than Makro's price so i can undercut them and still make the profit margins

Just got to source the dreaded plastic items, lol

Thanks again for your help and advice, much appreciated

If Udon is like any other Issan town I would be inclined to look around the railway station area. In the past, this was where people set up shop as their supplies were sent by train from Bangkok.

Many shops would be selling such items as you are looking for to local shops, noodle shops and restaurants, etc.

I got an email from Halifax staing the same. I got my mate to bring me a Vodafone sim card, that I ordered online and sent to his address.

Topped up a fiver. Need to use it once every 90 days to keep it alive. 

40 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Trade account as a wholesale customer, not as just another bulk-buying retail customer. Bigger savings.

 

Checked Ngee Soon yet? Two locations but the biggest and easier access one is out Nadee side.

My wife has a trade account at Makro.

On spending an average of 30k a month there she gets a rebate of about 180 baht. Not really worth worrying about.

She does get a monthly visit by 2 Makro reps though. Lol.

Rajapat courses are in the region of 15000 a term. 2 terms a year for 4 years.

Add a few baht for uniforms, books and other things and you will be well withing the 300k quote.

I tried it for 3 months at the start of this year. No meat but I did eat fish and other sea food.

I did OK and made a lot of nice dishes. Makro happened to be going through promotions on prawns and salmon for quite a few weeks so that was good.

Yes. You can get a visa on arrival at the border.

6 hours ago, ukrules said:

Come on holiday to Thailand, get Dengue and spend a couple of million Baht in a hospital to have it treated, maybe your insurance will cover it, maybe not.

There is no treatment per se. I had dengue 2 years ago. On a drip with paracetamol. 7 days stay. 13000 baht. Insurance picked up the tab.

11 minutes ago, sniggie said:

Prior to the referendum result the country was coasting along quite happily as part of the EU.

I must have missed that bit.

15 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

Well, an actually significant figure is how the pound was faring against the dollar during those years. You wanna blame that on the EU as well?

 

 

Yes. What currency you use to compare to is not relevant. The point is the falling pound.

10 hours ago, Mel52 said:

No it’s not like that really it honestly scared the whole neighborhood including me.

How do you know it scared the whole neighbourhood?  Surely if it had then some one would know <deleted> happened???

If it was so near, why don;t you go and take a look?