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On 4/20/2024 at 3:15 PM, Sumiyoshicho said:

Did you provide one statement with a balance of £1K or 3 months of statements showing that amount ?

I just supplied my last current statement

My friend had her Isuzu truck converted to LPG and has had nothing but trouble since.

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

anyone use it in Thailand?

Google Wallet is replacing Google Pay. The main difference between the two apps is Wallet allows you to load a cash balance as well as emulate your credit/debit/loyalty/boarding cards. Google Pay was accepted in any shop that accepts contactless card payments. I used Google Pay, with my Wise card, at 711, Lotus's, Big C and Bangrak (Esso) but I haven't upgraded to Wallet yet so I don't know if the cash side of it can be used in the same way. This is the question the OP asked. He didn't ask if cash or credit card is best! 

On 4/21/2024 at 3:15 PM, Nick Carter icp said:

The girl and the Parents can file police charges for underaged sex 

They don't know where he lives

The instructions for taking sildenafil (Viagra), tablets or gel, are to take on an empty stomach as fatty food and alcohol reduce/slow the uptake of the active ingredient. So, grinding a tablet to powder and snorting it will coat the soft nasal tissue and get absorbed into the bloodstream bypassing the stomach. It works with Cocaine so I don't see why it wouldn't work with Sildenafil. There is also a vasodilator cream available called Alprostadil which is applied directly to the penis.

On 4/19/2024 at 8:32 AM, RobU said:

The Met is noted for it's corruption and was as bad as the RTP in the past. Perhaps the delayed response was deliberate to allow the perpetrator (who may be from an influential family) to escape. The Met is very much under the control of Westminster 

There was not a delayed response! Reporting an adult missing is not a high priority and is not usually looked at for 24 hours as most turn up. If it was a child it would have been a different matter and if the neighbour had reported the scream then there may have been a more immediate response. 

On 4/19/2024 at 7:14 AM, Upnotover said:

The Embassy website still only describes single entry and the online application also does not give the multi option.

 

Requirements listed there, updated August last year, are here....https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/page/spouse-and-family-visa  Financial requirement is stated as "Financial evidence showing monthly income of no less than 40,000 THB (£1,000) or having the current balance of 400,000 THB (£10,000), e.g. bank statements, proof of earnings" , but it has been reported here they do not insist on that and will accept balance of GBP 1000.

 

One thing they do not list is for details of your flight from the UK to Thailand.  For a non-O application in February they e-mailed me asking for this after my initial application had gone in online.

 

 

I can confirm my non-O application last August was granted with only £1000 in the bank and that was the same for the previous year. The website does say £10,000 

Try turning data saving on as this stops apps running in the background

On 1/17/2024 at 2:01 PM, keith101 said:

Has anyone had dealings with this company they say their products are very cheap question is are they genuine or fake ?

I get my heart meds from them. I wouldn't say they were cheap but reasonable and genuine. I think they also have a branch in Bangkok

On 3/1/2024 at 10:31 AM, NoshowJones said:

This is unbelievable, a big AIS store closes at The Walk shopping centre, no one knows where it has moved to, not even a notice giving it's new address.

Tried to Google it, what chance have I got? Can anyone help?

There's one in the basement of V Square

9 hours ago, The Fugitive said:

Individual airlines may insist on sight of return/onward ticket or 'some sort of visa'. There is a very recent report of a member being 'pinged', stopped at the departure gate and asked to provide this information. The reason given was that he had checked-in online. I have been stopped at the departure gate and denied boarding. I was told that although I had checked-in manually for my previous flight leg with an airport agent, they should have insisted upon sight of my documentation before checking me in.  

In a FB group I'm in an American had self-checked-in but was stopped at the boarding gate and asked for an onward ticket

24 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I use a wrist monitor, it reads close to a doctor's instrument. I have severe white coat syndrome.

 

I took a week's worth of readings to my local GP. Average 125/65. I am not on any blood pressure medication.

 

In his presence, the wrist monitor read 184/ 95. His reading was 191/99.

 

That does have me wondering how many doctors are prescribing BP medication unnecessarily.

I read an article saying almost a third of the world's population suffers from white coat syndrome. In the UK you have to wear a BP monitor for 24 hours so the doctor has an accurate reading before he prescribes medication. My reading at the Thai dentist was 156/101 (I was there for root canal work) but my reading at home was 128/81 and 126/83 - I have two machines (Omron and Kinetik) The correct way to monitor your BP is to take the reading at the same time every day (doesn't matter what time). The cuff should be at the same height as your heart and your feet should be flat on the ground with you sitting upright. There should be silence with no outside stimuli. Take 3 readings about 3/5 minutes apart and add them together and divide by 3. This will give you your mean BP and it will be far more accurate than the near useless static machines they use in Thai hospitals.

On 4/14/2024 at 4:14 AM, bendejo said:

Yeah, maybe a waste of money but there is no other way to find out if it will work for you.  It's like buying a theatre ticket.    And then there is the price, 30 US pennys per day for a month or two isn't much of a complaint. 

IMO the crucial hazard is that you take something that may be detrimental to your well-being.  I knew a fellow who took a some zinc and had quite a negative reaction; I don't recall his story, but he did live to tell it, and he would be the first to admit he didn't know what he was doing.

After some years in SEA and only being able to find somewhat comparable vitamins to what I would buy in the US, I returned to the US and started taking the ones I used to take (a daily multiple, and a B-complex).  In about a month and a half my eyesight improved.  I cite it as the cause and effect of the vitamins, that's my best guess.  And it was not detrimental.  For those wondering what I bought in Asia if you go to Malaysia and look hard enough you may be able to find Soligar or Solaray (I forgot which). 

I have also started other supplements, some as doctors' recommendations: B12, D3, and now considering magnesium.

 

You should take D3 with K2. There are supplements that combine the two

18 hours ago, bbi1 said:

 

  

 

 

Well, that's quite easy really. Enter on a different passport to the one that the visa is attached to. Eg. if you have a Canadian passport that the visa is attached to, then enter on your EU passport and get the 30 day exempt entry. Simples 😉

No such thing as an EU passport. The visa isn't attached to the passport as it is a stickerless visa that is sent to your email.

2 hours ago, AAArdvark said:

I recently was in Jomtien late afternoon. There were zero people in the information office so I took the opportunity to speak to the two immigration officers there. I spoak to them at length about the need to get a new TM30 after a trip abroad.  I was asked for my passport and asked if I had a current TM30 in my passport. They looked at it and they both agreed, without hesitation,  that there was  no need for a new one. 

My 90 day is due next month so I will test what I was told. 

This is what my office told me after a trip to Vietnam. They said as I had a re-entry permit and I'm returning to the same address using the same permission to stay so the TM30 is still valid and doesn't need renewing. My friend who had travelled with me was on a visa-exempt entry and they said he must do a new TM30 as his last one was cancelled when he left the country (his 30-day permission of stay was cancelled). He entered getting another visa-exempt and so has a new permission of stay. That was translated by my wife but that is how I understood the conversation went with the IO.

Barn door and horse bolted comes to mind

On 4/9/2024 at 2:27 PM, Mike Lister said:

Do you have a work permit?

No, I do not have a work permit. 

On 4/10/2024 at 7:42 PM, john donson said:

when I asked, it was the classic THAI only...

Don't ask as they don't know so they say that. You have to register but it is easily done online with Bangkok Bank. The option is on the app also but I've never tried that. My Swift transfers only work during office hours so I expect it is manually checked.

On 4/10/2024 at 12:22 PM, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Seriously?? I wonder why I bother talking to the 'less informed' on this forum.

You have to have an FCD Account - read and get informed mate.

Foreign Currency Deposit Account (bangkokbank.com)

 

I don't have an FCD account but I send swift transfers 2 or 3 times a year to my First Direct (HSBC) in the UK

On 4/11/2024 at 12:19 PM, Will B Good said:

Pretty sure you don"t have to do that anymore.....and I have never done it.

Some offices still require a TM30 report when you've travelled outside your district, Chiang Mai is one. I'm glad most don't.

8 hours ago, Gandtee said:

Well done Watson. Surmising? Even if correct, are hookers down the list for police response time?

A missing adult is way down the priority list of the London Met Police

18 hours ago, ukrules said:

I wonder if he went back to the UK multiple times over the years.

 

This is not about a stolen passport, he assumed the identity of the real guy named 'Peter Smith', once he did that it would have been plain sailing for him unless the original guy noticed.

Had the real Peter Smith at any point attempted to get a passport back in the UK then his number would have been up immediately, perhaps this is how they got him as they were ready and waiting for him on arrival.

 

There's still one piece of the puzzle missing though - how did they know this particular guy was the same on who did a runner all those years ago?

They probably didn't know who he was but the stolen passport had finally been flagged up. Maybe the real Peter Smith had applied for a new one or had passed away. Once they arrested him for using a stolen/fake passport his fingerprints would identify him.

On 4/10/2024 at 1:03 AM, Nedrapter said:

Few days ago I've applied for an e-visa (METV) through their website. I have gotten an automated reply and there's no contact email to ask questions about it, so I hope someone here knows.

The messages says the following: "Travel booking confirmation: Please upload the following document into the e-visa system: Detailed air e-ticket with number and PNR no. under your name showing all flights from Greece to Thailand, arrivals, departures, RETURN or ongoing, times confirmed flights. "

 

Now this makes me have 2 questions:
1. Do I need an already booked departure ticket? I have not booked yet tickets out of Thailand as I’m planning to stay for 8 months and visiting Cambodia or Laos via land. On the field of "Intended departure date" I had filled 60 days after my arrival, as I wasn't sure if it had to be before I exit once or the total intended time (which would be more).
2. In what form is the e-ticket they need? I’ve checked my booking from Turkish Airlines and the only e-mail I have received for my ticket seems to be bundled with promotions and images. It doesn't look "official" at all. Have you had any other Turskish Airlines e-ticket? I can't seem to find how to get one.
 

My Turkish Airline email had the e-ticket attached as a pdf. If you need an onward ticket then just buy one from the many websites that specialize in that service. Costs about $12

4 hours ago, Tazmo said:

I usually chat to them on Twitter, ( now changed name to X ). They reply and answer all my questions. Not a robot, but a person.

 

I had the same trouble trying to contact Air France and eventually, I got a response from Facebook

I also prefer Emirates