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50 minutes ago, Peterphuket said:

I have the SCB app

As do I, like other banking apps, on completion of a successful transfer it generates a transaction record that is saved to your phone, it also gives you the option to share that receipt.

13 hours ago, uttradit said:

I don't believe any of the population numbers.

If you don't believe the population numbers just use Google Earth and the polygon tool to measure the size of the urban area for each. By that metric Chiang Rai covers some 3,000 hectares, Surat Thani 6,000 and Hat Yai about 10,000. By comparison the greater Bangkok area covers over 250,000 hectares.

10 hours ago, uttradit said:

Hat Yai is smaller than Surat but bigger than Chiang Rai. Traffic in Hat Yai isn't bad. Surat is the biggest city in the south based on experience. I don't believe any of the population numbers.

No. Hat Yai is the largest metropolitan area in the south.

I don't think Chiang Rai is anywhere near that big, the total population for the province is only 1.2 million, I don't think the Chiang Rai 'metropolitan area' is more than 250k.

Ditto Surat Thani, that's probably about the same size or smaller.

1 hour ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Yeah, never been there but heard Hat Yai resembles Bangkok but without the train system and so much traffic.

 

Really?

 

Seems like it would be even more humid than Bangkok and fewer people would walk...?!?

No, very little resemblance to Bangkok.

Hat Yai's a new town, just 100 years old, it sprung up with the building of the railway, the city is fairly low rise and laid out on a grid pattern, so quite easy to navigate. But it sprawls extending from Kho Hong in the east where Prince of Songkhla University campus and university hospital sit, across to Khuan Lang in the west and the airport, and north to Khlong Hae and the road to Songkhla town.

Yes it's humid down south, but it's easy to walk around the central city area, there are good pavements and the buildings, like many towns in Malaysia, are built with an overhanging storey to provide some shade and to give cover during the monsoon season.

How these numbers are derived is anyone's guess, but Hat Yai smaller than Surat Thani, Phuket and Chiang Rai, I don't think so.

1 hour ago, hotandsticky said:

They need their own passport, so they need their own visa in it. Another £120 unfortunately 

I realise that, but previously the application form had space for dependants travelling with. So they got their own visa in their own passport but their application was dependant on the parent/guardian so only one application form.

3 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Just as the local community was ignored in PM Prayut's creation of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

Or the local people of Chana (Songkhla) who oppose the Chana Industrial City Project, though that's still being contested. 

2 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

It is stated that any documents in Thai should be translated (an Indian ECO sitting in New Delhi probably can't read Thai).

That's the change from  8 years ago. Now you have to upload the documents to India, last time we just took them with us.

If our granddaughter comes with us, does her application still go on my wife's application as she's a minor, or is everything replicated again in a separate application?

16 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

I submitted 4 pieces of paper in support of the application for my missus.

 

My sponsor letter

My bank statement

My P60

Translated copy of a chanote (probably unnecessary)

That's pretty similar to what I've given before (8 years ago) for the wife's last 5 year visa

• My sponsor letter explaining trip and that I was covering costs
• My bank statement (6 months)
• Letter from my then employer in Indonesia
• Marriage certificate
• Chanote for house

Last two untranslated as it was VFS Thailand doing the vetting.

I'm now semi-retired so there will be no letter from an employer.

We've postponed our UK trip until next year, I received a work offer I couldn't refuse. Still unsure as to how much paperwork is actually essential for the application given the wife has had visas granted previously. 

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

What is meant by an "Israeli man?"

"The State of Israel maintains a national population registry in which every resident is classified by both "citizenship" and "nationality. The citizenship of all Israelis is listed as "Israeli." However, under "nationality," they are defined as belonging to different ethnic and religious groups, among them Jewish, Arab, and Druze."

In an October 2013 decision, the Israeli Supreme Court denied the request to recognize "Israeli" as a nationality, and gave several essential reasons for supporting a specific "Jewish" nationality over a general "Israeli" nationality.

'Is "Israeli" a Nationality?'  March 09, 2014 Written By: Jay Ruderman, Prof. Yedidia Z. Stern

Exactly.

Not all Israelis are Jews, and not all Jews are Israelis.

And criticism of Israel isn't antisemitism.

33 minutes ago, jimmiejackson said:

Until now I have always rented in Thailand so the rental contract, letter from owner and their tabien baan was always used.

If you bought your wife a house you don't need a rental agreement, just a copy of the Tabian Baan that shows your wife is the Home Owner

2 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

Well then, wouldn't just a pipeline do to unload oil on one end and load up a ship at the other end?  Sure don't want to see tanker trucks transporting oil or even a railroad car.

That I believe is the intention. Oil terminals/Tank Farms at either end connected by pipeline(s).

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/transport-minister-vows-to-press-ahead-with-land-bridge-mega-project/

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On 1/19/2024 at 1:23 AM, webfact said:

Department of Primary Industries and Mines,

They wouldn't know their arse from their elbow. A few years back they put out some nonsense about Thailand's huge gold mineral resources. It's all pie in the sky. Even if Thailand had a mining culture, with clear laws on licencing and security of tenure, the gap between something being simply prospective, to a bankable resource, and then an actual mine is five to ten years given fair winds. The debacle with the Junta and Kingsgate Mining/Chatree Gold did nothing to instil confidence in foreign companies and investors considering Thailand as target for exploration and mining.

There's a next to zero chance of any lithium mining in Phang-nga.

On 1/19/2024 at 12:00 PM, my friend I said:

Isn't it just asking for email address?

Correct.

The digital arrival form only asks for an email address, not a physical one.

8 minutes ago, proton said:

 

Not much of an argument is it without some evidence. Stay away from Islam, where ever it spreads trouble, oppression and misery follow. 

Evidence of what? Have you ever lived in a Muslim country, do you ever socialise with Muslims, have you even talked to a Muslim?!

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2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

So do you already pay the land tax ? , and how much is it...

Hat Yai seem slightly hit and miss with the billing, though that might be down to our postman. Our bill is about Bht1,300 per year for the house/land not sure if it's a property tax or ground rates?

27 minutes ago, proton said:

 

If you had a scintilla of understanding the muslim mind and the islamic world you would know it is jihad. In Bukhari the fake prophet is quoted as stating ' I was victorious with terror'. That is how islam spread and they believe by following his violent example they can reach their aims, whether it is by spreading islam, attacking enemies (Oct 7th) or in these petty border and territorial disputes. Harking back to how things used to be is no excuse for murdering thousands of Thais. Thailand should never cave into these terrorist demands and threats.

Again you simply demonstrate your appalling ignorance.

4 minutes ago, proton said:

It's not mormons or baptists who have killed 7k innocent people in their Jihad over 25 years is it- its muslims, following the violent example of it's founder. Fact not garbage.

And if you had a scintilla of understanding you would know that it isn't a 'jihad', it's about recognising the injustice of a border imposed on communities without their having any say in the matter. Local leaders calls for at least a level of autonomy for the Patani region, and a recognition of the Jawi language, have long been ignored, resulting in a some resorting to violence as a means to force change. Yes the Patani region is predominantly Muslim, over 80%, but the conflict is about recognising the Thai-Malay community, it's language and culture, a community that has found itself part of Thailand rather than Malaysia, because of an agreement reached between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Siam 115 years ago in which they had no say.