Negita43

I have already said it's a good Idea but one afterthought - someone said elsewhere that the apps link to the SIM card so Blue stacks wouldn't help in this case - no SIM card in the PC

Whilst I agree with your sentiments in the rest of the post - wasn't Tony Blair the one who adamantly said that IRAQ had another type of weapon of mass destruction????

Thanks everybody. I was concerned about how they count the days issue. Last year we were in the UK for 130 days (May - Sept) minus a 3 week side trip to Spain and this year we are planning a 179 day trip (Chosen because of flight costs not because it's 1 day less than the limit) day trip (March - September) with a side trip to Europe (she has a Schengen) and hopefully Turkey (doesn't need Schengen) to be booked in the UK so we can review the security situation before booking closer to the time). She also has a 10 year USA visa and has been travelling to the UK and Euope regularly for the last 12 years. We also always take a copy of her last 6 months banks statements and she is an ex Government employee with a pension and owns 3 properties in Thailand. I also have a Thai retirement extension which has been renewed for the last several years (with the exception of Covid when I was in the UK and she was in Thailand for nearly 2 years and neither of us could travel - I don't expect she'll get an extra two years on her 10 year visa for that!). Apart from all that she thinks Thailand is the best place in the world to live in. (looking at the UK news I'm not inclined to argue that point with her!) Although I am not a Border Guard and it may well depend on who you get on the day I think we can provide enough evidence to show she will abide by all the immigration rules and she will not be seeking to stay pemanently in the UK - but who knows! As I said at the beginning I was more concerned about how they "tot up" the 180 days.

We must share a wife!!!????

That's a good point I have bluestacks also but it's superflous for my needs at the moment but as you suggest if banks remove all PC based banking then it may be a solution. Finally, I use a PC also because I can view everything on my 42 inch TV screen - these old eyes ain't what they used to be!

And my PC never leaves the house whereas my mobile goes wherever I go so having TWO DEVICE security is whilst not perfect, is better. Just read the BBC link here's an extract: "Because the device was locked and password protected, Mr de Simone said that initially, while he was upset his phone had been stolen, he didn't think much more of it until the morning after when he checked his online banking. "I found both my current account and savings accounts had been drained of £22,500. I was completely shocked. I didn't know how this was possible. "I don't access my phone using a pin code - I use facial recognition. My Barclays pin is different to my phone pin and they'd need to have both of them."

I just do not understand the banks motivation in forcing people to use mobile phone apps - just look at all the problems with them. It almost seems that banks are complicit in all the frauds that go on and yet refuse to compensate people for their losses when they use a system imposed on them by the same banks. I use a PC for banking and my phone can receive an OTP and I do not want to change to mobile app only which is less secure. And here's another from the BBC in the UK https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64240140

Thank you - very clear. However I must say that having a 10 year visa does imply "frequent or successive visits" in itself - why else have one?

Anybody know if on a 10 year visa does that means 180 days in a calendar year or 180 days in a 12 month period?

The UK embassy actually has such a list of the "official things" that need to be done in English and Thai which can be downloaded. In my experience the USA Embassy is far more helpful to it's citizens abroad so I'm sure the they will have one. With regard to assetts etc a list and a trustworthy solicitor will help

Mine was a serious question about a country that many still call Turkey but I don't object to any humour based on a play on words. Society seems to be losing its sense of humour ???? droll noun : an amusing person : jester, comedian

I'm sure you know what they do with Turkey

I have said for a long time that the idea of OTPs (one time passwords) and banking apps are not secure because most people want convenience not security so they put everything including passwords on their mobile phones - hack the phone and the criminal has all he or she needs. Two DEVICE security is more secure where the app is on one device and the passwords are on another. For convenience I have 1 banking app on my phone with never more than £200 in the account. The rest of my online banking uses two devices - a notebook for accessing the account and where they insist, a mobile phone for receiving the OTP. Some banks (and even the UK HMRC) will send OTPs to a landline number but not all - for me that is far more secure BUT in IT nothing is certain!

Thanks everybody and for those of you who gave me links - I had already tried that and on the "official site" I located Thailand did not appear on any of the three catagories of tourist visa requirements. https://www.visasturkey.com/requirements/

And they will not be arriving directly from Thailand (Whilst on holiday in UK)

No - but in those days there was a lot of car rot

Me too - a very unusual car for its time, but I ended up with a frog eye - those were the day eh!

Well maybe I should apologise to wargeordie - if you look at the attchment it's just possible some crafty designer has snuck a dot in there which would make it 19.9 Volts - all very confusing!!

Good point - My Nash Cordless Drill/Screwdriver (supplied by DO Home)

No I can't - I might be getting old but you must be getting dotty???????? Here's an example BONYA บล็อกแบต 128 V เป็นรุ่นใหม่ล่าสุด2ระบบมีระบบAuto Stopมอเตอร์BRUSHLESSไร้แปลงถ่านที่แรงที่สุด.

My Nash Cordless has seen better days (1 charge lasts about 20 mins if I'm lucky). So I was looking on the two online shopping sites and I am utterly confused - in my day Cordless were 12 Volt or 18Volt (or 7.something volt for a real lightweigt). I am now seeing Makita look a likes advertsied as 96V or 148/9 V - just what does this mean (I can't believe that's a real voltage and I don't think it's a model number - so what does it mean in old fashioned Money (Voltage)?

Personally I think this is more a political rather than a medical decision. If it applies to ALL rather than just China it cannot be seen as not being even handed and incur the wrath of their biggest supplier of tourists at a time the economy really needs them.

China is the world's biggest exporter so what's new

BAA humbug

Sure, but sensible to protect other people from your germs.