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Enter on Thai Passport leave on non-Thai passport : Is this allowed ?
You sure she didn't use her Thai passport to leave Thailand, Airlines counter would ask that she has relevant visa, which then she should produces the Norwegian passport to satisfy them that she wouldn't be sent back Immigration would asks lots of questions if someone holding norwegian passport try to exit Thailand without having been stamped in in that passport, unless they 'linked' her both identity in their system already most people switch passport in the air and use the passport that give most benefits at the destination country at arrival -
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Mass Arrests Follow Violent Far-Right Demonstrations Across the UK
Multiple coordinated riots across the county over several days are ‘a one off event’? I’ll be kind. Perhaps you’ve not been keeping up with the news this week. -
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Thai Tax on UK pensions
I agree that the UK Govt is not properly "joined up" and it is unlikely that the DWP is informed by HMRC. They can't even get our tax codes right because they don't exchange info correctly. -
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What are you cooking today?
For you canned tuna eaters out there (very rare for me), I found this quite interesting. If you're only making tuna salad sandwich, simply buy the cheapest. Skipjack more flavorful, and Albacore, milder if you like your added seasonings to come through more. -
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Thailand's New Visa Rules Sparks Mixed Reactions
Thailand's New Visa Rules Sparks Mixed Reactions: Thailand's new visa rules, including the five-year Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) for digital nomads, have received mixed reactions. The DTV permits up to 180-day stays, extendable to one year, with proof of 500,000 baht in assets. The number of countries eligible for visa-free entry has increased from 57 to 93, with entry stamps extended to 60 days. The new Non-ED Plus visa allows foreign students to stay for one year post-graduation. Despite no pre-screening for 97 countries, security measures remain strict. -
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Mass Arrests Follow Violent Far-Right Demonstrations Across the UK
The thing that you yourself missed, because of the support, want more foreign folk let into the UK, is that the populace reads/hears on a near daily basis about the crimes committed by your people. Grooming gangs, drug gangs, rapists, muggers, terrorists, religious nuts, brought into the UK, or born to these people to LEARN their trade. It is because of people like you that there is now an element that says enough is enough...It is, in fact, your fault, protectionism...😒 Enoch Powell saw it coming, he was called a racist, whereas, he was TOTALLY right. People like you seem to wallow in the UK problem, that people like you brought into the country. Thankfully the Eastern European low-life thing is going away, I wish you would too...🤔 -
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Pattaya rebranding as family-friendly destination to boost tourism
How you you class a city as "Family friendly " when there isn't a single safe pavement/ sidewalk to be found? Any pavements that are there quickly get taken over by shop owners, forcing you to step into the road. Dangerous enough for adults, never-ending having kids in tow -
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Realistically speaking, do you think Trump will last till November?
Harris has managed to close the gap in the battleground states since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee. This indicates a very competitive race in these crucial regions currently, but the trend indicates a comfortable win for Harris.....oh dear!!! -
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Thailand unveils new visa rules, sparks mixed reactions
Same here. I put my 800k in a Fixed Term account over a year before I was first eligible for an "Extension". As I was working out of the country and going back and forth 3-4 times a year it wasn't a big deal to use the 30 Day stamps (most of the time) but the Non-O and Extension made it less fretful when my holidays sometimes stretched to 32-33 days. Back then all Immigration wanted was to see that you had 800k in an account on the day you applied for the Extension. It was "expected" that you would live off of that money for the next year. In fact, some people had problems at Immigration because their account didn't show any withdrawals. But Immigration got over that and was happy as long as you had the money in some (accessible) account. And I've left that money in there ever since. About what, 14 years now I guess. I did scoop some of the interest out a few years ago but now just leave it there. And yeah, things have changed, often, since then. First with the having to have the 800k in the bank for 3 months before your Extension. Then having to keep it in the bank for 3 months after. Then having to have it in the account for 2 months before and 3 months after and then having to leave at least half the amount there all year. And it seems the idea of "grandfathering" people under the old rules went out the window decades ago as well. I recall a few discussions on this forum going back 18-19 years ago about people who were "grandfathered" under the "old" rules and only had to show 400k in the bank on the day they applied for their Extension. So long as they never missed renewing by the due date, they could (supposedly) continue doing that as long as they lived. That was back when the gov't changed the requirement from 400k to 800k, which caused quite a stir as Immigration wanted (single) old foreigners to show more money in the bank than senior politicians and military generals made (in official salaries) in a year. (I think someone back then calculated that the "average" tourist - meaning mostly "western males" - spent an average of about 2,000 baht per day when on holiday so they decided that any (foreigner) living here full time must spend the same amount and then rounded it up to an even 800k.) Didn't matter that most of the people "living" here weren't staying in hotels, eating all their meals in restaurants and partying in the bars every night. Huge difference between being on holiday for 2 weeks and living here full time. So I'm just going to leave my 800k in that Fixed Term account for the foreseeable future as I expect things will change, again, and probably not for the better. And it only costs 1,900 baht to do my annual Extension. No border runs or having to do Extensions every 3 months. And the peace of mind knowing that if something happened, that money is readily available (hopefully) ! -
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Brutal assault on Canadian raises serious questions about tourist safety in Pattaya
Nightwish Group security. Brit owned and managed. Maybe they have been watching the news of the riots back home and didn’t want to miss out? I think there will be more to this incident than just leaning on a car. Thais just don’t go around bashing farangs for no reason. Likely an assault on a female or not wanting to pay a bill followed by some mouthing off and drunkenness has caused this. -
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What is the tipping practice in Thailand ?
If there's a service charge I don't eat there. It's up to the employer to pay a living wage for their staff, it's not my job to make up the difference. -
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Eye Doctor
A few too many bad reviews, she's decided to try a small place in Ekamai. Thanks very much for your helpful response. -
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Thai Tax on UK pensions
That sounds right, the question is whether filing a tax return as not UK resident automatically informs DWP. My experience is the two entities are separate. I've filed returns as not resident and also received my pension as a resident, for three years during COVID-19. -
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Realistically speaking, do you think Trump will last till November?
Trump was given a copy of the test before he took it. Easy to score high when you cheat.- 1
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