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Chongalulu

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  1. 1 hour ago, Felton Jarvis said:

    The usual insane reply. There is no rhyme or reason within Thai Immigration. They enjoy treating the farang as their whipping boy.   I have filed applications online which left boxes unchecked and several other errors and gotten approval. Your experience validates my theory that they just enjoy playing with us.

    Hanlon’s razor is more likely.

  2. After years of seamless 90 day reporting on line I too just had my application rejected. Strangely I didn’t get the usual reminder email . This is the first 90 day after retirement visa extension in January so everything was completely up to date and I was 13 days before due date so comfortably within the window. I always double check my information is correctly entered. There is obviously something amiss with the system at the moment. Korat office.

  3. On 3/24/2024 at 10:27 AM, scubascuba3 said:

    I used this automatic system via Santander accidentally a few months ago, worked quickly, too quickly. I think it is riskier, if someone hacks your phone or pc easy to transfer money from linked bank automatically 

    If they’d hacked your device to that extent they could transfer funds anyway. When switching you to your bank (Santander ) you effectively have to log in again with a trusted device and also fingerprint id to authorize the payment. Also it asks/checks that the Wise account is in your own name (denoted by the reference number).

  4. On 3/22/2024 at 9:34 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

     

    The RD would request this information from the person they were auditing as a first step. As a second step, the RD could request assistance from the auditee's home country tax authorities who could obtain this from the bank or other financial institution and send it to the RD.

     

    I don't think data protection laws would prevent tax authorities from obtaining information from financial institutions under existing international tax cooperation agreements. Privacy in financial matters, at least when it comes to tax, has been pretty much dead since the IRS busted open the Swiss banks about fifteen years ago.

     

     

    They might ask it from the person they are targeting but Thai RD would would have little joy in a fishing trip across the gammiit of card suppliers in U.K. Perhaps if there was some high profile serious specific crime investigation might they obtain cooperation from the U.K. authorities,but to a foreign tax authority of Thailand’s standing,I doubt.

  5. 19 hours ago, transam said:

    For sure, though I have never seen self-serve gas in LOS, in the west, for decades, but when that arrives here, a lot of locally employed non "educated" poorer folk will have a problem....🤔

    That happens a lot here reflecting the much lower employment costs vs the costs of installing automation- the equation in developed countries is much different. Productivity is obviously much lower in thailand consequently which is not a good thing ultimately and they will eventually fall behind other countries by not focusing on upgrading skills/education..but that’s another story…

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  6. 2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

    They have 2 online transfers which look very similar and easy to pick the wrong one, first one you have to manually transfer by going into your bank online, 2nd Wise do it, this one I don't like, too easy for fraud i reckon, both same cost

    For some time using the "open banking " where it redirects you to your banking app to authorize them to take payment (which then happens at the bank end and confirms  approval) and then on the redirection back to Wise there have been error messages " something went wrong " upon return to Wise  site and the transaction fails and reverts to "pending" on the wise app. I had been in contact with my bank Santander who confirmed they’d authorized but Wise had failed to take funds - but Wise insisted there been no problem (technical) their end ,must be a network error , however others payments I made using this method worked seamlessly. This went on for several months. 
    Finally last week when I pointed out by process  of elimination it MUST be them they finally admitted to a technical error their end which would take them some time to fix (they’d let me know when!) and to do the manual transfer option until then. I was furious with them for not establishing/addressing this issue promptly. However the manual transfer costs the same ,takes little extra time and funds arrive just as quickly.

    Has anyone else had this issue? I don’t think there’s any extra potential for fraud as even HMRC (U.K. tax) uses this same system..except theirs works! 

  7. 2 hours ago, waders123 said:

    In Asian culture, a comprehensive maintenance plan typically doesn't rank high on the list of priorities or concerns. 

    The prevailing belief often leans towards purchasing new items and replacing them with new again when they fail, rather than investing in maintenance or repairs.

     
     
     
     
     

    Stellios,the boss of easyJet UK said ”If you think Safety/maintenance is expensive try having an accident "...

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