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Berti

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  1. 10 hours ago, K2938 said:

    Maybe worthwhile to add that if your 80k USD or a significant part of this comes from non-recurring things like capital gains, one-time distributions or payments from your own company, then things might get difficult.

     

    This is new information for me. They clearly explain that is must be "unearned income such as pension, rental, capital gain, dividend, etc.".

    "SUCH AS" this sounds like there is no difference which of these you get.

     

    I am above 50, don't have an "official" pension yet, but dividends above 80,000.- from a company where I own shares. Looks like I meet the requirements but still don't qualify?

  2. Can someone help me with these questions regarding the "Wealthy Pensioner" USD 80,000.- per year income LTR?

     

    - What timeframe is considered? I know that in the two years before the year of the application the pension income must be 80,000.- per year. But are there no more checks later on?

     

    - 80,000.- before or after tax?

     

    - The 80,000.- must be sent to Thailand? Or is it ok if received outside of Thailand?

     

    - Yearly means it does not have to be distributed to 12 month of the year. One time payment of 80,000.- per year is ok?

  3. 8 minutes ago, blackcab said:

     

    Yes and no. If the bill is not paid the meter is removed. Someone has to pay to reinstall the meter, and before that happens the outstanding balance needs to be cleared.

     

    If the owner wants to use or lease the premises then who else is left to pay?

    I think it is quite standard internationally that you bring a form to the electricity company, both the owner and the tenant sign on the form, and from the starting date entered the tenant is responsible to pay the bill, with the tenant's name on the bill.

  4. 2 hours ago, Delight said:

    All utility bills are in the name of who owns the land-the house  - the condo apartment or the condo building.

    This cannot be changed.

    it is not in the interest of the utility company to make such a change.

    I never rented a condo in Thailand, but if someone owns a condo and has a longterm tenant, the owner is always responsible for the tenants utility bills to be paid? This is quite unusual compared to other countries.

  5. 36 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

    Wife is correct - there are two separate licences for Motorcycles and Cars. 

     

    - Translation of home country driving licence ? - which country is it ?

    IF in English its already ok IF your country is signatory to 1968 Vienna convention on road traffic. 

    IF in a foreign language you’ll need an IDP.

     

     

    Thanks. Yes, I have the IDP.

    I already asked the DLT and they said it must be the IDP under convention 1949. This is what I have.

  6. My wife told me that there is no combined driving licence in Thailand (for car AND motorbike), but I need two seperate licences.

     

    So do I need all these documents 2 times if I want to apply for car and motorbike driving licence at the same time?

    - Residence certificate

    - Medical certificate

    - Translation of my home country driving licence?

     

    I will apply in Bangkok Chatuchak.

  7. 22 hours ago, Delight said:

    Your analysis /statements only apply when illegal acts are committed i.e occupying someone else's land without permission

     

    To my knowledge, land can be leased for 30+30 years by a foreigner and the lease can (or must) be registered at the land office. It is legal that a foreigner builds a house on leased land.

  8. Hi,

    Three specific questions regarding FET form, maybe someone knows:

     

    1.) Do I get the FET-form from my Thai bank when the money is not receivd from my own bank account abroad but from a company bank account (company and sending bank are both outside Thailand).

     

    2.) Condo purchase: Is it possible to get a "neutral" FET form if you don't know which condo you will buy, and later use this "neutral" FET form to buy a condo? Neutral means, without specification which condo.

     

    3.) Build a house: If I build a house on a land owned by a Thai (land lease): Do I need a FET form so the house can be registered in my name?

     

  9. 2 hours ago, supersomchai said:

    Trust pattaya city to embrace cruise ships ,highly polluting ,dumping sewage into the sea and smoke into the air.Some european ports dont let them dock now due to the pollution.

    pattaya city ahead of the curve again ???

    Only a very dumb tourism manager would like to attract cruise ships nowadays.

    The money is made on the cruise ships. Hoards of people go sightseeing on land between two meals on the cruise ship, buying a small bottle of mineral water while walking around or touring in organized groups.

     

     

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  10. There is a big discussion among scientists now, mainly Europe and US, that the way PCR tests are evaluated now may be too sensitive. They should search for high virus loads and not detect any virus RNA.

     

    An asymptomatic case has a low virus load and the probability that they spread the virus is very low.

    On the other hand pre-symptomatic cases (some days before the person shows symptoms) could very well spread the virus.

     

    To my understanding a less sensitive PCR-test could separate the infectious cases from the non-infectious.

     

  11. 6 hours ago, BritTim said:

    It is important to appreciate that many asymptomatic carriers, although they have no symptoms, have a high viral load and are easily able to infect others. There is much that is still unknown about when and why some develop serious symptoms while others with a similar viral load do not. The evidence suggests that immunity is not the key factor.

    I think this is not quite true.

    Cross immunity from other corona viruses could be important. And it's not only the antibodies which cause immunity. Known factors are T-cells and I bet some other factors still unknown and unlikely to be found within the next months.

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