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This is a lot of fuss about nothing and these important clarifications would only become relevant anyway in the event of a no deal. As has been made very clear, UK Parliament is sovereign and can pass what laws it feels is necessary to keep the country safe. There is, after all, a reason that these changes are thought necessary and ultimately it’s about putting your country first. Without the UK the EU will already become a collection of about 25 small, mostly bankrupt, countries ruled by Germany and France and an overly self important Brussels clique. And with a currency that guarantees huge levels of unemployment in most of them. Good luck EU.
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42 minutes ago, tonray said:
I'm only laughing because the answer is likely YES !
Tourists cannot open a Thai bank account. You have to prove some form of residency before a Thai bank will consider your application.
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National parks used to accept a work permit or a Thai driving license as proof of residency but they stopped this a few years ago. Now ALL farangs pay 200 baht whilst Thais pay 20 baht at most national parks. This is racism pure and simple so whoever you are or where you come from it needs to stop.
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26 minutes ago, Preacher said:
If the child is born the mother can bring a paternity suit and ask the courts to determine you are the father and as a consequence also responsible for the maintenance of the child.
Normally the curts will award a sum of between 3,000 and 5,000 baht a month, plus half of educational and medical cost for the child.
How does this square with advice on the internet from one family lawyer that states “For children who are born outside a marriage in Thailand the biological father is not required by law to pay child support......” At this stage I’m simply trying to understand Thai law, nothing more.
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I had a very brief relationship with a Thai woman whom I decided I didn’t want to see again. However she now tells me she’s pregnant and I accept I am probably the biological father. Predictably she’s demanding huge sums of money since I’m a farang and trying to blackmail me. However, doing a little research on Thai family law I found out, somewhat surprisingly, that there is no Thai law that compels the biological father to pay any child support to the mother where the child is illegitimate “unless the issue of the legitimation of the child is brought into the court”. But presumably legitimation could (and would) only be demanded by the father should he so wish. Anybody know more about this subject?
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Only just read this topic so thanks guys for all the info. I did wonder what was going on in SSCC road between the S bends just
short of Maprachan Lake. Actually I still can't make out what they're doing. There are some huge drums linked up to a container
shaped box and some really big cranes. Almost looks like a fuel depot. Still, I'm not a construction engineer so maybe somebody
can enlighten me.
In the meantime, having looked at the route of this new road I can't see that it has any purpose whatsoever. It more or less
runs parallel with the existing 36/331 route and ends in the middle of nowhere at a point somewhere east of Sattahip and west of
Rayong.
As others have mentioned, the 331 is being up-graded to duel carriageway which takes you straight to U-Tapao airport and if you
want to go to Rayong then you take the 36 all the way and just turn off into the centre of the city.
Can't help feeling that the money could have been better spent double-tracking the railway from Pattaya to Bangkok, electrifying
it, providing some modern air conditioned rolling stock and offering a half hourly service. Could up-grade the rail link to Laem
Chabang at the same time (which is already sorely needed) and take thousands of containers off the road.
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Crossy - Thanks your reply, albeit rather discouraging! Whilst the houses remained empty the developer picked up a very small bill for the whole of the estate, not more than a couple of thousand baht per month. In the last 6 weeks or so I've had quite a lot of maintenance work done on my house to bring it up to scratch for renting, had some work done on the pool, aircon installed etc. There is now a tenant living there so suddenly electricity is being consumed at a fair rate and this has obviously shown up on the developer's bill. So he's suddenly woken up and realised that he needs to start taking monthly meter readings - at least of my house - and start billing for usage.
I received an email from him about a week ago which stated that he would charge 6b/unit but in the latest email he now wants to charge 8b/unit. So frankly he's pulling figures out of the air. There is no lighting on the estate so no 'common usage' as far as I am aware. It seems to me that there's going to be a problem with both billing and payment in the longer run as the developer lives an hour's plane journey away from Samui so he is going to have to find an agent to read the meter and collect the money. This, of course, is the developer's problem but it raises another question - can he charge an additional amount for agent's services? As regards your question about the unit costs the developer is paying (construction costs or domestic costs), the answer is I don't know. What happens when some houses are complete so the householders are expecting to pay the domestic rate whilst some houses are still being built so the developer is still paying the construction rate?
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I had a house built for me on Ko Samui which was finished about 3 years ago. Since then it's been empty and never lived in. The estate developer (ex pat Brit) built a couple of other houses on the estate but these seemed to be empty and there are still many empty plots. He rigged up a temporary electricity supply to the houses and has only recently got round to installing individual electricity meters. My house has recently been rented out and I only just discovered that instead of the electricity company reading the meter and charging me directly, in fact the estate has one meter that covers all the houses and receives only one bill from the main supplier (similar to what happens if you live in a condo). The developer who owns the transformer just received a significant bill last month and has just informed me that he intends to charge my house 8 baht/unit. To add insult to injury the transformer he originally installed to serve the estate packed up last year because of inadequate maintenance and I paid him a percentage of the cost for a new transformer, which he nevertheless claims he owns. When the house was built there was nothing in the contract about the electricity supply and I never remotely anticipated the current situation arising. I do have a possible buyer for the house but I doubt he'll go ahead if he discovers he'll be charged 8 baht/unit, so this latest situation makes the house virtually unsaleable.
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1. Can anybody with any legal knowledge tell me what my legal rights are in the absence of a contract of electricity supply with the developer? Would the building of a house imply that the developer is responsible for providing an electricity supply at normal electricity board rates unless a specific alternative arrangement had been entered into?
2. If a unit price cannot be agreed and I pay the developer the normal electricity board unit price does he have a legal right to cut off my supply?
3. As a longer term solution what would be the approximate cost of getting the electricity company to run a line directly from the transformer to the house so that they can bill me directly? Could the developer who owns the transformer stop me from doing this if I wished or otherwise get involved and make it difficult?
Constructive comments (only please) would be much appreciated..
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To answer the OP, the 'Duty Free' tag refers to the country you are bringing it in to, not the origin. For example you are allowed to bring in a shedload of 'Duty Free' into UK so long as duty has been paid in another EC country, provided it is for personal consumption,
Your second sentence rather contradicts the first. How much alcohol you can bring into the UK depends entirely on the origin (i.e. EEC or non-EEC). But EC countries are a special case and Thailand has no similar
arrangement with their neighbours as far as bringing in alcohol for private citizens are concerned. Booze is booze and if you bring it into Thailand you are supposed to pay duty if you bring in more than 1 litre. Simple. But I usually travel with my family and we always have mountains of luggage plus several duty free bags and customs at Bangkok have never stopped me for a check. But what you can 'probably' get away with and what the laws says is two different things.
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Yes it's much cheaper to fly Ldn-Bkk than vice versa but I'm not sure where you get your prices from because they are way too high in both directions. From London check out travel agents Southall Travel or Westeast Travel and then Lastminute.com on the web.
From Bangkok check out "flykingfisher.com" or "Lastminute.com" for prices with Kingfisher. See my recent post on the travel forum (Cheap flights to UK this Summer) and replies from others.
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I've just booked flights with Kingfisher on Lastminute.com for £635 rtn
i have also booked, but paid 435 Pound return ...
Excellent. What date were these? Mine at £635 were for 30th June o/w, returning 31st July so I supect high season. I've actually got a free flight on my FF miles with Etihad (not incl taxes of course) but their prices are so outrageous that it's still cheaper to pay for a family of 4 on Kingfisher.
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If anybody wishing to fly to the UK this Summer has given up in despair at finding return flights on respected airlines (i.e. ignoring Uzbekistan or Aeroflot etc), for less than 40,000 baht, which is more than 800 sterling in our useless currency, may I suggest trying either "flykingfisher.com" who seem to be the on-line booking agent for Kingfisher Airlines or "Lastminute.com" which, despite being an on-line UK website, seems to have no trouble booking flights starting from points other than the UK. I've just booked flights with Kingfisher on Lastminute.com for £635 rtn. The Kingfisher route via Mumbai has only become available from last month and although I'd never even heard of Kingfisher until recently they are one of only 6 airlines worlwide who have been awarded coveted 5 star status from Skytrax who are an independent airline rating agency and award star ratings purely on the basis of customer feed back. So here's hoping...!
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Thanks guys (and/or girls!)
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Can anyone advise where I can go (or phone) and ask for a repair man to come out and fix my washing machine (Pattaya area). It needs a new door and shakes like crazy so probably needs new drum bearings too. Model is a Siemens XLM700 about 4 years old. Any info wecome. Thanks
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Try "bangkoktickets.com" They are an on-line ticket agent based in Bangkok and fairly hard to beat, though I'm willing to be corrected. I used them last Summer with no problems. They provide a huge selection of options but the cheapest fares offered are not always available, in which case you get a message only after you've clicked on it which is bit annoying.
Strangely enough, early booking does not usually give you the best fares. Many 'deals' only come out about 2 months before you want to travel when the airlines get a bettier idea of their eventual load factors.
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Hi JxP. May seem a little too simple but find some really good articles on the subject on the internet , print them off and get them translated by a reputable local translation service. As for treatment, my own Thai wife had severe depression with an element of psychosis, and she also showed classic symptoms of bi-polar disorder as well. We had a huge problem sorting her out. Won't name names but the first Thai hospital we went to (big international in north Pattaya) gave her no less than 5 assorted anti-psychotic/anti-depressants which, taken together as instructed, dam_n near killed her. She was so confused and disorientated than she took an overdose and ended up in intensive care. The hospital learned absolutely nothing and released her 4 days later with a different assortment of 5 AP/AD's. Result was so horrendous that I refused to give her any more or go back to the same hospital. Now she's on one anti-psychotic and one anti-depressant and she's not doing too bad.
Whatever your local hospital gives you make sure it's not too much/too strong and find out what it is on the internet. The doctors here are used to treating Thai's who treat them like magicians and don't ask questions. Obviously we're not doctors but just be very careful what your wife is given and use a common sense approach when analysing what effects the medication is having on her. Only relaying my own experience for what it's worth.
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Sorry, I mean NO guarantees!
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The limit for entering the UK from a non-EEC country was always 200 cigs and 1 ltr of spirits per person and never been changed as far as I know. Long haul/short haul makes no difference if you are entering from a non EEC country. But customs have generally got bigger fish to fry than making a big fuss over an extra 200 cigs but if you go through the green channel with an extra box of 200 and you get stopped then you'll either get a warning or asked to pay the duty and VAT on the extra. Depending on how they feel about you they have a right to levy a fine too. If you want to chance it, make sure you keep your receipt so they can charge you the right amount. If you decide to go through green channel with four of five extra boxes of cigs and you get stopped then you're definitely in for a big bill, a search of ALL your luggage, a verbal dusting up and an hour's delay or more in customs while they sort it all out. Probably not worth the hassle. My experience is that you are a particular target for a spot check if you are a lone male traveller, not so much if you are with a family. But obviously there are guarantees!
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Farang should either:
a) Go home now or
Arm yourselves with GT200.Saw an article in the Bangkok Post saying that the police were now using chop-sticks to check for bombs.
Still freely available to buy as far as I know.
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Court extradites British businessman to face fraud charges in Dubai
BANGKOK: -- The Criminal Court Thursday ordered an extradition of a British businessman to face charges of cheating a Dubai-based firm out of US$150 million.
The court approved the public prosecutor's request to extradite Brayan or Smith Michael Bryan Smith, 43, to the United Arab Emirates.
Smith is wanted on an arrest warrant issued by the UAE Office of the Attorney General on August 25 2008 for having allegedly cheated the Limitless Co out of US$150 million while working as the human resource manager for the firm.
-- The Nation 2010-02-18
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If the "Limitless Co" can lose 150 million dollars without noticing it, then they are certainly aptly named!
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I don't know what the penalty for being caught making such a false declaration would be, but I bet it'd be a lot worse than the OP's wife's current situation.
You'll probably say that they'd get away with it. Maybe, maybe not. I wouldn't want to take the chance.
It's like those who suggest lying on a visa application; it's true that some do get away with it; most don't.
I don't see it as a false declaration. She was driving on an IDP, issued by virtue of her Thai driving licence which was, in turn, issued by virtue of her Thai residency. For the first year, during the validity of her IDP, her UK address would be considered temporary, as indeed it might well have been. I'm not sure that giving a temporary address is legal either. So what address was she supposed to give?
I admit that I am extremely anti-speed camera. An effective camera is one that doesn't issue any tickets. Find me one of those and I'll buy a you a beer (or three) when I'm next in the UK. Oh, and if I get a speeding ticket while I'm there I'm defininitely giving my Thai address!
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It is, as you say, unlikely that a foreign resident would be pursued, but in this case the driver is a UK resident.
She didn't have a UK passport and she wasn't a UK citizen so her stay in the UK might well not have been permament. Therefore nothing illegal in giving her Thai address. It's only an address for correspondence purposes. If the SCP didn't wish to pursue the matter further (and they wouldn't have) then that's their choice. Better than receiving a large fine, a bad character reference and denial of UK citizenship for 5 years.
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So, when the NIP arrives the registered keeper of the vehicle declares that the driver was not a UK resident and has now returned to Thailand.
Then when the citizenship application is submitted the applicant does not declare the speeding offence. The UKBA check the records and find that such an offence was committed by the applicant, but they claimed that they were not resident in the UK at the time and returned to Thailand after the offence and before the issue of the NIP. However, the lack of Thai entry stamps in their passport show that they were not in Thailand as claimed.
See where I'm going with this?
There is no speeding offence, only evidence of an alleged offence. The local Safety Camera Partnership have to find out who the driver was. If a person admits to driving at the time but chooses not to pay the fixed penalty then the SCP have the choice of letting the matter drop or starting a prosecution. If the driver lives abroad then a prosecution is quite pointless. There are 38 SCP's in England and Wales and they each issue thousands of NIP every year. It's a money spinner because most people simply pay up but for those who don't many cases and dropped because they would simply clog up the courts. Anyone living abroad is automatically put into the 'too difficult' catagory and dropped. No offence was committed because nothing was ever proved.
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Where she got flashed it was a temp speed limit from 50 to 30 due to roadworks on a 3 lane carriageway(no school or houses etc) just about a mile after the M3 and normally people are still doing motorway speeds and the junction you have to do a least 40MPH up a ramp from under a blind bridge to join and no markings until you were on the carriageway(i checked it out)and then the cameras are right in front of you.Nice money earner,over a Millionpound!!! Unquote
When she got the NIP (notice of intended prosecution) pity she didn't give an address in Thailand that could send it back to her in England. The "safety camera partnership" would probably have written to her address in Thailand and she could have replied that she was indeed driving at the time but wasn't aware of any offence caused. After that the matter would have been dropped. After all, what more could the SCP do?
Arm yourselves with GT200.
Brexit brinkmanship: EU orders UK to scrap plan for treaty breach, UK refuses
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Absolutely it does. At present European law supersedes the national laws of EU members. Regaining our sovereignty is one of the most important reasons we’re leaving.