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Eventually told the server was down. Came back online in the afternoon.

Unable to login to my 3BBmail account this morning. Says Username or Password is incorrect. Anyone else having this problem?

Everything to do with State Pensions! The pension amount comes off your allowance and therefore you pay more tax on other income!

Got an email from HMRC that my Tax Code for next year was available. Had to go online to see it, looks like they are not sending a paper copy out now. Yes, State Pension showed an increase so Tax Code changed and increased tax due from my other pension! Spent most of the last two years getting this corrected from earlier years of increase applied, eventually getting a cheque from HMRC. Contacting them is not easy, the complaints page has gone. Rang HMRC three days ago, after trying for 5 times, cut off after a few minutes, and then hanging on for 1 hour 10 minutes finally spoke to someone who corrected the error. Checked online and my Tax Code returned to normal. I suppose I'll have to do this again next year.

Been there, done that. This was reported on ASEANNOW about two years ago. That's when I found out that my tax had been increasing. It took 18 months to get sorted with letters, phone calls and various documents sent to HMR&C. It was only when I found a sympathetic person in DWP and a slightly less one in HMR&C that it was all cleared and they sent me a cheque! Now waiting to see what April brings.

PetMart - On Mahidol Road just before the Central Airport junction. Newly opened with a large stock of Royal Canin and other stocks. Raksat Overseas Pet Supplies Store - On Chiangmai - Lamphun Road between Index Shopping Mall and Makro. Been there many years.

You sponsored her to get a visa. Now she has a visa she is free to travel to the UK whenever she wishes. She does not have to stay with you now that she has the visa, it is not a requirement for staying in the UK. So long as Immigration at her port of arrival are satisfied, she will be admitted. You are no longer part of this.

I've had prostate problems for a few years now, similar age to OP. I see Dr Assawin at McCormick Hospital regularly and he recently changed my prostate reducing medicine to a stronger one after my PSA started rising again. At his suggestion I went to Sripat Hospital for an MRI scan - results "highly unlikely to be cancerous". That put my mind at rest, now just have to deal with the continuing 'peeing' problem.

Someone mentioned Muk Mai Dental Clinic to me today. They don't seem to have a website. Does anyone have any information/knowledge about them?

Many thanks for all the information. Have checked the websites for the above three recommendations and they seem to be much the same. As Dental World is closest to me will visit that first to get further details.

Dental crown fitted after root canal treatment has come off along with some of the old tooth. Originally fitted some 25+ years ago, not enough tooth left to refit it. Can anyone recommend a dental clinic that can do a good implant job at a reasonable price? Top set last tooth back.

Note: The link to Advice you show above is for the licence key only. The web page shows: Package Contents Microsoft 365 Personal 2021 license key code (The manufacturer does not produce any CD/DVD/Flash drive for this product.)

I entered Thailand with a Non-Imm 'B' visa many years ago. Had annual extensions based on working. A few (quite a few!) years back I changed my annual extensions to Retirement, which I continue to do. All paperwork and Immigration records still show me arriving on a Non-Imm 'B'. You don't 'change' the Non-Imm visa (which expired years ago) you change the 'reason' for the annual extension.

The rules on NHS cover for people returning from abroad changed some years ago. If you've been living abroad for more than a certain amount of time you are no longer entitled to free NHS treatment. In fact, they will charge you 150% of their costs! To become eligible again you have to prove that you are now resident in the UK -Council tax, utility bills, etc., this can take up to 6 months. They will, however, always treat an emergency without question, it's just any follow up treatment that may be charged.

Welcome back Briley. Note: If your 800,000 baht has been in the bank for some time it can still be used to obtain the Non-Imm visa. If not, you have to show that any new entry has come from abroad. I know you've lived in Chiang Mai for more years than either of us care to remember, did you 'remove' your money before leaving Thailand?

Just to give a year's update. Went to Thai Watsadu with my rubber end, found the area mentioned, no rubber ends. Asked the staff, after much discussion and calling in a senior person "no have". Looked around definitely nothing like this. Went to Chiang Mai Vittaya Hardware, showed the item, immediately "not have". Looked around, nothing, they don't even have ladders. Any other suggestions?

Exactly the same for me. Been playing this game since January last year. Explained error on their website link for current tax code query, accepted and told I would receive a reply in 15 days. - Nothing. Rang and spoke to some who said "DWP had notified them of the increase"! Said I should send proof that I had not received it. Sent copies of a selection of bank statements for the last 7 years showing no increase. Rang again after a couple of months, told the letter had been received but is was "in the backlog". Rang DWP and they said they would send an 'e-form' to HMRC which would clear it. Tax code received this April - increase applied again! Sent all bank statements for this year, explained everything, again, plus copies of the DWP website showing where increases aren't paid. Also wrote to DWP with copies of the Tax Code notice. Has been two months now and NOTHING!

Agreed, mania. On further research: you have to have a Bangkok Bank Card to use this 'facility'.

I clicked on the link to Bangkok Bank shown in mania's post above and scrolled down to Cash Deposit Machines - Deposit cash to any bank account "A quick and easy way to deposit cash into your own Bangkok Bank account, or an account with another bank. Simply enter the bank’s name and account number." So, according to their website it's possible. Whether it can actually be done is another matter!

Unfortunately, for the "Inland Revenue" side of HMRC there appears to be no email address. There are plenty for various aspects of Customs and Excise taxes and other matters, but none for basic tax. I searched long and hard but could not find one, I think it is deliberate. However, if anybody has found an email address for this side of HMRC both billd766 and I would be grateful. Someone who is paying too much tax on his lowly State Pension.

A UK Visa limits the passport holder's right to enter and/or remain in the UK. As they are your sons they are entitled to UK Citizenship (unless your citizenship was by descent). As British citizens they cannot have their rights of entry and abode restricted by a visa and therefore are not eligible for a visa and it's associated restrictions. They therefore have to have a UK Passport or the certificate for right of abode. (If you can show they are not your children and do not have the right to British Citizenship then they can have a visa.)

I use Best Friend Visa, they take my photo, copy passport, bank book, fill in the forms and arrange to meet me at the Immigration Office the next day. At the office I'm led to the room at the back where my photo is taken for the computer, my passport and bank book handed back with an official receipt and a one year extension within 5 minutes. I started using them when you had to queue up outside Promenada from 4 or 5 am to get an appointment, continued using them as it was so quick and easy compared to doing it myself for many years originally.

That article is from January 2022! We are now in 2023, does it still apply?

I sometimes get this problem. If the download is not finding peers after a reasonable time (5 minutes), and there are a reasonable number of them, I shut down uTorrent (file - exit), wait a couple of minutes and then restart it. After starting it quickly finds peers and starts the download(s). This may work for you.

Just tried it, came up without any problems. Perhaps only a temporary glitch?