@Kool ******

jeez, been past it 4 times today on the sky train! 😲😲

@Paul *******

think I left at the right time!

I advertised my house near Nottingham in September 2021, had offers within 2 weeks (two cash buyers, one 1st time buyers). Went with 1st timers as I stipulated that I wouldn't complete until January 5th 2022 as my early redemption on the mortgage would drop by nearly £5000 - cash buyers wanted me out earlier! No issue with time scale, everyone involved informed of completion date. No problems occured and completed in 4 months, could have done in 3 had I wanted. On my flight 3 days later. While house was being sold I sorted out all the covid stuff to get here and renewed passport, visa, photocopies of everything etc, so after the sale I could go immediately. Also made sure I set up each of my UK bank accounts so I could easily transfer money between them. When I got here my main UK current account would only allow me to send my Thai account a small amount of money so I transferred money for car from a different one with less restrictions. It's definitely do-able. Good luck and enjoy 😀

@Brad *****

90 day report. Next visit is 1st year visa renewal

Online took me 10 minutes (my 1st time), very easy

I recently used Issanlawyers for my Thai Will, very good. 3 copies, 6,500 baht. UK lawyer for my UK Will said Will made in UK is not enforceable in Thailand so you need separate for each country

If I don't like something on TV, I change the channel. If I think something is overpriced, I don't buy it and keep looking.......easy!

For anyone that wants to know how many years stamp (i.e National Insurance contributions) they have paid goto There is a section called 'check state pension '. Enter your N.I number. This will give you your current yearly estimate and also show you if you have years that you have not contributed enough, and any years you can top up to increase the pension when you decide to take it

Nik Dadd ah, sorry. Misread your post!

Nik Dadd I have Non O retirement visa. Opened first bank account with BAAC bank. Only been here for 8 months so not renewed yet but for original visa I had 800k+ in bank for 3 months, went to bank took 5k out, got book updated and, for a few baht, got statement for Immigration. No issues