@Sasi ***********

Thank you. My phone won’t open it but I’ll try tomorrow on my laptop.

@Bucky *******

Absolute truth!

Went to our local land office with my Thai Mrs and the wife of our (her) house builder. The officer very clearly explained in excellent English that although my signature was required on the deeds it doesn’t in any way make the house mine. I was, apparently, signing in the capacity of ‘guarantor’. Didn’t know what that meant and still don’t!

@Ralph ******

I checked-in at the check-in desk at Lisbon Airport for a three leg flight. The agent told me I needed either a return/onward ticket or ‘some sort of visa’. However, she said if she’d been checking me in for another airline she wouldn’t be asking for this which, in her opinion, wasn’t fair. She issued with all three boarding passes. At Madrid when attempting to board for my second leg the boarding gate supervisor stopped me telling me she had cancelled my two remaining boarding passes. I now needed to give her sight of return/onward ticket or a visa. I was told I shouldn’t have been allowed to board at Lisbon.

@Ralph ******

No. Airline staff check boarding pass to passport at the departure gate. They know if you’ve checked-in at the check-in desk or if you checked-in online or at the airport kiosks.

@Ralph ******

Not at the airports I’ve flown from.

Airline may ask for sight of return/onward ticket or, ‘some sort of visa’. Checking in online or at airport totems doesn’t avoid this risk as your airline can request this at the departure gate or if, transiting, when boarding your next flight leg.

@Becky *********

Photos are genuine, lifted off a legitimate driving school page/site. The scammers are based in Thailand, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

@Marc *******

Can sympathise! Excellent Pattaya Visa Agent obtained a Non-O Retirement Visa plus 12 months extension plus opened a Bangkok Bank savings account for me. It was conditional to buy 12 months Bangkok Bank Personal Accident Insurance. Only 3,000 baht and covered moto accidents providing you were under 65.

@Dave *********

Absolutely agree!