Reader's submission: Will extra purchasing power be an issue for AOW pensioners after 17 March?
There will be parliamentary elections again on 17 March. And after 10 years of Rutte cs and thanks to Corona, it becomes clear how much Dutch society has been cut to pieces.
TB Immigration Info Letter 016/21: New passport and your visa
For your information. To transfer a visa from an old to a new passport, the Dutch embassy must issue a statement. I think that used to be free, now it costs € 30, -
Schiphol Airport writes more than half a billion in red figures due to the corona crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on Royal Schiphol Group airports and the aviation sector as a whole.
Digestion in Thailand
I used the word “digestion” gracefully in the title of this article, but I wanted to talk about your and my bowel movements – our pooping habit – in Thailand. The reason is an earlier but fun and interesting interview in Het Parool with Marc Benninga, doctor and professor of stomach, intestinal and liver diseases in children at the Amsterdam Medical Center.
Reader question: Emigrate to Thailand and have us deregister here
My question is this I have been happily married to a Thai woman for 16 years and she has been living with me in the Netherlands for 21 years. Now we want to emigrate to Thailand and deregister here. Can someone tell me how I can best approach this and where I should be for that?
Reader question: With Emirates from BKK to AMS with stopover, is a rapid test necessary?
At the beginning of March I fly back from Bangkok to Amsterdam with Emirates transfer in Dubai. According to the latest data, a Corona test is not necessary from Thailand (safe country). But there is a stopover in Dubai. Is a rapid test required? Emirates does not give clear answers. Anyone flown with Emirates recently?
Culinary journey from Sergio and Axel to Thailand
Last night more or less coincidentally on NPO 3 watched the first part of culinary world tour “Sergio & Axel: Off the map”. It is about a culinary world tour of the Dutch top chef Sergio Herman and the Flemish actor Axel Daeseleire to Thailand, Japan, India, Mexico, Lebanon and Norway. In each country, they immerse themselves in the local culture and taste the food.
TB Immigration Info Letter 015/21: 8 months in Thailand and 4 months in the Netherlands?
I just read Gert's question. He wants to know which visa for 4 months in Thailand and 8 months in the Netherlands: “I read somewhere that you then remain as a registered resident of the Netherlands, which has all kinds of advantages.” No comments are possible.
Gert has clearly heard the bell ringing, but….
My wife has been in Belgium for 9 years now, everything is fine with her. She has followed integration courses, works, we have a son, and she has a Belgian ID+ card. Now to apply for Belgian nationality they need a new birth certificate, the previous one dates from 2009. Because we can't travel now, it will have to be done with a power of attorney.
Last year I was exempt from tax on my pension, to be extended in 2024. Now I only pay on the AOW. Do I still have to file a declaration or is that no longer necessary?
My 3 Thai friends depart from Amsterdam with KLM on February 26 to BKK. COE ready, now Fit to Fly and install the app. As discussed earlier, the KLM site reports the need for a PCR test, although the Thai embassy does not consider this necessary. We have chosen MediMare where you can arrange Fit to Fly online (no PCR test and no physical examination, just answer questions).
Sources within the Thai business media say there are plans to end the mandatory 14-day quarantine for foreign tourists.
Thai government: Everyone in Thailand, Thais and foreigners will receive a Covid-19 vaccination
It was already discussed once before, but it is now also officially confirmed, everyone in Thailand, Thais and foreigners including guest workers, will receive a Covid-19 vaccination for free.
I am a healthy man of 83 years, weigh 78 kilos and am 190 cm tall. I don't use tobacco or alcohol. My blood pressure is 130/80 and I take 15mg rivaroxaban daily as a blood thinner. My problem is that I have been suffering from a red irritated penis for over 3 months.
TB Immigration Info Brief 014/21: “Thai Marriage” Year Extension – Immigration Kanchanaburi
Been to Immigration Kanchanaburi for another year extension. I request it again on the basis of “Thai Marriage”. My original visa is a Non-immigrant O.
The Thai superiority complex
Casual insults are hurled at people from Laos all over Thailand every day. These insults stem from a sense of superiority instilled in Thais at school from an early age: “Thais are better than their neighbours, the Lao.”
I'm going to NL again with Lufthansa on March 27 and my girlfriend would like to come with me for three months. However, I think she must then be repatriated via the embassy and I think that goes through KLM. It therefore seems to me difficult and expensive to buy a return ticket for her from Lufthansa now, and then have to purchase a one-way return flight from KLM in three months' time.