Agenda: Valentine's Eve Party with the Biggles Big Band, Antje Monteiro, Thomas Berge and DJ Miss More
The NVT, together with the NTCC and Thailand Business, is organizing a festive Valentine's Eve Party on February 13 at the Barsu Bar of the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit. There is a performance by the Biggles Big Band conducted by Adrie Braat, who is making another trip to Thailand.
Agenda: Biggles Big Band in Bangkok on February 13
The NVT Bangkok announces that the Biggles Big Band is coming to Thailand again, so put it in your agenda. On February 13 (the eve of Valentine's Day) they will perform in the BarSu bar of the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit.
Dutch Embassy in Bangkok: Closing days in 2020
If you have to go to the Dutch embassy in Bangkok this year for, for example, passports, ID cards, nationality statements, consular statements, legalizations, DigiD activation code, MVV and other visas, then you have to take into account that the embassy is closed on certain days .
Blog Ambassador Kees Rade (14)
First of all, of course, to all of you, on behalf of the entire staff of the embassy, the very best wishes for a prosperous and above all healthy 2020! The smoke from the fireworks has blown away, traffic in Bangkok is starting to get busy again, time to start the new year.
Non immigrant OA visa and health insurance
At AA Insurance (www.verzekereninthailand.nl) we have deliberately been a bit reticent in providing information on this subject. The law, which came into force on 1 November, has caused quite a bit of confusion. Not only with the foreigners living here, but also with the various immigration offices in Thailand.
Blog Ambassador Kees Rade (13)
Traditionally, November has been a very busy month, with many activities both inside and outside the residence. Main victim: our turf. It started with Karin Bloemen's enormously energetic show, always a pleasure to see her perform live. Hopefully the neighbors also liked her “je t'aime” and other songs.
Full house at Sinterklaas in Hua Hin (photos)
No fewer than 33 children received a present at Say Cheese in Hua Hin on Saturday 30 November. Sinterklaas had come over from Pattaya especially for this, while the three real black Zwartepieten have their home base in Hua Hin.
Want to get into the right Christmas spirit? The Dutch Hua Hin and Cha Am Association is organizing a spectacular dinner dance on Sunday 15 December in the garden of the most beautiful hotel in Hua Hin: the Centara.
Dutch embassy in Bangkok bans Zwarte Piet
It has been a tradition for years, the Sinterklaas celebration in the garden of the residence, but this year there is a radical change. Zwarte Piet is no longer welcome on the grounds of the Dutch embassy. He must make way for the soot sweep Piet, the embassy has decided in consultation with the NVT Bangkok.
SVB is working on digital life certificate
It is always a hassle for pensioners living in Thailand, the life certificate or Attestation de Vita, which must be submitted to the SVB and the pension fund. Perhaps this hassle will soon become a lot easier.
AOW cut after marriage to Thai
De Telegraaf contains an article about a Dutch man who marries a Thai woman a year after his retirement. Because she continued to live in Thailand, the man assumed that his AOW would not be reduced, but that turned out to be different, so he went to court.
NVT Pattaya organizes a visit to Hanky Panky Toys
The Dutch Thailand Association in Pattaya comes up with an interesting initiative to organize a company visit to Hanky Panky Toys in Tumbon Huay Yai, Banglamung.
Dutch and Flemish people who emigrate to another country stick to their own language and culture. This is evident from the very first worldwide inventory of the preservation or loss of the Dutch language, culture and identity.
Agenda: See yonder the steamer arrives in Hua Hin…
See yonder the steamer arrives in Hua Hin. And he brings us Sinterklaas again, albeit in a slightly different design. Until last year in Hua Hin we were blessed with two assistant Sinterklaas, but this year one of the old bosses is absent for medical reasons.
Dutch embassy has internship available
The Dutch embassy in Bangkok once again has an internship available for enthusiastic and proactive trainees who will join the team from mid-January to the end of July 2020.
Stichting GOED: Unjustifiably less AOW - Ombudsman in conversation with SVB and Tax Authorities
Many Dutch people abroad suddenly receive less AOW, the tax rules have changed. The SVB must now deduct wage tax from the state pension of certain groups of people who live abroad. As a result, the AOW is lower. However, it is possible to get an exemption from payroll tax, which must be requested from the Tax Authorities.
Blog Ambassador Kees Rade (12)
The highlight of the month of October was without a doubt our visit to THE cave, or the place near Chiang Rai where the whole world watched with bated breath last summer when an entire football team was trapped there.