Reader question: Does anyone have experience with Budgetcatcher rent a car (Chiang Mai)?
We arrive in Hua Hin on September 18 for a year and are considering renting a car for that period. Budgetcatcher is considerably less expensive than all other providers I could find, but I still wanted to check whether it is a reliable landlord?
Reader question: How can I find domestic help in Thailand?
Soon I will be retired (Belgian) and would like to go to Thailand annually for periods of 3 to 6 months. How can you best find a household help there to clean, cook, wash ... How much do you have to pay as wages? Are there official obligations if you use someone as a domestic help?
Reader Question: Should I Stop for Flag Guys?
Every once in a while a man with a whistle and a flag tries to stop me and then let an expensive car or a whole string of cars drive into the soi, so that we miss the traffic light again. For example Gateway at Ekamai. Can I ignore them?
Many souvenir shops sell those wooden Sawadee statues, these are ladies standing or sitting with their hands in the greeting or welcome position. There is also a male version of this but I can't find it anywhere. I'm looking for the seated version of about 50 cm high.
A friend of ours is Thai, but has been living in the Netherlands for years since her husband passed away. She has a house in Thailand (Phuket) which has been rented out for more than 10 years. Now she wants to transfer the rental income of recent years from her Thai bank account to her Dutch bank account, but according to the Thai bank she is not allowed to transfer money abroad.
I regularly read articles here about the costs that the Belgian or Dutch banks charge for transfers to Thailand. But what I rarely if ever read is which bank in Thailand has good exchange rates.
Reader question: Official birth certificate Thai partner, who complies with SVB rules?
The SVB informs me by letter as follows: "To see whether you can receive an AOW pension, we still need an official birth certificate from your partner." It is stated that this can be requested “from the authority in the country where the person was registered after birth”.
Reader question: Book a plane ticket for a Schengen visa?
My name is Albert, I am Belgian and for 4 years in a relationship with a Thai woman. I had a question regarding applying for a c-visa.
Reader question: Should my daughter learn English or Dutch?
For a year now I have been living in a small town near Si Thep with my Thai wife and our daughter. Our daughter is now one and a half years old and is now starting to learn the language. Of course Thai from mother and everyone else in the area.
Reader question: Can I open an account with an international driver's license with a Thai address?
Can I open an account with a Thai bank with an international driver's license with a Thai address? Or do I still need a visa?
Reader question: Who knows where confiscated cars are sold?
I understand that quite a lot of almost new cars are sold in Thailand at a bargain price. The reason for this is that the finance company seized the car because the buyer did not meet his payment obligations.
Reader question: Looking for a beautiful location in Phuket to propose to a girlfriend?
After a few holidays to Thailand with my girlfriend, I'm going to take the big step, namely asking my girlfriend to marry me. Does anyone have suggestions for a beautiful location?
Reader question: Myanmar closed for visa runs?
The day before yesterday I was for a visa run in the area (Soi Yok) west of Kanchanaburi, I've been doing that for a year without any problems. But upon arrival I was told, by an immigration officer, that Myanmar has been closed for visa runs for a month. This was a bit of a shock to me as I hadn't read anything about it at all.
Is it customary in Thailand that when a daughter has given birth to a baby, her mother comes to live with the daughter for 3 months to help?
Reader question: Ex-girlfriend stole handwritten will
After being together with my Thai girlfriend for a year, I personally wrote a will in her name (without a lawyer or notary) and kept it at home. Now there has recently been a breakup and I see that she has stolen this will. I worry about this later on.
We want to move to Thailand and build a house there. Does anyone here on the forum have experience with www.thaiannahome.com? The offer on the website looks attractive, so we would like to get some insight.
Reader question: Legalization of documents in Thailand
I know that the documents have to be translated and legalized at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and by the Embassy. Now my girlfriend is going to take the exam on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 and we first wanted to have the documents translated and legalized at the ministry on Monday, October 31, to have them legalized at the embassy the next day, this would save us a lot of traveling back and forth .