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Thanks owen, I think I will stay on the sidelines for this one, being a friend of the wifes family and all that. The idea is not mine, but I do agree with the sentiment. It would be nice to appoint a Thai as the executor, but the only one I would trust, is my lady and she is the mothers cousin. There again, the men at work, may not trust her. I think his first Thai wife could come into play. She is well sorted money wise in the UK and has dual passports etc. She is very fond of the little girl, so would want to help. Yeah, I will put the ball in her court. Thais and money,is not

How very sad. Sod it, Cowboy and my workmate combined, have been enough prompting for me to go to LOS next month. Forget the money. God bless them both.

The blokes at work are having a collection. They are not too keen on giving the money collected to the Thai wife. They asked me if it is possible to set up a trust in LOS for the daughter ? As she is only 6yo, it could be for a few years- 12 ? Anyone know of a way of doing this ? I have no idea how this would work.

Amen to that.

Yes bart, I am mad at him for not doing something years ago. It is all part of the totally helpless feeling you get, when someone has died. I started this thread to get people like him thinking more about their situation. Let some good come from it. I had no idea it would end like this. Don't get him wrong, his little girl was the apple of his eye and his reason for living. Having witnessed his devotion to her in person, makes me mad at him for being so lapse in the ' keeping healthy ' department. We will all miss him too. A trip to Pattaya now, will have something missing for us. Had

I am still mad at him, for his daughters sake. It is her 6th birthday next month.

No property in UK Alan. All he has is his pension and the insurance with Air Canada, that we all took out at retirement. The insurance beneficiaries can be changed to whom you wish. I have named my kids as mine. The pension, can only be claimed by a Spouse. This is the law of the land. We had a similar problem a few years back. A guy at work was killed in an accident shortly after marrying a Thai. The company could not pay her a pension, because pensions are taxed at source and to pay tax, you need a NI number, which she didn't have. In the end they paid her a one off tax free lump sum .

Perhaps the parts come free with a magazine, like Super Jet monthly ?

No will found so far Alan. It could be in the bag he had in hospital. He got married in LOS to the mother of the little girl, last year. Another thing I had been telling him to do for years. He did get that right. How this marriage in LOS will be viewed by the company, I don't know.

His funeral is on the 23rd. The lads from work will give him a good send off. His Thai wife wont be there, but his first one and her daughter will be. They didn't even attempt to get a visa Monday, they were assured it would be a waste if time to try. The bag with all the paperwork in, has been picked up from the hospital and his suitcase was cleared through customs by the lads at work, his brother picked it up. Now remains the job of sorting out his Estate. An eternal triangle of a Canadian Company, an English payment system and a Thai national living the other side of the world.

It appears that a U.K visa, may be out of the question for his Thai wife, if she has no sponsor, or enough of her own money topay for her trip. The English friend there, can't sponsor her, as he already sponsors his wife for a visa, which he will be applying for in 2 months time. They are going to give it a go today, but he feels he is wasting a trip to BKK and 4600bht. Someone has contacted his brother, who doesn't GAF that he is dead, but others have persuaded him to arrange a funeral. So that is good news. Now we have to make sure the bag with all the doc's gets picked up from hospita

After an entire day on the phone Thursday, all friends, ex wife and daughter based in the U.K now realize the only person able to do anything regarding a death certificate, recovery of his effects, information from his employers about his insurance cover etc, is his wife in LOS. She has a passport, but no visa for U.K. To get a vise fast tracked, she needs a death certificate. Her husband took all Thai documents with him for the purpose, I assume, as evidence to the Company, of his recent change of marital status. Marriage, birth certificate of his young daughter.... These doc's are

A sad ending I'm afraid, he died at 2am in hospital here, 6 hours after arriving. It is all such a mess, i can't begin to tell you the complications. Maybe in a few days time. Thanks for the advise bigD anyway.

I don't know his exact financial situation. It is something I never ask. I estimate he had a £25-28,000 lump sum. 10 of which he gave to his wife in U.k for safe keeping. That was about the most sensible thing he did. It paid for his op' 2 years ago. The rest paid of CC debts and furnished his house in Pattaya. Basically he lives of his pension, which varies with the exchange rate GBP-BHT. Another little twist he didn't reckon on. I imagine his net pension is £750-£850 pm. He lives a very modest lifestyle in Pattaya ( much to his partners dismay ) He does not, as far as I know " monger"

Owen thanks for all the good advise and figures- scary as they are. I would like to address some of the issues raised by this post. First of all Touristman ; When his child was conceived, he was in full time employment earning £30,000+ pa. For the first 2 years of her life, this nipper wanted for nothing. He is a good father. He, like dozens of others, myself included, had to make a life changing decision. We had all worked for an Airline for over 20 years. That airline was in the process of going bust. We all had a choice of taking the early retirement we were entitled to, or

Owen. I don't think he will get much help from his wifes kids, because they are not his. He adopted them as youngsters, the wife buggered off and left them with him once she had the Brit' passport. The daughter is a lovely person, but now married to a Nigerian, who doesn't work, hence the loss of the rented house. The son is Gay and without going into details, a waste of space. His wife has subbed him most of the money for the intended op', but for some reason, he isn't asking her to help with accommodation over here. I had another call last night from a work mate who has a one bed f

Mid fifties. I didn't start this thread to kick someone who is down. I just wanted to show what can happen on a shoestring budget. Yes the little girl is his. She is the main reason for him living in LOS. He has no family in U.K bar his estranged Thai wife and her two adult children. His wish was to watch his daughter grow up. It has just gone horribly wrong for him.

Can I watch as you count it out ? By 300,000, you will be in tears man. I could have added that he owes the I.R over £1200 + interest and he recently canceled the payments on his outstanding C. Cards debts in the U.K. Thinking he will never go back. In case you are wondering, I told him to go home 2 years ago to sort himself out, but I think he felt that would be losing face- he's thinking like a Thai now.

Just a thought. These dogs are so friendly to humans, they are the most stolen dog in the UK. they will walk off with anyone. £2-300 a go very profitable.

Nautical Inn has a good pool, with diving board and slide. Bar service, deck chairs.

Not complaining- just scared of dying and leaving a Thai partner and 5 year old daughter to fend for themselves. Yeah, he's having a right laugh.

Had a call from LOS today. It was about my ex workmate, who retired to Patts 4 years ago. He like others, did his sums and thought he could " Just afford to do it" a fatal mistake, if you can just afford it, don't do it. He had heart trouble in UK before he left, so no insurance company would give him health cover. He had one small op' 2 years ago to put a balloon type thing in his heart, to open the valve. I had a text from him saying he was going in for an op' Xmas day, at a hospital in BKK. Unfortunately the pre op' showed that his heart was so badly damaged to put in another

What, when the oil runs out ? MR GWB has invested heavily in the Middle East lately. He didn't get that wrong too ?

I worked with an Indian bloke who did this every year- twice sometimes. The last time, his wife decided to go with him at the last moment. It would be lovely to see mum again. He had a great time rushing round getting a ticket for himself, the day before he left.