manjara

I looked into this type of situation before I moved here. IIRC, the tax consultant

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In the end, I couldn't set up this type of arrangement so I didn't investigate it any further. There are others replying to this thread who have way more knowledge on this than I do so please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong! 

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www.privacy4u.net, but I can't vouch for their reliability as I haven't done it yet. I mean, my friend hasn't done it yet....

The plan would be to set up a Thai company and pay myself the minimum Thai qualification wage, to get the relevant visas etc. The offshore compnay would pay the Thai company for my services and have the rest of the earnings offshore with a global ATM card so I can reach the rest of the money if and when I need it.

As my contracts pay substantially more than 40k baht/month, and I only need a relatively small amount in Thailand, that seems to be the best approach. Very little of the work I do is in Thailand, I just come back when I'm not working (weekends etc), but that is more than 180 days (this year anyway)

The thing I'm interested in is how the thai authorities can track ATM withdrawals, surely that would not be practical, even if they were from a named account, rather than an anonymous one?

A friend of mine, has a contract from Singapore, money paid to UK, working some other country and living, more than 180 days, in Thailand. Is he liable for just the money brought into Thailand?

If the money was paid to an offshore company in Vanuatu, instead of the UK, with an anonymous bank account in Latvia/Lithuania having an ATM card, who would pay tax, where?

just a thought....

Thanks a lot for the quick response.

My fiancees other daughter lives with her parents, in her house (not sure about the title laws in thailand, but I am told the house belongs to my fiancee).

When we registered the birth, she had to get some documents from here hometown, so I have a feeling that she is still 'registered' there. I have not been able to clearly determine this with her.

As far as EEA permit, I worked in Europe (ex UK) for about 6 years from 94-2000, since then I have been based in the UK until last March when I came to thailand.

My mother was Danish, but I never had dual nationality. I understand there was recently a precedent set in Denmark that a child with a Danish mother could claim citizenship without the usual required period of residency, however I would have to be in Denmark to claim it and it may not help anyway!

I feel a bit more reassured about the legitimation of my daughter as I thought that may have turned into a problem, but I am concerned that if we apply to go to the UK as a 3 person family, that may preclude my stepdaughter from coming to live with us at a later date, for example if my fiancees parents were to die (they are both around 65-70).

To be honest, we do not intend to settle in the UK for good, just for up to a couple of years until I can sort out my finances enough to return to Thailand without my current level of salary. However I know from other friends who have taken a similar route, that a couple of years can turn into 6-7 and before you know it, the kids are at Uni and demanding a car for their 21st. Maybe I should just go up North now and grow sticky rice for a living!

Hi,

I have been in Thailand as a representative of my company over the last year or so. They have finally got around to getting me a work permit, after being on a business visa for long enough!

Since I came to Thailand I have met and fallen in love with my Thai GF with whom I have recently had a baby. I am listed as the father of the baby and it has/will have my surname. Due to the pressures of work, our attempts to get married have never been completed and now we have the baby. We have lived together for over a year now, although there are no records which have both our names on them, I could get a dozen people to attest to it.

My GF also has a daughter (5 yrs) from a previous boyfriend (Thai) who lives with her grandparents.

I earn a good living and have a house in the UK, and sufficient funds in the UK to support her. I have also bought a condo in Bangkok in her name.

Assuming we do get married here, in the near term, what are the complications in getting UK nationality for my daughter and for getting settlement visas for my wife and daughter as well as (possibly) my stepdaughter?

Reading the website for the UK embassy it says that for children born out of wedlock nationality is discretionary, which scares me a bit!