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Not really, but my clever girlfriend has some income, mainly from her investments (and I've got some good advises from her...👍). I'm the major provider to the household; that how it often is in Thailand, the man is the provider...

According to my home country's (Denmark) embassy in Bangkok you cannot. However, an international drivers permit is only a translation of a driving license, and the EU license has clear text in Latin letters and symbols for permitted vehicle. Worst case is if anything happens and insurance avoids cover due to incorrect driver's license. Danish Bangkok-embassy text: Should you drive a car or motorbike in Thailand? Then you must have either a Thai or international driver's license. Thailand only recognizes international driving licenses issued in accordance with the Geneva Convention 1949. Therefore, check that you have the right driving license before you hit the roads.

Little late I passed it, but for others, if need of a Mac-repair, the one I mentioned above is opposite Bandon Hospital...

If the company has been incorporated using nominee directors (usually to circumvent Thai law), as he stated (but you chose to ignore), the company is not legal. Not all Thai company limited that use nominee shareholders, many are performing legal business. It's those I refers to, not the illegal ones. Please note that I was replying to: "Basically if you are not married to a Thai or the owner of a company (which is illegal if you are using nominee share holders) you cannot get a card." The "nominee" remark is clearly mentioned in parenthesis.

As per your headline... Could you be close-friends w/anyone Unable to Appreciate: Black Coffee?

No, you are not a resident, if you're not registered in a house book or one of the other possibilities listed below. These are the rules: Must be A Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan or Koh Tao resident or A descendant or spouse of a resident of Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan, or Koh Tao whose name appears on the household registration certificate. An owner and holder of the title to the property or land on Koh Samui or Koh PhaNgan Koh Tao District. A hotel/business employee on Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan or Koh Tao* An owner of an operating business on Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan or Koh Tao A government official on Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan or Koh Tao A student at school, college or university on Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan or Koh Tao (Under Office of the Basic Education Commission, Ministry of Education). And must NOT be Language School , Tutorial Programs and Nursery Schools. A practising monk at a temple on Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan or Koh Tao A medical service employee at a hospital on Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan or Koh Tao *Applications for Corporate Memberships will be subject to FlyerBonus Terms and Conditions (for more information please refer to the supporting documentation)

You still needs a TIN; so, you should be able to do it online.

Yes, of course...👍 – I can be close friend to even tea drinkers...😀

It's not the same, you need to leave the kingdom and re-enter, to keep it going; and we don't know for how long time it will last... Furthermore, it's just like buying a new fridge and two month later see that it's price-reduced with 5,000 baht – I'm talking from experience...☹️ – and that was exactly the same product...😉

It's the one shown on the resident card renewal page: flyerbonus(at)bangkokair.com

"Thus invalidating his usefruct." Not really, a property with usufruct can be sold and transferred, but the usufruct stays in place, as it is registered on the title deed.

No, if a property is registered to a minor it cannot be sold or transferred. The mother can however be guardian – and so can a father – but she would have an extremely have time to tranfer a property.

Building construction material shop will have them – they might be in a store room and not in the shop area, so ask for them, or they might be to order – HomeMart is Cement Thai (SCG), they will either have them in stock or can deliver them; same for Global House, SCG is part owner.

Some I know of those married to a Thai lady says: Thai women are the best house keepers...👍 – you buy, they keep...

To my experience and knowledge – I have a half-Thai daughter with my girlfriend: "a) legitimize my status as childs father in Thailand ( i can do this by going there with her next time she visits her family), but I'm not sure exactly how and if the child needs to be over a certain age?" At age 7 or older, you can be legitimized as father at the local amphor-district office. You need the birth certificate, you and your passport, the child and the mother to be present. Child and mother shall confirm that you are the father. Photo copies of documents might also be needed, check with the office about what they wish. You will receive a Khor.Rohr.11, Registration of Child Legitimacy. If the child is under the age of seven, you'll need a DNA-test and family court order. "b) ensure I am allowed shared custody of the child in Thailand (this is an extra step or it becomes automatic with the legitimization?)" To my knowledge you might need a statement from the family court to prove that, I'm not sure here. I had no problems with being responsible parent my daughter (not married) as father for school, bank etc. "c) have the ability to take my child outside of Thailand on her summer holidays (subject to prior access agreement with her mom)" While a child is minor (in principle under 20 years of age), you'll need a permission from the mother to take your daughter out of Thailand. It's a simple procedure at the amphor-office, but mom need to be present and accept. You can see an example of my permission here... However, I has never been in need of showing it at immigration when leaving Thailand. My daughter shares my family name. The immigration officer asked my daughter some questions in Thai, I never asked about what. "d) ensure that my ex does put her (my) house and land into our child's name at the appropriate age. I am assuming a pre-agreement of some sort?" "7. Things are relatively amicable between us currently. My ex has promised to give the house and land that I paid for to my daughter (when she turns 18)." Legal age in Thailand is 20 years. However, a minor can own property before reaching legal age. so, land and house – if house is not registered separate in for example your name as owner, it just follows the land title deed – can be transferred to your daughter's name. There is no gift tax if the value is under a certain amount – from memory it is 20 million baht – but you might need to pay transfer fee and stamps at Land Office when transferring land. There has been reduction of fee when transferring land to children, but it might have been temporary. Please note, that the land must be of higher deed title, like Nor Sor 3 or Nor Sor 4 (Chanote), to be transferred by the Land Office. If it's low title village land, it can not just only be transferred within family heirs, but the person must also be resident and/or use the land accordingly, for example farming.

I bought one from AIS, has both wired and WiFi.

You do it online now. As you already seems to pay income tax as tax-resident, you'll have a TIN. You might even already have an online account, if not, you can open access to the tax return-system. The RD-homepage is HERE. When filling the tax return, you can select English; however, roll down menus are still opens in Thai language.

There is either also one on the opposite side of the road, or perhaps it's the same shop that has moved.

Just renewed my girlfriend's and my own Resident Cards, yesterday. Scan of blue and yellow house books, sent by e-mail together with copy of her ID-card and my passport, stating our card-numbers; immediately confirmed by return e-mail. 300 baht fee for each for two years, which could be paid by an attached QR-code; easy peasy...

35% percent is the tax rate for income over 5 million bath after deductions. If your retirement pension is already taxed in another country and that state has a double taxation agreement with Thailand, you will most likely already have paid all your income tax. In Thailand you'll have a personal deduction of 60,000 baht and 30,000 baht per each minor child. Only income over 150,000 baht after deductions will be taxed – 190,000 baht for retirees over 60 years (if I remember correct) – starting with 5%, and jumps in 5% steps until it reach the to level of 35% for taxable income over 5 million baht. We still know too little about details, the PM has mentioned foreign income taxed as "interest", which is is 15%.

However, then you can hear it again from me... But I can of course not speak about "somewhere else", where I've never been or might even not know about. As long time resident – 18 years permanently until now – what I find "so special" is that I can live the life-style I want. I'm for example not eating much of Thai dishes – of course it happens – but can cook my preferred mainly Mediterranean-style dinner, just as I did in my Scandinavian home country before I left for Thailand. The difference is that it "all year summer" and "bare feet Xmas" in the part of Thailand where I stay, and I can enjoy around 300 outdoor – or semi-outdoor if I need cover for light rain – candlelight dinners per year. Furthermore I chose a tourist area where I can buy almost all what I need – Lazada and Shopee counts for the remaining wishes – and I can also enjoy partying whenever I want it...😎 Compared to my home country, my buying power is (still) in average about double, so I get more value for my money, which is also an important factor to consider. There might be favourable spots around the huge World, which I don't even considers, because my buying power will be way to limited there for the life-style I prefers. Bear in mind that we are all different, we all have our own special preferences, mine might be different – or special – compared to some other's special preferences...😊

Agree with part of what you states, but retired people arriving as tourists would often like to spend more than 30 days in Thailand during the cold northern Europe winter and from other destinations, so 60 days with a possible 30-days extension of stay makes really good sense. However, the total number of days staying that one can stay in Thailand within a calendar year, without a proper long stay-visa, year should be limited.

When you are so focussed on getting tourists in and for forget they have to be "quality tourists", thing like this happens; just accept it, if you want the mass tourism over "quality"...

👍 They are lucky to get out after only 4 months, in my modest view too lucky...

AOT is the owner of the airport, Bangkok Airways is also a Plc. Both you and I can be shareholder – and thereby part-owner – in both companies. Nothing strange in AOT having a major government owner, many airports has that, also in my European home country.