khunPer

No, a Thai passport is issued to a Thai citizen, who can be born abroad and/or live abroad without being registered in a domestic House Book. OP's daughter is renewing her Thai passport from a foreign Thai embassy. OP asks about also having a Thai ID-card issued, which cannot be done by an embassy. For having an ID-card she needs to be registered in a domestic House Book...????

When I settled in Thailand in my late fifties, I decided to opt for the second best at that time of Bupa's health insurances and set the difference to the cost of the best insurance aside in a "Rainy Day-account". Also because that there might be/often are cases, where the insurance do not fully covers you, or don't covers at all. When I passes 60 years the insurance increased and I stepped a level down and set more aside. Again at 65 was a mile marker, where I decided it's not worth it anymore. I've never ever used my health insurance and got a 10 percent discount when renewed, but with a until then – and also until now – good health, I decided to top up little extra in the Rainy Day-account and become self-insured. I'm still paying an "insurance fee" every month into my Rainy Day-account. It's a difficult personal choice, as when self-insured and something happens, you might spend all or most of the money set aside. While when insured, you are still insured next year; as long as you can afford the premiums. Some with health knowledge have mentioned in this forum that you need to set 3 million baht aside – or have access to a larger sum of savings up around that level – so it's a question of balance between annual insurance premium, size of savings and one's health, combined with what you personally think is the right size for you. The initial insurance sum for the so-called "retirement visa" was 440,000 baht; so anything between that sum and several millions might be the right self-insurance amount.

According to the lawyers that wrote the book "Thai Law for Foreigners", your last will is fully legally valid.

To get a Thai ID-card your daughter must be registered in a Thai House Book first. When she is not registered as resident in Thailand, she don't need a Thai ID-card. Your daughter already got a Thai ID-number, which is stated on her birth certificate and in her passport. When she moves to Thailand and are registered as resident, this ID-number will be recorded in the House Book, then she is eligible for an ID-card that carries her Thai address.

Not according to the new rules, but ask Samui Immigration if you are in doubt about how they implements the rules...????

Normally you can deposit a cheque in your own bank, but the funds will not appear in your account before after a week or so, when the cheque is cleared with the other bank. Same procedure as with foreign cheques, apart from they take a month or more to clear them...????

As I already answered earlier in this thread... On 6/26/2023 at 8:51 AM, khunPer said: I didn't make a new TM30 last time I entered Thailand from abroad back in August 2022. I renewed my extension of stay at Samui Immigration in October with a print of my two years old TM30 registration. After the new rules you don't need a new TM30 if you stay at the same address.

The short answer is: You need a work permit. You can be investor in a partnership or company, be a director as board-member, but not do any other physical work without a work permit.

That's however how it is, your re-entry permit is – and shall be – valid for the length of your stay. Always extend stay before applying for re-entry permit, if you cannot do it at the same time, as you can in smaller immigration offices.

No, not after the new rules. You can travel domestic to other provinces and stay in hotels and private and return without a new TM30, if that place is your reported address, and from abroad if you have a multiple entry visa or re-entry permit. However, as almost always, there might be difference between the immigration offices in how they bends the rules. The original article was here at ASEAN NOW, se especially article 2 in the translation...

Problems with post delivery must be local, I seem to have no problems in Maenam – i.e. I'm not missing anything – and I regularly see Postman Pat on motorbike with lots of mail...

I didn't make a new TM30 last time I entered Thailand from abroad back in August 2022. I renewed my extension of stay at Samui Immigration in October with a print of my two years old TM30 registration. After the new rules you don't need a new TM30 if you stay at the same address.

70,000 are the registered number of people, not the actual amount of folks on the island. During the the Covid-vaccinations the authorities counted 125.000 persons as inhabitants, including non-registered inhabitants, workers and remaining tourists. You should count with the double number, i.e. at least 140,000 individuals on the island. So rather around 9 cubic meter per day per person. However, far from all downpour can be stored. And where shall it be stored for the dry season? Daily use of water per person is between 100 L and 200 L, not including filling a bathtub or spa with freshwater, and depending of how many times per day you shower. Many will shower three times per day, especially during the hot season. If counted with average 150 L per person per day it's 55 cubic meter per year. On top comes cleaning, including car wash and laundry; topping up in various pools due to evaporation; watering plants and garden; drinking water and ice production; etc. etc. With just 200 L in average use per person per day, the daily need of fresh water will be up around 30,000 cubic meters; probably more. So even when you calculate with Samui's total area and around 1,25 million cubic meter downpour in average per day, it's only a fraction of that, which can be used for freshwater. If you have a dry season of just 100 days, you'll need storage for around 3 million cubic meters of fresh water. In average the dry season on Samui is four months or 120 days, in el Nino-years like now, it's longer. So water storage should be at least 6 million cubic meters including some evaporation. To my knowledge there are a water reservoir in Marat... It's something like 600 x 600 meters, including the stadium island; i.e. 0.36 square kilometers minus the island, so perhaps around 0.3 square kilometers. If you can count on useable water level as 1 meter, then you need a 6 square kilometers storage for 6 million cubic meters of water, or 3 square kilometers if you have 2 meter useable water level. There might be another small reservoir next to the Land Transport Office in Lipa Noi – I was of the impression that the water works there is also a reverse osmosis plant, but I might be wrong.

You Brit and US fellow, "always look at bright side of life": Thailand is stated as only 4.51 inches...????

Check that if you cut half of the trees, the remaining half might grow fatter. I was once told by wood experts, that the could easily control the trees growth depending of how close the planted the trees. The grow rate would constant, but if tree stood close, the would grow high, while if the stood wide apart, they would grow fat.

Yes you can – a foreigner can own a house, I own my house – but you cannot declare buying house & land, as you cannot own the land under the house, if you haven't entered on a 40 million baht investor visa. If you however state "buying property", it can both be condominium and house...

The sales proceeds belongs to the company that owns the house. Taxes at Land Office shall be paid first. Then you can take funds out of the company as dividends to shareholders of which tax shall be withheld. The payout to your shares is yours; don't forget that you can only own 49 percent. There is a limit of how much you can transfer out of Thailand without declaration. It's normally advised to keep the incoming transfer's declaration from Bank Of Thailand – state for example investment or "buying a house" – as you will be eligible to transfer similar amount out of Thailand. A better way might be to lend the company part of the sum for buying property and be eligible for being paid back upon sale of property. You can have the loan declared as a servitude. If you are paid interest on the loan, the interest is taxable in Thailand. The sales proceeds exceeding the loan value however still belongs to the company that owns the house.

That is, what I'm saying...

That is correct, but you need a document/letter from tessa ban to bring to the amphor, when applying for a pink ID-card for aliens. And it's the same other places, but tessa ban and amphor might physically be in same location, so it might be percepted as two departments in the same district office.

I live beachfront and has a well without salt water. If a beachfront well is too deep the water can become salty. Otherwise it has to be a very deep bore, like my neighbour has. However, the sandy soil gave other problems with water quality; today I use hill-water from a tank-truck...????

Surat Thani...????

It's depending on how deep you make the well.

Amazing Thailand; same-same, but different: Where I live I need to go to the tessa ban-office to get building permission and house book, and to the amphor-office to get an ID-card – however, need a letter from tessa ban, as I'm an alien – and to pay my income tax, but not property tax, that's to be done at the tessa ban's revenue office... Tessa ban also takes care of maintenance etc., which was not relevant to mention here; however electrical supply is done by PEA (Provincial Electricity Authority). To say it simple: Tessa ban takes care og local things, like building permissions, house book registration, local supply and maintenance; Amphor takes care of nationwide stuff like ID-registration, income tax and Social Security..

No, answer to OP's: "I have house built in Suphan Buri District, my wife has the house registered in her name and has the blue book, so my question is, can I have the house registered in my name..."

If your read the header to this thread: "do u guys usually smile to the staff / waiters when u go buy / eat / shop ?" – then it's an answer...