wispyerk007

Hi Westybrook, read my experience of applying for the O posted 2 days ago on this forum under none immigrant o, moving to LOS. It may help you a little.

I am moving to L.O.S. early next year after the sale of my business here in the U.K. I have a Thai wife of 6 years although we will be parting company in Thailand, (we are only together now because of business commitments) We have a condo in Pattaya and shall be flying out there in 2 weeks until the end of January for a holiday.

As I shall need more than a tourist visa I thought this time I would apply for a multiple entry None Immigrant O Visa on the basis of visiting friends and my wifes family ( not based on marriage for obvious reasons) and also because I am 56 and realise next year when I am living in L.O.S. I can apply for a Retirement Visa based on the O. and I also want to apply for a Thai driving licence this December. I sent all the forms and payment off to Hull, (my wife having signed the guarantee paper),and thought they would want to know why I had not applied on the basis of marriage. I need not have worried, 2 days after posting everything my passport was returned with the said visa and a letter with full instructions about the 90 days and all other relevent information. The reason I write this post is purely to let other members of this forum know about my experience of applying for The None Immigrant O.

I forgot to mention in my previous post I am moving to Thailand later in the year undecided about which visa though I am 56 so maybe on a retirement visa.

I would like to elaborate on this post a little.

If I buy a condo for 3 million from a developer the purchase money coming in from a uk bank account ( tor tor 3 ) live in it for a couple of years and then sell it for say 4 million, can I transfer 4 million back to a uk bank account so as to purchase another condo or can I only transfer back the 3 million I originaly started with.

would appreciate some advice.

If I buy a condo from a developer for say 2 million and rent it out will I be subject to Thai tax?

If I sell it after 3 years for 3 million can I transfer the 3 million back into a UK bank or can I only transfer the 2 million I originaly started with?

I have seen quite a few farangs in Pattaya buying 10 or more condos and selling them on for a profit I am curious to know how they can keep affording to buy condos if they cannot send all there money back to there homeland. Can anyone enlighten me please.

I was informed by both the Nationwide and IR that no agreement is set up between them for deducting tax however , as you say Jack the Halifax and also Barclays do have agreements maybe I will think about changing to one of these if they pay decent rates. RD you can indeed download forms from the IR web site, I have just downloaded forms : R85 / R43 and form P85, this is the form for leaving the UK. A big thanks to everyone who has replied to my post.

Strange that the Nationwide won't let you have your interest paid gross as you won't be living in the UK. The Halifax let me have mine in gross a few years back, maybe it's all changed. I would have thought you could download tax return forms from the Inland Revenue and post them off every year with your tax certificate issued by Nationwide, then have the money paid direct into your account. As I say though, bit silly as you should be exempt and will be losing interest on the tax you've paid. Talk to the Nationwide and the IR.

Regards the one way ticket, you could always book a one way flight with the budget airline, Air Asia, to...Penang for instance from Bangkok before you leave the UK (airasia.com), and time it before your first 30 days is up but don't bother flying. This way you have a failsafe ticket out of the country if you happen to be the 1 in 100 person they pull-up for not having an onward ticket. AA don't offer refunds but flights are only a couple of thousand baht.

As for living on peanuts, no problem for yourself especially as you already have somewhere to live, no missus (these can be the two biggest drains on resources, especially the latter), and don't drink much. If you like noodles and pad thai, you're laughing. The simple life could get you by on a mere 500 baht a day or less, but as you have a pension why not go silly 

All the best

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Thanks for the reply RDN. Regarding the Nationwide the way I understand you is that they take the tax out and you claim it back from uk tax office if this is correct is it not a lot of hassle? I must admit I am not well clued up on it. I do have pensions and I shall be taking a 25% lump sum from them. as a matter of interest and I dont want to pry but what do you consider is a comefortable amount of baht to live on each month, I dont smoke, like an occassional drink and will lead quite a simple life.

Hi everybody, hope someone can advise me. I am in the uk 56 yo and been married to a Thai lady for 5 years but unfortunately the marriage is ending. We have a business here in the uk, when it is sold we shall both be going to los her to Korat me to Pattaya to live in the condo we bought 2 year ago. I shall be applying for a retirement visa but am not sure if I will apply here or in Thailand the reason being I dont want to be in the uk for 3 months waiting for the visa to be issued as I shall have to find somewhere to live ( dont want to rent somewhere if I dont have to). Is the bht 800.000 in a thai bank subject to thai tax or not?. I intend leaving the majority of my money in the uk, but another problem arises, some of the money I want to leave in an offshore account but do know anything about them, the rest of the money I want to leave in the nationwide e-savings account transfer the interest to nationwides flex account and draw it at atm's , however, nationwide do not issue the R85 form to register for payment of interest without tax deducted, which means I would have to claim tax back directly from the uk tax office, to much hassle I think, should I smile and just accept that I will have to pay uk tax?. Can someone also tell me if I would be ok buying a single ticket instead of a return, (I have nothing here to return to ) as some posts on here have said I could be turned away at check in, and also what should I put on the entry card as purpose of visit. Advice and suggestions on all points would be very much appreciated, I would be interested to know how long term expats would go about it. thanking you in advance.

Eric W.

Since returning to England in August 04 I have been in constant contact with a female friend of mine in Bang Na, we have emailed and sent sms messages many times each day. Last Saturday 25/09/04 at about 01.00 hrs Thai time I sent an sms to see if she was sleeping, she replied to me that she could not sleep because someone was banging on her door and she was very frightend, I sent a message back to tell her not to open the door and call the police and asked if she was ok, her reply was I have already called the police, no I am not ok I am very frightend I dont want to stay here, I sms her again but got no reply back. Since then I have tried to contact her daily but have not heard from her by sms or email. Her mobile was still accepting messages up to Monday 27/9/04 but since then all messages have failed, I now fear something terrible has happend to her. Her full name is Woranuch Thongnok her friends call her Kim she is 27 and lives in an apartment in Bang Na I do not know the address and realise Bang Na is a big place, but originaly comes from Korat, she is about 5ft 6/7inch tall with shoulder length hair and had just started a new job working in computers. I am a frequent visitor to Thailand having an apartment in Pattaya and know what some Thai girls can be like, but I know this girl to be genuine and not one that would make stories up. I dont know if the police keep a record of calls as they do in England but if anyone who lives in BKK can offer advice or help in finding out if she is in hospital or even something worse it would be greatly appreciated. I have an email address which is

[email protected]. thankyou for reading this and hope someone can help me.