Litlos

Would you like to try again as way off the mark. And CRS is between tax authorities not banks.

This has been coming for a while and is not a recently conceived idea. Abit of history of linked events I am aware off: The auto no tax on non resident income option deleted a couple of years ago, no problem rely on the bring it in next year option. Anyone with an address in Thailand on their Paypal account has to reregister with a Thai Id number, this was apparently a way that Thai overseas workers were sending money home in the same year and bypassing the Thai tax, Anyone spending more than 180 days in Thailand is considered a tax resident of Thailand in Jan this year. About May this year Thailand joins CRS which is a multinational scheme to share tax and income details across borders. Last week the final nail in the tax free coffin the removal of the bring it in next year option, so now all the pieces are in place to levy tax on overseas income. The interesting part is I have seen it referred to as a tax on income and a tax on income remitted to Thailand, the second version came out as a clarification a few days after the first, so hopefully this the the more accurate version. But lots of questions all on overseas transactions, such as how are capital gains treated? Income previously earned, retrospective tax. Share dividends? So I am following closely to optimise this year to minimise in future, but clarifications are sparse. There is always the option when travelling to Thailand to bring in up to USD20,000 in cash without the need to declare it, 2 x overseas trips a year is doable when flight prices decrease. Can also bring in 500k Baht from bounded countries, Bank account in Malaysia? Cheers

Would the Thai vaccination Id work, has the right amount of characters. I am out of the country and it will probably be geoblocked. Cheers

It is amazing what a bit of number fiddling can achieve, Chonburi figures for Saturday, 432 new cases, 2737 medically administered ATK tests failed, but require a PCR test to be official. My ecperience one in 4 cases being reported as it is a minor cold. So real numbers probably about 10,000 for Chon Buri province. Now nationwide they are reporting 12,745 cases, but 126 deaths, a very high comparative deaths number for 12,745 cases. The reported numbers a a joke but a good excuse to drop all covid requirements, masks, liquor trading etc. Why are they not doing this. It rhythms with pants on fire. Cheers

I travelled back and forward to Middle East while waiting for new Australian passport as it was still a valid passport. When I went to collect new passport they cut the name and barcode bit of the bottom of the photo page, very definitely no longer valid, and handed it back to me. Rules seem to vary between countries and possibly even embassies. At the moment it is a nightmare, so give yourself 3 times as long as you think you need. Cheers

I will probably just go and do the visa renewal next week, as I will only lose 9 days off the extension, and that clears one problem out of the way. It looks like I need to be heading overseas for work in 5 or 6 weeks anyway. Cheers

Well I went back and had another look at the embassy website. I now have a booking for the 9th of May, a reasonable improvement on the 24th. No option I could see to cancel the original appointment though. I made a note in the booking so now we will see if anyone actually reads the notes, I will not be holding my breath based on previous Bangkok embassy experiences. Cheers

You seem to be quoting old information. There are two people here saying about 6 weeks to get an appointment. Tell you what why don't you try and book a new appointment and see what it says. Also people are reporting up to six weeks to get new passport., this is also quoted on the embassy website. I have learned with this embassy do not believe and allow extra otherwise you will be disappointed. Cheers

I went back on the Chonburi immigration site where I saw it using my browser history. All the English text is gone and the website has been updated all in Thai irrelevant of language settings. Looks like I was unlucky enough to visit while it was a work in progress and directed to incorrect information, which has now been removed. Cheers

Thanks for the replies. The 18 months was on the Immigration website, but TIT and may be incorrect. I will go and ask at immigration in Jomtien and see what they have to say. Cheers

Hi, Started the planning for renewing retirement visa/extension/exemption or whatever it is called. Is due in about 6 weeks, needs a passport validity of 18 months, I will have 12 at this point. Ok off to the Australian embassy website, earliest appointment in 6 week, then up to another 6 weeks to receive, no express service like there used to be, damm, two months too late. Ok so I will need to get another visa or whatever to tide me over until the new passport arrives. I am thinking a 90 day or something like that, which I can then covert back to retirement at a later date. The only information I can find on a 90 day is it being issued outside of Thailand, I am pretty sure I have got a 90 day previously in Thailand. Anyone familiar with the current rules? There is a lot more to the background of how I ended up in this situation, though I have only laid out the current facts of what I am now faced with as the rest is history. Cheers

Someone tell the dear leader it is only April fools on the 1st, not the whole month. Cheers

Yes there are covid testing teams door knocking and offering testing, but it is voluntary to take the test. But do not let mere facts get in the way of a good rant or conspiracy theory. Most likely wastewater sampling is showing covid in areas with no known cases, so a bit of cross checking to validate data, a boring logical reality unfortunately. Cheers

Dropped as from 21st. Singapore changes their requirements regularly, generally applicable from 1 minute past midnight on Monday morning. I just happen to be working in Singapore at the moment and get updated every week on current requirements. Cheers

If you think about it and do a little research it is almost impossible to fail a self administered ATK test. Cheers