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1 hour ago, charleskerins said:

So I am here one month into 1 year retirement ,I should already have 400k Baht in bank?   Damn        thanks for the info

You read but did not comprehend the post you replied to?

"you need to have had 800,000 baht in the bank for three months after your last extension was granted and for two months before the the new application, and 400,000 baht in the bank for the remainder of the previous 12 months".

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

My take is at the very least eventually most Thailand tax resident expats are going to at least be required to FILE a Thai tax return even if they will owe nothing.

I find this very not thrilling. 

I disagree - if you are describing full time expats as 'tax residents'.

DTA's protect the vast majority - and can you really imagine the Thai authorities can handle a million? new tax returns in 2024?

35 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

“A city known for its vibrant nightlife”

 

is that a new descriptor for sleaze?

No.

10 minutes ago, merijn said:

Good question,

I suspect that they can but they have to hand you over to the immigration department for a visa check.

I suspect they can't; I think that is why they have joint operations - police and Immigration police.

The only time that I have ever been asked to show my passport was at a joint checkpoint on highway 2.

I never carry my passport when out - I do take it with me if traveling out of province.

18 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Not easy getting a new passport these days, especially a UK one 

Why?

5 minutes ago, UWEB said:

Have used Jomtien for 10 years, never had a problem and they provide a good Service.

If the latest press reports are correct (and the latest response you had suggests this is the case) you need a 'current' TM30 to any business with Jomtien...that includes 90 day reporting - but you do it on line anyway so you would not need to physically interact with the Jomtien office.

If you wish to be completely within the rules your wife should submit a new TM30 and you should get a new TM30 receipt stapled into your passport. 

On 11/9/2023 at 2:07 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Those reminders can be wrong, I had a couple, now corrected. I'd ignore the TM30, too late now anyway as they will fine you circ 2k whenever you go, if in deed due. As stated above clock starts on arrival

In this case the reminder is not wrong.....well, it is wrong in that the system is not joined up and the reminder should not have been sent because of his recent arrival.

The system will send the remainder 16 days before the reporting date it has on file. Reentry to Thailand is not picked up on the system and therefore the reporting date does not get changed.

2 minutes ago, stoner said:

the average thai woman is now a staggering 63 kilo. 

Not the one's that I bar fine.......

Just now, scubascuba3 said:

I'm happy to contribute by voting against it, you see, those that win seem to think they are special, strange I know 

...... a sarcasm emoticon.............that's what we need.

Just for those who might be unsure

4 minutes ago, Goat said:

 

 

What do you do when in a bar and you follow through? It would be good to get some tips from others.

If you need advice for that.....then you shouldn't be going out to bars...

23 minutes ago, Barry864 said:

Thanks. My question is how early can I apply, before the end of the 90 days, as I have to make a trip back to the UK in the next few weeks and I wanted to sort this out first.

24 minutes ago, Barry864 said:

Thanks. My question is how early can I apply, before the end of the 90 days, as I have to make a trip back to the UK in the next few weeks and I wanted to sort this out first.

30 Days at Jomtien.

An agent can do it 60 days before.

10 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

Ah! potty training, for use by the incontinent members

Looks like you needed it

3 minutes ago, Wobblybob said:

Being a bit pedantic there h&s, if you don't mind me saying, don't take everything too literally.🥳

I normally don't....indeed I don't....just highlighting how these words that are in our subconscious are casually used...

Just now, foreverlomsak said:

I'm thick, explain acronym please

Not too thick to use Google........surely?

1 minute ago, Wobblybob said:

How would you know when you have so many posters on ignore. Why we have an ignore button in the first place is a mystery to me, if you want to ignore another member just ignore them, the ignore button is being used as a get out of jail for free card when posters have lost the argument. It is childish!

Part of the issue is in the wording of your post...kinda sets the tone...... "when posters have lost the argument" ......there shouldn't be arguments; discussions/debates for sure but people shouldn't be looking for arguments (they are). This is a community internet forum - not a court of law.

Just now, redwood1 said:

 

Are you kidding.....No one has been calling for this.....

 

 

Yes they have,

Well, I am going to applaud them for this initiative.

If you don't try you will never know and Farangs have been calling for this for the last 18 years to my knowledge.

16 hours ago, bugger bognor said:

Well I see the hysteria is heating up an another thread has been started on the same subject my prediction of 200 pages of crap will be an underestimate with the 2 threads! Another official making a statement on the previous officials INTERPRETATION of the 38 year old law! the only thing that will happen is a statement probably next year confirming nothing is going to change, when you all realise that enforcement of regulations would be nigh on impossible that the legal regulations would take years to pass into law it's laughable a huge amount of money is invested in property and buissines by foreign investors 20 %. of all property in Bangkok alone do you not tHINK about the massive bank run before he 1st July 2024 that would happen! it so simple to get Around even if it was applied here, and it will never be, only a complete tool couldn't work that out and of course the nice but dumb yanks 

You can see it, and I can see it.......................why do the idiots keep posting their scaremongering?

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Absolutely no problem! Jomtien.

I have gotten that demand previously.

I complied the first time. Then repeatedly did not.

There are no consequences for ignoring it.

But you must be in compliance with the bank balance rules to be shown during the next extension.

Compliance with those rules and that three month report demand are not the same thing.

Also some people confuse this with the 90 day address report which you must do and has nothing to do with the bank balance report (which can be ignored).

I did do a recent extension.

This time -- no demand letter.

I would have ignored it anyway. 

 

Spot on. It is very important to distinguish between the importance on compliance and the nonsense of the 3 month report.

It is interesting that they did not give you an appointment slip this year.  Have they seen the light?

Just now, Gottfrid said:

The extension application is made om both the permission to stay and the visa. If you entered with a NON-O for visit wife, you can extend 60 days, if you entered with visa exempt, you can extend 30 days. Do I need to continue to prove the facts?

FFS!  Nothing to do with the visa. .....that has long gone.

You can enter on a Non-Imm O based on marriage and then extend the permission to stay based on retirement.