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Because a US tax credit does one no good at all unless one owes US taxes. My yearly effort (after the first time doing it) consists of visiting my local bank branch to get the Tax Withholding document on interest-bearing accounts, filing my Thai Personal Income Tax return (PND 90) online (about 9 minutes work), and then after receiving my refund letter visiting my local Krung Thai bank and withdrawing my refund from their ATM. If you are talking about just getting a Thai Tax ID, I believe that's worth it as if you register the Tax ID at banks at which you have savings accounts you won't have the tax withheld (15% of interest earned from the first baht). This is a one-time only thing and then you are free from tax withholding on interest earned on regular savings accounts as long as you have less than 20,000 baht interest at a particular bank. I only have to file a Thai tax return in those years I'm foolish enough to have a fixed deposit account (which always has 15% tax withheld regardless of having the Thai Tax ID or not).

If Patong Hospital is unable to resolve the issue, and it seems like they should be able to, I would try the Phuket Provincial Health Office in Phuket Town (corner of Narisson and Surin Roads). They are set up outside that building most weekdays and one can get the yellow covid vaccination booklet when you present your Thailand National Vaccination Certificate and passport. They may be able to correct the data in the MOPH Mor Prom application, or correct it in the yellow covid vaccination booklet. The yellow covid vaccination booklets are available for a 50 baht fee, but the people staffing the desk there may be able to get the online changes made as well. Worth a try.

My understanding was that an ID number consisting of 13 digits (same format as the Thai ID number, but starting with 600000...) was created specifically for giving non-Thais their vaccinations. That's certainly true in my case. My MOPH ID for the purpose of my vaccination records is 13-digits, starting with 600000..., and is certainly different than my "Thai ID number" as shown on my yellow house registration book and the pink ID card (which share the same number as each other). The name thing sounds problematic. When you use your 600000... vaccination ID number to log into Mor Prom you should be able to click the Certificate button to show your Thailand National Vaccination Certificate which is in English and Thai and references the 600000... vaccination ID number and has your passport number as well. Is your name shown correctly on this document?

Correct, but you could also come back into Thailand on a visa-exempt entry (if from one of the countries allowed to do this). Also, you would not want to leave Thailand with a valid re-entry permit as that would result in you re-entering on the basis of your existing extension of stay.

Actually working while you are in Thailand requires a work permit. Period. How that gets enforced may be different, but the law couldn't be much clearer on the need for a work permit. Irrespective of where the work is billed, etc.

Read the attached re insurance grandfathering and if it applies to you consider Phuket Immigration for your Non-OA extention of stay: https://piv-phuket.com/long-stay-extensions/retirement/

Point taken. Phuket is one of few immigration offices that did and does grandfather Non-O extensions of stay on the health insurance requirement.

You can accomplish what you want to accomplish, change your address with immigration, by filing a TM-30 as possessor of the property where you stay as suggested by GroveHillWanderer.

The thing you may be missing is that when the embassies stopped providing the letters it was possible to actually obtain a Non-O Visa (I mean a visa, not the extension of the stay) by doing the monthly 65k deposits into a Thai bank. In many immigration offices that is no longer possible. They are simply not willing to accept the 65k monthly deposits for purpose of issuing the non-O visa. They do accept the 65k monthly deposits in many cases for the extension of stay but not for the Non-O visa. The OP's situation is that he is applying for the Non-O visa from his immigration office and they are not accepting anything other than embassy letter (which is impossible for the OP) or 800k in the Thai bank. The OP cannot simply transport himself back in time but has to deal with the current situation.

My understanding is that your Thai Tax ID Number needs to be added to the registration of the account, maybe that didn't happen in your case despite showing them the Tax ID Number. In my case I was able to amend my Krungsri Bank Mee Thai Dai account to include the Tax ID Number, while I think that Bangkok Bank had to actually issue me a new passbook when I tried to add the Tax ID to that savings account. But yes, if both cases there is no tax withholding on earned interest in either account. I believe the 20,000 baht threshold applies to the aggregate of all accounts you have at a particular bank.

Maybe. The issue about having the card is when you get your refund letter and go to Krung Thai Bank to get an e-Money card to withdraw the refund from an ATM (the usual process), they ask to see your Thai ID Card, having the number doesn't seem to be enough. Now if you showed them the paper you describe I guess that could be enough, but probably better to try to obtain the card. I'm guessing the reason you didn't get a card on the day you applied is that maybe they were having a problem printing them that day. So going back, showing what you do have, and asking for an actual Thai Tax ID card is probably advisable.

I believe I used only my Thai Tax ID (a thirteen digit number). My Tax ID number is different from my "Thai ID number" used in my yellow house registration book, which is the same number as the "Thai ID number" used on my pink ID card. All these numbers are 13-digit. In my case, my Tax ID number is different from the other numbers, in some cases (depending on the sequence of getting them) it can all be the same number. That's the only number I use with the Revenue Department.

I signed up for an online account (subscribed) a few years ago so I don't accurately remember the process, although as said I couldn't have provided any information from a Thai ID Card because I don't have one. When I sign on now I use a username that was established a few years ago. It's possible that the sign-up (subscribe) process has changed in the intervening years. This is the site where I sign in: https://efiling.rd.go.th/rd-cms/ Again, "subscribe" is the English translation for what would otherwise be known as "create an account." No foreigner is going to have a Thai ID Card so it would seem very strange that it is required to create an account. At the time I created my online account I think I only would have had a passport, Thai Tax ID, and a yellow house registration book. The only thing I can remember using was the Thai Tax ID number. Anyway, I filed this year 11 January and am currently awaiting my refund letter.

I agree with all but that last paragraph. I think it is possible to file online even if you don't know Thai as long as you use Google Chrome translate from Thai to English and Google Lens Translate from Thai to English (for the buttons that Chrome can't translate). That said, it's not for everyone and they are very friendly at the Thai Revenue Department and they will be very helpful if you go in person. They filled out my first PND-90 for me while I waited. Very good service.

I filed a Thai Personal Income Tax Return PND-90 online and I don't have a Thai ID Card, although I do have a Thai Tax ID. I do second your report about the revenue department office being quite helpful. My first year they filled out the PND-90 for me, filed it, and gave me a copy. I used the copy as a model for how to file subsequent years (I only had tax withheld on interest earned that I wished to reclaim). Then I started doing the tax return online. It's gotten easier. I use Google Chrome browser with Thai to English translation and I use Google Lens on my smartphone to translate some of the button from Thai into English. It's possible to do without knowing a bit of Thai even though the online system is all in Thai.

I can't confirm because haven't tried, but it would not surprise me. The EZ Saving account seems set up to avoid or eliminate customer needing to enter a branch. To be clear I use Krungsri bank's Mee Tae Dai savings account which comes with a passbook to satisfy immigration retirement extension requirements, not the EZ saving account.

Thank you Banana7 for the explanation. It was very helpful. I shall be visiting my property tax office in February after receiving the letter to apply for the exemption with my yellow book.

To answer the simple question posed by the OP: The Non-OA Visa has a validity from the day it is issued by a Thai Embassy or Consulate up until one year from that date. A Non-OA Visa can be used to enter Thailand at any time during that period of validity. A Non-OA Visa is a multi-entry visa, when you enter Thailand you will be granted a permission to stay equal to the lesser of one year or the expiration date of your health insurance (400k inpatient/40k outpatient coverage in US dollars). If you were to enter Thailand shortly before your Non-OA Visa expires you would get the same permission to stay equal to the lesser of one year or the expiration date of your health insurance. In this way you can get almost two years permission to stay from a single Non-OA visa. 30-45 days prior to the expiration of your permission to stay received by entering Thailand on a Non-OA Visa, you can apply at your local Immigration Office for an extension of stay. If you satisfy all the requirements, you will receive a new permission to stay equal to the lesser of one year or until the expiration of your health insurance policy. If you instead had a Non-O Visa (not a Non-OA) you would not have to meet the health insurance requirement as specified above for the Non-OA Visa (and extensions derived therefrom). Note that there is at the moment a requirement to have medical insurance (coverage of at least 50k US dollars) to enter Thailand regardless of what visa or re-entry permit you use to enter Thailand. The duration of this medical coverage must be equal to the permission of stay which you will be given depending on the visa or re-entry permit.

Not in Chiang Mai, I'm in Phuket. I've heard of this sort of thing before. They basically want someone to confirm you are who you say you are and live where you say you do. They will take an affidavit from your embassy (the US one costs $50), or usually will accept a Certificate of Residence from your Thai Immigration Office. I happened to have a yellow house registration book, which they accepted as proof of residence. I also brought, back of Thai driver's license, pink ID card, invoice statements from PEA, CAT, etc showing I pay utilities at my residence, but after seeing the yellow book (tabian bahn) they were satisfied. They will sometimes accept a rental agreement as well. Somthing that gives them a warm, fuzzy feeling you are legit. Sometimes bringing a Thai customer of the same bank to vouch for you works as well. Also, need to pick the branch you use. Pick one used to dealing with lots of foreigners, one with English-speaking staff, one located in an area where expats live, etc. It's just a CYA (Cover Your Assets ???? )thing for the bank. The bank didn't verify your identity and your address, the customer's embassy did that, the immigration department did that, the local amphur office did that. So it's not our fault if there's something wrong, it's those other organization's fault.

You should be able to get a 5-year license. You've already had a 2-year license so the next renewal should be to get a 5-year license. If expired for less than a year it should not be a problem. The only reason I can think of for not giving you a 5-year license is if you did not have a long-term visa or extension of stay. But I understand you will soon have that. So no problem getting the 5-year license.

The Thai version of the link I posted earlier does seem to have an "Open an account at SCB Easy App" button, which doesn't work for me when I press it. However, it does seem to imply that it would be possible to open an account online through the app. You might try downloading the SCB Easy App from Play store on your phone and see if it allows you to apply online. I did get the impression that the bank branch I went to took pity on me and did things for me that maybe I should have been doing myself using the app. ???? https://www.scb.co.th/th/personal-banking/deposits/savings-account/easy-saving-account.html#

https://www.scb.co.th/en/personal-banking/deposits/savings-account/easy-saving-account.html Although, I opened my EZ Savings account at an SCB branch in person. I don't know how it would work online as I had to sign a ton of paperwork for the IRS but then I'm an American. ????

Paid for my lunch at a restaurant today that way. Open SCB Easy on phone, scan QR code, type in amount, review amount, done. Very quick process. Comparable to, or maybe even a little faster, the time it would take for me to take the cash out of my wallet, count it, give it to the cashier, have the cashier count it, and return to me my change. Other banks offer the same service, but I'm given to understand that SCB's is a particularly good one. I've heard the Bangkok Bank one is slower. No personal experience using that one.

Not that I know of. Also, it's 200 for having an ATM card per year plus 100 baht to get it issued originally.

Better to have your long-term visa or exextension of stay in place before visiting LTO. Eliminates possible problems that way Generally, a problem to apply for a DL on a visa-exempt entry.