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The agent can only pay a bribe to the immigration officials to waive the financial requirements not the insurance requirements.

45 days if arrive by 31 March 2023, thereafter only 30 days.

The above statement puzzles me.

Aren't AirBnB landlords who rent properties for periods less than one month supposed to have a proper hotel license under Thai law? Isn't it against some condo rules for a landlord to rent rooms out for a period of less than a month? How does AirBnb enforce these regulations? If a landlord refuses to file a TM-30 on behalf of their tenant which is required by Thai law if the tenant is a foreigner, how does AirBnB enforce compliance?

Well, you are doing what you're supposed to do under the law and that is commendable. You aren't putting your renters in an awkward situation; you're not the problem. The problem arises in some AirBnb properties where the owner/manager claims ignorance of the law or refuses to do what they are legally required to do putting the renter in a very awkward position. My recommendation is that a renter discuss with their potential landlord how they will file a TM-30 on their behalf and what evidence they will give the renter that it was successfully filed. A landlord who doesn't know what that is or who is unwilling to fulfill their legal obligations shouldn't be your landlord. Look for lodging elsewhere.

You should read the link ubonjoe posted above. From memory: You don't provide the return envelope and postage, but instead you send a bank draft for 100 baht which covers return to you using Thai post EMS. It's all explicitly explained at the link referenced.

This article give some insight into some of the potential liability issues that US financial institutions face when dealing with customers who are non-residents of the US: https://www.fool.com/knowledge-center/can-foreign-investors-buy-us-mutual-funds.aspx Also: https://roundtablewealth.com/resources/american-expat-brokerage-accounts/ These two articles describe the risk calculus US financial institutions are dealing with. Instead of there being a black-letter law that restricts US non-residents there are liability concerns for a company having US non-residents as customers. So instead of all US financial institutions reaching the same conclusion as one would expect in reaction to a specific law you see different US financial institutions envisioning labilities with continuing to service US non-resident customers and making different policy decisions in reaction.

Not sure, I haven't personally faced threats of closing or restricting my US financial accounts yet. It might be helpful to show the IRS has your US (mailing) address. The fact that an envelope addressed to your US mailing address was sent from the IRS at least recognizes the fact that the IRS knows your mailing address. But you're probably right that there are more specifically residence-based things that they are looking for.

I don't know where it would available. Currently Pfizer (which is off course an mRNA vaccine unlike AstraZeneca) is available weekdays at the Vachira Hospital Convenience Center (200 meters north of the main hospital in the Mahogany Building). You might check the notices at the top of the home page at Phuket.Win site to see if any have AZ: https://xn--12cmj6ba0a7b3g4a6fud5d2a.com/ Google Lens translate app is useful for getting a Thai to English translation.

Just adding that the transcript is mailed to your address on file with the IRS. If that's not the address you want it mailed to then you should change the address first before requesting the transcript.

Very sorry to hear about this, but can't say it's unexpected. The US government continues to force regulations on financial institutions that make it undesirable for them to have US customers who live overseas. I can only recommend that people maintain a US address and US phone number for US financial institutions. Never let them know you are living overseas. I realize that parties if interested sufficiently can tell that a US mailing address is not a residential address and that a US phone number may only be a Google Voice number or other VOIP number, but still I recommend their use. Just because someone can do the detective work to find out where you really live doesn't mean they will be sufficiently motivated to actually do it. Bottom line: don't make it easy for them. To those that need to prove that they "reside" at their US mailing address here is possibly something to try. The IRS will snail mail a copy of the transcript for your last tax return filed to your US mailing address. You can make this request online and within 10 business days the IRS will snail mail to the address you provide. I do this every year because it is additional evidence that the IRS has received and processed my tax return (important if you have $0 tax liability as you would not get a receipt for payment or a refund under those circumstances). The letter from the IRS to your US mailing address may be suitable for proving that you "reside" at that address. I use travelingmailbox.com but there are many other Commercial Mail Receiving Agencies (CMRA) that offer a similar virtual mailbox capability (one in which I can get online scans of the envelope and contents of letters received at that address). More information about the IRS service: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/heres-how-people-can-request-a-copy-of-their-previous-tax-return

Not a permanent resident. Opened the SCB EZ account with my passport rather than my Pink ID Card. It seems you can get SCB to input your Thai Tax ID into your account but how to do that usually requires the staff to phone headquarters for help and if they are convinced they can't do it (which I've been told by them despite seeing that other banks can do it) nothing changes. I've given up on getting it changed and so file a Thai Income Tax Return every year instead. Changing the account to my Pink ID might solve the problem but I've heard that others have achieved the waiver on accounts opened under their passports. Depends on how cooperative your SCB branch will be.

https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2021/09/thailand-taxation-of-international-executives.html Google what income taxes do foreigners need to pay in Thailand for similar advice.

SCB EZ Savings account 1.5% APR up to 1 million baht balance. No fixed term. Has been offered at this rate for at least a year, if I remember correctly. https://www.scb.co.th/en/personal-banking/digital-banking/scb-easy/open-account/easy-id-e.html#:~:text=Interest rate (p.a.)&text=*Interest rate is 1.5% p.a.,– 10%3A30 pm only. Note: you may not want to use this account for your retirement or marriage extension of stay as there is no passbook (if that is a requirement of your immigration office).

Another example that it can be successfully done at SCB. However, I have not been successful at my SCB branch. Filing a Thai Personal Income Tax return has always worked, though. ???? Bangkok Bank and Krungsri Bank have been able to do it, but not my SCB branch. I think it requires putting the foreigner's Thai Tax ID in a different non-obvious field (hence the phone call to the Head Office). If staff don't know how to do that then it's just easier to say "cannot do." Glad to hear it worked out for you.

1) Bangkok Bank is fine, there is no requirement that the money originate outside of Thailand for a marriage extension. 2) One or the other is sufficient. 3) Two months is the requirement. (You may wish to indicate which immigration office you will be using as there may be some that mistakenly believe it's three months.) 4) Yes, documentation from the amphoe is a requirement each year for a marriage extension.

Phuket Immigration specific information regarding address registration: http://piv-phuket.com/address-registration-information/

When someone enters Thailand with a Non-OA Visa during the visa's validity period they receive permission to stay for one year. Yet, they must file a 90-Day Report every 90 consecutive days they are in Thailand. They don't have an extension of stay, just the permission to stay granted upon entry to the country. That visa is an exception perhaps as it's true that aside from that someone filing 90-Day Reports is likely to be on a year long extension of stay.

Yes. Fundamentally, if you have been in Thailand for 90 consecutive days then a 90-Day Report is due. Only filing a new 90-Day Report or re-entering Thailand will reset the 90 day clock to one. My recommendation is to set an electronic calendar alarm for eighty (80) days after entering Thailand. When you receive your receipt/next appointment slip I would set an alarm for ten (10) days before your next appointment due date. This gives you up to 10 days to do an online 90-Day Report when you alarm goes off. You always have the 7 day grace period to do one in person if you do the 90-Day Report after its due date.

The 90-Day Report is really not that complicated, perhaps surprisingly so. It boils down to this very simple statement: It is due and only due on the 90th consecutive day you have been in Thailand. When you enter Thailand that is day one of the 90 day clock. The count increases by one for each day you are in Thailand. When that count reaches 90 days a 90-Day Report is due. You may leave Thailand before you have been here 90 consecutive days, and if so no 90-Day Report is due (because you haven't been here for 90 consecutive days). You may leave Thailand before 90 consecutive days have elapsed since your last 90-Day Report, and if so no new 90-Day Report is due (because you haven't been here for 90 consecutive days without filing a 90 Day Report). When you file a 90-Day Report your 90 day clock resets to one. You may file a 90-Day Report in person up to 15 days before your 90-Day report is due and up to 7 days after your 90-Day Report is due. Some refer to the period from your due date to 7 days after your due date as a grace period. If you file during this grace period the 90-Day Report is considered timely and there is no fine or negative consequence. You may file a 90-Day Report online up to 15 days before your 90-Day Report is due and up to the date your 90-Day report is due. The 90-Day Report has nothing to do with your permission to stay. If you don't file a timely 90-Day Report you are not on overstay. You are however, subject to a 2,000 baht fine for not filing a timely 90-Day Report. You may be so fined the next time you conduct business at your local immigration office. Your permission to stay until date is what determines whether you are on overstay or not. It has nothing to do with any 90-Day Report. Overstay is a serious matter with real adverse consequences. 90-Day Reports are an entirely separate matter. They should be done when you have been in Thailand for 90 consecutive days. If you don't bother doing them you will be subject to a 2,000 baht fine when you next conduct business at your local immigration office. There are no further adverse consequences for not doing 90-Day Reports.

My mistake on the date, should have been 25 not 23 January 2023 (corrected now in post). Yes, you should be OK to use the online 90-Day Report system. The circumstances when immigration puts a new 90-Day Report in your passport are when you file a 90-Day Report in person, or at some immigration offices (e.g., Phuket) they do so as a courtesy when doing your annual extension of stay.

First understand that the online 90-Day Report reminder is quite primitive in that it does not take into consideration any time you leave the country nor any time you file the report not using the online system (e.g., in person). So, if you get the reminder you must consider whether you left the country in the relevant period or filed a 90-Day Report via some other method than the online system. Yes, you should be able to file online on 25 November 2023 based on it being 90 days since you re-entered Thailand. [corrected the date] There is no connection between filing 90-Day Reports and doing your annual extension, although some immigration offices will do a new 90-Day Report when you do your annual extension. It is not required and they do this as a matter of courtesy and policy of that individual office. In other words, you can't really complain if they don't do it. The event that triggers needing to do a 90-Day Report in person is when you change passports. Merely re-entering Thailand does not trigger this.

Just trying to understand why anyone would think it's better to enter Thailand on a US passport than on a Thai passport. I can't think of a single reason why someone would do this, especially if as you say they have both passports with them. Again, not something I would recommend.

You should be OK to use the online 90-Day Report system. The only circumstance that I'm aware of where you would need to do an in-person report (very easy via the drive-through in Phuket Town) is when you acquire a new passport. Then you would need to do the first report in person, and thereafter you could use the online system.

Phuket immigration always does that for me. They don't ask, they don't tell, but they regularly staple in a new 90-Day Report into my passport when I get my retirement extension. ???? I like it, but it's not done at the majority of other immigration offices apparently. Maybe it's because they keep passports overnight as part of the retirement extension process. Apply one day, pick up at 1 PM the next day. I've no complaints.