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Sometimes they don't want to show outward enthusiasm nowadays to protect against kickbacks but the desire may be there anyway. I assume he has internal enthusiasm as he appears to have studied hard. If a company has asked for his CV he might take a chance and follow up with a call or even visit to the HR dep

artment and ask for an interview.

These companies are hassled by agents all day long every day, he's already in the door and prioritised (no agent commission on this candidate) if he has a contact to send a CV to. Calling them to ask for an interview at this stage is a bad approach - he already has a request for a CV and a contact point. Turning up unexpected on the doorstep is a total 'no-no' in my opinion, it's extremely disruptive.

I recommend he just does a strong (and very CREATIVE!) CV and submits it to them as asked. Call after 2 days (but not on a Monday) to prompt if there's no feedback.

He really wants to work in a Games Company - he has that mix of art and computing as well as the ability to articulate in writing - what he does lack is that 'fire in the belly' I had at his age

Unfortunately above any skills, this 'fire' is probably the most important aspect - he's very unlikely to be at a senior level in any of the mentioned skills at his age so the motivation and determination is the selling point to employers. Hopefully he can find it because the blend you describe of creative and technical skills is in fact rather rare and in demand.

I didn't interpret your OP as referring to jobs in Thailand, that's very, very unlikely to happen I'm afraid to say - he's in a far stronger position in the UK for finding work experience.

How about taking the year to work on developing games (or mini applications) himself? Anyone can publish these days, games can be developed for Android and iPhone and the web with the skills he has. Perhaps this may unleash the drive and determination needed to succeed - and if he doesn't find himself running a fledgling mini games house of his own he can use the experience and portfolio items to gain work - in this industry it is all about the portfolio.

There are loads of jobs in IT in the UK (well, in London anyway), it's very vibrant. The 'no web development' bit is likely to be a concern though, particularly given his scenario and the mention of HTML5, CSS3 JavaScript, PHP and Flash - all web technologies.

Demand for HTML5, JavaScript and CSS is extremely high, but using them is web development so...

Anyway - Gamesys, Playfish, EA, King.com all look for the skills you mention, are Gaming centric, probably also have hybrid creative openings, are always hiring and may consider someone on a year out.

Let us as the question ----

What can a non degree qualified "Graphic Designer" expect to earn via the internet ? ----800.000 pa( The amount a retiree has to show) or 400,000 pa, the amount a man married to a Thai has to show for an extension of stay ?

Four to six times the higher number if they are busy enough, going rate for a contract designer in the UK is £300 a day and it's possible to wrangle remote terms at the same rate if you have enough demonstrable experience.

The rate for design (and development in fact) is obtainable purely upon portfolio and testimonials, clients are interested in examples not paperwork. Freelancing by it's nature means it's difficult to fill every day, every week, all year long, and it is harder still for a purely remote worker, however B800k is pretty easy if you have a couple of regular clients - 80 days at £200 does it.

Eva, hands down

You could create a private torrent - http://www.guidingtech.com/18861/share-files-any-size-online-utorrent-private/

They (Nok) do this all the time, I finally got a refund expedited by continually hassling them on their public Facebook pages for 2 months.. not a lot of fun!

Vanilla Forums is nice software (and free), and the new kid on the block Moot looks awesome.

I grew up in a very 'White' town just outside of London.

You must be old. Even I cannot remember back that far.

You've not spent much time in Newbury or Basingstoke then - lucky you! Spent some time there in the mid 2000s and it felt like entering a timewarp

If the dividend income from overseas has already been taxed by that jurisdiction which has a double taxation treaty with Thailand, it would not be liable to Thai tax even if remitted to Thailand within 12 months of arising. But why would you want to go through all this hassle? Just have the dividends paid into an account offshore and remit them to your account in the LoS as and when you need them with no questions asked since it is a transfer from your own account. Use the 400k lump sum for visa purposes, as suggested by others. Problem solved.

This certainly seems like the best approach, I was considering bringing a portion direct in order to obtain tax history in Thailand but it seems like this has no real benefit anyway without a work permit - I'll most likely be taking the route suggested.

There is a further question I have, we may want to obtain a mortgage in the next year or two (I'm perfectly happy to put it wholly in her name rather than jump through hoops, 30 year leases etc - end of the day may as well have an asset than rent whatever happens in the future)

At present my wife is not working, but theoretically she could be employed directly by an offshore company and have her salary paid and taxed in Thailand, alternatively she could start a business here (no shares held by me) and invoice the offshore company monthly and pay herself a salary from a Thai co - does anybody do something similar and can anyone recommend a good approach? Further to this what sort of salary would be necessary for a sole earner to obtain a mortgage on a 4.5 - 5m property with 25% deposit?

Crossy's solution would work well but you could get away with only one non dd-wrt router if you

1 - connect your mac to wifi
2 - set up a vpn on the mac (system preferences, network, + button in bottom left, vpn, then enter vpn details - strongvpn works well, check it actually is set up correctly and connect to it before proceeding, i recommend selecting the option to 'show vpn status in menu bar' since it makes it easier to see if it drops)
3 - connect a cheap cable wifi router to your ethernet port and share the vpn connection (NOT the wifi connection) with ethernet. (system preferences, sharing, internet sharing, from vpn to ethernet)

The router would then pick up the already vpn'd connection and could share that out to other devices on your own wifi network. Router would need a small amount of config to add a wireless name and authentication etc

Another solution would potentially be a second usb wireless device, then share the vpn connection with that - same principal as sharing with ethernet

I don't believe it is possible to use the same wireless device to connect and share on a mac

Nice bloke

With income declared and taxed in Thailand, there should be no need for an embassy letter. (I mentioned it to advise you of taxation options). That the company is not based in your home country doesn't matter. An Australian having income from the UK still goes to the Australian embassy and not to the UK embassy.

Thanks for that info Is there any other known benefit beside simplified visa extensions to having tax receipts but no WP - I was thinking about buying a car in my name with finance but I suspect that would require WP anyway so the 400k does make sense if there is nothing else that monthly taxed income without WP could aid

In general you are only liable for Thai tax on offshore income if you bring it in to the country in the Thai tax year ( same as calendar year jan to dec) in which it was earned. So in the situation you describe if you receive a dividend offshore in say December 2013 and hold it offshore for a month and bring it in in jan 2014 then there should be no Thai tax liability . So in effect it does not need to be offshore for a year just .so long as you don't bring it in in the same year.

Wow even better than I thought - cheers for the heads up! Going by the letter of the law, is there any reporting requirement when bringing in money that is exempt from tax?

Does your TV have internet capability built in? You mention that you suspect it would be blocked by the wifi which indicates that it can at least connect - if it has internet capability and can connect to the wifi then it probably supports DLNA. If this is the case then you should be able to broadcast from your laptop to the TV, it's very unlikely this would be blocked.

This is the setup I use, I run Twonky - http://twonky.com/ and once it's running and the laptop and TV are connected to the same wifi network, I can just browse the shared files on the TV, whoever runs the wifi would have to have specifically gone in to block the functionality to prevent it. Certainly worth a try

This is only going to work for stuff you download though, it won't give you access to iPlayer etc

For receiving money no work permit is necessary.

Regarding the money, you must pay taxes and the tax forms can be used to proof your income. But income can also come from outside Thailand, in which case you need to provide a letter from your embassy confirming your income. The income does not have to be earned in Thailand or being received here.

For 400,000 baht in a bank account in Thailand for 2 months, you only show your bank book and a letter from the bank (standard letter that each bank has). You do not have to proof that the money comes from outside of Thailand.

Thanks for the input, appreciated!

In this scenario, since the 50k income would be declared in Thailand and taxed here would this remove the need for a letter from an embassy? In my case the company is not based in my home country either, so not sure whether my embassy could issue confirmation.

Also if anybody knows the answer to the second part of my question (zero tax due on income remitted to Thailand one year after being paid to an offshore personal account) it would be great to get some confirmation and advice on whether it must be declared as zero-rated when it is remitted to Thailand.

Hi, I wonder if someone can confirm my understanding regarding taxation of offshore dividend income

If a non Immigrant O visa holder is a shareholder of an offshore company and receives dividends of 50k a month paid to a personal account in Thailand, is it correct that a Work Permit is unnecessary but they can declare this dividend income, pay tax / receive paperwork for it and use it to qualify for Non Imm O visa extensions on the basis of 40k a month income (or 400k in a Thai bank)? If so what would be the process to follow to declare this income?

Furthermore, if they were to maintain an offshore personal account in a third jurisdiction and hold further dividends there for a year, is my thinking correct in that after 1 year passes they would then be able to bring this in to Thailand tax free regardless of the sum? If so is there any process that needs to be followed?

We found our place in Trang via trangzone.com - all Thai language but perhaps your GF can take a look there

Did the op attend the cremation?I find it very hard to believe the gf stayed on for the trip after her grandmother passed away!

Will never happen in a good family in Thailand or anywhere else in the world.

Has her friend also been an exchange student?

Sorry for being so distrustful ,must have been here too long?

My wife's grandmother was cremated months after her death - seems that this is the traditional style, at least according to this website - http://www.catandnat.com/pages/content/thai-funerals-checklist#.UWRS6asd5Gg

The body is traditionally kept for another 50 days or more before cremation but this practice is dying out. Prayers are usually chanted every 50 days until the body is cremated.

Difficult to say, but so long as you can connect to the modem (ie, it gives you an ip address but the internet is unresponsive) you can probably save yourself a walk by rebooting through the admin panel - usually at 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254. It also might give you more granular information regarding the problem, look for a button that says 'renew lease' or similar, probably on some kind of status page. If you can't find it let me know the model of the router and there's probably a guide somewhere.

Ah thanks, sorry I missed the company name before. they are the service that cost you 6000TBH scanning fee? We will only be shipping about 5 box,s now and not bothering with my TV as I have ditched the box so nothing safe to transport in. Hopefully we wont incur such a harsh fee slapped ontop.

Customs itself leveraged the scan fee (which was 15,000 on a declared value of 150,000)- this charge is not related to the shipper at all. To be honest, I believe that unless you are extremely lucky (and being realistic you're unlikely to be so as a foreigner), unless you are willing to spend countless hours schmoozing and haggling you will be hit with a fee one way or another for around 10 - 30% of the declared value so if you're going ship, I would budget for it. You can treat it as a bonus if it sails through un-levied.

In terms of your TV, certainly in the case of Dynamic International they pack for you and it is done extremely professionally. We shipped numerous fragile items, notably a 60kg single piece glass table, flat screen 3d tv, lots of porcelain. We had one broken lampshade, everything else was spotless.

If it helps at all, my thought process on 'to ship or to sell' was this:

As other posters have mentioned yes you can buy the vast majority of items here, but from what I see it's generally a poor selection and is about 20% higher than in the UK, if you have items you like so much that you are considering shipping them then I suppose you have to weigh up the financial and time impact of firstly selling all the items before you travel (or storing them), and the same factors when researching, locating and purchasing replacements in Thailand. My perspective was that I could sell 3000 worth of stuff for 1500 and around 40 hours total time spent selling, buying equivalent quality replacements would have cost 4200 and 40 hours time.

So to ship:

Shipping = -1500 including insurance for the whole lot

Scan Fee = -300

Time spent sorting = 8 hours

= Total -1800 and 8 hours work

To sell and repurchase

Credit for selling items = 1500

Cost of equivalent replacements = 3600

Time spent sorting = 80 hours

= Total -2100 and 80 hours work

In the extremely unlikely event I found the same items at the same price as in the UK (3000) then this gives

= Total -1500 and 80 hours work

Do yourseld a favor and hust buy new sh*t.

Well I do own possessions which I would like to have me.

I have been recommended Dynamic International by my new employers, does anyone have any experience with them?

Yes, that's who I used as per the review above - they were great

Rwdrwdrwd if you use speedtest.net what speeds you getting with your 13mb package?

Here you go:

Thought I'd pile in, I've always used fixed CAT landlines who had always been excellent but more expensive. Moved to a different province recently and unfortunately the CAT office here don't seem to be as organised as elsewhere, unable to give an installation date beyond 'probably within a month'.

I opened a 3bb account, the 13m package at 900 odd a month, installed within 4 days and it's far better than expected. I like telly and have uk and us vpn accounts, with the standard (not the premier account and just adsl, not fibre-optic) 13m account i can stream netflix, iplayer, torrents etc with no problem - to be honest it's faster for me than CAT was, and cheaper. Highly recommended.

At the end of the day you need a pretty basic wireless cable (not adsl) router with some ethernet ports, Airport Express would really be paying through the nose for a pretty product.

D-link do make them, I had a quick look on invadeit.co.th - there is a D-link dir-600l which does everything you need for under 1000 baht.

D-link are perfectly fine for home use, I have an old dsl-2640t that I bought for around 1500 4 years or so ago and it's still running fine