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I had the same problem with DTAC.

Delete the internet APN (Access Point Name) under your "Mobile Networks" settings.

Without an APN mobile internet traffic is impossible.

When you need it again, you can get it back by resetting your APN's.

25 minutes ago, zydeco said:

And THAT is the point. All these letters are being stopped because they cannot be verified.

17 minutes ago, robblok said:

We will see if its not going to cut it.. with the Dutch they ask for documents of the tax office.. that is a HUGE difference and almost impossible to fake. Anyway.. lets wait and see. 

The Dutch embassy actually can verify the documents by contacting the tax office.

see https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/documenten/publicaties/2017/05/11/qa-visumondersteuningsbrief

I would advise to get a new passport asap.

Normal waiting time is 5 days, but you can get it within one working day if you pay more (assuming you are Dutch and have a registered address in Holland).

If you still have a week in Holland you also have ample time to get a tourist visa in your new passport.

Alright, first let me explain English is not my native language. So if I misinterpret residency, please don't blame me. I guess I had better say I unregistered from the municipality I live in. I still keep my Dutch passport of course, but as of 11 July I will be officially homeless. In my country we say dak- en thuisloos, which translates loosely to 'roof- and homeless'. That's slightly better sounding than straight up saying 'homeless', right?

Anyway, forget semantics. I will live in Thailand and my home address there is yet to be determined, but it's somewhere in the "City of Beauty & Harmony" as my T-shirt calls it.

Ok, so you have a Dutch passport, which means you have residency in Holland (even if you do not have an apartment or house).

As for an address, do you have relatives, brother/sister/parents in Holland whose address you could use if needed? That's what I do. I am Canadian, but have no actual residence there, so I use my sister's address when needed. To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever checked.

Nationality and residency are completely different things.

If you move from Holland for a period more than 8 months, you have to unregister by law.

This has effects not only on taxes. but on many government related issues, like rights on healthcare, benefits, welfare, old-age pension etc).

Also many companies (a.o. some banks and insurances) don't extend their services anymore if you live abroad.

You can only do your report to the office where you got your extension of stay.

Hi Ubonjoe. I value your contributions always very much (usually spot-on and 100% correct), but here I have a little doubt.

Maybe this applies only to mailed-in reports?

My experience with reporting in person is that you can do it at any place where you happen to stay.

Last year I got my extension from Chaengwattana, but reported in Chiang Rai, Khorat and Imperial Ladprao BKK.

The last one can be observed as a sub-office of CW, so that would still be in accordance with your statement.

Can't vote......Not enough options.

Indeed, none of the presented options are relevant to me.

Cost of living and climate are the only ones for me.

Extremely high taxes, high rents and dreadful wheather in my northern European home-country.

I hope that compulsory insurance is not the only cover you have for you and your motorcycle as it covers almost nothing. The most dangerous thing that about any of us do every day is drive a motorcycle here in Thailand and I would certainly advise getting that risk covered and covered well. The very first class insurance cover that I have cost about 2,500 Bt a year.

Cheers!

I agree. Just a bit surprised about the price you pay for a first class insurance. I was quoted over 3000 Bt 2 weeks ago for a 3rd class (didn't take it yet).

Not sure if you can show the company on this forum, otherwise I would very much appreciate if you could pm me the company details.

Was at CW 2 days ago for retirement extension, residence certificates and reentry permit.

I got there at around 9 am and left at 4 pm.

The bankletter and bankbook update I prepared one day before, however the immigration officer required another book update on the day of the extension.

Seems they don't trust you for even a single day, although my balance has been well over the required amount for more than 1.5 years.

 

Since you're legally considered a resident if you stay in Thailand for more than 180 days in 1 year.. Doesn't this solve the tourist vs non-tourist debate?

 

If you can provide a link and/or any official proof at all, it certainly would end the debate.     

 

 

All I could find was the following, which is about permanenet residency, and requires a consequitve stay of 3 years: http://www.thaivisa.com/residence-permit-thailand.html

 

 

As for the "certificate or residency," it isn't necessary to spend +180 days in the country to receive one.  Tourists, within a week of arrival, could attain such a certificate to purchase condos.  

 

“Resident” means any person residing in Thailand for a period or periods aggregating more than 180 days in any tax (calendar) year.

from http://www.rd.go.th/publish/6045.0.html

Getting the wife and certainly any children you have with her ,citizenship to your home country is a must. My wife is on her way to becoming a citizen of Australia, about 2 years to go. This way they both have the best of 2 worlds.

I agree. Unfortunately I cannot even get her into my home-country (visas refused for 12 years).

My wife is well off financially if I come to pass away (company pension for life and investments and savings), but getting access to that will be troublesome as most of it comes from abroad.

There's nobody I trust enough to handle it for her in my home-country.

Meanwhile I put a couple of condos in her name, she can rent out and a buffer in her bank-account, so she can survive while the access to the money abroad is being "arranged".

If you need a change of beer scenery, check out www.wishbeer.com. They have over 200 reasonably priced beers in stock and deliver anywhere in Thailand.

Good site. You might also want to check www.brewbkk.com.

My favorite is Bitburger, but I think Singha is not too bad either.

It could well be a problem. Since it would appear to them that you are not truly living together as husband and wife. Normally immigration does contact you to inform you when they plan on visiting. You wife also has to be at immigration with you when you apply for the extension to do a statement.

It appears to me that best option might be for you to apply where your wife is living and working.

Thanks Ubonjoe.

With adequate advance notice by immigration we could arrange it.

Your second suggestion would not help much in our case, because she´s on the road most of the time between 7am and 11pm and only comes home to sleep.

Immigration will probably not visit at night time.

I guess with enough explanation of our situation, it will not be a big issue.

For extension of stay police order 777/2551, section 2.18 states.

In the case of a spouse, the marital relationship shall be dejure (legitimate) and de facto;

That means living together, that's why Immigrations do house visits to see that your are living together as man and wife.

As for getting an visa from a consulate abroad, it only states visiting wife or children.

I´m thinking of changing my extension of stay based on retirement to based on marriage allowing me to work here.

We own a condo in Bangkok, but my wife is working in another city and also has a condo in that city.

To avoid travel, she stays most of the time there.

Most of her possessions are in the condo in Bangkok. She comes back to Bangkok on average 2 times a month for 1 day.

When immigration would show up, chances are very high she is not present.

Would that be a problem?

Bought a brand new high-tech washing machine, which she indicated as a must-have.

We have it for over a year now, yet she has never used it.

Always hand washes with cold water and lots of detergents.

Crazy in my opinion, but I don´t argue, since she does the washing.

The same applies to our induction cooking plate and vacuum cleaner. She never uses them.

Also she doesn´t want the packing plastic sticky foils taken off of anything to preserve the ¨new¨ impression.

Allan,

Sitting upright with a straight bike on a bike is the general cause of back pain because of the vertical load on the spine. It is quite common for riders of "large cruisers" . Leaning forward on a sport bike with a slight curve of the spine is , counter intuitively, for the back a much better position as the spine can flex and absorb any shock.

But you know your body better than we so if feels more comfortable.

Sorry about the arthritis is that something Glucosamine Sulphate would help?

I can absolutely confirm this (after 40 years of motorbike experience). Always got backpain after using a touring bike; on a sportsbike never a problem.

I drove the big bikes in Europe, but here in BKK I use a Honda CBR150 (new type). With a little over 6 foot length, it gives me enough forward lean to avoid pain.

The answer is yes , working , possession of a Wp and paying taxes on earned income are all required.

Suggest you look at that double-taxation prevention treaty again and claim back all that tax paid into the Thai coffers !

Just as a matter of interest which country has this agreement that allows Thailand to raise taxes on income which is derived from without the country.

Thanks for the info.

I had my situation checked by an independent tax consultant and confirmed by the revenue office in Holland.

E.g. for pensions and annuities, the following line from the treaty is relevant for my case:

¨pensions and other similar remuneration paid in consideration of past employment to a resident of one of the States and any annuity paid to such a resident, shall be taxable only in that States¨.

Residency in this line is to be interpreted as tax residency. For Thailand you become tax resident if you live more than 6 months (in a given tax year) in the country.

Sorry for getting off-topic with this tax issue in this thread.

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Citizenship has the same requirements as PR you still have to be working to get it....

Is it really necessary to have a work-permit and labour in Thailand to apply for citizenship? I pay taxes on my world-income here (pension and investment income from abroad).

I´m currently on a retirement extension. Also married with a Thai for 12 years.

How much of that tax is paid to the Thai Government ?

Sounds as if the tax is paid within your country of origin .

The double-taxation prevention treaty allows Thailand to raise taxes on 100% of my current income categories. Home-country 0%.

From age 67 onwards I will get an additional government pension. Only that part will be taxed in the home-country, not in Thailand. All well described in the treaty.

Still no answer to my question. Is labour and WP required for citizenship application or just paying taxes here?

Citizenship has the same requirements as PR you still have to be working to get it....

Is it really necessary to have a work-permit and labour in Thailand to apply for citizenship? I pay taxes on my world-income here (pension and investment income from abroad).

I´m currently on a retirement extension. Also married with a Thai for 12 years.

Thanks 7by7 for making it clear.

Holland has exceptionally strict immigration ruling.
The strangest thing about this is that foreigners have more rights than the nationals of a country, quite the opposite from Thailand.

I actually considered moving to a neighbour country when I was nearing 50, but leaving a solid hi-paid job at that age is not easily done.
Now approaching 60 and much more financially secure, I took the leap and moved to Thailand.

I'm a Dutch national.

Don´t know about other Schengen states, but my attempts to get a Schengen Visa for my Thai wife have been unsuccesfull for the past 10 years.

The refusals were always argumented by the high risk of illegal stay after the visits (officially called ¨residence danger¨).

I got fed up with it and moved to Thailand this year.

What if you just stay with a friend who ownes the place (no lease contract).

Would a copy of his/hers house book and id suffice as proof of address?

My problem is just never getting an OTP sms-ed. I´ve had the account since april.

Moving money in from abroad was very easy and it worked out fine to get a 1 year visa extension.

About 2 months ago I registered my Thai phone-number at my local branch in BKK, but never got an OTP-SMS on it.

I emailed Kasikorn about it and also contacted the call-center, but sofar no result.

Uh - 49% tax - where in Europe is that paid and by whom ?

Current top rate of income tax in UK is 45% (reduced from 50% a couple of years back). Add on National Insurance and the loss of benefits and allowances as your salary climbs, and you can easily give away half your salary to the taxman every month. Then you can add on the tax take if you have a company provided car and fuel card etc, oh, and not to mention 20% VAT and a green levy on your fuel bills.

And you can always look at what President Hollande would have you pay in France - he has promised 75% as a top rate of income tax.

Holland has 52% top rate, which already starts at about 55000 euro gross income. Depending on the tax-treaty of your income country with Thailand, there can be a huge fiscal benefit living here.

I´m just wondering about the validity abroad of an Amphur-registered will.

When I wanted to sell my house in my home-country, the transferring notary insisted on a notarized power-of-attorney document by an authorized Thai lawyer (to be signed by my wife).

Likewise to obtain a declaration of inheritance the notary will probably only accept valid notarized wills.

This is not uncommon in the west either. People used to come and go as they please there as well.

I´m talking about the south of Holland. The backdoor was always open. We called it ¨zoete inval¨, literally ¨sweet invasion¨.

Here in Thailand even in BKK lots of friends of my wife have the key to our apartment.

I´ve no problem with it at all, since I grew up with a lack of privacy.