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Talk to a LAWYER I am NOT a lawyer. VERY basic rule that I understand: For every foreigner owning or working at a company, 4 ....THAIS.... on payroll full time and taxes being paid. Since company ( in theory ?) would be Thailand (?) based, WHY would you ONLY want foreign workers - does not compute. YOU can own a company even if you do NO work at that company - hummmmm, how does that jive?

Color me stupid but I can NOT understand why any person would come to a FOREIGN country and make a total arse of themselves. MAYBE that they can not hold their liquor? Maybe they hate people in general? I've traveled 14 countries, lived in 3 of the 14, now in TH 12 years and have never been in "trouble" or a fight in any country - so far!!!!

As we all know, translation from one foreign language to English has problems The below sections refer to the TM-30 ONLY and WHO and WHEN to file it. The TM-47 is NOT mentioned I've seen many posted on " I have never...." so read.... Sections 4 & 38 of the Immigration Act. AGAIN, how it is enforced and applied depends on LOCAL IO POLICY.

It all boils down to YOUR LOCAL IMMIGRATION OFFICE POLICY about TM-30's 1st hand knowledge .... Ya gotta live with it.

"""....resubmit a TM30 after returning from an inter province trip prior to submitting their 90 report,...... """ You don't UNLESS you stay at a hotel, guest house or someplace that submits a TM-30

Arrest him, impound the dogs. Animals ( any animal ) that attacks people or other animals should be put down. I've had dogs and cats all my life with no attack animals.

Home visit and questions to neighbors is part of the NORMAL process. LOCAL IO sends to BKK for Non-O marriage approval.

Just about every office has a LOCAL POLICY on ALL the paperwork..period. Many are especially strict on TM-30's as mine is - the TM - 47 is a conformation of the TM-30. Since I live 10 minutes from my IO, psperwork is no problem for me since my daily trip to 7-11 is basically "on the way" - 1 block, 1 soi away. Usually 5 to 10 minutes at either TM office and done - IF going on a Wednesday after 13:30.

Every post office is different. I sent a Android TV Box, IDENTIFIED it as such, to the US with no problems - filled out the US custom form and identified that the package contained the TV Box. Took about 4 weeks to be delivered and was unopened by US Customs. Go figure!

That's 70 x 1000bt bills ( a guess - maybe 140 x 500bt bills...or......) Who carries that amount of money walking around - and a person on a motor bike just pulls up to a RANDOM person ....... Interesting......

Most do not know that a foreigner ( once registered at the hospital and has the ID card ) can use a THAI MILITARY HOSPITAL. VERY slightly more expensive than Thai civilians hospitals, WAY way way less than a private hospital. Many of the MILITARY Dr's are US or UK trained - English not a problem. You pay the same cost as Thai's. I do NOT know if they accept children ( I've seen kids at mine ) or insurance, I'm too old for both.

House Master is the person in control ( rents / owns ) of the house AND can also be a Tenant. Both can do a TM-30. Make sure you have a rental / lease agreement to qualify. An original TM-30 should have been done by owner / landlord. You are updating. ******** AS USUAL, IT all depends on LOCAL OFFICE POLICY on paperwork. ******** I do TM-30's myself as House Master ( most common ) 5 this extension year so far.

Almost EVERY IO has a LOCAL POLICY on TM-30's - same with the paperwork required to renew your new "extensions of stay" and paperwork for other things. One Brit I knew did his 90 day on the last day, last minute, the officer told him he needed to prove his address with his lease ( same address for 12 years ) to get his 90 day approved and sent him packing. Next day my friend returned with lease AND the landlord who raised holly hell with a supervisor, no fine and 90 day paperwork "fixed"

"""In the 3 years of having retirement visa (you probably do NOT have a retirement "visa", you probably have a "extension of stay" based on retirement ) I have never filed a TM 30 after....""" It all depends on LOCAL OFFICE POLICY. KORAT requires a NEW TM-30 EVEN returning to same address if you leave the country - 1st hand knowledge!

Monk with a car is nothing. I remember reading about a monk that has a private JET.

ANOTHER person saying ZERO BENEFITS????? You must be living in the wrong part of Th. ZERO Benefits? LOW rent, LOW Inflation, LOW medical costs, LOW transportation costs, LOW utility costs.......... Breathing smog, move to the country - farm lands area. Eating slop? ( I'm a Yank, wife is Thai ) OUR Breakfast today: Sausage, eggs, hash browns, toast, coffee. OUR lunch today: Meatloaf ( baked yesterday - kept in fridge after cooling ), string beans, mashed potatoes and gravy, salad - cooked the meatloaf in my oven, the wife rewarmed, the veggies were fresh from the FARMERS market yesterday, with home made gravy, coffee, strawberry's ( bought yesterday at a farm ) for desert. Oh, we do for food courts several times a month - if that's what you call slop.

Why would I want to pay taxes in Thailand when: 1) I live in a 2BR HOUSE with yard in a gated community paying $1,536USD a year when I can live in my old USA 1BR APARTMENT and pay $10,200USD A YEAR.. 2) Pay an electric bill of $45.00USD ( average ) a month when I can pay a electric bill of $150.00+USD a month in the USA... 3) Pay a mobile bill of $18.00USD a month when I can pay $68.00USD monthly in the USA for the same service... Pay a TV CABLE / WiFi bill of $18.00USD when I can pay $140.00USD monthly in the USA.... 4) Inflation of around 1% a year when in the USA 20%+ in the past 4 years 5) Take a taxi 20 minutes to town paying $6.00 ROUND TRIP, when I can take a 8 minute ONE WAY taxi ride in the US for $8.00. And people say Thailand has NOTHING to offer to them? WAKE UP !!!

and not ABILITY or education ( don't give me the bs someone can't afford higher education - I worked 2 PT jobs to pay for my education ) is insanity. When I owned a store, I joined / sponsered the intern program of a local high school. The kids were MOTIVATED to learn, I had 1 boy and 2 girls as interns. Color or religion was of no concern to me - motivation / ability was the factor.

Many businesses, especially international ones, give monthly BONUS pay based on their degree of English language skill. Many females go to school so they get the monthly bonus

""" Would it be safe to assume for a single guy it could be 7000-8000 per/mo? Does that include beer bought at Big Cunge? """ When I was single, probably spent more ( because no REAL cooking at "home" ) also don't drink - maybe 3 drinks in 5 years

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION is the key to good ( peaceful ) living space Pattaya Bangkok and LARGE cities are no longer on our list of places to live - do visit occasionally - we have property in BKK and her home village. KORAT fits the bill, rather 20 minutes outside of "downtown" Korat is my LOCATION. 4 MAJOR stores within 10 minutes, immigration 15 minutes, natural ( free ) fishing lake 2 minutes, 2 mom & pop stores 3 to 6 minutes, 7-11 is 10 minutes. My Thai bank ATM's in the major stores. Public transportation is decent, taxi fare reasonable for monthly trip to do banking downtown - by choice, a smaller branch is 11 minutes away. Renting a 2BR house with indoor kitchen, fenced yard in gated THAI upper class community 4,500bt a month - great neighbors and friendly female soi dog & 3 cats. Fiber cable and TV box ( 5G ), electric, water and garbage collection, averages under 5,000bt a month. 15,000bt food cost because we eat both Thai and Western food.

I ended up with a EMERGENCY US PP to get my extension renewed. 3 days later my 10 year PP came back from the US Took both PP's to IMMIGRATION, stamps transfered with no problems

MEDICAL Rule # 1 REGISTER at a your local hospital if staying long term. Suggestion: have a basic physical done after you register if you HAVE / forsee medical problems so the hospital already has a basic file on you. I use a Thai MILITARY Hospital, ( ARMY in KORAT ) many MILITARY doctors were trained in US or UK and no language problems. Slightly more cost than civilian hospitals, WAY, way, way less than private hospitals - your cost is SAME as Thai civilians using the military hospital. I do NOT know if children or health insurance is accepted, I'm too old for both.

Living here 12 years, it seems to get worse year after year. It amazes me how someone would go to a foreign ( country OTHER than theirs ) and act like a total arse!!! I vote to deport him and ban 5 years - although it happened IN Pattaya ...... Hummmm

Used my Krungsri DEBIT card in USA 1 year ago, in September, at my US bank, for cash with no problems.