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6 hours ago, dentonian said:

 

Agree with what your saying, but the OP hasn't stated he has such an income from investments or private pension.

Only stated he had sizeable assets. ($$$$$$)

Hopefully his sizeable assets are earning some income rather than just lazing around in a bank account somewhere.

6 hours ago, dentonian said:

 

The OP stated he would actually cease working if retiring in Thailand, so the income method wouldn't be an option.

He would need to deposit 800,000THB in a Thai bank as financial proof.

Hopefully he would still have an incomeof some sort. Pension? Investments? So if this was over 65k/month he could still use the income method.

15 hours ago, steve187 said:

you do whats best for you, but to say its all because of tm28, what a load of rubbish, most people never complete one, some posters are going overboard with their scaremongering views on the subject.

Agree! It is posters on TV that are putting people off living in Thailand NOT the Thai Government.

I would go for a retirement extension of stay based on income (baht 65k/month) with a multiple entry reentry permit. Given your pattern of travel you will never do a 90 day report.

Try Bangkok Bank Asok branch. They are very foreigner friendly. I opened an account with them on a visa except entry.

Many immigration offices are reasonable and only require you to lodge the TM28 once.

If you do anything related to your overseas employment while you are here keep it quietly to yourself.

Relax and enjoy...

Try providing useful information to OP! 

Another thing to consider as a freelancer working for Thai companies is getting paid.  You will need to provide your  Thai tax registration details.  I am sure many companies will be quite slow to pay with some deciding that since you have little redress (even as a registered Thai company) there is no need to pay you at all.  This happens to Thais running small business completely above board and legit so imagine how exposed you will be if there is anything remotely illegal about the way you are working.

Forget the idea there are just to many issues that are difficult, expensive, impossible to resolve.

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Only if the local immigration office for where you living is one of the few that require it.

Bangkok so I guess Chaeng Wattana?

I fly in and out of Thailand (with correct visa) three or four times a month. When in Thailand I stay in a condo rented by my partner. Do I need to report to immigration every time I arrive in Thailand?

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

So you have been warned but still want to use it 2 times more, 1 in Australia to get out (if they let you because you have been warned) and 1 into Thailand. Get a new passport in Australia now. Btw never got that "normal" wear and tear with over 10 passports.

I was not warned. I was told that the passport was OK but if the wear became worse there would be a problem. Will be taking extra care of it until my departure.

My 65 page passport is nearly full with almost weekly trips.  The wear is from constantly opening the passport not because I am an irresponsible dick-head which is what you seem to be implying.

If anything, I see it as an issue with the poor manufacturing quality of Australian passports.  The chip has never worked properly.  It contrast my other passport seems to be of a higher quality and shows less signs of wear.

Mods.  I think we can close this topic now before it deteriorates into a witch hunt against irresponsible passport holders who are probably also digital nomads and serial over stayers.

10 hours ago, BritTim said:

 

Let us hope that Thai immigration uses the same standard as the Australian authorities on declaring passports damaged. Some immigration officials can be very picky, and will refer you to a supervisor as soon as they notice any minor problem. It could be very inconvenient if you were denied entry because of lacking a valid travel document. It would be better if you could somehow arrange a new passport while back in Australia. It would appear to me worth the Urgent Processing fee for peace of mind, but it is your funeral.

Sorry to disappoint but have been in and out of Thailand on weekly basis using this passport. Also have dual nationality and so have a backup passport but of course cannot use this to enter Oz.

Few places in the world are more picky than Australia. They even call themselves "Border Control" rather than immigration. But I digress...

Overseas fee is less than urgent processing fee.

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

That seems like a strong hint that you should get a new passport. Not sure they could or would impound it but they could possibley stamp it canceled.

After getting a new passport you would use both passports to en

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

That seems like a strong hint that you should get a new passport. Not sure they could or would impound it but they could possibley stamp it canceled.

After getting a new passport you would use both passports to enter Thailand.

 

Yes a new passport is planned when I return to Bangkok.

For those interested, the damage is caused by normal wear and tear and is a slight separation of the laminate from the photo page along the binding.

Currently about 5mm but I was told the passport world be impounded if it reached about 10mm. I would never have noticed this unless pointed out. So the message is that quite minor damage is unacceptable.

The passport is still valid for two years but nearly full.

This is for members info only. Please only reply if you have more detailed and/or useful information.

Australian immigration just told me that if my Australian passport was any more worn they could impound it at point of entry.

Would have left me stranded in Australia and since my Thai visa is in the passport, unable to return to Thailand.

Not sure what would have happened next but a useful warning to check the condition of your passport before traveling to Australia unless you intend to stay.

Would imagine the budget airlines and in particular the new owner of Air Asia world be thrilled to hear the Immigration Department advising not to use Don Muang?

Maybe someone should mention it. Might be more effective than 1111.

I was told by an immigration officer to write "NO VISA" in visa number section of the arrival card if I didn't want to use the visa.

Was quite a few years ago in happier times.

This story is beginning to break internationally and many reports suggest that anyone applying for a visa to visit Thailand will need to fill out them form. In fact, some stories read as if ALL visitors to Thailand will need to fill out the form.

Rightly or wrongly, this will be the inaccurate (verging on sensational) story that is designed to attract people's attention.

Properly managing the release of information to the international media is so important these days. Trying to correct errors and inaccuracies once the genie is out of the bottle is very difficult.

I would classify overstayers as undesirables. There is no excuse for long overstaying. Its very easy to get a 3 month extension if you are sick or ill. Most of them took advantage of the easy visa requirements to live in Thailand and now that the country is trying to come in line with others as far as immigration is concerned they do nothing but complain and insult the immigration department.

They may have Thai wives and children, but that does not give them any special rights. They can get a marriage visa and if they do not have enough funds they should not expect to be able to stay here. I am sure a Thai in similar circumstances would not be able to stay in thier countries.

On the contrary, I personally know Thais in Australia that have been granted Australian citizenship and are living off social security.

This is simply starting a fact, not intended to be Thai-bashing in any shape or form.

I would classify overstayers as undesirables. There is no excuse for long overstaying. Its very easy to get a 3 month extension if you are sick or ill. Most of them took advantage of the easy visa requirements to live in Thailand and now that the country is trying to come in line with others as far as immigration is concerned they do nothing but complain and insult the immigration department.

They may have Thai wives and children, but that does not give them any special rights. They can get a marriage visa and if they do not have enough funds they should not expect to be able to stay here. I am sure a Thai in similar circumstances would not be able to stay in thier countries.

If "by too young" you mean that you're actually aged 49 or under at the present time, she gave you duff advice!

noooooooo im 52 I knew I could go the retirement route at 49 yrs old as they count you as 50 then but dont want to tie up 800k.

Ok seems they are just lazy then yet happy to have us jump thru hoops etc

WOAH! Is that true? 49 is an acceptable age to apply for a retirement extension?? Is there documentation of this?

Thais count ages differently. When you are 49 you are in your 50th year and so age 50. Doubt this would be the official stance but there seems to be so many as-hoc rules that it wouldn't surprise me.

It is 2 days, 12 hours, 25 minutes, 19 seconds

until Sunday, 20 March 2016 (UTC time)

What on earth is the point of quoting minutes and seconds? The countdown is out of date the moment you click on "Add Reply". Even hours will soon be pointless and of course tomorrow the days will be wrong.

A truly useless piece of information to post on a forum.

This is the fourth or fifth time I've heard about this scam from Kasikorn, do you not think that senior management of the bank would be highly pee'd off if they found out the banks reputation was being washed down the karzi so publically and so quickly because of these sort of shenanigans by rogue branches, in no way is it bank policy!

I don't believe they are targetting foreigners in particular - just the naive. No different to banks all around the world

If you do an extension of stay there is no doubt all your passport and other history is stored in the immigration system.

As to whether passports are linked using name and date of birth on entry to Thailand I feel that is not certain. Many people complain on this forum about having their passports incorrectly stamped on entry. Go figure.

No you are wrong. I seen it just the other day and I have 10 years ERP experience. Yes they can look it up but don't there's simple too many tourist to do full check. Under staffed uneducated then if you speak English quickly you lose them. And passports aren't linked. Worst case go apply in different country. No visa link

As someone with significantly more than 10 years IT experience, I consider automatic linking of old and new passports based on full name, nationality and date of birth to be fairly simple, and require no special effort on the part of the immigration official.

It a miss conception that full name and date of birth is a unique identifier. In a large population of English names there will definitely be some duplicates. The situation gets much worse with Chinese, Indian and Muslim names for example.

Many years ago (1970s) this wrong assumption brought the UK's new vehicle licencing system to its knees and is one of the reasons why UK licenses are valid until age 70 with no renewals required.

Yes! I have considerably more than 10 years working in IT.

You are correct up to a point.

The combination of full name, nationality and date of birth is not always (or even overwhelmingly) unique in the country of origin. There will be a large number of individuals in the UK called John Edward Smith, and a few of them will have been born on exactly the same day. Out of the handful that fall into that category, probably zero or one will have visited Thailand. Furthermore, an occasional false match in the immigration computer is not the end of the world.

Most people only visit Thailand once or twice and any invalid match would be irrelevant. If (and this would be very rare) an Englishman called John Edward Smith born January 1, 1970 stayed for a long period in Thailand on tourist visas/visa exempt entries, and a different English John Edward Smith born January 1, 1970 subsequently visited Thailand, this second individual could be flagged and questioned. This would cause some minor inconvenience, but the mistaken identity would be sorted out and the blameless John Edward Smith wished a pleasant stay in Thailand.

With 25 million visits a year - do we limit how far back we attempt to match or are we happy to process 250 million entries to get our match since a passport lasts for 10 years.

Also not all entries are from the UK. Does your argument still hold for Rahul Patel or Imad bin Id? Or do we only target western names?

Don't want to side track the thread but feel the need to respond to potentially inaccurate advice given to OP.

Has anyone on this forum ever had an old passport matched to a new one? Let's hear some concrete evidence.

Get a new passport. Systems cannot track it and its too much effort for them

Wrong !

The immigration computers will link "old" visa history with a new passport .

No you are wrong. I seen it just the other day and I have 10 years ERP experience. Yes they can look it up but don't there's simple too many tourist to do full check. Under staffed uneducated then if you speak English quickly you lose them. And passports aren't linked. Worst case go apply in different country. No visa link

As someone with significantly more than 10 years IT experience, I consider automatic linking of old and new passports based on full name, nationality and date of birth to be fairly simple, and require no special effort on the part of the immigration official.

It a miss conception that full name and date of birth is a unique identifier. In a large population of English names there will definitely be some duplicates. The situation gets much worse with Chinese, Indian and Muslim names for example.

Many years ago (1970s) this wrong assumption brought the UK's new vehicle licencing system to its knees and is one of the reasons why UK licenses are valid until age 70 with no renewals required.

Yes! I have considerably more than 10 years working in IT.

Posts such as this remind me of the Monty Python argument sketch.

A man walks into an office and says "Ah. I'd like to have an argument, please."

No it doesn't

Yes it does

Posts such as this remind me of the Monty Python argument sketch.

A man walks into an office and says "Ah. I'd like to have an argument, please."

No it doesn't