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Hi, this is an "idiot" question from me on the same subject. I will be in Phuket for a month Nov - Dec visiting friends. I usually use my ATM card (regularly over a 5.5 year period when I lived on the island). Do I have to bring the equivalent in sterling with me, approx £500, as my Thai bank account has been closed, or what. I find this a little confusing. Entering Thailand via Hong Kong only staying 30 days.
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OK. I will complete the TM30 on arrival and this will be in my passport so I am legal. Let the Hotel tell them I am there when I check in and give me my new(?) TM30 for my passport. Having lived in Phuket for 5.5 years til 2016 I know how Immigration works there. What's the worst they can do to me? They will know where I am when I arrive and then when I move. Do they want tourists to visit or not? I think not but then there would be no reason for Immigration and no jobs for the officers.
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So, when I arrive in Phuket later this year I will be staying with a friend in their rented home, for 4 days before moving to an hotel. Do I have to get a copy of their TM30 and register at Immigration? I thought the TM30 was the document the landlord had to submit to ensure he/she is paying tax on the income. I will have registered the address with immigration on arrival and the hotel will do the same after I check in.
A number of tourists who go island hopping off Phuket plus Divers who do liveaboards are going to spend a large percentage of their holiday at Immigration in Phuket especially during high season. What fun.
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Well all the responses and advice you have received appear to be from men so here is some from a woman.
Rent do not buy. Chanotes (leases) last 30 years x 3 so you never own the land, only a Thai can own land. As the lads have stated everything will be 51% owned by the Thai and in a court case the Thai will win.
Having lived in Thailand myself I have met just one Brit married to a Thai who is really happy, they set down rules before they wed and it works. She has two boys and works like a trojan. He is retired. They rent a very nice house in Phuket and have a good life together. However he has a rental place in the UK. You do need somewhere in case anything goes wrong and if you sell you will never afford to buy again and will be left trying to live on a govt pension.
Medical treatment is expensive unless you go to a govt hospital so insurance at your age is a must. You are only going to get older.
You have to learn the language.
Doing nothing all day is both boring and can become expensive. How many expats do you see sitting in a bar all day spending money. Drinking is not a cheap habit even in Thailand.
Try and eat locally sourced food, imported foods are expensive.
Cars are expensive but safer than motorbikes. You can buy a reasonably good secondhand one but prices are much higher than in the UK.
Unfortunately the gf will be thinking of her future and her children's. She will be thinking of her family. You will be near the bottom of the list whatever she tells you.
As someone else has said you would think hard if the situation was presented to you in the UK so why oh why jump in with both feet in a country you don't know or understand where you don't know the language and the law is not on your side. Each year you renew your visa you will need to show £10,000 in the bank.
Finally, constant sunshine can be very boring and she will always have her family behind her, yours will be back in the UK
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Bringing cheese into LOS
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Just remember if you are travelling through the Middle East or anywhere where the luggage could sit on the ground for a while it will heat up. Did this once with a whole plate sized Camembert, when you couldn't buy cheese easily in BKK (1985). Wrapped in a duvet inside a suitcase but sat on the ground in Doha for two hours. Took my friend months to get the smell out of the duvet but the cheese was ripe!
Also there is a limit on the amount of cheese you can take in to the LOS.
Keep it in the fridge, wrap it in a cool bag and then make it the last thing you pack. Should be fine. Done it many times.
You can buy kilo blocks of New Zealand cheddar in Macro, if you are close to one in Thailand. Almost as good as the real cheese and not so 'plastic' as some.