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Sorry but I can’t handle those as only Thai lawyers can go to court. ????. I will ask my Thai attorneys their opinion on this. ????????

Let me guess. It was not you that wrote this? Which is it? Does the law exist or not? I

It’s relevant because if you qualify as a resident but you don’t have the proper visa, then you will be refused entry. Stays longer than 180 days in a calendar year on a tourist visa and funding your stay with income being brought in from outside the country that is now taxable. If you are on this situation you should get the proper visa to match your residency, such as an LTR visa, Elite visa, or any other non. Immigrant visa you can qualify for.

So which is it, it’s not true or does it depend on the category of income to determine whether it applies or not? Are you even able to get it right? It’s best to move on mate as you won’t win.

Thank god my claims of absolutes are accurate or my law firm’s clients would all be fictional.

We were discussing Thai investments, but this also applies to all income you bring into the country from abroad as per section 41 of the revenue code. If you don’t know because you didn’t read the back discussion, then you should not post an arbitrary comment like this. You are not a lawyer either or you don’t work in a Thai law firm. Therefore, what you say is really not relevant to me anyways. Let me educate you: Under section 41 of the Revenue Code an individual Thai citizen or foreigner who lives in Thailand for one or more periods totaling at least 180 days in any tax (calendar) year is, for tax purposes, deemed a resident of Thailand and subject to tax on all assessable income derived from sources within the country, whether paid within or outside Thailand, and on assessable income derived from foreign sources to the extent that it is brought into Thailand in a year in which income is received. A non-resident individual is subject to tax only on assessable income from Thai sources, regardless of payment location.

Ok so the revenue code in Thailand was written by someone with a mind of his own then? You really are clueless aren’t you ? Under section 41 of the Revenue Code an individual Thai citizen or foreigner who lives in Thailand for one or more periods totaling at least 180 days in any tax (calendar) year is, for tax purposes, deemed a resident of Thailand and subject to tax on all assessable income derived from sources within the country and .…….. continue to read on. Go to read more on your own. God the guys on this site love to argue without any basis. How do you regulars who actually know what you are talking about get on here without losing your mind. It’s like you take all the trolls in the world, lock them up in a large stadium and then force them to sign up for ASEAN Now, then keep them locked up until they troll on here for 1000 days before you let them out.????????????????

Oh my Buddha

If the passenger can’t pay for their own flight the airline that flew the passenger to Thailand is on the hook to pay for your flight back to where they got you.

Lol you really are clueless if you think I’m even affiliated with Siam Legal. Sarcasm must be a new thing in your part of the world. ????????????

As you say my babble above, it’s referring to stays longer than 180 days in one calendar year. Not up to 6 months as you say but beyond that. Think again. Nice try but you can’t win the debate. The issue is the Thai government wants people who want to stay more than 6 months in any give. calendar year to get a proper long term visa. End of story. Maybe that it too difficult for you to understand???? if so, call Siam Legal to help you understand. ????????????

I think you did, as those answers will help you solve your problem for good. Then next time you won’t run into the same issue again. If you live day by day then crack on mate. But if you want to come here and have a more sustainable visa and more comfortable life. Follow the advice I gave. Up to you mate.

It’s not true what you say. There are internal announcements and ministerial regulations that have caused these entry refusals. Implemented by the Ministry of interior together with immigration . It is done off and on to discourage illegal activities. Most foreigners in legal hot water are normally on overstay, have an improper visa in relation to their true intention, or a dodgy ED or volunteer visa. So, in summary, after these announcements and regulations are issued, the officers act on them.

Then you would be a resident of Thailand for tax purposes as you would be living here for more than 180 days in one calendar year. Again then not a tourist but now a resident. Being a resident should mean getting a proper long term visa. Guess you just don’t know about the laws in Thailand do you. This is what the Thai government does not want. Long term tourists and digital nomads without the proper visa. If the people that you describe have all these investments, they would then qualify for the LTR visa right or an investment visa. Hence getting the proper visa to stay long time. Sorry but you are wrong in everything you said. The Thai immigration does not want long term tourists without the proper visas. End of story. Anytime you want to debate about Thai law with me, you better educate yourself more than this before you comment. in summary, don’t use a tourist visa to stay long term. It’s not designed for that and it’s not sustainable like it used to be years ago when you could do unlimited visas, runs, border hops, combined with 30 extensions using agencies every step of the way.

What Brit Tim and others do not know about, as Siam Legal won’t post them for Brit Tim to quote, there are internal memos and Ministerial regulations issued by immigration and the Ministry of Interior that give immigration officers full discretion on allowing people to enter Thailand or not. This will be based on the content of the internal memo or the approved and documented Ministerial regulation after it gets published in the government gazette. The memo is not law and does not get published in the government gazette but Ministerial regulations do. Memos are usually issued to instruct the officers to be more strict on certain things due to a recent issue that has caused problems, such as crimes being committed by the Chinese with dodgy volunteer and ED visas. Immigration was instructed to scrutinize almost everyone entering on those types of visas.

Lol was waiting for one of the guys to point this out. Wow ????????????Hallf of us would be refused entry. ????☹️☹️

Thats fine Tim, but I would never advise anyone to argue laws with a Thai immigration officer while being questioned on entering Thailand. You don’t have access to the ministerial regulations do you ? And being polite and not trying to make the officer lose face goes a long way. You are wrong Tim. Sorry to say this. I’m here much longer than I wanted already. Happy to chat over a beer in bkk or Pattaya.

Even if you are a victim, you can’t do anything about it except what I posted earlier. Simple easy advice is what the guys here want when they post. We are guests in the country and it’s not wise to tee up against any police officer, immigration or otherwise to prove them wrong. Worst advice you can give anyone.

Is this helping the OP Tim. No it’s not. He needs practical advice consolidated into one post. Take care.

The answer is yes they do have full discretion. I’d love to go and find the section of law for you but it’s a holiday and I’m done helping the op, which is what this thread was started for. The OP didn’t start the thread to witness people arguing about sent emails and laws. The op wants to know: 1. Why was he refused entry in simple tens ? 2. What can he do to avoid it? 3. what other visa options are available that are more sustainable? 4. Who can help him if he can’t do it himself ? And that’s what I gave him the answers to in one easy post to understand. The rest should all be in a different thread.

Most only care about this : Why were you refused entry in simple tens ? 2. What can you do to avoid it? 3. what other visa options are available that are more sustainable? 4. Who can help me if I can’t do it myself ?

The embassy does not check this stuff and what you failed to mention was a previous passport. They can’t check your travel history if you change your passport. I’ve told you the embassy does one thing only and that’s make sure the applicant can satisfy the docs required. It’s not their job to screen entry to Thailand. That is for immigration. Would you like your visa processing time to increase to 6 months? Always guys arguing but not giving solutions.

Ok Tim, but the guys don’t care about section this and that. They care about the 4 things I listed above in my previous post.

Sorry but you are wrong. They are not tourists. They are digital nomads. They are still doing some kind of work, remotely. A tourist is a tourist. Plain and simple. They don’t work at all. Period.

That’s because the Thai embassy does not have a record of your travel history to Thailand. They look at want docs are required and if you can provide them they will issue the visa. In theory, a blacklisted individual could get a visa from a Thai embassy and then get refused entry to Thailand. Believe it or not but this happens. Some people don’t realize they are bak listed and actually go though this.