Bvor

thank you.

nepotism and bribes endemic in LOS recruitment "process".

herewith is submission from BDO https://www.bdo.com.au/en-au/insights/tax/submissions/bdo-submission-modernising-individual-tax-residency re the proposed changes. most likely there are others also under consideration before any implementation. cheers

considering the overall tests and not solely the 183 day "rule" can an OAP returning to oz for cumulative 45 days per financial year be ruled a resident? any mention of the proposed changes to tax residency in the 2024 Budget Papers? cheers

me thinks taxi motorcyclist gets too close getting ready for a burst of undertaking causing no helmut cyclist to take slight evasive action ........but alas - all three too close together and jointly responsible. nice of mafia taxi motorcyclist to render assistance.

Royal Thai Police Order (number/year).

even if the 2 visa exempt by air is the "new rule" (refer sandyf post ?) isn't it per calender year which would mean your friend is ok for 2 visa exempt's in 2024? anyways i'm done with visa exempts and will hopefully be granted 60 day tourist e-visa's 4 times a year with 30 day breaks in oz.

is this an official Order of the Royal Thai Police if so can the link be posted?

attachment from MFA website.........validity, enforced regularly and I/O discretion cannot confirm.

interesting re I/O view of onwardticket.com. hope all goes well with the Ed Visa. cheers

what form of air ticket was shown to I/O and why did she not believe it was a valid ticket?

not too many entries according to normal guidelines - just another petulant female I/O. appears this time the throwaway airline ticket and the sameday border hop raised her ire sufficiently to threaten and bully. however, has been stamped in until 9 may which normally can be extended. application of the blacklist threat most unlikely (contradiction of 9 may entry stamp) - not happen IMHO.

disgraceful behaviour that taints the image of decent foreigners. thailand needs to draw a line in the sand re antisocial foreign lawbreakers and expel these types.......no ifs and buts.

thats great, thx for the update. access to global evisa and the reinstated perth thai airways flights sure beats what WA had to put up with since covid closures.

thx for the info. good to see cost was same as pre evisa. please post final outcome as I am considering doing same . i also keep away from jomtien immigration.

which would make the australian evisa single entry tourist visa a lot less than the NZ $300 fee and the "all others" USD $82 fee. lt is what it is i spose. cheers!

given that sydney has replaced the previous $60 tourist visa with the new evisa system it would seem that the 19 January 2023 list of visa fees has been somewhat invalidated. bearing in mind NZ and other countries evisa fee requirements can anyone confirm what sydney/canberra evisa fee requirements is.

according to sydney announcement that consulate will only accept applications from NSW residents. according to canberra announcement its embassy will accept applications from other states and regions but not from NSW residents. both announcements have a 19 March 2024 commencement that "coincidentally" is the same date as New Zealands proposed fee increases...........???? i'm from Perth so the canberra announcement is most welcome albeit overdue.

IMHO is somehow referring to other non evisa applications cos the thai evisa system has its own website and user manual - as stated in the announcement (where applicants need to be registered).

i have a registered evisa account and apparently australia has now been granted evisa eligibility. however when making a trial online application (that acknowledged my eligibility) the system gave a dropdown message that tourist visa single/multiple entries are not available on request .......??????. anyone have any reason for this? i am in thailand now but for application purposes i gave notice my location was in australia. cheers

i see nothing on the MFA website re this new visa fee bizzo as per AN forum..........i wonder why!

visa exempt "policy" changes to herd the western cattle thru the tourist visa gate looks on the cards.

Correct. Countless forum OP's over the years have attested to IO trashing "official rules". The only certainty in TIT is uncertainty.

TIT gov't does hence 90 days visa exempt.

I think 800B is the minimum fine at IO "discretion" but even 2000B no big deal in the circumstances.