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Just to chime in here and wonder, an alternative is to prove you have held 400k+ in a thai bank account for over 3 months? 

I'm aware there are a thousand shops that will copy/print stuff for you. Are there any shops/places where I can print and scan stuff myself? Around tukcom?

Ridiculous but I have to print about 50 confidential pages, sign and scan them again. I rather not email them to some small shop owner.

I'm aware there are plenty tools to scan with your phone but with this amount of pages it'll be a mess. 

Thanks 

On 1/28/2020 at 6:56 PM, rhodie said:

Otherwise you can get an agent to do it. Going rate is 500 baht so only an extra 200. There is an agent opposite the Post Office in Soi 13/2 that are reasonable.

Can you elaborate on where it is, who does them for 500 baht? I've been in in soi post office today and there are 4 companies in the close proximity of "opposite of the post office" that look like they do visa stuff, I went into 2 of them, one wanted 3000 baht and one "no can do". The 2 other ones were closed so I'll go back on Monday I guess..

Bumping this. I'm on ED visa and needed one to open bank account. I went to 3 banks and all told me I need a residence certificate.

So I went to immigration, completed everything and queued just to tell me I need to have letter from bank and sent me away. 

I'll try to explain this to the next bank branch I go but as my experience is they won't know what to do. 

Perhaps I'll just put driver license on the residence certificate request form, do they ask for any additional documents in that case? 

1 minute ago, Max69xl said:

Of course you can apply for a new passport at your embassy in BKK when your old one expires. How do you think german expats do it? 

I thought being on a non-immigrant visa and tourist visa would make a difference, but OK, that's cleared up then. 

5 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

It is a great program. Why not try the 5 year deal first? I pay USA taxes and social security payments and sure it is different issues from Germany but not having a US physical address CAN be an issue for people, even retirees due to stupid investment and banking laws. Online work is a grey area. Keep on the down low no problems. You only bring in to Thailand funds earned in the previous year. My only Thai income is on Thai Bank account interest, and you can claim that that back up to a limit once you have a  tax id number which is easy to get. 

Thanks for your reply. My local bank told me I can keep my bank account as long as I keep them up to date with address changes.  By now we have many fin-tech online banks that make life a lot easier so banking is not much of a concern for me. I also have a Thai bank account with some funds already.

I read that before that online work is a grey area as all income is generated outside of Thailand.

In Europe (at least in Germany) I am not allowed to keep my primary residence here if I am not actually staying here, which results also me not having to pay my income tax here.

Another concern is my Passport, if it were to expire, can I just get a new one at the Embassy in Bangkok despite it not being an emergency?

I am still unsure about whether I should try the 5 year one first, considered the amount saved if going straight for the 20 year one. That's something I need a few nights of sleep over before deciding ????

Hello,

I am 25, originally from and currently in Germany, however have spent 80% of the last 2 years in Thailand using tourist visas. Since I rather not get married anytime soon, don't want to bother with ED visa and so on, I am considering the 20 year elite visa.

I wish to leave Europe for good, cancel my rental apartment here and live in Thailand, at least for the close foreseeable future. I know that 20 years are a long time and I will probably leave to another country at some point. I wish to leave Germany as my primary residence address and live in Thailand on the elite visa. I have enough savings, investment returns and online job possibilities. After all, if things go down the drain I can always return to Germany in X years. Now the issue that arises is that the elite visa is a tourist visa if I know correctly, and I would not be allowed to work on it legally. (not online either!?)

My question in short, is anyone here living in Thailand using the Elite Visa and not having any primary residence in another country? If so, did this get you in trouble at any point? Would that make me theoretically a "homeless" nomad and live as a tourist for 20 years? How would I pay tax on my capital gains and co if I live on a tourist visa!?