Badger18

Well the app says it's quicker but I am imagining getting stuck behind a slow moving ve-hicle or something. I just have no sense of how major/minor these roads are and the shorter route looks very minor on the map. I don't know either route. I haven't really driven much in Thailand. In fact I haven't driven much at all since about 2010 when I sold my last car. That's probably why I don't trust the app... I was just thinking of stopping for lunch but I could make it a few hours or overnight if there's somewhere worth seeing. Somewhere around Loei would make sense but I've seen Loei itself before.

I'm planning to drive from Uttaradit to Nong Khai. The route planner is sending me down Highway 11 but only for about 20 miles, at which point it turns off and takes 4-digit highways through Loei and Nong Bua Lam Phu to Udon Thani. The alternative would be to stay on Highway 11 as far as Phitsanulok and then pick up H12 to Khon Kaen, from where H2 takes you through Udon and almost to Nong Khai. This route is shown as being about an hour longer but the roads look much bigger. It looks like the 4-digit highways have only one lane, so am I better off taking the longer route so I can stay on better roads?

Yeah it's not great news but if he has been in the country more or less continously since March 2023 it's not that worrying either. It just shows there's a limit even at CNX. OP, I think another TV would just be a temporary reprieve, so if you're wanting to stay more than another 90 days you're much better off with a DTV.

Yes. As I say I have no idea how it works in Indonesia. For Thailand you would probably get away with that visa exempt year in year out. You might want to consider staying out for a bit longer and/or getting a visa for the second entry, but the risk is small. Two months in two months out two months in then the same the following year is totally doable. But different country, different attitude. Do you have any advice on how long I would need to stay out before returning?

I have a feel for where the line is on Thai tourist visas but no idea about Indonesia. If I were to enter via CGK in February, extend the VOA, leave just before the 60 days was up then re-enter a month later, would I be asking for trouble? Is it realistic to do that year in year out? (The second trip would also be for about 60 days, assuming they let me extend.)

I have a similar pattern of maybe 5 months a year in Thailand. Out of interest, why do you do 3xVE when you could do 2xTV and only leave the country once? Because you can't be sure they'd give you the second TV?

Does your English will say it only covers your UK assets? If not you are potentially creating a headache for your English executor. They would at least need a copy and translation of the Thai will.

Yes, the question of who administers the estate, and according to what law, is separate from the question of what taxes are due - but you raised the issue of administration in response to another post saying that it was a good idea to have a separate Thai will in order to avoid paying UK inheritance tax, and it reads to me as if it's saying that's partly true. Maybe I should have responded to the previous poster and not you, but in that case I'm not sure what you are saying - that it's a good idea to have a Thai will because it's much more practical to have a Thai executor?

That may be true for some countries but not for the UK. If you're UK domiciled (that's domiciled, not resident) UK IHT is payable on all assets regardless of where they are. It's possible to become domiciled outside the UK but it takes far far more than just primarily staying in another country (or making a Thai will). In fact Brits living in Thailand at the time of death could easily end up paying *more* inheritance tax because they won't get the family home tax break. I don't think you get the spousal exemption either, if your spouse is not UK domiciled. This is subject to the double tax treaty between the UK and Thailand, but the original 1981 convention did not cover IHT so unless it's been amended it makes no difference.

Sorry to badger (ahem) but I'm never really sure what counts as strict in these discussions. Is the "no more than 90 days in the last 6 months" rule about as strict as it gets? I would never fall foul of that one but I don't know if that means I can safely apply anywhere. Also, is this info basically for people who have only been in the country where they are making the application for a few days and intending to go to Thailand right away? Does it make a difference if you've been there for a couple of weeks or a month?

How about Manila - is that a good option?

Yes that's what I was thinking. Is Sadao better than Pedang Besar then? The attraction of PB is that it's on the train line.

Turkey helps with the jetlag too.

I might do something like that later in the year. Why do you think the fact that a lot of Russians use the WP crossing makes that a better option?

If I understood OP correctly he got 45 days because he came in before the cut-off (end March?). He seems to think his extension will only be 2 weeks. I think his reasoning is that since the current process only gives 30+30 = 60 and he has already had 45, they may only allow him to extend by 15 days. I don't think that's correct but it explains where he was coming from. If he actually has 2 weeks more than he thinks it means he only needs the one bounce to get to mid Sep.