John207

When I visited the immigration office to inform them and to show them my newly stamped LTR visa in my passport, they didn't make any notations in my passport specifically, there was no cancellation mark over the OA visa I had obtained two months earlier. They simply told me everything was in order and that I was good to go. It’s possible they cancelled the OA visa in their system, but I’m not entirely sure.

A double page spread in word processing may mean a different thing but in this case they're just asking for a copy of your passport which is less technical so I think the google link I've provided explains it well.

It probably means you have to provide both passport pages in the same scanned copy https://www.google.com/search?q=passport+double+page+spread&sca_esv=5b730b024ba3a610&sxsrf=AHTn8zp0V2MB8j1HgpsZdZ6uNtAAN88i5A:1740462338274&source=hp&biw=1343&bih=829&ei=Alm9Z5SNDYPh2roPzYvf2AQ&iflsig=ACkRmUkAAAAAZ71nEuMSUjRB5UFyM-M_X4x8yJoYS4Gk&ved=0ahUKEwiUlqi7j96LAxWDsFYBHc3FF0sQ4dUDCBc&uact=5&oq=passport+double+page+spread&gs_lp=EgNpbWciG3Bhc3Nwb3J0IGRvdWJsZSBwYWdlIHNwcmVhZDIEEAAYHki0KFAAWMohcAB4AJABAJgBpgGgAdEXqgEFMTEuMTa4AQPIAQD4AQGKAgtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ5gCG6ACpRjCAgcQIxgnGMkCwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAg4QABiABBixAxiDARiKBcICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIoFwgIIEAAYgAQYsQPCAgUQABiABMICBxAAGIAEGArCAgYQABgKGB7CAgYQABgFGB7CAgYQABgIGB6YAwCSBwQ4LjE5oAeHaA&sclient=img&udm=2

That is my assumption. Thought it was clear in the message. If they decide to implement the newly modified income tax rule, there may be a good possibility that they'll enforce it in the borders to stop people getting out of the country without first paying the income tax on remittance and as a condition for returning. Since prevention is better than cure, the last thing anyone wants is to be in the middle of a dispute with an immigration officer concerning the LTR visa's income tax exemption right before their aircraft departs

Thai visa holders, including those with LTRs who have been in Thailand for more than 180 days in the past year, may be asked to provide documentation of having paid income tax on remitted income for the year 2024 when leaving or entering Thailand from April 1st 2025 onward, depending on the immigration officer's knowledge and other variables. If that's the case, what other papers do members of this group believe would be helpful to have in order to expedite the immigration process, beyond from having a hard copy of the RD 733 decrees in both Thai and English language showing that LTR holders are remitted income tax exempt?

That's right it's January 2028 which is five years away from when I first got the visa

Thanks for your input. When I reentered Thailand in January, the immigration officer stamped me in with a two-month validity which I didn't notice. However, when I reentered Thailand just a few days ago, the immigration officer pointed out to me that his colleague had made a mistake, and I was stamped in till January 28. I suppose that should resolve the issue.

It's odd that whereas e-gates are used to enter and exit in Malaysia and Singapore, as of a few days ago, Suvarnabhumi only allows e-gates for exiting, and as you mentioned, you would receive a stamp upon reentering. However, it appears that you can enter through e-gates if you have a passport from Hong Kong or Singapore. Other passports will eventually be able to enter through e-gates, I suppose. Additionally, I made the error of not informing the officer that I had an LTR the time before I entered Thailand, which resulted in a two-month validity stamp! 🙄

Has anyone in here participated in the tax-related Carl Turner Zoom call that was held a few days ago? Regarding the taxing of LTR visa holders, I wonder whether anything significant was mentioned.

Does anyone know if it's possible for an accompanying passenger to use the LTR visa's fast track option in Suvarnabhumi for both arrivals and departures when flying in economy class, or is it only available to the visa holder?

If I remember well, since I opened both THB and USD account at the same time, by handing them over a couple of thousand baht, they converted some of it into USD and they opened both accounts without me requiring to do anything else. Around 5 years ago one of the employee at the same branch, told me that the plan of having online banking transfer of USD going out of Thailand was on the pipeline and soon was going to be implemented for all the FCD holders. So no more trips to the bank spending 20 minutes to fill in forms should one require to transfer out of the country. Still waiting though! That would be putting BBL to a similar level of Western banks in terms of foreign cash transactions.

I've been holding an USD account with Bangkok bank for around 7 years and I can confirm the online conversion from USD to THB is possible only during business hours though and only through the online account and not with the Bangkok bank phone app. My last conversion was done around 6 months ago.

I wore a pair of jeans, trainers and a polo neck t-shirt same as when I travel through most airports. No member of staff looked at me in a condescending manner. Inside the BOI office I did notice that some other visa applicants were wearing similar clothes to mine and some were wearing proper trousers and long sleeve shirt.

I couldn't agree more! That of course is not taking anything away from the outstanding work that Mike Lister has done on the subject in other threads.

New video made by Turner and Kulikovska where towards the end it's mentioned that the LTR visa holders are tax exempt in Thailand and other things...