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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...

Hi guys thank you all for your useful comments! This morning I went to the transport office in Chonburi to do the IDP based on my 5 year Thai licence and first thing she said it was that unfortunately I couldn't do it because my licence had less than 6 months validity left! 🙄 Then she added that I needed to renew my Thai licence first and low and behold I got there at 10am and at 2pm I was out of there with both my new 5 year Thai licence and the 3 year IDP. Hard to believe but sometimes miracles do happen! 😀 Fortunately the docs needed for both licences were the same except I had to go to a local clinic to do a medical check up; probably the quickest and cheapest I ever done in Thailand for 100 baht just 3km away from the transport office run by a doctor called Jakawut Aonanong. For the record it was a good experience overall and considering that my Thai is still shamefully <deleted>e, everybody was really helpful and polite with a smile!

Thanks for looking....well....I guess I won't be wasting anymore money with those guys then!

Did they ask you further proof of UK address (and in which form) when you applied or the address on the UK licence did suffice?

I've got the online UK IDP from https://internationaldriversassociation.com/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search Ads WW minus USA - English&utm_term=International Drivers Association&utm_content=Ad Group 1 It seems legit to me and we had several exchanges via email. They give you the paper licence very similar to the one I got from the post office many years ago, and the plastic one as well they both look pretty professionally made and they were accepted last year in Bali airport from one of the car rental places and in Penang airport from one local car rental place. However like some of you say it might well be fake so I hope the Thai IDP will help me to rent this car in Hanoi and the next time I'll go to the UK I'll probably make one in the post office or in one of those nominated Pay Points.

The difference between the two IDP's - the one bought on line and the one made here - appears to be that the former adheres to Genevra traffic convention 1949 where as the latter adheres to Vienna traffic convention 1968.

Thanks for all the info guys very helpful indeed! I've been chatting with a guy who's renting cars in Hanoi and he's saying that the UK based IDP I'm holding already bought online for $79 and successfully used in both Indo and Malaysia is not accepted by the local Hanoi car insurance. But he said he had farangs coming in with Thai IDP and no problem with that. Hope he's sincere! Finger crossed!

Hi all, has anyone obtained an IDP in Pattaya of lately? I'm getting conflicting information so I was wondering what are exactly the documents needed and which transport office to go to if the one in road 7 just outside Pattaya or the one in Chonburi city centre. All comments welcome thanks

There is not much choice with international providers. Avis seems to be the only one that provides cars in Hanoi but in Avis website only chauffeur driven cars are available where as through third parties like Klook or QeeQ.com they say they can provide same Avis cars but self driven and the insurance deal with Axa for example seems to be separate from the renting! Quite odd methinks. Anyway thanks Richard for your input!

Has anybody got any experience on renting a car in Vietnam using an IDP - International Driving Permit? The way I understand it if you're not native of any ASEAN countries you need to produce an IDP backed by your home driving licence which I have. Even after a long discussion with a car rental guy in Hanoi via whatsapp, it's still uncertain that the insurance will pay the basic cover should anything bad happen to the car. Tried to get the insurance details from him a few times to check with the insurance people directly but he never disclosed them to me so it's becoming a hard one. If anybody has any experience with driving using an IDP I would be interested to hear. Thanks

That's good advice thanks!

Thanks for you input too nauseus!

Thanks very much Martin very helpful link!

Hi, not sure if this is the right forum to ask. I'm thinking of spending a few weeks in Zanzibar Tanzania and I'm trying to find out whether I need to have proof of yellow fever vaccination or not. I've looked at the WHO site, everybody is referring to, and it seems that there is no need of YF vax proof to enter Tanzania but it's not clear to me what happens when I get back to bkk. Asked the airliner and said to ask the embassy which is always a drama to get in touch with and get info from. Maybe a long shot I know but I wonder if anyone in here had some info on the matter or knows a quick way to find out for sure. Thanks

Thanks Khunjeff that was useful!

Thanks so much SHA 2 BKK, just what I needed to know!

Hi there, the other LTR threads seems to have been abandoned hence me posting my question in here. Hope people don't mind even though it's not relevant to the OP. I've recently flown from Suvarnabhumi to Phnom Penh with a cheap airliner and I've shown the LTR visa to the lady at the desk asking for a fast track voucher but she said couldn't help me with that. Does anybody know how to get through the fast track security with an economy ticket and without a voucher? Thanks

I'm a LTR visa holder and I was thinking that even though the LTR visa was tax exempt by royal decree when it was first issued in Sep-22, there is a possibility that the new Sep-23 law change about the taxable foreign income have superseded the previous status in terms of foreign remitted income alone. I'm looking around to find more info and needless to say if anybody comes across any literature on that subject, I would be interested to hear. Wife says I'm thinking too much, possibly right! :-)

Welcome! Do you still have the link to the source showing the statement in paragraph 4 saying: 4. There are also certain types of visa that fall outside of the RD tax code. The LTR visa for example received its tax exempt status by royal decree hence visa holders will not to be assessed for Thai tax and they are specifically excluded from this explanation. If not, can I ask you how you came to know that? Thanks

Paragraph 4 says people with LTR visa receive tax exemption status by royal decree. 4. There are also certain types of visa that fall outside of the RD tax code. The LTR visa for example received its tax exempt status by royal decree hence visa holders will not to be assessed for Thai tax and they are specifically excluded from this explanation. And paragraph 8 says that if you're spending more than 179 days per year in Thailand, you will always be considered to be a tax resident in Thailand regardless of the type of visa you have. 8. If you stay in Thailand for more than a cumulative 179 days, between 1 January and 31 December each year, you will be and always were considered to be Tax Resident in Thailand during that year, regardless of the type of visa you have. It doesn’t matter that you may be Tax Resident in your home country or elsewhere or that you pay tax in those countries, Thailand will still regard you as Tax Resident. Tax Residency and Immigration status (and the visa you hold) are different things. Tax residency is based solely on the number of days you spend in Thailand and where you are at midnight on each day. They seem contradictory

Interesting document! Paragraph 8 seems to be contradicting what's stated in paragraph 4 though. Or is it me interpreting it incorrectly? Would you mind sharing the source of this document? Thanks

Hi Liquorice thanks a lot for all that research and interesting info! Tomorrow I'll try to spin it as best I can should they ask in depth questions. I've left it late because I've been waiting for an answer from the LTR visa people (BOI). Just over 30 working days ago I applied for a LTR visa that initially they said it would take 20 working days but it's still processing. I should've know better and I should have not left it this late. Lesson learnt. Thanks for all the info and finger crossed for tomorrow!

That's my last option which I'll try to have passed tomorrow when I'll get the missing paperwork from the bank. As I said in my first message this immigration office is much more demanding on paperwork and when they'll thoroughly check my paperwork related to my "private pension" which is not really it's just income from property investment, they may say they won't accept it. So if that's the case better start now to check the options i might have left. I know years ago people was able to get O visas in Bangkok but I can't remember what hoops they had to go through and maybe now it's not possible anymore. I've been out of the how-to-get-Thai-visas loop for several years and maybe I need a Thai visa expert to give me a run down of the options I have left right now should the 65K a month fail tomorrow.