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100% correct. FWIW; I do have an indefinite TFN exemption from the ATO. Did you miss this part of the memo?? "Non-resident applicants or applicants who are residing overseas at the time of claim may be granted a TFN exemption and may be exempted indefinitely. An applicant and their partner who are overseas cannot generally have payments stopped for failure to provide TFN information. These applicants are normally paid by CIS. If an applicant returns, or indicates an intention to return, a review should be conducted to request TFN information." As I have no intention to return who would instigate a review and how will they tax me without a TFN??

Ok it's not from the legislation but; it is from the horse's mouth so to speak...... https://community.ato.gov.au/s/question/a0J9s0000002ngF/p00172380 .....and below from DSS. So how would you suggest they go about taxing anyone who no longer has a TFN? Proposed legislation or much ado about nothing!! https://guides.dss.gov.au/social-security-guide/8/1/3/20 Person overseas Non-resident applicants or applicants who are residing overseas at the time of claim may be granted a TFN exemption and may be exempted indefinitely. An applicant and their partner who are overseas cannot generally have payments stopped for failure to provide TFN information. These applicants are normally paid by CIS. If an applicant returns, or indicates an intention to return, a review should be conducted to request TFN information.

As @lopburi3 has said; yes you can transfer into wife's name but...... It's my understanding to get an extension using the monthly method you must be able to show a full year's worth of deposits from overseas have been done, prior to your application.

O-A visas have multiple entry up until expiry. Eg. If you leave and return in the last days of a valid O-A you will get stamped in for a second year; which will require Health Insurance. So your question depends on whether your O-A has expired and you're now on an Extension of Stay based on an O-A. If that's the case do your border hop and return visa exempt. i.e. Don't apply for a Re-entry permit. Otherwise if your O-A is still valid; do your border hop and return after its validity runs out to come back visa exempt. Then change to non O at immigration.

Protected activity......

Report from October 5th denied!! Printout of submission taken to office.... All good. Seems there's a data entry requirement by IO staff and they'd put a space in passport number. Laughs all around..... slip provided.

And what do you want? Respect for IDF who kill innocent civilian men women and children? https://fb.watch/nzb63JNABt/?mibextid=Nif5oz

Are you saying a day? Yep.... "Thailand’s roads are the deadliest in Southeast Asia and among the worst in the world, according to the World Health Organisation. About 20,000 people die in road accidents each year, or about 56 deaths a day." https://tdri.or.th/en/2020/11/road-accidents-biggest-health-crisis/

How naive are you? It happens globally!! Search "postman steals mail" ????

Bangkok Bank's facial recognition system for payments over Bht 50,000 had worked flawlessly for me until yesterday when the app requested an update. Bottom line; I will need to go to the bank to have it assessed as the scanning process now has a buffering effect going on and no longer processes the payment. Two separate payments to the same merchant immediately after the other is fine though. TIT

Your 'never' & 'absolutely' don't stand up to your own scrutiny, so I'm saying; "Except when you have three...... or four or ten.

Storm in a tea cup.... Excerpt:- "This decision, governed by Section 48 of the Revenue Code, is expected to primarily influence three groups: individuals involved in foreign stock market trading via overseas brokerages, cryptocurrency traders, and Thais who have previously utilised a tax loophole to bring foreign income into the country tax-free after holding it in an offshore account for over a year." https://thethaiger.com/news/business/thailand-tightens-tax-rules-on-overseas-income-from-2024

This is the guide to use if questioned regarding residency during the two year period, to make winnable arguments at AAT level if required; provided you fit within the parameters. Multiple self funded short trips are acceptable...... follow the 183 day rule!! "When looking at the pattern and duration of time spent outside Australia, if a person regularly spends more than 6 months a year outside Australia, then their residence in Australia is questionable." https://guides.dss.gov.au/social-security-guide/3/1/1/10