Bangkok Alex

Thank you for your post, I will look for that thread and hopefully it brings me the right answer

Hi everyone, I apologize if it has been answered in other threads. I am currently in the search for a new condo to buy in Bangkok. From what I understand, I'll have to pay a 25% tax on the money i send here if I spend more than 180 days in Thailand in 2024. Been living here a long time and not looking forward to spending 6 months abroad. Can you please confirm if this is actually the case? French nationality if that even matters. I'm sorry if my post sounds naive, I haven't followed the tax news much as I didn't expect to purchase a new property until recently. Also, I'm not interested in opening a company. Thank you so much in advance.

You can usually do your extension within 2 weeks of expiry but that being said there is no firm actual rule. You can try your luck earlier if you feel like it. Please be reminded that visa exempt extensions are done at the IT Square Laksi office.

You make a good point. I believe OP will have to clarify if he crossed a border to enter Thailand once or twice so far in 2024. Sorry for jumping the gun if I misinterpreted it.

January did count. You cannot do any more border runs till next year.

My experience today: The team kept following up with me and gave me a great service. Taxi was 10 minutes early, came pick me up 5.50am from my place. He drove fairly safely and we arrived 9.45am. I was warned that I may be asked to bribe immigration 1,000B since I have an extensive history here in Thailand. The lady IO was indeed complaining about my passport while turning pages. The contact from the company implied we'd give the bribe and she stamped me in quickly, no questions asked. The border was dead empty today, which was great. I managed to get in and out in 25 minutes. Couldn't be happier. My driver quickly finished his early lunch and we left at 10.30am as I wasn't hungry. We arrived back at my place just before 2.30pm. All in all, a great experience. I paid 7k, but would be 6k if you have a more normal passport history. I hope it will help others in the future that were thinking like me from Bangkok. Thanks everyone

It is quite cheap, really hoping it's not a scam... will confirm tomorrow how things went

Thank you everyone for the replies. I found an option that suited me. I decided to go with FTV (Friendly Thai Visa) and they will arrange a taxi to pick me up from my place tomorrow morning to go to the Cambodian border and back with all the usual assistance and lunch provided. Cost is 6,000 Baht which I found pretty fair. I will give details about my experience tomorrow after I'm back in case it helps others in the future.

Thank you for the recommendation. I would preferably get the ordeal done as fast as possible and come back on the same day through minivan though.

Do you have any recommendations ? I also want the company to assist during the border crossing for making the Cambodian visa if possible

Hello all, I am planning to do a visa run to Cambodia this weekend from an agency. I have done a few in the past but would like to get a more comfortable experience this time. I see that from Pattaya, there are some 5-6 seaters van options that look nice, but can only find the 9-10 seaters options leaving from Bangkok for about 3,500B Only luxurious option I found in Bangkok was TVC that charges 9,000. All good but their next trip is on Feb 15th which is beyond my extension of stay's expiry date. Does anyone know of a company that provide such services in Bangkok with comfortable minivans at a higher price? Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for all the answers! I gave him all the info I got here and let's see what he plans on doing. He is leaning toward having her come back on a visa of parent supporting a child studying in Thailand. The kids' school can do all paperwork for them and he will transfer her the necessary funds for her to keep long enough in an account and then she'll try to get it done in Jakarta. It won't be soon, but I'll post an update when all is over. Have a great day!

Thank you very much for this info

Thank you very much, do you know which visa she must enter on? Can it be exempt?

Well... thank you for your feedback. He asked me if I could find some info and that's why I came here to ask. I hope that is ok.

Writing for a friend: - Swiss national living in Thailand with a non O visa based on retirement. - his wife is Indonesian, currently living in Indonesia. She used to stay here for a year with visa exempts and border runs. She almost wasn't allowed back in last time so decided to return to Indonesia. It's been almost 3 months. She is below 50 years old. - They have 2 Children studying in Thailand. How should my friend proceed to bring his wife back? Can she be dependent of his retirement visa? What documents would she need? I know she can also apply for parent of child studying here. She required to have I think 4-500k in an account for a month. What would you gentlemen advise him to do? Try to do one of these 2 visas from Thai embassy in Jakarta? Or try to come back tp Thailand with a visa exempt or tourist visa and apply for a long term extension here? Is it even possible? Sorry for all the messy questions 555, if more details needed, please ask. Thank you all for reading.