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I know I got a letter issued along with my new passport which is somehow required to get the current entry AND extension stamp moved over to the new passport.

I'm not sure if that letter is only regarded as being valid for a certain amount of time.

But I will say - probably best to do the transfer sooner than later once you get the new passport as you never know what's going to happen at immigration when you go.....

4 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

now planning no more than 177 days (a delayed or cancelled flight could put me over 180 days if I don’t allow a safety margin)

A wise decision, always allow room for the unexpected.

Too late to get a new passport now, they will almost certainly just issue the visa up until the expiration date of your passport.

So do this first, then get a new passport some time this year, move the appropriate stamps over to your new passport and your new extension date will change in 2025.

I had this issue with a Thailand Elite visa, in hindsight I really wish I had renewed my passport at the time even though it still had about 2.5 years left on it because it was a real pain for me to do it the lazy way.

Unless of course you live in a country which still produces passports and issues them in the local embassy.....

15 minutes ago, hellohello123 said:

Is it even possible to cough up litres of blood unless youve been stabbed ?

Apparently so.

I wonder if it's the fabled 'Thairannosaurus Rex' 😁

6 hours ago, webfact said:

300 baht per 100 grammes for excessive leftovers

That's expensive, it's 3000 Baht per KG.

The 8000 Baht 'fine' suggests they over ordered and had 2.6 KG of uneaten food which is a massive amount of food.

What are we talking here? Chicken feet soup or steak & lobster?

51 minutes ago, Conno said:

Update 30 minutes later - Lvl 2 approved moving on to the bank Lvl 3 stuff now. 

Interesting, I have a 5 year Thai driving license and had no idea they would accept that as an ID - they didn't mention it in the support ticket but I only specifically asked about the visa type.

Maybe I'll give it a go at some point in the next few weeks.

I will add for future readers that the verification process is very prone to failure unless you do it on a mobile phone with a decent camera and use their app instead of a webcam.

Did you do it on the phone ?

2 hours ago, Conno said:

luckyblock token - Expecting something similar for my account with them too and have also been with them for years. Meanwhile :-

 

I have just today started the process of verification Lv l2 with UpBit.  I think my first attempt may be rejected as I also don't have some of the limited options docs they are requesting. I'm also on a Thai Elite visa so have submitted all the ID, visa and stamps info I do have. Will let you know how it goes. 

They told me they will accept the Thailand Elite visa but my problem is the foreign id card / driving license.

My UK license expired, I got a new one but it's sitting on a shelf in the UK....so I can't verify at the moment.

I'll have it mailed out - however this is not an optimal solution for people from the UK as we don't have ID cards and you're not supposed to renew your driving license while living abroad and I can't be bothered to get any of the other options - too much hassle right now.

7 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Maybe my unwillingness to use my phone for business is grounded after all. 

It is.

I got a new passport a few years back and didn't bother updating my drivers license, of course I went a week after my birthday to get a full 6 years and I'm not going back to that place any time soon.

Hopefully the miserable witch who seems to run it will be retired by then.

13 hours ago, popel said:

now on my way back to vietnam. 

not sure they let me in again

Did you get back into Vietnam or not?

On 2/2/2024 at 7:27 PM, mr_lob said:

Unfortunately we don't have pictures, but we do have our housekeeping group chat fromt he day confirming that one villa was left very clean and this one very dirty. Our housekeeping staff are willing to testify this in court. 

If we get fined for this, it will set a precedent - any Thais can book an airbnb, trash it, wait for a bad review and then sue for defamation!

Yes, he really is a lawyer

Right, so you're complaining that it was a little too dirty for your standards.

How dirty is acceptable. When I rent a little palace that comes with servants I expect them to do their job.

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

If it was an Irish band with no political message

That would be a first 😁

18 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

It does not include the UK State Pension, that has been proven several times.

Ok, good to know.

3 hours ago, The Cyclist said:

Point 1, Government Pensions. Taxed only in UK

You know I heard that the term "Government Pensions" is not clearly defined in the treaty.

Some say it's only pensions paid to people who worked for the government, others say it's both pensions paid to government workers and the 'state pension' - who's right on this?

9 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

Obviously you are allowed to make withdrawals and transfers from your bank-account during the under consideration period as long as you did not slip under that 400K tresshold.

That's what I would have thought, imagine there being say 2 million Baht sitting in the account and you need to go shopping, what are you supposed to do?

2 hours ago, The Cyclist said:

I went with the sole intention of obtaining a TIN and filing a 2023 tax return if it was required.

Did they issue you a TIN for next year?

7 hours ago, CANSIAM said:

Yeah I've been in and out twice in the last 10 weeks, no TM6. 

Right, the last time I left was in late 2019 so that explains the difference. I've just been extending in country since then.

27 minutes ago, impulse said:

I think a lot of guys are going to find out they've been violating tax laws for many years, and they just didn't get caught.

Yes, no doubt.

The question is what happens next if people who weren't previously registered go along and get a tax id and they see you've been living here for the last 10 years with no TIN, maybe bought a house or apartment, etc ?

Maybe you sold your main house in the UK which would of course be taxed at a zero rate and then wired a load of the money into Thailand 5 years ago and bought a 10 to 15 million Baht apartment in a year when you were tax resident but didn't have an id.

Will they go looking? Because if they do I suspect they're going to find a lot.

35 minutes ago, Phulublub said:

More incorrect information.  The Thai tax year is aligned with the calandar year.  If you have to file a tax return, it has to be done by 31 March.  Those caught up in the new regualtuons will need to file a tax return by 31 mar 25 for the tax year 1 Jan to 31 Dec 24

 

PH

Oh yeah, I forgot about that.