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I see that you appear to be based in Bangkok. Sheryl has provided some excellent advice. For Bangkok, call Siam Pharmacy (Phloen Chit) 0837921982. Its outside Ploenchit BTS. Easy to find and get to. Go out the walkway south east west to the mall and down the escalator. Cheapest pharmacy i know. Very busy place. Big stock of many types of meds, some that may not be readily available elsewhere.

Dr Jack is correct. The marriage visa has an advantage in this way. Far easier if you expect periodic work with work permits. I am in a situation where this is expected with a Thai employer. Otherwise the marriage visa is a lot harder. I have friends in Hua hin who stopped getting marriage visa because it is far too intrusive. Immigration at hua hin pointedly advised me that it is far easier to get a retirement visa, but understood and agreed with me that the work permit situation is an advantage.

Justified comments, mine added above in italics.

This new service does not state that, the post states Hua Hin -DMK , DMK- pattaya. Suvarnabhumi - Pattaya. The existing service that does hua hin to suvarnabhumi and pattaya also goes to Jomtien. https://airportpattayabus.com/

This appears to be a new service and not the existing one on that website. The initial picture is from the existing service in hua h in near the airport. a later post says petkasem 96 to 96/1 where there is some bus service already. We need a booking link. Hua hin to suvarnabhumi on the existing service is ,mostly 3.5 hours except when hitting rush hour traffic when it can be an extra hour or more. (hence the 5 hours)

Please also note that if you have been working in Thailand and do not have the 400,000 baht in bank deposited from overseas, then you can provide evidence of earnings in the last tax year by providing your tax certificate and tax return with copy of the receipt From TRD. You still need to have the funds required in the bank and for the periods required.

All please note that DrJack 54 is correct. I have recently checked with Hua hin and Chaeng Wattana. With all the evisa changes, you would likely need to stay outside at least a week to get the non-o. It must be easier to just get the visa exempt reentry and then apply for the 90 day non-o here. Checklists attached from January. From Chaeng Wattana and Hua Hin immigration. Please note that you even if you have a Khor ror 22, with overseas marriage certificate some immigration offices may still require a foreign marriage certificate legalised in your home country and then stamped by the thai embassy in your home country. There has been a report of this recently, where the OP had been ok for years, but then suddenly they now want this on the foreign certificate. I got Chaeng Wattana to check my documents for the non-o when i was in Bangkok recently, and they said ok with the Khor ror 22 and marriage certificate not yet certified (but with a Thai translation). The hua hin list states in item 3 " certified from the embassy". I have yet not checked with them what this precisely means., but will find out when i return in a few weeks. I can get it certified on Uk trip in may if needed, so its not a problem for me if Hua Hin initially do not accept it.

I agree for Ao Nang. Been to Ao Nang a few times and there is nothing I personally can recommend it for, except going out to other places on tours.🤪 Phuket has a number of other issues to consider that are not so good. In particular, check how associated costs compare elsewhere.

?? FYI. Unless the pension is for government service, state pension is taxable in Thailand if remitted. It is very clear that state pension is not covered by the UK DTA, unless it is specifically for government service article 19. There have been many posts confirming this. There is no need to ask for any references except the UK DTA. Unlike many other DTA's there is no article for "Pensions". The UK clearly did not care about pensioners who decide to live in Thailand. Just as they still do not with no consideration of annual inflation increases to pensions, as is allowed in many other countries. Social security payments are also not covered by the UK DTA. There is no mention of it.

Although this does not directly relate to the situation of the initial post and is off topic, I will add some comment. Yes, True in the UK, it is not necessary to submit a tax return if your income is below the threshold and no tax is due. On the UK website there is a calculator to check if you need to submit a tax return. I have used it ok and kept screenshots. When you complete a UK tax return and it is not necessary to pay tax, Briggsy is right in that they do not expect you to submit a return the next year (and will not request it). However for clarification, the need to submit or not depends whether your circumstances have changed or not and tax may be due. If they do not send a tax return, the onus is on the individual to declare if their circumstances change and tax is due. I presume that all other countries will be thee same. There are reasons why that could happen. Best to be aware that if you have any increased income in the UK, it is your responsibility to calculate and submit the tax return if tax does become due. Penalties can multiply the longer any delay, if not submitted and inland revenue find that you should have submitted.

i have read through the posts vnow, another few comments that do i do not seem to have seen Always rent and stay for a good while to get familiar with the local area and neighbourhoods. Try some different places to decide what suits you best. Its not just about safety and dogs., Noise can be an immense problem, anywhere. Even in the remote areas do not always expect peace and quiet. Me and my wife have one house in an off the main road farming area, where houses are sparse. There are local people hundreds of meters away that periodically play extremely loud thumping music that you can probabaly here kilometres away Unfortunately there seem to be a lot of Thais who seem to love blasting out music as loud as they can. We have another house in a gated village in Hua hin 3km from the main town beach and malls, in a more populated area, It is so amazingly peaceful and quiet. You mention the heat. Yes, the heat and humidity are a problem several months of the year until you get used to it. Even then its still hard to cope with it sometimes. To keep costs down you will need to get used to aircon on settings of 24 to 25 degrees. Be aware that a new inverter air conditioner is far more cost efficient than the older types. Use fans where appropriate. Its not always necessary to use aircons if you can get good circulation of air. Be careful for the orientation of the place you stay and exposure to direct sun and heat. You do not want main rooms exposed to direct sunlight too long. Internal Blinds do not do much, especially if there are metal/aluminum frames. The frames get extremely hot and pass the heat through. In my house in the province, i built it double block with cavity on the main exposed walls - helps great. And the bedrooms at the back end of the house facing south east have large mango trees that were there originally and shade well from the sun. Best of luck on your travels.

For Hua Hin you can look at some comments on the following thread. It depends what you want, considering some topics, such as. Cost of living, rent and food. Comfortable and easy access to shopping. Living out in country areas away from too many people Living near the sea. Clean atmosphere. Health facilities. Reasonably good expat community. And whether older or younger. Safe environment. Some nightlife?

Thanks, but not sure i would take everything as accurate on the page. They say: In Thailand, residents are taxed on their worldwide income. Non-residents are taxed on only Thai-source As far as i am aware, there is not tax on worldwide income. Not yet anyway. Lets hope it stays that way.

You still don't try to understand why what they are stating is nonsense. If I buy a car for my wife, from your "Legal precise Advice" I would need to declare it and it then it will be taxable. - Despite the fact that I earnt the money and it has been taxed already? I can do what i want with that money. Why would it be declarable and taxable again. I can understand that the law does however put a limit on what can be gifted. Have you not seriously considered that the "Legal precise advice" implies that I have the same problem for everything that I give to my wife? On the same basis, when anybody gives money to their wife as a monthly allowance, then surely your officer would need it treated as a gift and taxable. Any monthly allowance given to the wife can be considered as giving benefit. There would be plenty of people livid if they thought Thailand RD wanted to do that, including Thais.

Its wrong to use the word wrong, when it may not be correct. Hearsay or opinions is not fact. Can you refer to the legal facts and not opinion? Why would i waste time going into an RD office to get opinion.