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Clean and safe. Many people are telling you its very expensive. Accomodation extremely so. Food can be very expensive at restaurants, but you can find cheaper places to go, and there are the hawker food centers . Public transport cheap and the network is extensive. If you like a drink of alcohol , prepared to be gobsmacked. Most expensive place i know for alcohol. Very high tax. I found that Beers in normal bar/pub at happy hour are as expensive as in a 5 star hotel in the middle east.

If you check many of the previous posts on this subject you will see that a gift is only considered a gift if the sender gets no benefit. One person checked similar about a car with their tax office and was told that it would not be considered a gift because they consider that the sender gets benefit. Mind you, as we know, all thai offices may not think the same. However, why say anything if you do not have to? The only potential problem i can foresee, is if the wife does a tax return and they investigate her income.

I agree with Liquorice, I did not have any issues with london thai embassy. Phone or email. You need to check with MFA what they will accept for certification. Do they need a legalised (apostilled) copy? AFAIK, they normally require a legalised copy of the document, and as Liquorice pointed out, documents can only be authenticated in the Country that issued them You dont want to be certifying the original to go with the Thai translation. You need a copy authenticated. To be valid in Thailand I was advised that my marriage certificate needed to be an original copy or copy notarised first before FCDO. I was told that a UK solicitor's certification is not valid overseas, it has to be a notary. You could get the copy certified by a notary, and the FCDO legalisation, etc, but it is extremely expensive. Last december i was quoted about 150 GBP just for notarization of a document. Not including FCDO etc. If you do need it to be legalised for MFA to certify and do not want the high cost of a notary, then I suggest the following steps. As I have done similar for a marriage certificate about a year ago. 1. You will be able to get an original copy of the birth certificate from the registrars for the district. Make sure it is a full birth certificate with all parents details not a short form. There may be an ordering process on line now. Telephone the registrars. 2. Go to the UK gov website online to order certified docs Apostilled. You have to pay and then send them the original copy document. And tell them where to send the apostilled copy + pay for post. 3.You then have to get it to the Thai embassy in london for certification. You can walk in for the service and collect certified a few days later or get it sent by post. The above posting etc, best done through somebody in the UK, otherwise it could take over a month, and with all the associated courier costs. You do not want the doc lost in the post. 4.When you have the copy document apostilled by FCDO, and then certified by UK Thai Embassy, you need to get the document translated to Thai. Then take the documents to MFA to be certified. Getting the translation accepted may not be simple. It took me four visits to MFA and three to the translator to get corrections done to satisfy MFA. Even my english name became a spelling issue. Agents were quoting me 3000 baht for a document to be translated and certified by MFA, they know the problems with getting the translation accepted. I went through this process step by step last year. I got the FCDO to send it to a friend in Kent (near to london) for when I was visiting the UK, collect it and take to the Thai Embassy.

Hungary is not relevant to the discussion. They do not impose global taxation on non-residents. Its only on tax residents in Hungary. Thats the same as is many countries such as UK. Myanmar has imposed income tax on its non-resident citizens' foreign earnings, effective from October 1, 2023. Imposed by military coup rulers. I already told you Eritrea. Tajikistan is confusing. From 2022. Tax Residents and Citizens: Individuals who are citizens of Tajikistan or who are present in the country for more than 182 days in a consecutive 12-month period are generally considered tax residents. These individuals are subject to tax on their worldwide income. But then the rules state: Non-Residents: Non-residents are only taxed on their income sourced within Tajikistan. This can be corroborated on other websites. So the main addition to what i stated is Mynamar. You can hardly describe a militarily imposed rule as representative of any worldwide opinion or trends. "most of the world peg their own currency to the US dollar" ? Not the case. Many countries do not do so. Wikipedia lists 38 countries as an Exchange rate anchor, with less that are pegged. There are 49 other countries listed including Euro, 30 Number. Anyway what has the USD got with global taxation of non-resident individuals? My post is not contradictory. I was perfectly correct when saying "There is only one country that has for a long time imposed global taxation on citizens'. 2022 and 2023 is not a long time. 1913 is. I pointed out that eritrea was one other country since 1990's. i can see a time... When they will tax people for solar system income when they live on the moon or mars. But nothing that concerns us in the here and now. Why do you have any serious belief that global income taxation for citizens is in the near future. With all the different currencies and rates that are specific to residents in a each country and the needs of each economy, and different types of income subject to extremely wide variables, there would have to be a single income tax structure globally that applies in every country the same. Not a cat in hells chance of that happening in my lifetime, unless one or just a few nations rule the whole world.

Disagree. Which countries have imposed it recently since the CRS? There is only one country that has for a long time imposed global taxation on citizens and it is nothing to do with current trends. USA with the Revenue Act of 1913. FYI, there appears to be only one other country with some global taxation. Eritrea imposes a 2% income tax on all its citizens living outside the country, a measure that has faced international criticism. Eritrea began levying this 2% "recovery and rehabilitation tax" on the income of its citizens living abroad in the 1990s, shortly after gaining de facto independence. Aagin, nothing to do with current trends. Even then the eritrea 2% is hardly the same sort of thing compared to the 25% to 40% or more income tax that most countries levy,

Assume what you want. The point being made was precisely that people should no longer be able to avoid having a tax residence. If people do not know that then they should be aware, and read some information on the CRS system.

No longer will one be able to be a tax resident of nowhere. It is not an assumption. It is the principle behind the CRS since start of implementation 2016. What you need to understand is that under the CRS rules all banks and financial institutions are obliged to get you to confirm your tax residency. Thai Banks are currently lax in this requirement but will gradually close the gaps. Some posters on AN have been reporting that they are now being asked for TIN details. Also, some posters on AN have identified cases when this has been avoided. But they are special circumstances. It may not be long until all banks here insist on the tax residency info and TIN. Whether an individual is required to file a tax return is a separate issue. There are many posts concerning this on AN. KhunHeineken has responded and states that if you are resident in Thailand more than 180 days then you are tax resident. Tax residency also held in other countries does not change that. But the DTA agreements with other jurisdictions may help offset any tax due in Thailand.

Without looking at the detailed legislation, the question is what happens in bars? The articles state that its alcohol vendors affected. Are bar owners "vendors"? The AI answer is very clear. Yes, bar owners are considered vendors in the general sense, as a vendor is a person or company offering something for sale, which includes the alcoholic beverages and food sold at a bar. They are also often explicitly referred to as vendors in legal, business, and industry contexts. This could create a monstrous problem for bar owners. Anytime there is an incident with drunken people, the bar owners selling the alcohol could be liable. So the BIB can now look at such incidents as far more lucrative. Strewth.

There will be breathlyzers at all shops. Simple 😉

Yes they could be considered, In theory all remittances could be considered income unless you can prove its from before 2024 when the tax law changed. Or if there is a double tax treaty that could exempt it from tax in Thailand.

The witness may not be easy. Depends what your immigration want. Check with them. In Hua Hin, they required the witness to be present with us, and have their house book (Tabien Baan). Some people have posted that immigration allowed a witness from the people in immigration, but that does make any sense to me. In Hua hin they wanted to be sure that the witness knows your wife well, and for some time. They asked the witness how long they knew us, and they wanted to take a photo of the witness. We asked if the witness would be required every time and the answer suggested that if its the same then unlikely. But then i think it would have to be the same IO.

And then potentially be subject to tax on the remittances? Who knows when TRD will impose the current Tax obligations on remittances?

At bangkok bank in Bangkok its difficult to get one. Not many places have available. I had to take out a life assurance policy to get one, at bangkok bank Bangkapi branch near Nana BTS. The policy is not bad, returns a good interest rate compared to normal accounts. Annual charge for the box is 2000 Baht.

You seem to have a problem that could be serious and it will need to be diagnosed by a cardiologist. I dont understand how bangkok pattaya diagnosed anything if they didnt look at your blood pressure and tell you to check it and very regularly. Did the doctor not tell you? The information it gives is essential. Get a bp measuring device with arm cuff. Measure it at various times of the day at least morning after getting up, and night and when you are stressed. Take 3 readings each time not just one. Record the readings. A cardiologist needs the information to help try to make a diagnosis and what further checks are needed like a stress test.

Point understood. But more of a concern is that It does not have to be foreigners. Money laundering through thais is just as likely once the crytpo is exchanged to baht, otherwise the banking system should be identifying the income. TIT, who needs to declare the sums. Its likely that foreigners will be targetted perhaps unjustly. That is an issue.

Not unless there is evidence to prove it. The usd is falling against major currencies as can be clearly evidenced. Uk has more gold reserves than thailand. Why is the baht the same value against the GBP?. For the EUR thb has fallen. swiss franc there is a small thb gain but swiss have 4 times the gold reserves of thailand. Why would thailand's gold reserves be the key factor? The gain is against the usd, not against other major currencies. Thats a fact. Its illusory to say the thai baht is strengthening when its only against the usd and the usd is falling.

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For clarification to settle some of the differences in opinion, The USD has lost about 10 % of its weighted value DXY in 2025. The following clearly shows what has happened since 01 January 2025 relative to major currencies. And it indicates that the THB gain is against the USD, and that correlates with the USD getting weaker. In 2025 from 01 January THB to USD from 0.0291 now 0.0315 that’s a gain of +8.2% THB to EUR was 0.0281 now 0.0269, down 4.3%. The Baht is weaker against the Euro. THB to GBP was 0.0233 now 0.0233, that’s level THB to JPY was 4.580 now 4.655 that’s a gain of +1.6%

Check the 150, it looks too high. It may be for non-HDL cholesterol, not just LDL. There are varying levels specified in clinics and hospitals. The clinic I use for blood tests indicates less than 100 for LDL. Bangkok hospital hua hin on medical states less than 130. They also show a range for uric acid of 3.5 to 7.0. The NHS UK shows healthy cholesterol levels as follows: Total cholesterol Below 5mmol/L that’s 195 mg/dL. HDL Above 1.0mmol/L or 39 mg/dL. Non-HDL cholesterol, Below 4mmol/L or 155 mg/dl. When I search for LDL levels, the british Heart foundation indicates below 4mmol/L , thats 116 mg/dL.

I have been using psyllium for several years. I need to take it to assist bowel movements. It did not make any improvement to cholesterol for me.

Changing and improving diet, moderate exercise, reducing blood sugar, etc. made little difference to my LDL levels over 25 years. Improving the food can help a bit in lowering cholesterol in my experience, and cutting the carbs for me stopped the hypertension i had a problem with. I have been reminded many times that the body produces the cholesterol. IMHO, you should try to see what you can do from food and exercise, but its possible as in my case that it may not do much. I have some calcification in arteries, not bad yet. But I have to use statins to reduce the LDL.