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Except SCB and KTB.

Well, I've had to subject myself to the bureaucratic rigours of The Dreaded UK Passport Renewal Experience a couple of times since moving to the Land Of Smiles - and I can assure you that on neither occasion did my local immigration office stick in the replacement passport full-page replicas of the non-OA visa which the Royal Thai Embassy in London issued to me in 2008!

Oh yes, the crippling burden which the weight of the second passport will impose on you! You truly have my sympathies!!🤬

And if hassle day arrives when you're refused entry what would you do then?

My money is on over the road from where the current office is located, on what passes as the office car park. The huge mounds of earth I observed there when obtaining my latest retirement extension a few weeks ago might have something to do with it.

But potential mega-issues arising from reliance on strings of visa exemptions, though.

Strongly suspect that the OP may be secretly hoping for the recent changes at the governmental level to lead to a complete change of heart on the whole taxation issue???

A suitably reliable crystal ball would, of course, provide an instant answer to your question. Alas, however, none seem to be available on Lazada. ☹️

Good luck with that, given the light-touch regulatory regime under which Thai insurers are allowed to operate in the Land Of Smiles!

Did they provide you with a receipt? My local office (Rayong) doesn't charge a single satang to transfer stamps from old passports to new!

And you're absolutely certain that it's a photo of a genuine 90-day notification/stamp issued by your local immigration office and not one produced by an expert in forgery, are you?

The link you quoted is to this thread! Presumably you meant this one? https://aseannow.com/topic/1308010-santander-is-closing-my-uk-current-account/page/3

Which is your local immigration office? A fresh TM30 should not be required in the OP's case if he is returning to the same address where he lived prior to his foreign trip. The OP should also be able to report by snail mail (instead of in person) in November, just as I did recently following a trip to Europe in May (my local office is Rayong).

No probs in surviving visits from my Thai family. But when it comes to surviving occasional visits to Thailand from members of my dreaded British family plus their pals, well that's a different matter altogether!🤬

Just come across this mention on their website of a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new office, which took place in March 2023! All seems to have gone quiet on this front since then.

My concern as a Brit is more with what the UK/TH has to say, not the AU/TH one we were specifically discussing! Another one for the Ignore list, I think.

Best you take everything he says with a large pinch of salt, I think! 😇

No, I was seeking to confirm that I DO pay UK tax on my State Pension. HMRC take the £12,570 personal allowance into account through my tax code which solely covers my occupational pension. I make subsequent tax payments directly to HMRC which equate to 20% of my State Pension income. Your and others' mileages may vary, of course.

It is if your personal tax-free allowance is already (more than) spoken for by your other UK pension, etc income - which it is in my case as a UK tax non-resident.

Couldn't care less personally as I ain't an Aussie.

Got no time for people like you who obviously get a thrill out of insulting others with demeaning comments like this. Welcome to my Ignore list.

Yep, I'm referring to 3 distinct pension types: (1) Australian Age Pension (Article 18) (2) Company occupational pensions (also Article 18), and (3) Government occupational pensions (Article 19).

In that case, kindly explain to me what "Also, no relief for State Pension or ‘trivial commutation lump sum’" in Note 4 in the Thailand section on page 34 of HMRC's Digest Of Double Taxation Treaties* is supposed to mean. If not no relief from income tax, then no relief from what tax, then? I truly look forward to receiving your answer to this fundamental question with bated breath, Mr Clever Clogs! * https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5b05425fed915d1317445ed2/DT_Digest_April_2018.pdf

What I find particularly fascinating is that the wording of Article 18(1) of the AU/TH DTA appears to be suggesting that Aussies who are tax residents of Thailand and in receipt of the Australian Age Pension and/or company pensions "shall be taxable only in" Thailand in the case of these 2 pensions. However, does this really mean that they are, in practice, only liable to taxation at lower Thai rates, with zero tax payments to the Australian equivalent of the TRD at higher Australian rates? I somehow find this rather hard to believe!! Contrast this with the plight of Brits who are in receipt of the UK State Pension and/or company pensions. There is nothing in the UK/TH DTA corresponding to the wording of Article 18(1) of its AU/TH counterpart. Indeed not a dicky-bird mention of pensions at all in the whole DTA beyond the reference to Governmental occupational pensions in Article 19. Despite this, some of my fellow Brits still seem to believe that relief from double taxation is somehow possible in the case of the State and company pensions!

Your tax residency status might prove a determining factor as to whether or not you are successful in obtaining a TIN - depending on the revenue office you deal with, as @topt has said. As stated in sub-para 85(b) of the Guide, one of the documents you'll need to bring with you when applying for a TIN is your passport, from the IMM stamps contained in which those considering your application will be able, if they wish, to determine whether or not you are a Thai tax resident.