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Harry certainly didn't hang around in the UK for very long after seeing his dad. On that basis, the reality of the situation sounds rather more optimistic than your "prophet of doom and gloom" prediction, I think. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/harry-charles-visit-uk-king-cancer-meghan-william-royals-b1137709.html

This might only be an issue after you've renewed your passport and you need to notify your bank of your new passport details. In my experience such notifications can, in the case of Bangkok Bank, only be performed at the branch where you hold your account - but your mileage may vary, of course, depending on (1) the particular bank official you deal with on this matter, and (2) more importantly, the side of the bed they got out of that morning.

I have only opted to pay tax through my tax code on my Civil Service pension. I make direct tax payments on my State Pension to HMRC, and have decided not to include these in my tax code instead (hence removing the need to file tax returns), even though I no longer have any income in addition to these 2 pensions following the sale of my UK property a couple of years ago. What was my main motivation for this decision were various reports on here of HMRC seeking to add insult to injury by taxing frozen pensions through tax codes on the basis of the latest triple-lock increases (non-existent in our case, of course). Nothing can IMHO beat the stress (not to mention considerable expense) of having to phone those buffoons in HMRC back in the UK each year in order to get the triple-lock element reversed, not even filing a tax return! That all said, your mileage may vary, of course!

Yep, the cumbersome legalisation process referred to by the OP is spelt out in all its resplendent glory in the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5b173648e5274a190383bc14/Legalisation_info_June_2018.pdf What, when the cumbersomely bureaucratic procedures which have been inflicted on us over the past 10 years or so in the areas of passport renewal and proving that we are still in the land of the living for State Pension purposes - with the cessation of the Embassy's income confirmation service some years ago also thrown in for good measure - it would IMHO not be unreasonable to conclude that the British government as a whole is consciously determined to make our lives as expat retirees here in LOS just as difficult as they humanly can be - with the eager and willing support of its Thai counterpart, of course.

According to their website VFS do offer a walk-in service at a cost of between 1,560 & 3,400 THB. https://visa.vfsglobal.com/tha/en/gbr/hmpo

So do you really believe that advice provided by an immigration officer which might vary from day to day depending on which side of the bed they had got out of that particular morning is actually the very best thing since sliced bread when it comes to reliability?

The Bangkok Bank website now contains the following "helpful" information regarding the requirements for opening a new account at that particular "revered" financial institution: Required Documents For Thai nationals ID card or any government-issued photo ID card with 13-digit ID number For foreigners For more information, please contact any Bangkok Bank branch. https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/Personal/Save-And-Invest/Save/Savings-Account So, as in the case of immigration offices, our chances of success as foreigners would appear to be entirely dependent on (1) the particular branch we deal with, (2) the individual staff member within that branch we end up speaking to, and (3) most importantly, the side of the bed which said staff member had got out of that morning.

With the possible exception of the odd rogue one here & there, they probably all do.

You need to trot along to your immigration office clutching your old and new passports (+ copies of photopages from both & stamps/visas from the old one) and the following form duly completed: https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/22.Transfer-Stamp-to-New-Passport-Form.pdf

On the subject of DTA's, the following disturbing comment you've recently made in the original thread now running to 255 pages would IMHO be worth repeating here: "Word reaches me from a friend who attended a Mazars briefing at a Embassy in Bangkok this week that Thailand is currently renegotiating several DTA's. allegedly."

This does, however, strike me as an issue of potential interest to those in receipt of UK company pensions in particular, the more so if these pensions are significant in financial terms and/or they are also in receipt of the UK State Pension*. As I understand the present position, HMRC would only allow taxation relief equal to the amount of tax paid (at lower rates in most cases) to the RD here. I strongly suspect that this could, in practice, mean UK company pensioners having to file tax returns with HMRC for the first time ever in most cases, as well as with the RD here. Which would mean them having to enlist the services of a commercial software supplier if filing to HMRC online since they are UK tax non-residents. What with the differing tax years (6/4/Y1 to 5/4/Y2 in the case of HMRC and 1/1/Y1 to 31/12/Y1 in the case of the RD), this could all turn out to be a bureaucratic nightmare in their case! * @billd766 - looks like you might come under this heading.

Are the BCCT planning to organise similar briefings in other parts of the country since Hua Hin is, I'm sure, not a particularly convenient place to get to for many? Nevertheless many thanks are, I think, due to the BCCT for seemingly stepping forward, once again, in support of expats on a topical issue of particular concern to us, just as they did a couple of years ago in the case of COVID vaccinations.

It does, however, appear to me unlikely that we Brits in receipt of the UK State Pension will get very far in persuading HMRC to exempt us from being taxed on that particular pension - especially given that, as you have already explained elsewhere, various allowances will mean that we shall, in practice, almost certainly not have to pay any tax on declared assessable income relating to it here in Thailand! The State Pension will likely be my sole source of assessable income for RD taxation purposes since I am in receipt of a Civil Service occupational pension which is covered by the UK/Thailand DTA, and income on the sale of my UK property in late 2021, which I am still remitting to Thailand in dribs and drabs, was all earned before 1/1/24.

That presumably means that all of the income in question was actually earned after this date, as per 1 of your tables above.

So how else can health insurance be provided if not through a policy then, eh, Mr Clever Clogs??

My understanding is that it will be the relevant BOT Transfer rate on the date when your pension payment hits your Thai bank account - either as a result of a direct transfer initiated by your pension provider; or, if the payment is made to a home country bank account, when it is credited to your Thai bank account as a result of (e.g.) a subsequent SWIFT or Wise transfer.

And those of us who have received COVID jabs in Thailand will probably have had yet another 13-digit ID number stated in our certificates!

Which immigration office is it that requires this, please?

Not according to the Thai-bashing brigade on here, though!

Are you a well-remunerated PR consultant for the TGIA by any chance?

You might have been able to avoid this overstay with a medical extension of stay. Water under the bridge now, of course, and, as already said, probably won't be held against you in your present quest to revisit LOS. But worth bearing in mind IMHO should you be faced with a similar situation in future.

You'll also need the latest statement from your UK government occupational pension provider (are they MyCSP by any chance?).

Or maybe a number of transactions which took place over this 6-month period have been consolidated into a single line with the CMB coding? To prevent this from happening, Bangkok Bank passbooks should be updated at least once every 3 months. But, yes, Bangkok Bank PUM's don't automatically flip passbook pages.

Was it 1 of these 3 images that you had in mind? Credit advice note as required by Hua Hin.pdf Foreign transaction confirmation.pdf Monthly Deposits as required by Jomtien - obtainable only from branch where account opened.pdf

Reverberating bass thuds emanating from multi-megawatt sound systems mounted on pick-ups or at temples are my particular pet hate. Oh, and that along with dogs which insist on howling and/or barking loudly at 3.00AM.