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I bank with the Co-op, and back in 2018 they required me to complete a form which is presumably similar to at least one of those which Smile have sent to the OP. No big deal really. I stated my TIN as being the 10-digit UTR code used for my tax returns to HMRC, and the Co-op seemed happy with this.

Yes, you are correct. According to AIS I was running up against a 5,000 THB maximum limit on my prepaid balance, of which I was previously unaware. Mods - maybe this thread should be re-titled along the lines of "Maximum balance on AIS prepaid SIM's is 5,000 THB"?

Has anyone else been receiving the attached error message as I have following several unsuccessful attempts today (Tuesday)? And is the culprit more likely to be AIS, rather than Bangkok Bank, given the advice in the message to contact the payee if the problem persists? BKKB AIS error message.pdf

A further option, as referred to by @Liquorice, would be to return to Thailand after 6 June with a 30-day visa exemption which you could then convert to a fresh non-O visa for marriage at your local immigration office, as set out in the following link:- https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/6.FOR-PROVIDING-SUPPORT-TO-OR-BEING-A-DEPENDANT-OF-A-THAI-CITIZEN-SPOUSE-VISA-NON-O.pdf

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/pension-age-retirement-women-compensation-government-b2516222.html Fat chance of the UK government being prepared to cough up £10.5bn in order to compensate these women when they are balking at stumping up the rather more modest £600m needed to unfreeze our State Pensions, I think!

But that would not, I think, be necessary if the pink ID card included the most vital piece of personal information relating to foreigners here in Thailand - namely the date when their current permission to stay expired.

Which would appear to mean enlisting the services of a trustworthy solicitor as suggested by @Liquorice. But, there again, maybe the OP could help him out with that given that they appear to be such good friends!

Which immigration office in your case, please? Just wondering whether "Please contact the nearest Immigration Office in person immediately" might be some standard CW response to all online 90-day report rejections (which, if CW is also your office, would probably indicate that it was not). The response I received from Rayong to the rejected 90-day report I referred to in my previous post was the rather more meaningful (if terminologically incorrect!) "Latest visa extension was on 20 July 2023. Next 90 day notification will be on 17 Oct 2023".

Which immigration office are we talking about in this instance (if not CW who have acquired a notorious reputation for the extremely leisurely manner in which they process 90-day reports submitted by snail mail)?

As confirmed by @MJCM in the following thread, based on personal experience:

Just be aware, though, that the change of reason will result in your next extension being dated from when you apply for it rather than from when your current permission to stay subsequently expires. Thereafter, subject to there being no further changes to the reason, future extensions will, once again, be dated from when your latest permission to stay expires.

This, I think, is the DT-Individual form you refer to: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/637e192f8fa8f56eabf75e5b/Double_Taxation_Treaty_Relief_Form_DT-Individual.pdf Can't see the RD attaching much urgency to providing the necessary certification, and they could well require a certified translation of the relevant section into Thai at our expense in any event. And once the RD have provided the necessary certification HMRC might well require a certified translation of this back into English! Another point worth making, I think, is that UK pensioners seeking tax refunds from HMRC will almost certainly need to file tax returns with them (as well as with the RD) - for possibly the first time ever if all their post-retirement income has hitherto been derived solely from pensions. And since they are deemed to be UK non-residents for taxation purposes they will need to enlist the services of commercial software providers (at further personal expense) if filing tax returns to HMRC online. IMHO this has all the hallmarks of a bureaucratic nightmare for British retirees who are in receipt of company pensions in particular!

"Third country" is a term which has been dreamt up by those EU "geniuses" in Brussels to mean non-EU (and mainly Western) countries whose nationals are not required to obtain Schengen visas as a prerequisite to having the temerity to exercise the right to set foot on their hallowed turf.

Military pensions are covered by Article 19(2)(a) of the UK-Thailand Double Taxation Convention: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80bddc40f0b623026953eb/uk-thailand-dtc180281_-_in_force.pdf then scroll down to page 27

And, sadly, from 3 days' time now it will be a case of RIP With-It Tower Passport Renewal Experience.😢 Still working on the new place, though - but at the moment I can't get over The Shoppes at Belle Grand Rama 9 sounding rather like the name of a Shakespearian shopping centre located in Stratford upon Avon 🤔

We State Pensioners living in LOS are only subject to the rigours of this shining example of UK Government excessive bureaucracy every couple of years or so. Expect to have the next instalment inflicted on us around this time next year, I think.

The only course of action I can think of in your case would be to register a formal complaint about HMRC in accordance with the procedure set out on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-hmrc That's certainly what I did this time last year in connection with a dispute I had with them regarding the outstanding amount of capital gains tax owed on a UK property I'd sold. Admittedly it took some time to get matters resolved to my satisfaction, but I did eventually get there in the end!

Certainly possible in the case of the State Pension, but not sure whether it would be in the case of the OP's company pension. Seems to be a no-no in the case of certain occupational pension providers.

Or constantly aroused from their slumbers in the small hours by the sounds of canine barking and howling.

Maybe they reset your 90-day reporting clock without telling you when you applied for your latest retirement extension last week? That certainly happened to me at Rayong last July - but I gather that this might, in any event, be a first for CW in your case, though.

Let us know how things turn out.

Ditto with the latter in my case.

Contrary to what the Thai-bashing brigade on here might like us to believe, your experience with Nat West is, I think, clear evidence that "saving face" is by no means confined to Thailand!

That would clearly be to the website of the Thai Embassy in the OP's home country, would it not? And, since he has not revealed the particular country in question, may we safely assume that you are the proud possessor of a suitably reliable crystal ball which will be able to furnish us with the necessary information instead? If so: OP's home country please...

IMHO we can go whistle for anything (meaningful or otherwise) from the Embassy on this whole issue. But we do at least have this excellent thread on here originated by @Mike Lister (who is a fellow Brit) to guide us through this potential minefield: https://aseannow.com/topic/1319807-personal-income-tax-guide-for-foreigners-thailand/ Unfortunately the sad reality appears from my viewpoint to be that, as far as we expat retirees in particular are concerned, the Embassy see their role these days as being confined to liaising with zeal and gusto between relevant parts of the UK (FCDO, HMRC, HMPO & DWP) and Thai (MOFA, MOPH, RD & the Immigration Bureau) government machines in developing joint initiatives aimed solely at making our lives here in LOS just as awkward and difficult for us as they humanly can be.