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http://taxes.about.com/od/taxhelp/a/ForeignIncome.htm

WE file this 2555 Foreign Earn Income- we are self employed, so I guess tech. you are too. Google Thai visa too- Lots of info on this fourm. Best HH

Im tall.. always have been---almost 6ft.. hubby.. hmmm 5'7 5'8? not sure... I think Im the tallest in the whole village since all the farangs have left for the low season.

Whenever we take pics I find him a hill to stand on!!

Hubby is old like me, in his 40s now.. PHEW! and still soooooo handsome...

For the future...

We have been using turbo tax here for 4+ years.. and its cheap. Just have to mail them in. no online filing

1st time it was a little tricky with the residencey stuff.. But not too hard.

Good Luck Na ka!

Hi Again,

I got this from a very helpful TV member- He mentioned.....

"I have heard that others say the interviewer asked why they did not apply for the immigration visa, but accepted the fact they intended to stay in Thailand. Virtually all the people I know that have gotten visa for spouses are here on assignments with American companies, so they got letters from employer saying they were on long term assignment and got home leaves each year. Maybe for self-employed people it is harder to prove. Maybe the US income tax returns were too much information, I have never heard of anyone submitting them for a tourist visa."

I naively thought the non-res US tax forms would be the ace in the hole--- I was wrong.

Looking at an IR-1 now, but we live and work here. So it seems like a waste of time, $ and energy!

Thanks again for all your comments!

Kindly HH

We are in the similar situation,

I have a stateside address but we file CAL taxes as non-resident for 4 years

This is a grey area for us.

How is it relatively easy to prove domicile while living overseas? Aside from a mailing address?

How can a SELF employed petitioner take affirmative steps to terminate his domicile in Thailand (or other foreign country), and take further affirmative steps to reestablish domicile in the United States???

I really appreciate your response guys, thanks!

Mdechgan, so after your wife procured a green card or PR, then they gave your wife a 10 year visa, since you could no longer keep the same status after returning t0 thailand?

They said we need to apply for an IMMIGRANT visa. Since we legally file our joint taxes overseas and I got hubby a u.s. Tax ID number - which he could probably work there with- they ASUUME we want to stay - in that- jump the process and queue to a permanent status. And they said we don’t have enough ties to Thailand, even though we own 3 Houses, Land, Car, Bikes and a very good Thai Business, but not al0t 0f $inc0me$ compared t0 the vast wage difference between the USA and Thailand.

s0 , n0....

g0ing t0 vietnam and bali instead...

hh

TH: They said nothing about us bringing any forms back, and we have had completely re-apply, pay fees and travel another 1600K RT.

Its not our 2nd visa - its our 2nd ATTEMPT at his first visa.. hence why I'm nervous.

Robo!! you crack me up. when we arrived in BKK that morning- went to a restaurant the staff ask if he was MEXICAN!!

Thanks TH! That’s the best thing I've heard all week.

Question? The Thai cash we have, is in a Bangkok Bank account with my name- I'm the "Thai wife" so I run the finances, due to hubby is out working and I have time to go to the bank... Do we need to change that? The passbook he provided last week only had 60k THB-and the officer seemed that she did not like that, we are toping it up, but to whose account?

We do have a joint account with little activity on it.

Another? How could my husband get the officer to read our docs? Our Joint U.S. Tax forms were completely ignored. If I had been allowed in I would of made sure the saw everything. But, they didn't ask if we had any U.S. tax forms so they stayed safely in our folder...

Greatly appreciated!

cool! great i'll join up-- i belong to the bangkok group- but its so far from home..

Hi guys,

Well here we go again, we have just secured an appt next week for my Thai husbands 2nd b2 visa to the USA. He went last week and was denied because we lost one piece of paper! My current 2009 visa stamp!!! We had 06, 07, 08, subsequently they never looked at anything else, like the fact we file 1040 and 2555 taxes for 3 years and running... which would unequivocally confirm my permenat status and his employment.

So this is what we have to re submit:

Basically its all the same papers we had before - but we hope this time they will look at it! Suggestions comments greatly appreciated!!

-Ownership and management of a tour business ---- we've run a tour business for 7 years and we have print outs of our website - brochures, photos, trip advisor reviews - magazine articles from Phuket Magazine & Fay Thai /Bangkok Air about us and our tour company, current captains license, boat registration, annual safety insurance, booking schedules, tax payments and local tax for signage at our house at the local Tessa ban.

-4 years of visa stamps for my NON IM O based on marriage

-Ownership of 2 houses

-Ownership of 3 Rai of Land

-Ownership of another rental property in SE Asia

-Ownership of a Toyota truck and Motorcycles

-Marriage licenses for 4 years/ partner 7 years

-100k thb in joint Thai bank account

- Current copies of U.S. Joint Tax forms 1040 & Form 2555 for 2006, 2007 & 2008 and his INTI number

-Letter of invitation from my brother in California

-Return tickets and travel insurance

thanks for your advice!!

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and nice place in Padangbai

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june and july the weather is great!

sure have..saw lots of sail fish out there 2 weeks ago. @ ko rok

Hi GH,

We are in the process now. After I bought our PIN. We chose the interview date. The wait was about 6 weeks to get an available date. We go up to BKK in 10 days.. fingers crossed!

Sorry to drag up an old thread... I went my local PO and they could not figure it out--- I live in sticks though. They said if I could bring them something recognizable like a logo-- Like a TOT Bill or something... any suggestions? I dont have time to go to a PO in BKK coz our interview is so early... thanks guys....

After living with my Thai boyfriend for 2+ years I read it,.. We then got married- It helped me realize what I had and who he is. Going on 7 years now.....

Great book- Everyone living in Thailand should read "The Basics" I wish I could find my copy, I'd read again right now LOL!

The dates for the 2009 Laanta Lanta Festival have been announced as March 7th, 8th and 9th. This annual event is Held in Old Town and is a showcase for the diversity of the Islands inhabitants. Many food and beverage stalls, traditional arts and crafts. 2 large stages are built with nightly shows offering everything from traditional Sea Gypsy song and dance, to Reggae and Jazz!

Laanta Lanta Festival is an evening event that attracts people from all over the island and beyond, creating a party atmosphere throughout the whole town, an absolute ‘must do’.

http://lantaoldtown.com/

near where I live its very expensive too like ko chang - with bars , hotels, villas and shops. a while back the land office told everybody if they were operating a buss. they would have to leave on one particular beach, but houses could stay- but nothing happened. the fee they have been charging is 200k per rai change the title from bt5 to ns3. most of the land i speak of is ocean front- we guess about half of the island is bt5 land.

Hello TV,

We are planning our first trip to my home country next summer. We will apply for a US tourist visa for my Thai husband. I’m fairly confident that it will be granted as we can prove our ties to Thailand. A successful Thai business, houses, land and my permanent O visa. We've been together for over 7 years - legally married for over 3. He has a US tax ID number since we file my US taxes as a married couple. Hubby has traveled many times all over Asia, in the last few years and always returned to Thailand.

Here's my ?

With these amazing fares from KL to London we are considering going the other way- visiting friends in London perhaps going on to Europe for a week and then to the US.

What kind of visa will he need? What are our chances and costs? I would guess that if we were granted his US visa, a UK one would be easier.

Thoughts – comments? please

Thank you HH

Good Luck! We are going for ours this year too. let us know.

Hi! From what friends have done and told me - Most wont make a long term lease with out a year or two minimum rent, upfront. But looks like it will be a slow season so you might have a good chance of finding some motivated Thai peeps in lets say, March 2009.

I have a few houses made of Mai Deng- its not cheap! The cost has gone up on Mai Deng about 33% since 2004.

thanks guys- yep, that looks like what i saw. we have the black ones everywhere here, but i've never seen the markings before and yes it was coming out of the water.

Hi Sbk. I live in Krabi. and I heard the same from my neighbors. I think it could of been a croc- but it was very long and skinny. I ve seen plenty of monitors around. But nothing marked like this one.....

The day before yesterday my neighbor called my name as he chased a 1-meter long monitor lizard under my sea front house. My neighbor Bow was a bit distressed, so I took a closer look. The monitor lizard was striped like a tiger! It was pretty small for a monitor lizard about 1 meter and very thin with a larger mouth. Bow, a local long tail guy said he had never seen one before. I had seen something like this in photos on a beach in Flores, Indonesia last year. Local legend has it, that there were small alligators in the waters in the huge mangroves forest near my house . Ive been told they have been extinct for 60 years or more. Any body seen anything like this here? We live in the South Andaman coast.

sorry i was too slow with my camera Thanks! HH

HI! I live in Krabi Is this place for real?

http://intlicense.com/ Its in Phuket. I have a Thai DL need a IDL- and dont want to travel to BKK. Thanks gang...