Jaggg88

Were you staying in a hotel or private accommodation?

Returning UK citizens do not have to wait 3 years. You simply have to prove you have returned and are resident in the UK to get full access to the NHS. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-nhs-when-you-return-to-live-in-the-uk

No, technically it is unlimited by air but too many entries will raise the IO interest. It used to be 3 in any 6-month period but they dropped that years ago too.

There is a huge huge difference in the average wage of both countries - in Thailand £4300 PA and the UK £35,000 PA

I've just bought some superglue and their phone charging cables are of good quality but I agree about the food - it's just junk

If immigration will not correct your mistake then you will have to leave Thailand and re-enter using your TR visa.

This is the same on just about every Thai Embassy website. The twice-a-calendar-year limit by land or sea is correct but you get 30 days. The 15 days was stopped years ago

I did mine in October @ Nakhonsawan and everything was the same as last year

and they get 90 days in Malaysia

When applying for a visa for your Thai wife you pay an NHS surcharge to give her access to the NHS

Your pink ID card has your name transliterated into Thai so the flight needs to be booked with your Thai-translated name. If you use your Thai driving licence then your name is in English and that can be used to book your flight.

You were correct the first time. It's 20k per person or 40k for a family and has been for quite some time. Visa on Arrival is still 10k and 20k but Visa-exempt is 20k and 40k.

First of all, immigration never asks about return or onward tickets only the airlines. It is an official rule which is why airlines ask as they have to fly you back home if denied entry. It's not a policy decision of the airline but just depends on how sharp your check-in agent is. The rules for travelling are supplied by IATA and appear on the screen as you check-in. I recently travelled to Perth WA and on the return flight to Bangkok my wife and son were denied boarding as they didn't have a return/onward flight (I had a re-entry permit). They had travelled on their UK passports but both are Thai citizens so on producing their Thai passports the problem went away, but my point is they WERE asked so all the ppl who say I haven't been asked in 20 years are not helping anybody. BTW you are overthinking it so don't offer up your $12 ticket unless the check-in agent asks and at immigration just hand in your passport and boarding card for the flight you arrived on then he/she will stamp you in for 30 days. Enjoy.

This is likely to give the perpetrator time to raise the necessary funds I bet he has been questioned unofficially.

All UK pension providers will use your personal tax code and submit a P60 at the end of the tax year so all your pension income will have been assessed and tax deducted or not as required.

The onward/return flight within your initial 30-day entry is an official rule for visa-exempt entries but I've never known it applied by immigration by land or air. I've discovered that the airline check-in screen has entry requirements supplied by IATA which is where the airlines get their information. So, whether you are asked to show an onward/return ticket depends on the check-in agent and has nothing to do with airline policy. I've recently returned from Malaysia with my wife and son and they were both denied boarding until they produced their Thai passports (I had a re-entry permit) - we had all been travelling on UK passports from Perth WA. So, whether it's a long or short-haul flight there is always a chance you will be challenged. Now the airlines have a responsibility to return you to your departure airport, at their cost, if you are denied entry at Thai immigration. I always recommend buying a temporary ticket online. The last time I bought one it was just $12 and was a genuine ticket that was valid for 48 hours so I bought it the day before travelling to Thailand but I was never asked for it.

This information is for a Visa application and is now mostly redundant as most visas are eVisas and are stickerless. They email you the evisa and it never goes in your passport. The OP is applying for an extension based on retirement and mine only takes up half a page.

Who'd want to visit that coast as it looks deserted

Rezum vapor treatment. This was developed in 2015 so not exactly new. There is more info on YouTube

There are many official and unofficial websites around the globe that give conflicting and inaccurate information. You will quite commonly read that land border visa-exempt entries are only for 15 days but that rule together with the 90-day in 180 days (more commonly written as 3 visa-exempt entries every 6 months) was abandoned many years ago. Don't quote me but I think Ubonjoe said 2008. The reason the staff tell you it is correct is because they don't know any difference - despite where they work they are not experts.

This is not true. Your permission to stay starts the day you are stamped in and ends the day you are stamped out. It has nothing to do with the time of your flight. I had a 2.45 am flight which put me in overstay but I managed to get through immigration before midnight so no overstay stamp. As far as immigration was concerned my exit stamp was on the last day of my permission to stay even though my flight on on the next day.

The retirement extension is easier but requires more finances whereas the marriage or Thai child extension requires more paperwork but less finances. The retirement extension is issued at the office you apply but the marriage Thai child extension is issued by either Bangkok or Chiang Mai which is why you are 'under approval' for 30 or 60 days. That is not a typo as I am currently under approval for 60 days - the first time ever.

and if I've paid more tax than would be due in Thailand do I get a tax refund? because with your line of thinking that is how it should work. All your income in the UK is taxed but if your income does not reach the tax threshold the payment is nil. That doesn't mean it was tax-free or exempt it means your liability was nil. So it has been assessed for tax and no payment is due. This does not then make an opportunity for Thailand to assess this income again under Thai rules and make you pay tax because, under the double taxation agreement, they agreed not to subject earnings to tax twice. This recent Thai amendment to an existing tax rule is all about foreign earnings that have not been taxed and not about double taxation income. However, if you do have Thai or foreign earnings that have not been subject to tax then the Thai authorities will look at your double-taxation earnings and apply the credit to your current Thai tax liability, and in your example that credit would be zero. As a footnote, the double-taxation agreement allows tax authorities to exchange information about an individual's income.

Antibiotics are difficult to get to the sinus so I use this Neti pot to flush and clean my sinus. Available on Lazada or Shopee

Turmeric root (technically it is a rhizome and not a root) is sold everywhere in Thailand for cooking. I buy mine from Lotus's. I bought some Turmeric powder from Lotus's and it didn't pass the water test so was likely adulterated.