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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.

I've done exactly the same and as you say I wouldn't drink it. We have another system for drinking water. I have town water to 10" paper filter to tank then pump to 20" carbon filter. The paper filter can be cleaned regularly but the carbon filter needs replacing and costs about 2000 baht a time.

I'm a bit old now so I would have to do it with a spoon 🤣

You still need the money in a Thai bank account. Foreign bank deposits cannot be used for visa extensions.

Did this happen recently? All banks have tightened up their process for opening accounts.

You and your son are allowed to accompany your Thai wife to the Thai passport section on the right but not the electronic gates. I have done this many times over the last 15 years with my wife and as mentioned anybody over 70 can use the fast track for free.

You can extend what at Chaeng Watthana 6 times? Certainly not a TR Visa

The onward/return ticket is only a rule for visa-exempt entries and VoA so anybody with another type of visa is not breaching any rules. The requirement to show a return/onward ticket is shown on the check-in agents screen and these instructions are supplied to the airline by IATA. So you are at the mercy of the check-in agent and this has nothing to do with Etihad policy. If you buy a fake ticket it is actually a real ticket that is valid for 48 hours after which it is automatically cancelled so best to get one just before you fly. The last time I bought one it was $12 so cheap enough for peace of mind - I was not asked to show it. For every person who says they have never been asked there are just as many ppl with horror stories. The airline is responsible for returning you to your destination if you are denied entry so most are keen to follow the rules. BTW immigration never asks to see it but the airlines do not know this.

Yes, so he could drive home drunk in the fog and made him very rich

OK, I'm not going to judge you or tell you what you have done wrong as others have done on here but I will try and give you some practical advice. Your wife doesn't seem remotely maternal and as she had agreed to go back to Thailand and leave the kids with you then that would be best for the kids. I lived in the UK and was in the same situation a number of years ago so I hired a live-in nanny/au pair from an agency. It was very affordable but the first girl was a nightmare and I had to dismiss her but the second girl was a delight and my children are still in touch with her 24 years later. She was from Lithuania. PS Try and pick an unattractive one or you'll end up in the same situation 🤣 Once your wife has returned to Thailand you must seek legal advice to secure your situation as your wife will be getting lots of advice from Bar Girl lawyers back in Thailand and may return in an attempt to fleece you using the children as ammunition. Chok dee

Any computer repair shop will have a guy. You don't need any special skill set as it's not a difficult or technical task but you do need the correct tools and it's not work buying them for a one-off job.

It's not about alcohol consumption per se but it is about the authorities paying lip service to the national religion. They used to do the same thing in the UK in the last century and still do to a much lesser degree in this century.

If a high-sugar and high-salt diet is the best in the world then who am I to argue with your doctor 🤣 PS Look for another doctor

That 10,000 GBP is a typo. I've obtained 3 non-O visas in the last 18 months and never showed more than £1,500 in the bank

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