mockingbird

Can anyone recommend a tax consultant that's versed in duel taxation agreements. Specifically in relation to moving my tax liability as a 50% shareholder in a company in the UK, and employee of said company. Many thanks in advance.

Lots of people bum around for a year. I took a year out in my twenties and lived here with not a lot of money. So what? It's not a life plan. OP, ed visa is your best option to stay for the year. You won't have an issue getting one, just don't leave and re-enter during its duration.

Fair enough. Everybody's different. I don't find any of that stressful. If they up the 800 by 30/40%, it won't make any difference to me. As living in Thailand isn't the be all and end all for me, being able to take the 800k (0r whatever they may up it to), if and when I leave is obviously the sane option.

It's all speculation at the moment. Anyway, why would you throw away a million baht just because they may be upping the 800k money in the bank requirement?

Correct. And on the back of that Chiang Mai immigration issued a statement to the effect that they had no interest in digital nomads. You won't find a single report of any digital nomad prosecuted by Thai immigration. OP, you will have zero issues working remotely. Ignore all posts inferring otherwise.

Having a tourist visa guarantees nothing. Other than Thai citizens, immigration can refuse anybody. In saying that, most refusals, certainly pre Covid, were guys entering without a visa.

Phuket airport has traditionally been one of, if not the worst, entry points for anyone with any sort of recent history of staying in Thailand of tourist visa's/exemptions etc. Even still, I'm surprised you were refused entry with just 5 months of living here, especially as you have a tourist visa. Fly into Chiang Mai, or use a land border.

It's all a lottery. What I used to do while in the line was to gauge who 'appeared' to be the friendliest i.e. avoid the IO's who were stern faced when stamping people through.

Visa runs are most definitely not illegal. I've no idea what visa solutions you offer, but you really need to brush up on the basics to have any credibility.

Nonsense.

How does that help?

I booked a 30 day rental in the Centric sea condo through AirBnB. When I arrived a couple of days ago, the condo owner met me at the lobby. The receptionist in the lobby was adamant that the condo owner now had to provide a rental agreement, and that we had to register my tenancy with immigration. The condo owner said she has never been asked to this before. According to the receptionist, immigration are making regular checks with the condo's. Long story short, we both had to go to the building office today to register me through the immigration website portal (this is what hotels do). It took a while as apparently this was the first time the guy in the office had registered anybody through the immigration portal.. To anybody that's not aware, the minimum amount of days a condo can be rented out for, according to Thai law, is 30 days. Centric sea now seem to be enforcing this (In fact there's signs all around the building saying that daily\weekly rental is illegal, and tenants will be thrown out for trespassing). I'm not sure if the other large condo buildings will be following suit, but I suspect there is a general crackdown of short term AirBnB type renting. If you've booked anything less than 30 days in the Centric sea condo, then I would seriously advise you to to reconsider your plans.