darrenr

Forgot to say As Australia does not tax you on the first $18000 AUD (tax free component), and then starts taxing you on amounts over $18000 AUD (477,000 Baht), does that mean if you a resident in Thailand that technically Thailand could charge you 10% tax on the $18000 AUD?

Hello , i am considering retiring in Thailand from Australia. I know Thailand and Australia have double tax treaties in place so as to avoid double taxation. I also know that if you reside in Thailand 180 days or more then your income in Thailand and in your home country are assessable.

Question: Do the majority of expats living in Thailand greater than 180 days per year, actually pay tax, declare their income in their home countries and lodge a tax file return, and do the authorities follow this up given most are on some sort of retirement visa? Do alot of Expats just fly under the radar.

Reason i ask is that in Australia the first $18000 AUD is tax free , so by declaring your income from bank interest (Bank in Australia) that means you would have to pay tax in Thailand ?

many thanks

Many thanks for the answers, What is a chop from the Embasy, registration at the MFA ?

Q1:So you are saying that even though i married by wife in Australia with Australian certificate , i still need to have it registered and recorded for the purposes of a extension of stay based on marriage/

Q2: Is this the same for a non imm O-A retirement visa ? or i can just show my australian marriage certificate without it being registered.

Q3: We did have a thai wedding in her village, but did not register it as legally married in Australia in 2006, Thai wedding this was back in 2007 ?

many thanks for your help and assistance.

regards

darrenr

Hi, sorry if i sound ignorant.

But, i thought you could only have a non imm O visa (90 days stay, if multiple entry can come and go as you please for 12 months staying 90 days at a time), what is the extension of stay for 12 months based on marriage i.e i thought you could only get this if you are 50 years of older?

Q 1: I had my non imm O visa issued in Australia, so you are saying that with the additional info while i am in thailand i could apply for a 1 year extension of stay based on marriage which will allow me to stay for 12 months , rather that leaving the country every 90 days, is this correct?

Q2: I only have a marriage certificate from Australia, so i am assuming this will suffice and i would need it translated ?

Q3. What is a KOR2, KOR 3 ?

Q4: If we are living in a rented house, do we need show the rental agreement? is this part of a KOR 2 what ever that is

Q5: if have Australian marriage certifcate as we got married in Australia not Thailand do i need anything else , apart from the Police order stating all the requirements, to get a letter from the embassy to state proof of income i am assuming you have to show you embassy proof such as bank statements etc, does this letter from embassy need to be translated?

many thanks

darrenr

Thank mate for the advice , take care

darrenr

UPDATE:

Hello all many thanks to you all for your comments and advice and trust me i have taken them on board.

I have questioned her about not anwering my SMS;s straight away and she told me that sometimes she keeps the credit low on her phone because her girlfriends ask to use her phone and her credit up, also i suppose it is reasonable to assume that when you send an SMS it does not always get delivered or sent immediately from either country ?

Probably in her defence there has been songkran where she went to the village and past week or so is in the process of moving her shop from city to city so she is busy there as well.

About the facebook removal of my photos (which came as a shock to her insisting they were on facebook) she states that her girlfriend who can only speak thai ( works at a cloths store i have met her) was using her facebook account and accidently deleted them and two of her photos that were all contained in the one Album of her photos section on facebook. When i confronted her on this the girl arrived a short time later and i saw (Skype) my wife talk thai and they both laughed indicating to me maybe she did delete the photos and did not tell my wife. Girl friend does not know her password. I told her to stop giving other people access to computer.

She says: why if you thinnk i have Gik or sammy noi (BF or other husband) i dont change my password to facebook and my email account ( which she has told me the passwords), which is true (although could have alternative accounts)

I have checked ThaiLoveLinks.com etc and cant see her on website.

Still has not asked for any money, has access to credit card and could clean out if she want ( i have reduced the limit ), knows i am not rich and would stand to get a maximum of $40,000 australian dollars if we split

Next visit i am going to go over about 4 days earlier and observe !

Hello all, I am arriving in thailand on 2 October 2011,have a non imm O multiple entry visa based on being married to a thai that is due to expire on 16 October?

1. When i arrive in Thailand as i will be staying there for 90 days, i am assuming that even though there is only 2 weeks left on the visa , i will still be granted entry to stay for 90 days , is this correct ?

2. If i arrive on 2 October at 4pm is that counted as DAY 1 ?

3. Is it possible to renew a non Imm O visa based on married to a thai while in thailand or do i need to return to my country to get a new one (just in case i cahnge my plans and want to stay for say 120 days )

Many thanks for your help and advice.

regards,

Thanks everyone,yeah well its been about 4 hrs since i sent an sms to her pre paid andpost paid phones, her excuse will be either no credit or i was busy organising the move from the one to city to the other to start the new business one floor above the lady boy uncles shop ! but if you got time to be on facebook and i then send the sms message, i am sure you phone isnt to far fromyour hands.

does anyone know what the term party5555 means on facebook or in thailand ?

thanks everyone you are right , i guess next trip i can always get off the plane at phuket !

many thanks for the straight up opinions

Thanks everyone for your advise much appreciated. Interestingly lately i send SMS messages to her pre paid phone and her post paid phone (true vision) , and she does not respond for over 24hrs citing that she had no credit , yet where she is the shop is 30 mts away from a booth that sells recharge cards 1 to call and her post paid she is on a plan ?

that is another change in habit !

dont think she hired a investigator for Phuket as i monitor bank accounts like a hawk and i would know if big sums of money had been touched

To correct my first post ,she did NOT approve of me going to phuket with my cop mate and we had a few words, but i explained that Aussie men sometimes go to pubs or on trips togetther and not take their wives, since i had not seen my friend for a while and he did bring his thai wife and children with him.

thanks again.

yeah thought 400,000 baht for half a rai (2 squares she calls it)

hi does anyone know of these companies i got from the web:

http://www.siamspy.com/

http://www.thaiprivateeye.com/

www.thailandpi.com

www.thailand-investigation.com

www.private-investigator-detective.net

regards

Hello all does anyone know of any reputable/honest and good private investigator companies in thailand. I am suspecting my wife maybe cheating on me in Thailand and i want to confirm.

Story in brief:

I am 40 years old Australian , she is 25 year old thai lady ( who as of start of year now has Australian citizenship and passport).

She came to Australia in 2005, worked with me in remote locations of Australia earning money until Sept 2010 when she returned to Thailand to open up a beauty business.

Her uncle is a lady boy who is very well know in the Katoey community and runs several shops in a city outside Bangkok

so she goes back to thailand opens business, that i have seen and it is only meeting running costs.

I pay for her unit 4000 baht per month and give her allowance, i also in Sept 2010 gave her approx $25,000 AUD to set up business and some money (only fair as she worked while in Australia although i earn about 3 times more than her per week).

Anyhow june 2010 went with a friend to phuket for 12 days (without her) she did approve

Saw her last in February 2011 for citizenship /passport obtaining and went to bali no problems.

Been talking on skype every 2nd night, now only once a week.

her facebook account up to 1 month ago had photos of me in her profile and in the photo album - now gone ( this seems very symbolic to me)

now moving down to city where ladyboy uncle (very business savy uncle , wife's mother's brother but he is lady boy) to take over one of his business.

Have told her not giving another cent she need to make this work or she can either come back to australia or i can send her for further education

Her English is very good, good looking girl

My concern is that she is not communicating with me as much , but more importantly removing my photos off her facebook which indicates does not want any her contacts to see she is married to a Aussie (maybe i am wrong).

I have never doubted her before, but i am wondering if by going to phuket with my cop mate in June 2010 that broke the back of the relationship as far as she is concerned.

Trying to have baby for 2 years, cant conceive, she has minor med prob

Paid 400,000 baht for 2 square of village land ( i think half a rai 800sqm ?)

When she set up this business that she is now closing, she said she had to pay 100,000 baht to owner to buy out shop so she could lease, but when i went there two months after opening 30% shops not rent, states when she moves to run (that the uncles has given her shop for nothing and she will use her own products) shop in same shopping centre as ladyboy uncle it normally makes 100,000 baht per month turn over, but is down to 60,000 due to employee they recruited not working properly.

I as an ex cop have a feeling i could be getting played here or she may have a sammy noi/gik ( boyfriend) that i dont know about

She lived in Australia for 5 years never any indication or problems.

So i want to hire a honest reputable private investigator to follow up to see if she is doing the right thing ( i hope) or if my gut feeling is justified. Does anyone know roughly what it costs (ball park figures)? including photo evidence?

This is an allegation only

Many thanks

So enter and leave Thai on thai passport

enter and leave Australia on Australian passport.

If booking airfare in Thailand ( online) to travel TO Australia, should still probably use Aussie passport as when you get to Bangkok Airport to fly to Australia, check in staff may want to see you have a valid visa to Australia ( or Australian passport), is this correct?

Because if book airline ticket and nominate Thai passport, then check in staff are going to want to see a visa, in which case she pulls out her Aussie Passport, mind you i dont think thai airways etc would care as long as you can show you can enter the country you are gettting off the plane in?

regards

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Thanks everyone for the advice.

regards

Lopburi3, thanks for the info. Question: if the Thai immigration ever found out ( i dont know how) that she is an Aussie citizen and has a aussie passport could they revoke her Thai passport. I am thinking there are no issues about dual citizenship/holding two passports. I know Australia doesnt care ??

regards

Hi i have a non immigrant O visa based on marriage, it was issued in Perth Australia. I only had to show marriage certificate and her thai ID/Passport. Did not have to show income at all !!

Does the documentation vary around the world and indeed in Australia with different states. I know when i got mine in Perth i looked at the Thai consulate websites of Brisbane and Sydney and there was slight differences in what documents they required i.e in Brisbane they want a Police clearance certificate (criminal record check)

i would have thought they would all be the same ??

Thanks Lite Beer, i thought the rule would be a pain and prevent alot of people comming to Thailand ( i think they were trying to stamp out people living in Thailand long term by just renewing their 30 day tourist visa on arrival ).

With the visa runs to the border visa mini van are people only getting 15 days now, not 30 ?

many thanks

Hello all, my wife is a Thai citizen with a Thai passport. she recently became an Australian citizen and now also has a Australian passport. She lives in thailand but visits to Australia

I have told her to depart and arrive in Australia on her Australian pasport. Then when she goes to Thailand to arrive and depart Thailand on her Thai passport ( as if she uses her Aussie passport she would only get a 30 day visa on arrival)

Is the above correct?

She intends to maintain both passports.

Australia allows dual citizenship and i think the Thai's do as well?

regards

Hello all,

Can anyone advise if the 90 day rule is still in effect. I know at one stage you werent allowed to be in Thailand for more than 90 days in every 180 days on a visa on arrival (exemption). this meant you could only effectively have 3x 30 day visa on arrivals in a 180 day period and once it was used up you have to stay out of the country for 90 days before the time limit is reset ?

I think they brought it in about 2 years ago?

The reason i ask is i see alot of people commenting that you can get unlimited 30 day tourist visa on arrivals, yet i thought the Thai brought in new requirements several years ago.

Hi first time to bangla rd. Where are the best lady bodys? Bangla rd or paradise complex?

Does anyone know where the most hung lady bodys are , which club ?

Sorry , but the topic says it has been moved to where ????

darren

Hi Darrenr

As said before I can't see any problem with the money etc, but by the sound of it you may have a problem with the land. why were the police involved with the tree felling if the land has proper title for house building, or is the land designate for some other use. If so you may not be permitted to use it for a house. Get the title cheaked before spending money, Jim

Hi Jim the title is Chanort. I think the problem as the trees are hard wood trees and apparently you need a permit to cut these large trees down and sell them ( the dad sold them to a contractor who cut them down and paid him 6000baht, the guy over the road offered 3000baht, so he obviosuly got the shits and told the police and so the dad and contractor ended up in court, as the guy who cut the trees down did not have enough money to pay the fine 32,000 baht each , my wifes dad spent a night in the local court house jail until the contractor came and paid the rest.

Just wanted to make sure everything is done right so if this arsehol_e cannot give any more problems

thnaks for the advice?

Many thanks everyone for your help.

With the T- 33 form, lets say i have the money in the bank ( we both have thai bank accounts, is ti better in mine or hers ) - she also wants to become a Aussie citizen , even though we are going to live in thailand as to be a permanet resident of australia to maintain the permanent status you must live i htink approx 2.5 years out of 5 years in Australia.

So if the T-33 is my account or hers, and we withdraw and say it is for building a house, do they issue you this document ?

2. Question if i have money in a thai bank and want to international transfer it back to Australia does the thai authorities prevent you from doing this ? whether the money is in my account or the wife and all the money originated from Australia in the first place ?

3. Does anyone know any reputable lawyers in Uttaradit, Phitsanoluk, Suko Thai area ?

Once again many thanks for all you advice and forgive my ignorance.

sorry if this has been dealt with before but i would like some advice.

My wife is a thai citizen, married to me (australian), we both live in Australia and we both have jobs. She is a permenant resident of Australia.

Question: As my wife earns an income ( and so do i ) we have a joint bank account that both our salary goes into.

We both have thai bank accounts.

We want to build a house in rural thailand , we have bought the land and it is in the wifes mum name due to my wife being in Australia at the time of purchase.

We intend to live in thailand in the next 2 years most of the year.

I know that it is illegal for a foreigner to give money to a thai citizen to purchase land but not to build a house.

We have a person in the village who is intent on dobbing my wife's father in for things ( such as cutting down trees , apparently the contractor who cut the trees had to have a permit so consequently the wife father and the contractor ended up in court).

Is it the best way to prove ( should we need to prove to the Thai land office) to open a Australian bank account only in my wifes name so that she can then international transfer funds to her thai bank account so the thai authorities can see it is her money not me as a foreigner, or is it alright to keep our joint bank account that shows both our salary going into it and then transferring to her thai bank account (rather than my bank account).

We have all the bank statement, salary (pay )slips and Australian Taxation office certificates to prove how much we each earn ( separate certificates)?

Just dont want to build a house and this guys dobs us in for something trival and the land office then takes the land and house away , or am i being paranoid ? We intend to change the land title to my wife when we next go to thailand.

Many thanks for your help

darren

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