What Can You Import Free With A Retirement Oa Visa?

[Rdrokit]

I am here on a OA retirement visa and have heard conflicting stories on what personal items a retiree can import duty free. Can you import your car duty free, household items?

Any of you out there on a retirement OA visa shed some light.

Thanks,

rdrokit

[Crossy]

A CAR!!

AFAIK The duty-free import of anything (on an O-A visa) was done away with last year (and cars were specifically excluded before that)

Edited March 19, 2007 by Crossy

[dr_Pat_Pong]

I am here on a OA retirement visa and have heard conflicting stories on what personal items a retiree can import duty free. Can you import your car duty free, household items?

Any of you out there on a retirement OA visa shed some light.

Thanks,

rdrokit

Sad to say, but an O-A visa carries no rights of tax or duty free importation at all.

[astral]

Sad to say, but an O-A visa carries no rights of tax or duty free importation at all.

Not exactly designed to encourage retirement in Thailand.

PS. Find a shipping agent.

They can usually arrange importation of household goods for a "fixed fee"

in lieu of duty.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

A Thai spouse is the way to go

[lopburi3]

Before we marry all us geezers off; that will only work if the Thai spouse has been living overseas and is returning with there HHE. A spouse in Thailand will just be an added expense.

[LivinLOS]

A Thai spouse is the way to go

Dont they usually get exported ???