We just got a letter from the local Immigration office confirmed by the local Village Chief, that effective upon the next request for extension of stay based on marriage for any farang, the Thai wife or Thai husband, will have to pay a 40,000 Baht annual tax. I asked around and it seems that the Government want a to establish this fee as a tax on the lifestyle improvements that our wives are experiencing. The letter went on to say that any divorces (proably based on this new rule) will have a fee of 120,000 Baht, effectively immediately. The intent of the divorce fee is to stabilize the situation and not cause immediate mass hysteria and long lines at the local Government offices. Napong Lingphotllian of my counties government, after being contacted, stated that the 120,000 baht divorce fee was being enforced due to the potential loss of income that Thailand would experience as the wives divorce their husbands en masse and while they stayed single. A Honey Tax based on a Thai residing with a farang, on a regular basis, is also in the making and is rumored to be equally costly, to be released within weeks.

Edited April 1, 200719 yr by mouse

April Fool ......................

Where and when can I pay the money?And can I do this every year?....getting a new wife every year?.....a bit like changing the car.....but can I swap one forty for two twenties?

I am married to the former Miss Phuket, so I get a discount!??????!

APRIL FOOLS!

Ha! Ha! Ha! Mouse you another one hitting me in the sand where I have rush out of my house to seek clarification from the village head. :D

We just got a letter from the local Immigration office confirmed by the local Village Chief, that effective upon the next request for extension of stay based on marriage for any farang, the Thai wife or Thai husband, will have to pay a 40,000 Baht annual tax. I asked around and it seems that the Government want a to establish this fee as a tax on the lifestyle improvements that our wives are experiencing. The letter went on to say that any divorces (proably based on this new rule) will have a fee of 120,000 Baht, effectively immediately. The intent of the divorce fee is to stabilize the situation and not cause immediate mass hysteria and long lines at the local Government offices. Napong Lingphotllian of my counties government, after being contacted, stated that the 120,000 baht divorce fee was being enforced due to the potential loss of income that Thailand would experience as the wives divorce their husbands en masse and while they stayed single. A Honey Tax based on a Thai residing with a farang, on a regular basis, is also in the making and is rumored to be equally costly, to be released within weeks.