hedonist44 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have searched everywhere on here and have not found what I was looking for, so hopefully this is not a reduntent post. If so I appolozise. I just rolled my one year work permit into a one year retirement visa and am thinking of moving everything from my home in China to my home here in Chiang Mai. My question is, am I able to bring in a container of my personal house old goods, (clothing,furniture,stereos and so on) with out paying duty? I have heard over the years that I would be able to bring in one shipment, but have never verified. Any advise on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have searched everywhere on here and have not found what I was looking for, so hopefully this is not a reduntent post. If so I appolozise. I just rolled my one year work permit into a one year retirement visa and am thinking of moving everything from my home in China to my home here in Chiang Mai. My question is, am I able to bring in a container of my personal house old goods, (clothing,furniture,stereos and so on) with out paying duty? I have heard over the years that I would be able to bring in one shipment, but have never verified. Any advise on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... If you are on a work permit, you have 6 months after starting a job to move your stuff in tax free, after which tax is payable.... suspect you may have missed the boat on this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario2008 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Look here for more details: http://www.customs.go.th/Customs-Eng/House...nuNme=HouseHold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedonist44 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Thanks Soutpeel and Mario2008. I was on a one year work permitt and knew about the 6 month thing, but I was not sure if I was going to stay full time here again, so did not move the house. Now that I am on a one year retirement visa, I may well have missed the boat. Looks like I'll have to wait untill I start a new project ehre and have another work permit. Thanks to you both for your responces... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 There is no duty free entitlement for retirement visa holders. I suggest you find a Thai based shipping company. Tell them what you want to import and they should be able to negotiate a "fixed fee" for the importation. It is then up to you to decide if it is worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball53098 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 If you're married to a Thai and she lives out of the country I believe for a year or more she can ship in the stuff free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred2007 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 If you're married to a Thai and she lives out of the country I believe for a year or more she can ship in the stuff free.Actually it is 4 years as far as I know I shipped all my house hold goods from Perth to Thailand in my wifes name ( 20 ft container ) we had to make a list of every thing we shipped and also being asked to take pics of every thing. Also you can not ship more than 1 item of a certain product. ie you can send 1 refrigerator but not 2. But then again when every thing arrived over here nothing ever got checkedthe container never got opened. Since we paid I guess a bit of tea money to the custom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 If you're married to a Thai and she lives out of the country I believe for a year or more she can ship in the stuff free.Actually it is 4 years as far as I know I shipped all my house hold goods from Perth to Thailand in my wifes name ( 20 ft container ) we had to make a list of every thing we shipped and also being asked to take pics of every thing. Also you can not ship more than 1 item of a certain product. ie you can send 1 refrigerator but not 2. But then again when every thing arrived over here nothing ever got checkedthe container never got opened. Since we paid I guess a bit of tea money to the custom My GF who has just spent a little over 12 months in Australia shipped a pile of stuff back a few months ago...they only need 12 months abroad to do so. Same thing tho, she had about 150kg of stuff, they wanted a comprehensive list and a declaration that it was her gear (I think as opposed to being my gear). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred2007 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 If you're married to a Thai and she lives out of the country I believe for a year or more she can ship in the stuff free.Actually it is 4 years as far as I know I shipped all my house hold goods from Perth to Thailand in my wifes name ( 20 ft container ) we had to make a list of every thing we shipped and also being asked to take pics of every thing. Also you can not ship more than 1 item of a certain product. ie you can send 1 refrigerator but not 2. But then again when every thing arrived over here nothing ever got checkedthe container never got opened. Since we paid I guess a bit of tea money to the custom My GF who has just spent a little over 12 months in Australia shipped a pile of stuff back a few months ago...they only need 12 months abroad to do so. Same thing tho, she had about 150kg of stuff, they wanted a comprehensive list and a declaration that it was her gear (I think as opposed to being my gear). yes I don't disagree with you but I am talking about shipping a 3 bedroom house over here ( 20' container) not just a few hundred KG's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 If you're married to a Thai and she lives out of the country I believe for a year or more she can ship in the stuff free.Actually it is 4 years as far as I know I shipped all my house hold goods from Perth to Thailand in my wifes name ( 20 ft container ) we had to make a list of every thing we shipped and also being asked to take pics of every thing. Also you can not ship more than 1 item of a certain product. ie you can send 1 refrigerator but not 2. But then again when every thing arrived over here nothing ever got checkedthe container never got opened. Since we paid I guess a bit of tea money to the custom My GF who has just spent a little over 12 months in Australia shipped a pile of stuff back a few months ago...they only need 12 months abroad to do so. Same thing tho, she had about 150kg of stuff, they wanted a comprehensive list and a declaration that it was her gear (I think as opposed to being my gear). yes I don't disagree with you but I am talking about shipping a 3 bedroom house over here ( 20' container) not just a few hundred KG's I shipped a container load using my Thai partner's name, only hassle was negotiating the amount of tea money customs would accept to release it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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