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  1. I am a retired British Citizen living in Thailand and last year I received a Life Certificate letter and form from the "The Pension Service" which is part of the Department for Work and Pensions dated 8 January 2023 which I had to fill in, get signed and send back. To date this year I have not received such a letter and form and was wondering if any other UK Citizens retired here have received this? Many thanks in advance for any help.
  2. The car I want is a new Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Premium GT I like the 300+ Horse power in Sport Mode best wishes amd many thanks
  3. Many thanks Richard for your comments and link if I dont get minimum 800 000 I will just keep the car.
  4. I am a retired UK citizen living in Udonthani since 2004 and I want to sell my car as I want to buy an Electric Car: 2019 Nissan X-Trail 4WD, 1 English Owner, Like New, 43000km, Full Accessory Package, Dealer Service which I am the owner of. Price absolute minimum 800 000 and hope to get more. The car looks like new and has only been used by myself and my wife and driven carefully (no kids, dogs ever inside, 5 back seats never used). I have looked after the car perfectly, never smoked in, food never eaten in the car, never involved in accident, finance free, when parked at home always covered, washed and polished regularly by reputable car wash company, have all service receipts from Nissan. If interested contact me and we can do live video to show the car or arrange a viewing.
  5. I am a British citizen happily retired and living in Thailand, I receive the bulk of my pension from Norway (about 20% from UK) and am curious as to why the Norwegian Kroner is so weak and has been continuously weakening for a very long time. When I first moved to Thailand in 2004 I received approximately 6.4 THB for 1 NOK however now it is approx 3.1 and over the years we have lost millions because of this. Fortunately I can stop or reduce my main Norwegian State pension for another 5 years to get it higher and this helps some what. My understanding is that Norway is one of the richest countries in the world with vast oil and gas resources and is debt free. Compared to some other Scandinavian countries the Danish Kroner is considerably stronger than the NOK and gives just over 5 THB for 1 DKK and Sweden is also stronger than the NOK giving approx 3.2 THB for 1 SEK. I am just amazed as to how the NOK is so weak. Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment.
  6. Amazing Thailand just wasted a lot of time trying to pay for a monthly subscription of a whopping 25 USD per month as a PayPal Guest using my Bangkok Bank Credit Card however the transaction failed each time. Tried again with my Eurocard Mastercard linked to my address here in Thailand and it functioned perfectly. Do any members know why the Bangkok Bank Credit Card can not be used for such purposes? Many thanks in advance for any help.
  7. On the 20th September I had my 2nd Thai Elite 5 Year PE Visa affixed in my new renewed UK passport at Chang Wattana and evreything went very well. My appointment was at 9am and I arrived at 8am and there was a very long queue however I fortunately did not need to queue. I was met by a very pretty nice Thai Elite girl who processed evreything perfectly and after 30 minutes I received my passport back with the new visa sticker. I needed to provide Thai Elite with my old passport, my new passport, my TM30 screenshot linked to my new passport from the old TM30 System and also my TM30 linked to my new passport in the new TM30 system and thankfully I had both screenshots with me. My first 5 Year Thai Elite Visa was affixed in my old passport at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Good luck to all other Members who have Thai Elite Visa's.
  8. Many thanks for sharing this as it was something I was not aware of, is it possible that you can document this and many thanks in advance.
  9. Thank you for asking this. The sole reason for me doing this is because it helps me financially and is actually in my opinion very easy to do and it is also legal. I only have to print out my bank statements and use a yellow marker pen to mark the International Transfers and then summarise all lf this in a list to be included in my Thai Tax Return. When this is done I get the Thai Tax Office to help me fill out the Tax Return and help me to apply for a Thai Income Tax Paid Certificate and a Certificate of Residence all free. When I receive the above documents I send them to my Norwegian Tax Lawyer Office in Thailand and they update my Norwegian Tax Return and send the above documents together with a letter they have drafted to the Tax Authorities in Norway. The Norwegian Tax Lawyer Office in Thailand can do all of the above to facilitate this however I choose to do as much as possible myself to save money and I only have to pay 5000THB (special agreement and I have used them for many years). Of course before anybody considers doing the above one must check the potenial benefits and base the decision on this. In my situation it has saved me a lot of money over the years and it is legal.
  10. I am a British Citizen retired married to a Thai and staying in Thailand on a Thai Elite 5 Year PE Visa and this suits my needs very well. I receive pensions from the UK that are lower than the UK Tax Free threshold and these are paid into my bank in Norway as I worked there for 32 years. I receive Norwegian State pension and private pensions in Norway and these are taxable in Norway and also paid into my bank in Norway. I send money from my bank account in Norway to Thailand when needed. I am tax resident in Norway even though I do not have property there (my daughters have property and the tax office states that I can stay there) and I am also tax resident in Thailand because I stay here most of the year. The Double Taxation Agreement between Thailand and Norway helps my situation significantly as all money sent to Thailand from Norway in a tax year can be used to offset the tax I paid in Norway and I normally get all tax paid in Norway paid back in full and evreything is legal. As I am over 65 I am also eligible to an extra 190 000 THB deduction on my pension income in Thailand and the actual tax paid in Thailand depending on how much I transfer in a tax year has varied to date between 8000 and 25000 THB which I believe is very reasonable. I always use a Norwegian Tax Lawyer Company in Thailand to write a letter to the Norwegian Tax Office for this and they also update my Norwegian Tax Return, I do the rest myself including Thai Tax Return, Thai Certificate of Income Tax Paid and Thai Tax Office Certificate of Residence. I am posting this in case this may help others in a similar situation to myself.
  11. Click on Profile and then click on the + Button to put the address in and when finished click Save
  12. Well I sincerely hope all other members have better success than my wife had this afternoon. First the positive successfully registered with the new system and up and running. After this my wife successfully entered our address and this was accepted by the system before logging out, however after logging out and logging in again the address that was in the system has mysteriously dissappeared. So frustrating.
  13. I forgot to mention when I recently went to my local immigration office to get my last entry stamp from 2019 (Suvarnabhumi Airport) and my latest Visa Extension (done at my local Immigration office) in my old cancelled passport into my new passport they said sorry we cannot do this as Thai Elite have to do this. However fortunately after my calling Thai Elite and the staff explaining to my local Immigration office they did transfer the stamps without any problems. My new online TM30 is linked to my new passport on the day I received it and also my latest 90 day report (done at my local immigration office), my TM6 is linked to my old passport.
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