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SHA 2 BKK

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  1. Further LTR Visa (excluding those earning a Thai income) have been advised there is no need to lodge a Tax Return and therefore no need for a TIN, but as Mike says circumstances will differ and best read the Guide.
  2. I’m getting 6% back home in Australia. I will only bring in pre January 1 savings into Thailand when needed.
  3. Landed at BKK last evening. Place was packed and big queues at Immigration. Went to the Fast Lane and the Security Guard asked my reason for using this lane. I replied “BOI”. He then pointed at a sign that said I needed some sort of BOI letter. I then quickly added “ LTR Visa” and the guard let me pass without further question. In an out in 10 minutes - longest wait for my luggage.
  4. I have a mate who built a house inland at Cha Am through a Company and Thai partner. Go there quite regularly with him. Rama II is terrible - especially on a Friday, end of a holiday, raining etc. It’s congested and dangerous. I read somewhere that around 36 workers had lost their lives so far building the thing. Not to mention motorists who are at mercy of pile ups and falling construction equipment.
  5. Or play the Lottery - official and unofficial. Then ask relatives for some cash to get by.
  6. When I applied I showed one month of my pension pay slips and a letter from my Pension Fund outlining my yearly income (it was in $AUD but met the $USD threshold). I also own property here which put me well over the $80k level. I didn’t have show my Australian Tax return. Fortunately I found the whole process very easy and the BOI quite flexible. But that’s my two bobs worth.
  7. Hope this helps. I only showed one Australian Tax Return. $US80k before tax. My pension money is deposited outside Thailand in Australia. This checked 5 years after the initial issuance of the Visa so that you can get another 5 years. I would imagine a yearly payment of $US 80k is ok. The team at the LTR BOI are great and I would suggest you email them or if in BKK pay them at visit at Chamchuri Square.
  8. Here was I thinking that there would be no firecrackers this year given the spate of unfortunate events that have surrounded their manufacture as of late.
  9. Thannks DrJack54 and Sjoerd for the information. I shall celebrate my aging and then renew my licence!!!
  10. My licence expires on my birthday. Question- how long after your birthday can you go an renew? So I can get the longer period of time on it? Any guidance appreciated.
  11. My lot all think they are going to win the Lottery. They borrow money left right and centre to buy tickets. Some are hard workers but always need coin for lottery - the other half couldn’t work in an iron lung.
  12. Just tell the guard at the front of the Fast Track line they are your family. I’ve never had problem with us all going in together.
  13. I don’t think so. When I fly domestic is usually use my Thai Drivers Licence. But I’ve never seen a special queue for LTR Visa.
  14. That’s just a “nipper” (baby). My Grandad used to trap them live in Oz mainly for zoos. Dad has a photo of him when he was a kid next a 21 foot (6.4 metre) specimen that Grandad snared and sent to the Townsville Zoo. Queensland has protected Crocodiles since 1974 - being the last jurisdiction in Australia to do so. It’s illegal to hunt them now unless permits are granted - usually for man eaters. Troublesome ones are caught live and relocated or sent to zoos. When I was a kid you could hardly spot them - now they are quite abundant in my old home town so caution is required. Some want hunting re-introduced. I for one disagree. It’s their habitat and man must respect that. Be like shooting all the Tigers because they pose a danger here.
  15. Yes for arrivals just go to the “Fast Track” section which is after the main immigration area. Next to where the Chinese used to get their Visa On Arrival. There is a sign from memory that is in blue and white that says Fast Track. Show your LTR Visa to the guard in front and you are in. No need for any voucher. There is the odd guard who still doesn’t know what and LTR Visa is but you can point to it on the blue and white letter board. Thailand Elite also use this point. For departures look for Fast Track again after you check in. Don’t go up the escalators. They are on the check in floor (I think there are two). Show the guards your LTR - again no need for a voucher. Hope this helps and safe travels.
  16. I haven't and hope not to get drawn into the Thai Tax system if at all possible - even if no tax is owed. I did make sure I have enough In Thailand this year to hopefully get us through 2024 so no need to do anything until things get a bit clearer. However, my understanding of Royal Decree 743, is that as income remitted but earned in a previous year is not subject to Thai Tax regulations I can't see the need for a Thai Tax ID unless one earned some income in Thailand and I certainly don't. Be very happy if anyone could offer further advice.
  17. Have to agree with you Ben. This bloke been all over the place and has always had a harsh word for the LTR Visa. But as he said “what can be given can be taken” and yes TIT. I too won’t bring anything into Thailand this and maybe next tax year even though I have a Pensioner LTR from December 2022 and money is earned in the previous year so technically tax free. After March 2025 when this years filing is due we “may” get a clearer picture. “May” being the operative word.
  18. Get rid of it. My family only eats Australian, US or NZ Beef and if buying in bulk it's cheaper than Thai beef. We tried the local product when we first moved here. Even the poor old dog wouldn't touch the stuff.
  19. Agree with you cobber. It was the Aussies and Yanks that stopped the Japs first - that being the Battle of the Coral Sea (before Midway). My dear departed Grandad fought on Kokoda and then through the battles on the North Coast of New Guinea. America was and has been a great friend of Australia. However an interesting story took place in this relationship 20 odd years before. During the Treaty of Versailles negotiations after the Great War, US President Woodrow Wilson argued strongly that German New Guinea be given to the then allied Empire of Japan as a protectorate. Australias’ Prime Minister Billy Hughes was having none of it and wanted the former German colony to join Australian controlled Papua. Wilson looked at this diminutive, half deaf PM from a nation of 4 million people, that had only been had its own Government for 18 years and said to Hughes “I sir represent 60 million Americans”. Hughes responded that with due respect he represented “60,000 dead Australians”. Fortunately Hughes won the argument and Papua New Guinea became an Australian protectorate until its independence in 1975.
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