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  1. She has to enter with same passport she left from US. And expired passports can not be used to enter to any country for any citizen. Thai Immigration will ask her that how the US immigration let her leave the country with expired passport and also they will question her how the airline let her on board with expired passport.  If she says that she used US passport to fly then Thai immigration will ask her to provide that passport. It might cause a problem at the entry point if lying.

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  2. On 2/5/2021 at 9:15 AM, Sydebolle said:

    I am SOOOO grateful, that this finally is possible and that they got their priorities right.

    Instead of proper driving tests and, after an initial grace period, lifelong licenses (which can be lost in case of breach of driving codex) we now are blessed with personalized plates increasing road safety. Really? 

    There is no life long license in Thailand, first license is good for 2 yrs and then has to renewed every 5 yrs. Either you don't have license or you just wanted to say something bad. Be grateful to be here living as a guest. But of course if you moved here from the best country in the world have no problems,everything you have there is best in the world then criticize anything you want but only if your country is the best of the best. How you feel a foreigner moved to your country and bitching about anything and everything? You would tell him/her to go back to your nest right? That's why most Thais don't like foreigners, because most foreigners have no respect to their country and it's people. Then you feel bad when they call you dirty farang.

  3. On 10/22/2020 at 9:40 AM, johng said:

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    On 10/23/2020 at 2:27 PM, Oldie said:

    Of course not. But what if you come into a situation that you can't have the pet anymore. What options do you have here in Thailand? 

     

    3 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

    Slowly pricing out those tourists from the west with the Baht increasing, and then the high amount of money needed in a tourists bank account for 6 months prior to applying, not sure how the Chinese normal zero baht tourist will be able to meet the 500K THB 6 month requirement. That is, unless they have the money hidden from their own Government in a bank account overseas.

    They don't require that 500K for Chinese, Yes it's on the paper but  they don't require it when Chinese people apply for visa at the consulate.

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  4. On 9/1/2020 at 11:22 PM, richard_smith237 said:

     

    I wonder how safe the 4th quarter of 2021 will be when people are hungry and desperate.....

     

    I think I’ll feel a lot less safe walking down Pattaya beach road with my gold chain, rolex watch and 25k (baht) in my back pocket...  

    Well , don't wear Rolex,don't wear gold chain,don't carry 25K in your back pocket like an American pimp, then problem solved and you are safe.

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  5. 8 hours ago, webfact said:

    Confirmed: "Big Bike" riders will need special training from next year

     

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    A senior policeman tasked with looking into changes to Thailand's traffic laws has revealed that motorcycle riders on high powered machines must undergo special training and answer more questions to obtain a licence. 

     

    The new regulations apply to riders of 400cc machines and up.

     

    Pol Maj-Gen Ekkarak Limsangkat, deputy of Region 6, said that the changes were announced in the government gazette and would come into force on 19th February 2021, 120 days after the announcement last Thursday. 

     

    The Thai Rath story suggested that riders would need to provide evidence of having been through the required training before a licence could be issued. They would also have to answer additional questions on a test.

     

    Exactly what this would mean has yet to be revealed. 

     

    The government gazette announcement is part of changes to update and modernize.laws promulgated in 1979.

     

    Thailand had seen a great rise in the use of high powered motorcycles in recent years, notes Thailvisa, with many bike companies producing machines in the kingdom.

     

    A previously more niche market has thus become far more widespread. 

     

    Furthermore Thai press reports of "big bike" accidents" now seem to have forced the hand of the authorities in taking action to address the issue, though the actual extent of accidents involving those on high power machines is largely anecdotal.

     

    Thailand is one of the biggest markets in the world for motorcycles of all descriptions. 

     

    About 70% of Thailand's estimated 20,000 plus death toll on the roads is motorcycle riders. 

     

    Source: Thai Rath

     

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    They need to make sure 125 CC riders have license and they don't ride 15KM per hour in middle of the road. They need to train and teach traffic laws to 125 CC riders first. They have to know scooters don't have the right to ride in middle of the road and block the cars and they have to learn that mirrors have on the scooters to check the rear traffic not an accessories.They adjust their mirrors to see their own face not the rear traffic.

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  6. 1 hour ago, JimHuaHin said:

    Her salary will depend on how many years she has been working for the Ministry of Public Health, and whether she does any over-time or not.

     

    Base starting salary for medical doctors in Thai government hospitals is about Baht 25,000 per month, give or take about Baht 5,000.

     

    As she is a radiologist, rather than a radiographer (someone who does a radiography degree rather than a medical degree) she would have had to have done about three-four years of specialist training after her initial employment as a general doctor (as the original post noted).  This would bring her base salary up to about Baht 45,000 per month.

     

    How much doctors and specialists get paid vary slightly from government hospital to government hospital.  Some specialists at my local hospital were paid Baht 4,000 to do a 3-hour over-time shift.  However, a new hospital director was appointed and he reduced the over-time payments to Baht 2,000 for a 3-hour shift.

     

    Finally "... she [the radiologist] is always moaning about the stress, competition and low pay.", which is why many specialists exit the government health care system.  Many others set up after hours private clinics, where they can earn substanially more money.  For some specialists, like radiologists, this is not an option.

     

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  7. On 8/22/2020 at 12:56 AM, Puccini said:

    No, there is no such law.

    Are you 100% sure ?  Because some people I know who work at otels told me that if any room has a guest then house keeping has to change linens everyday and that's what they do. But they told me that house keeping doing this because management told them to do so, so as an employee they don't  know if there is a law or not .

  8. On 8/11/2020 at 10:17 AM, Oldie said:

    They don't know that you transfer your rental income every month. It is just a money transfer. The situation is different if for instance your pension is transferred directly every month to Thailand. It is not a problem if the pension is first transferred to an account in your home country and then you transfer it from there. Then there is no direct link anymore. 

    You might be right, I don't want to argue but USA and Thailand has different kind of deal on US citizens. I am not retired yet from US but when I do, Social Security will be direct depositing my pension to my Thai bank account and there is no tax have to be paid on that. I am a very organized and honest person about my income. My tax advisor knows that I get rental incomes (more than one) from USA and I told her that she needs to inform that on my legal papers ( I also own a business in Thailand ) so I don't get into trouble or something with Thai revenue service. And she told me that there is no double taxation as long as I can prove that I pay taxes on that income at the source ( I also don't have to pay tax in the US on income I generate from my Thailand Business as long as My bank account don't go over $ 400K in any month during the calendar year), So I give her copy of my yearly tax returns from US to let her know how much income I had and how much tax I paid in the US. 

  9. On 8/3/2020 at 3:44 PM, Oldie said:

    As far as I know this is not correct. If you are here more than 180 days you have to pay taxes. If you transfer your income in the same year you earned it to Thailand you will have to pay taxes. Take for instance a pension you transfer every month to your Thai account. 

     

    Read here too

     

    https://www.mazars.co.th/Home/Doing-Business-in-Thailand/Payroll/Personal-Income-Tax

     

    There is no double taxation if tax paid at the source ( I am talking about US citizens), which is I pay my rentals income tax in USA every year and I transfer those rents to my Thai bank account every month. So my tax advisor don't know about this or guiding me to wrong way and I am not paying taxes in Thailand for quiet few years.

  10. They stay here because they can not survive in their own country with the income they have or don't have. And what's funny about it is these people bitch about Thailand,Thai government and Thai people all they long at the social media. They know everything better than the Thai government. These idiots don't turn around and look at their own country. I hope Thai government stops border runs and any other stupid things not to keep these low life people in Thailand.

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  11. There is no double taxation. If you pay you tax at the source for your income then you don't pay tax here in Thailand,again i don't know what and who says but I transfer my rental incomes from USA every month for quiet some time now and my/wife tax advisor saying that I already pay taxes on my income at the source and there is proof of that (my yearly tax returns) so there can not be double taxation.

  12. 18 hours ago, jackdd said:

    Not in general, but if you spend more than 180 days a year in Thailand you are considered resident for tax purposes.

    Not necessarily. If he doesn't earn any income in Thailand he will not be required to pay tax from overseas income. No matter what, he is not a Thai resident. In order to be a Thai resident he has to have the Thai resident card which is retires can not get it. But if you go to the tax office or whatever it's called and insist paying tax then they will not say no, they will happily take the money.

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