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Slightly off topic but you might want to consider a trip to your home country to obtain cataract surgeries. For example, in the US, I had both eyes done by an exceptional eye surgeon about 5 years ago and, with Medicare, the total cost of doctor visits and the cataract surgeries (two weeks apart) was slightly under $900.
Congrats on the 53+ years.
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6 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:
You keep on harping on about immigration officers counting days when they would have nothing to do with that!!!
Let's see, it was you that said "No certificate no exit. Unpaid tax? No exit."
Please explain who you say will stop the exit and how they'll do that. Perhaps you're suggesting they'll post revenue officers at the international airports and a traveler would have get past them before seeing the exit immigration officers?
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1 hour ago, AAArdvark said:
When going to a hotel, I always use my driver's license and never a passport.
And, if the hotel is doing the TM30 online reporting as required, they'll just take your passport number off your driver's license (unless they no longer put that info on the lower right of the drivers' licenses).
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23 hours ago, whophant said:
.....Do I seriously need to visit the immigration office every time I stay in a hotel, even for one night?
Same thing has happened to me but:
(1) It's hit or miss whether the online checkers notice you've stayed at a hotel that did their usual online TM30 for you. Sometimes it causes the online checkers to reject your filing, and sometimes it doesn't.
(2) What you need to do (if you want to start doing online 90-day reporting again) is to go to the office behind the Immigration office and tell them what happened (they only needed to see my passport). They'll update their computers and put a new TM30 slip in your passport and then you can do online reporting again. Unfortunately, it's been a zoo back there (and in the main office) so it may take you a while to spend 3 minutes to get that done.
(3) But you also can do the 90-day report in person (main office or Central Festival) without doing that "update."
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36 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:
So would be relatively easy, anyone with a longer stay would be required to have tax clearance. No tax liability and the certificate shows that, liable for tax and paid the certificate shows that. No certificate no exit. Unpaid tax? No exit.
No, I don't think I misunderstand.
Many expats have one year visas (more likely extensions) that only come here for 3-5 months for the winter and they and many full-year expats often take trips to neighboring countries during their stay. So it's not just seeing a tax certificate....and the notion that the exit Immigration officers at the 4 (5?) international airports are going to be searching through a passport to count the days is rather silly in my opinion. But we're just speculating as nothing is in place now or (according to many of the people giving talks about the new tax law) is likely to be in place until long into the future. Then, when and if we get there, let's see how Thai Treasury has to deal with tax treaties that prevent what some sky-is-falling people are saying is going to happen (for one example only, the US/Thai tax treaty expressly states that Thailand cannot tax US social security benefits).
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I respectfully disagree with your speculation as to the issue of enforcement.
It appears you are guessing that exit Immigration will be tasked with figuring out how long a foreigner has been in Thailand during a given year and then refusing to let them leave unless and until they obtain a Thai Treasury tax clearance. Sorry, I simply don't believe that scenario is going to happen.
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19 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:
You are assuming a far more complicated system of checks than would likely happen.
You report the number of days in county, the dates of each trip and the places.
I live here permanently and I remain at a loss as to how enforcement would or could happen. Perhaps you could explain as I don't understand your comments.
(1) Yes, I understand your comment about maybe they require a tax clearance before leaving the country. Yet, that seems a bit odd. They would require exit immigration to see that? And you're suggesting they would require that of every one of the 27+ million foreign visitors?
(2) Where, when, and how would a foreigner report the number of days in country (I presume by "county" you meant country)?
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Sorry but can't help with a Kindle repair shop here. A few years back, though, my Kindle needed to be repaired and found out that the repair cost was outrageous. Instead,
I bought a tablet (Samsung) which cost almost $100.00 less than the repair. Downloaded the Kindle app and it's been great (all the functionality of the Kindle....plus essentially
a computer to boot).
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1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:
Can immigration download it at their end ?
I am sure they could. Will they? Not a chance in my opinion.
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Have watched a couple of online videos and attended a presentation by an accountant here in Chiangmai at a CEC meeting. And, so far, nobody seems to know pretty much anything about what the new (alleged) law will in reality take effect or how it would be enforced. The only common advice I've heard from all sources is that money you bring into Thailand before 2024 will not trigger any possible tax effects here.
As to the above post suggesting that the US Embassy/Consulate will provide any assistance whatsoever is simply a pipe dream. You know where will freeze over before that happens.
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9 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:
His accommodation may have done his TM30 online and immigration got his TM30 from there and he didn't know about it
True.....and, if so, all he needs to do is request a screenshot of their filing and take that with him.
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One big question is how is the alleged new (and questionable) tax law going to be enforced. First off, how would they have a clue a foreigner is here more than 180 days? The only way I can think of for tham to do that is to check Immigration records (seeing an annual extension or seeing at least a couple of 90-day reports in a row.....and then presuming the foreigner is here over 180 days); if that's the case and the OP retains an annual extension, his staying here only 60 days or 178 days won't stop the Thai inquiry.
Then, okay, let's say they've looked at something and guess/presume the foreigner has been here 180+ days, then what do they do? Alert Immigration offices and require them to give no extensions or whatever unless and until the foreigner has a clearance from Treasury?
I smell a cluster_____ if/when they ever try to enforce any tax law aimed at foreigners.
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May not apply to you but a Canadian friend at Hua Hin Immigration just got a 30-day extension (he came in exempt) and didn't have or need a TM 30 to get his extension. But best to have one just in case.
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Typically you'll need a photocopy of the owner's chanote and ID card...plus a photo copy of your passport photo page, permission to stay (exempt stamp, tourist visa, or extension), and entry stamp.
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If you encounter this guy anywhere at breakfast, don't worry, no jury would convict you of homicide.....
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Typically one will get the online Laos tourist visa within 3 business days; however, the only wise thing to do is apply for it at least 2-3 weeks ahead of time in case there's a problem. I'm going to Laos on January 8th.....and applied for my online tourist visa a couple of days ago (expecting approval today or tomorrow). So do it now, no reason to wait unless you're not sure you're going.
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Lancelot, apparently to view your photos/videos, my computer says I need to install and pay for the HEVC video extension from Microsoft. Don't see the reason to do that.
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23 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:....Purchased tickets for Wife and I - one way - Baggage 20kgs each.......Wife and I had 60 kgs (between us)
Can't see the issue.....you paid for 20kg per ticket and you were 20kg over. End of story. You think because you bought 4 tickets on the same credit card that you could get away with 3 people having no checked-in luggage and one person 80kg?
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A bit puzzled by the OP's comments. I have accounts at both SCB and Bangkok Bank, annually earn less than 20k baht on each account, and they withhold the 15% of interest paid every time interest is paid. That's the way it's been for years.
(yes, I know I can get the withheld tax back by filing a tax return and have done that before.....but it's not the topic of his post)
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1 hour ago, brianthainess said:
And how do disabled persons access this new marvel of construction? let me guess they didn't even think about putting that in the planning.
Was told there will be a small building on the old train station side which will provide an underground passage to the new station (or, hopefully, to
an elevator and/or escalator to scale the height). I was sent a depiction of it (attached) but it makes no sense to me as the street that's depicted there
doesn't currently exist in that configuration.
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The station and the king's carriage house are indeed rather quaint. What the above photo doesn't show is the brand new station
located across the lower tracks and which supposedly will be operational in a week. I don't quite understand why the new station
is so huge.......
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28 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:
Yes indeed they do but I wasn't thinking of POA's by the deceased, I had in mind POA's generally such as for the release of the body or the handling of any of the deceased's affairs.
A POA has no effect after death as has been mentioned. It would have zero effect to assist release of the body or handling any of a decedent's affairs. A valid Thai Will with proper language would assist in getting the body released (it would have to be in English and/or have a certified translation in English to be useful for embassy/consular stuff). And, of course, the Thai Will would allow filing of proceedings here to have an executor you've nominated to be actually appointed and empowered by the local court.
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A fair amount of misinformation here. In no particular order:
(1) Your embassy/consulate will be informed of your death (normally by the cops) and, at least in the case of the US, they'll begin a "next of kin" search (or see a valid Will in English or certified to English) that names an executor here. Other than that, the embassy/consulate is finished other than getting and cancelling your passport and issuing the appropriate letter authorizing release of your body from the local morgue. The embassy/consulate isn't paying dime one for any expenses, burial, cremation, whatever.
(2) Once you croak, you're going to end up in a local morgue. And your body is not going to be released from there without three things happening: (a) the cops giving the okay (which is quick and easy unless there are suspicious death circumstances), (b) your embassy/consulate issuing its letter as noted above, and (c) somebody paying the hospital/morgue bill.
(3) For those few where nobody has ever claimed the body under the above circumstances, eventually (after a few months) you'll be cremated with other lost souls.
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1 hour ago, Liquorice said:
Those that use the term 'retirement visa' for extensions of stay are simply ignorant of the conditions by which they are permitted to stay in Thailand.
While it's always best to use correct terminology, it's a bit harsh to suggest that it's "ignorant" if one refers to their long-term stay here as a retirement visa. Most expats here in Chiangmai do refer to it as their "retirement visa". Multiple signs in the Chiangmai Immigration office expressly refer to "retirement visas" but might be wise not to tell those officials they are ignorant.
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Address Reporting Surprise!
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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Actually, it's not....specifically because no non-Thai hotel ever files a TM30 for someone living here. I've flown out and back into Thailand several times in the last few years and never had a problem because of that with filing 90-day reports online or any other Immigration issue (including annual extensions and re-entry permits).
I have read that in a particular case (when returning to Thailand with a new passport or visa), a new TM30 filing may be required but I'm not sure if either case applies here in CM.