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Thaindrew

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  1. step 2 .. oh no step 2 as no immigration officials left working
  2. HSBC in Hong Kong is relatively easy to open an account with an no minimum balance. they also have a multi currency debit card meaning you can also hold THB and spend it directly in Thailand with the debit card without fees and with a small rebate.
  3. well the statement was made in Australia where there is freedom of speech and not the same defamation law, they going to sue in Australia or is it all hot air?
  4. and to add to that the lack of enforcement re wearing helmets, a while back in Phuket the police did start cracking down re helmets on a regular basis, and it was noticeable that Thais and foreigners alike started to wear them (better than the fine), then of course the police stopped the check points and went back to sitting in the police stations, and slowly everyone stopped wearing helmets .. and now everyone can drive passed a policeman, without a helmet, and not get stopped.
  5. doctors also need more education, I suspected I had dengue lat year and went to the local clinic to be told by the doctor I had a virus and to take this bag of pills. Luckily I insisted on a blood test - he called me the next day to say you have dengue, go straight to the hospital and throw away those pills I sold you
  6. they did though issue licenses to these shops which employed no medical personal knowing full well that the shops would not be operating as "medical only".
  7. they are really really good at graphics and measuring the problems, doing something about it? not so much
  8. catch 22 though, 65000 a month for a retirement visa (without an agent) so they could argue that is the minimum remittance you could "live on" and hence be taxed on, if you claim you are living on less their first question would be "how did you get this visa then?"
  9. Malta looks like a nice option, non EU citizens can live for 3 years tax free on a nomad visa - maybe something good has come from Brexit
  10. they can if it hasn't already been taxed, or if its been taxed at a lower rate than would be applicable in Thailand, indeed if you live here over 180 days they have first dibs on your tax and its up to you to reclaim / offset from your home country if you have also paid there
  11. I guess the work around re property is that money will be remitted to a lawyer or registered estate agent, so not in your name.
  12. Big reduction in property values if “tax” is charged on money imported to pay for it. lots of potential impacts
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