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Been living here for about four years. No trouble with 90 day reports. Visa extensions are another matter. Am I wrong when I hear that IOs must serve a four year apprenticeship as Phuket airport minivan drivers in order to be inculcated with the proper attitude toward foreigners and customer service? I'm not saying that but I hear other people saying that. In any case next week I'm moving to a different continent. Looked at another way: When you are given a visa to live here you are actually being hired and your job is to spend money. I played by the rules and did the best job I could. I'm just doing what one should do when confronted by a difficult, even intractable, boss. I quit.

That's just it in a nutshell. You could be doing your annual extension exercise and suddenly the IO says what is your Thai TIN? The point being that you could be ambushed with this. It may not even be right. What is right seems, in my opinion, not that important when they are have got you at their desk. The IOs at Phuket seem to have a particular talent for focusing on some small detail near the end of the process and start yelling at you because you don't know some esoteric detail that's in Thai to begin with. Chain jerking the Falang seems a popular sport. The tax thing just widens the scope and pressure immensely.

I have much enjoyed my stay here in Thailand for the last 3.5 years. I cannot say that I have enjoyed Thai Immigration. Seeing as how things with officialdom here, in my experience, can get very arbitrary and capricious I am choosing to not give them a potential crack at my pension(s). There is just way too much variation between the people sitting across the desk from you. I'll come back to visit friends as a tourist and enjoy my time but I won't live here again.

I don't think that anyone will come knocking on your door. It's possible that you will just be doing the routine paperwork for an extension and suddenly the IO will ask "Where are your Thai Tax Documents.....? No Documents No Extension?" Just a guess. It could be official policy or an IO just jerking your chain. The way things work around here you just never know.

I took Qatar for a return to Thailand from Sweden last summer business class. There were 8 of us in the 24 business class seats. The kind attendant took my dinner choice and then I never ever received any food. The purser came around to do the normal blah blah about thanking me for choosing them just before landing. I thanked her for her interest and then expressed my disappointment and my determination to not book again with Qatar.

Not much is clear concerning this issue. I would be surprised if the RD was not looking at foreign exchange transactions. It's a list of where to start digging.

The merchant's bank will have to handle the payment on the Thai end thus creating a record of a remittance by credit card. My guess is that those records are visible to the RD.

At Phuket Immigration the IOs just shout louder.

Hungry people in this country. Not enough clean water. Not enough medical care. There are so many items on the list that need taking care of before some admirals and generals prestige needs.

Drunk with a strong sense of entitlement. A winning combination.

The officer will be promoted and given a medal for valor and another set of wings for his uniform.

Yes, the cat is worth saving. Remember that all feral cats suffer the plight that they do because of us. Do the right thing. Life is life.

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Further along in the conversation and they would tell you that they are Microsoft Tech Support and you need to turn over control to them......they will solve all your problems.

Hell is where the party is. Would you want to live in eternity with Mike Pence?