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Looks to me like you are not liable for Thai tax until you bring in over 210,000THB or possibly more? Personal Allowance 60,000 (+ 60,000 if your spouse is not working and doesn't submit a tax return) (+190,000 if you are over 65 years) (+30,000 up to 3x if you have kids in education and your spouse not already claiming) (+ up to 25,000 for health insurance) ++ then the first 0 - 150,000 THB is charged 0% Tax band. So taxed only on what you bring in over at least 210,000THB? Right? A much lower personal allowance though than some other countries, UK allows 12,570GBP (550,000THB ish). On the UK SA302 annual tax calculation it shows 'Total Income Received', then it takes off allowances and shows 'Total Income', depending on which of these figures Thailand uses will make all the difference.

I think the reporter and the applicant are one and the same person, or its the foreigner with a Thai employee to help? from the article... "the foreigner, who works in local media". Maybe the IO is not a fan of the media outlet he works for "Col Thanet said It's back to the question of what job he [the foreigner] does... It is case by case"

I did marriage extension last month (still under consideration), on the day I went there was a ceremony outside as someone new had just arrived that day. I knew beforehand that there were new photo requirements from the volunteers, an extra photo in bedroom and kitchen and the front house pic should be one close up so the house number is visible and one wider shot full body. The video call was the same as we did last year, the IO showed me on his phone what he needed and its just recreating the photos you have supplied, not really a walkthrough. They take a screen shot from the video call with the small window of the IO in the photo - in lieu of a home visit (only had home visit once on the first extension) takes around 2 minutes no trouble at all. Polite and friendly IO There was no mention of Chanote, just the usual house owners house book, id, rental agreement. He did pay more attention than usual to the documents, he noted our rent agreement was drawn up 10 years ago and had no end date, he accepted it as have done other times but said it would be better if it said unlimited or no expiry date on it.

Seems to have all come back to normal in last hour or so. I've done nothing new so it must have been TOT even though they said everything was Ok.

Tried also with 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

Think I found the right setting (??), changed DNS and restarted router but issue remains, thanks anyway.

Thanks for the suggestions. I can't seem find where to change this in the router ZTE F680, I've changed DNS before in my old router but this one I just can't find out, don't see anything in an online user manual either. I have seen how to do it on an F660 which looks like a very similar menu system but the assign DNS setting is not there on my F680.

Thanks, Not sure whats going on its a weird fault, but I'm sure its not us as same on 2 different phones and everything works when switching to 4G. Some apps seem to half work, like Grab loads up and works until you try to order something then it just times out or says no / slow connection (but occasionally works) Same with Lazada app works mostly until I look at an order that is expected to be delivered then it waits and says no connection. Seems to be most noticable on android apps more than on pc, but eg Bangkok Bank loads about 50% of the time on pc and the app is not working at all on phones. TOT/NT say they have checked everything and all looks ok.

Anyone else having TOT problems today? Some sites/apps working some not Bangkok Bank (on app and computer 80% of time), Lazada (app not work computer work), Line (won't send messages 80% of time). Tried 2 different phones both same, switch to mobile data it works. On computer work better but not all the time. Some sites seem fine, google for example. Router reset 3 times, TOT have reset connection and are now having me do pings and tracert

Any recommended brokers? I've seen 2 on here frequently mentioned, one the them that is mentioned a lot is who I got the policy from in the first place but I changed to buying direct after I lost confidence in them after making a mistake, the other one I have emailed twice now and they don't bother to reply.

I also changed to dealing direct with my insurer after a broker issue. My current insurance though is up 25% after making a claim and looks like it will remain up for a good while (see my other thread). wrlife looks interesting, anyone know anymore about them? The local $ plan is less expensive than the local Thai plan for more coverage (?) $20000 ≈650k Baht vs 400K Thai plan am I missing something. Any experiences with them? Thanks.

Thanks, still considering options, I think the metal removal will cost more than a years premium (proximal humerus). 1Mil accident cover for 1k Baht???

Completed car renewal 5 to 5 years last week. Much better having this appointment system hope it continues, was in at 8AM out before 8.30AM, very simple. Cost for car only was 500B + 5B total 505Baht, they didn't charge for any printing/photo this time.

I have health insurance from a Thai company for a few years, its a basic policy 400K coverage. When I bought it I researched myself and had thought this to be the best value for the price, I contacted a broker (one of the popular ones mentioned on here) they looked around and came to the same recommendation as I found on my own, I bought it through the broker but quickly I had an issue that made me lose confidence in them so I contacted the insurer direct and have renewed directly since. I had no claims until Dec 2020 when I had an accident and surgery, the IPD bill was around 140K and I paid around 10k of it, there was also around 20k of OPD treatment which I paid. My renewal came for Feb 2021 and I lost my no claims discount 10% and premium was up 25% over the standard for my age. This years 2022 renewal is now in and again up 25% but have 10% NCD back. Last year I was still recovering so did not give a lot of thought to it and wasn't expecting the premium to go up forever because of this one claim. I contacted them and eventually found out that my premium will remain higher until the loss ratio falls below 70%, from my quick calculations this could take several years. Now I could change insurer, but I may have to have some metal work removed later this year. If I changed insurer I guess they would class this as preexisting. My thinking at the moment is to pay another year, claim what I can if I need extra work then change possibly next year? I would be happy using a broker again if there are any recommendations for Phuket but probably after this renewal? Any advice welcome?

No not the same, Int Cert is all in English, Name, Nationality, Passport number, DOB, Sex, Certificate status, identifier, issuer, QR code and then vaccination record underneath (just first 2 showing). I'm guessing the same info as your yellow passport?