paddypower

Thank you for the detailed references.

thanks you for clarifying. I got sidetracked by the Thai spouse extension, which I have no interest in, since I am married to a Canadian. It wont happen again I promise, and, for Heavens' sake, please don't report me to a moderator. You must have been a headmaster in a previous life? :)

absolutely. I may go off topic a bit, but that's my preogative. its a big world out there. yet some of the comments on the 18 pages pf this thread are infantile. ''it is. it is not, no, it is,'' ad nauseum.

now there you go again. The ''small picture'' brigade. You are so fascinated with the single news item in the OP that you cannot see the bigger picture (which news outlets publish photos of protestors with anti-war signs). Thanks to Qatar's interventions, and none other, Hamas has so far released four hostages. Hamas, whom I abhor, has called for a grand prisoner exchange to release the rest. Israel says no such deal is on the table. Yet a recent Israeli opinion poll found nearly two-thirds of Israelis surveyed support a prisoner exchange. But that is whataboutery is it not? . so it does not suit the 18 pages of narrative in this topic.

Point taken.

very curious to know, since there are 2 types of extensions, do the restrictions on working apply to both types of extensions?

Thanks!! both responses to my post are correct. My problem is, I forgot to collect my Thai wife, when I arrived at the airport 26 years.ago. 🙂

one further thought: not everyone here is using some perspective: Hamas killed a lot of Israelis (not necessarily all Jewish) in a horrible fashion. Now, it is pretty obvious that the Israeli government wants revenge, to the extent of what? 35,000 dead Muslims? This is a separate agenda from what many Jews around the world want - they want security. and rightly so. But not at the horrendous loss of lives that continues today and tomorrow. Do not disenfranchise those of us who are against war and genocide, specially by the very people who suffered their own genocide. Savagely Ironic is it not? .

So, you might as well be asking us how many angels can dance on the head of a needle. Your interpretation is so tenuous, it's painful. This whole thread has been hijacked by the pro-semite, anti-semite groups, with the exception of a few moderate posters. I'd back the judgement of the police, (despite how non PC their warning was, to this guy). Any reasonable person would assume that he was there for the sole purpose of antagonizing an anti-war demonstration.

yep. I'm going to take my deposit book to IO next month (the 3 months anniversary of my extension application date) and seek approval for a draw-down to 400,100 baht (just to be safe)

would he not be able to apply the rule where you can withdraw 50% after 3 months and top up his deposit to 400k, 2 months before extension application date? or does that only apply to the 800k 'gang (of which I am a member).

once when i questioned my IO about his misunderstanding about the number of months needed for the bank deposit to remain intact, prior to extension application date, he said i was a 'dark influence' (seriously!). Lucky he doesn't carry a Glock. 🙂

My Canadian bank sent me a form to complete including info about my TIN. Now that is something I'll have to put down to short term memory loss. I'm wondering, do US citizens get asked for the same info. I know that there's a form which you have to complete for investment brokers here, which asks you to confirm that you are not a US citizen. Just curious.

that is illogical, Captain Kirk. do you drive like some Thais do?

and he was misrepresenting the news item which described the the protests as being being anti-war. which is typically pro-Israeli's war in Gaza.

😉 my bible, for the light weight stuff. for the heavy stuff, of course it would be The Rover.

You are more than kind. my Danish born wife was devastated to be reassessed for repayment of the 2023 years pension, retroactively. she has never owed any debt in her life and now at 82, she is receiving demands from their debt collection agency. all due to our ignorance of the rules that moving to Thailand, from Canada, with Canadian citizenship only - rendered you ineligible for the 2 Danish Govt pensions. what I am hoping to do is to personally settle the debt and apply for renewal of her Danish citizenship, provided it means something. The amounts are small - but the stress is unhealthy. again, tak.

what I am interested in seeing, for the 2023 tax year, is what my tax accountant does with a fairly large amount of dividend income. its taxed on a w/h basis at 10%. and I do understand the rules for gross up to claim a refund (they're somewhat onerous). in prior years it was tax free. anyone else in a similar position - i.e. with a large Thai dividend income?

absolutely. same with our Canuck returns - altho' there, there is a claw-back of pension income clause if you don't file. clever people!

After 26 years here full time, the golden rule is ''you must obey the law'' - and, in case you were not aware, the law is whatever is interpreted by the officer/court/whatever. I've managed to accept this, at Immigration. But forced to ''eat'' 5 mill. in condo value, at the Supreme Court level. just file a return, is my advice. It's a minuscule point: but one day, you may consider to apply for Thai citizenship, you'll need proof of having filed tax returns, regardless of no tax liability. jimho 🙂

Many Thanks . I've located that website. One of the biggest hurdles is that most of the Danish Government agencies assume you can register for (and communicate by) their digital post system. We cannot do that, because, crazy as it may seem, they rejected my wife's passport photo, because it was taken 7 years ago. Her photo taken today using the NetID app is rejected as not being the same person. I have also contacts Pensions International by phone. I just wish there was a specific Q & A section, that I could translate into English, in order to find out what the various factors are? By the way, my wife did qualify for a Danish pension, for the many years when she lived in Canada (despite not reactivating her Danish citizenship, once the rules allowed dual citizenship.

and cross dressing 555

Confused? she needs a broomstick up the A. she's is so power hungry and so far right wing that she probably has a copy of Mein Kampf under her pillow.

misgendering. ? I wouldn't mind doing a bit of miss-gendering to Suella to get her sorted out.

well said. and as for the calling the guy an idiot, interestingly enough, Wilki defines 'Idiot' as someone FOOLISH. It goes on to look at the historic use of the term, before everything became so (deleted) up: quote: 'Idiot' was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound intellectual disability where the mental age is two years or less, and the person cannot guard themself against common physical dangers. To stretch the point - it's okay to refer to this guy as an idiot because he was foolish enough to not guard himself against the obvious dangers of walking into someone's fist.