Popular Post SteveK Posted June 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2019 In my personal opinion, Thailand is going to keep making living long-term in the country almost impossible for foreigners, with more and more paperwork requirements, heavier financial requirements, more fines, and more reasons to refuse visas, extensions and entries of any kind. The 2-week visitor who comes once a year and drops 100k will be fine, but that's what they want. Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines are going to benefit from this as people get the message and leave the xenophobes behind, with the stupidly strong Baht, now is a very good time to jump ship for anyone who has no family ties or commitments, I'm sure your presence would actually be appreciated somewhere like Manila or HCMC. If my wife's parents weren't on their last legs I think I would be seriously thinking about moving, but as such I need to be here right now. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkv Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 (edited) 58 minutes ago, BritTim said: You may want to correct the Thai Revenue Department who are helping to propagate this myth. Source: https://www.rd.go.th/publish/6045.0.html I'll correct you, Tim, not the revenue department. The reason overseas income is in practice not taxable ("if you bring it in next year"), i.e. never taxable, is because of a 1987 loophole the Elites at the time invented to suit them. A ruling. "A resident of Thailand earning income from sources outside Thailand does not bring his foreign paid income into Thailand in the same calendar year of earning income. He must not pay income tax. "(The Revenue Department's ruling No. Gor Kor 0802/696 1 May 1987) And according to the RD code, yes, you are a tax resident if you spend more than 180 days a year in Thailand. Edited June 28, 2019 by lkv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DannyP Posted June 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2019 Denied foreigners and some part of "not genuine" tourists is little bit silly. Hello, we spend money in this countries, pay for ladies, for buffallos, for their families. Even cheap Charlies can spent more money in Thailand than average Thai. Bud despite of this, Thailand is not my country and goverment can do everything. It's their business, not mine. I accept and understand. But one thing: the rules are not clear. Why they don't say official about limits? Why everything is individual interpreration immigrations and consulates? No one say one voice. If rules will be clear, everyone will know how long they can live here without issue. It will help to avoid situation like that. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zikomat Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, ThomasThBKK said: Nah its not, it's decent value for money. Prolly the cheapest long term visa thing you can buy in the world, tell me one other country where i can get a 20 year visa with certain bonuses for only 30k USD? Are you serious? There are a lot of countries where one can buy a house with this money. Visa (and in some cases - citizenship) included. Edited June 28, 2019 by Zikomat 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zikomat Posted June 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2019 (edited) Digital nomads are a sign (and a part) of a new world. Use it for your benefit or let your competitors use it. It looks like I will move to Vietnam soon. At least 5 Thai nationals will cry when I leave (no illusions here - only material motives involved). Say thank you to the idiots at the Immigration Office who suspect that I am selling Som Tum illegally and, as such, should be urgently removed from Thailand. Edited June 28, 2019 by Zikomat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamJar Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Lashay said: You are arguing semantics. Yes they are not technically nomads as not moving around enough but there is no popular term for online/remote workers who can work anywhere but decide to mainly stay in one foreign country so people just lump them under the digital nomad title because, job wise, they can move tomorrow with no impact to their job/career You are actually reinforcing my argument. Go back to read what I wrote. My point was exactly that there is nothing holding them to Thailand, if they can move tomorrow with no impact to their job/career. The people with the issue are those who have invested heavily in the country and are feeling increasingly persona non grata. They aren't worried about their job/career. They are worried about their lives. But if someone has purchased assets, such as a house of apartment, that doesn't sound much like a nomad now, does it? They'll be stuck to a certain extent, if they cannot get access to their fixed asset. Just like the others. So digital nomad in that case is nonsense, if they cannot just close the lid on their laptop and leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkv Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, JamJar said: So digital nomad in that case is nonsense, if they cannot just close the lid on their laptop and leave. Semantics. Ok, a digital nomad that made the mistake of purchasing some asset. Still a digital nomad. So glad I didn't. It made my move easier. Edited June 28, 2019 by lkv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zikomat Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Could Jeff Bezos be a digital nomad , according to Thai immigration? Easily. The world has changed. Bureaucrats are the last to understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fforest1 Posted June 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, DannyP said: Denied foreigners and some part of "not genuine" tourists is little bit silly. Hello, we spend money in this countries, pay for ladies, for buffallos, for their families. Even cheap Charlies can spent more money in Thailand than average Thai. Bud despite of this, Thailand is not my country and goverment can do everything. It's their business, not mine. I accept and understand. But one thing: the rules are not clear. Why they don't say official about limits? Why everything is individual interpreration immigrations and consulates? No one say one voice. If rules will be clear, everyone will know how long they can live here without issue. It will help to avoid situation like that. As others have said MANY MANY times.....Buy nothing...Invest in nothing in Thailand....Rent every thing in Thailand....When visa rules change as often as the weather around here its the only safe way to live in Thailand.... They have already screwed the pooch on countless farangs who were planning to sink their retirement future into Thailand....It will take them a loooong time to get that trust back.... Edited June 28, 2019 by fforest1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 10 hours ago, bbi1 said: I guess you're gonna enjoy the 1,600 baht fine Jomtien Immigration gives you when you go in for an extension of stay. Why should they, they didn't in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 .... etc etc 1600 baht spread over 10 years plus.... seems like a bargain considering the considerable effort of getting there and queuing at one of the less efficient lines! As said many many times. I get fined the once, I change my ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, bbi1 said: UbonJoe and others have all mentioned about the number of people at Jomtien Immigration getting 1,600 baht fines. I saw with my own eyes people getting fined too who didn't do it. Not what I asked you! I have seen with my own eyes myself not getting fined for the last decade. UJ also has mentioned many times Jomtiem are not requiring it at this time for people on retirement extensions living in their own properties. Edited June 29, 2019 by jacko45k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I just went back a few pages and found no on topic posts. The majority of the posts are nothing more than back and forth bickering between a few members. For that reason this topic is now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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