Foreigners working in Thailand: New Revenue Dept link to Immigration set to make life easier

[webfact]

Foreigners working in Thailand: New Revenue Dept link to Immigration set to make life easier

 

Picture: Voice TV

 

The Revenue Department has announced that as of Wednesday foreigners working in Thailand no longer need to visit them.

 

They have set up a link with the Immigration Bureau to share data. 

 

Foreigners who need to present tax documents for the purpose of renewing and extending work visas can go to www.rd.go.th and follow the relevant links. 

 

They will be asked to allow their consent for documents to be shared as well as some other clerical matters.

 

Sommai Siriudomset said that this was all part of helping foreigners working in Thailand and they would no longer need to attend the revenue department in person. It can all be done online. 

 

Source: Voice TV

 

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[rkidlad]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

It can all be done online. 

I renewed my passport from Thailand completely online. The process took less than 10 mins and I received the passport in less than 3 weeks. 
 

It’s as if, and that’s a big if because there needs to be the will, that pretty much everything involving documents, etc, can be done online. Meanwhile, when I last renewed my extension here I had to take a new passport-style photo. Apparently it has to be less than 6 months old. I think that was officially the millionth passport photo I’ve given them. 

[ukrules]

3 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Apparently it has to be less than 6 months old.

 

I had a whole bunch of passport photos made about 10 years ago and I'm still using them now, I used one last month on a drivers license ????

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

They have set up a link with the Immigration Bureau to share data.

I couldn't do my 90 day report this week... yet again.

Good luck with that. 

[Brunovski]

how about having the webpage in english, since mostly foreigners will have to use them????

[Burma Bill]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

set up a link with the Immigration Bureau to share data

[ChipButty]

Thailand never made anything easy for Farang

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

I had a whole bunch of passport photos made about 10 years ago and I'm still using them now, I used one last month on a drivers license ????

Ditto - I bought 12 for 180 baht when I renewed my UK passport and still use them to this day.

[Tropicalevo]

7 hours ago, rkidlad said:

I think that was officially the millionth passport photo I’ve given them. 

555

And copies of passports???

[Tropicalevo]

It

20 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Ditto - I bought 12 for 180 baht when I renewed my UK passport and still use them to this day.

That does not work when renewing work permits (on Samui). Every photo has to be different. Mind you, my original work permit was 2001. My hair is more grey/white now.

[josephbloggs]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

Thailand never made anything easy for Farang

Awww boo hoo, is Thailand tricky for you?  Maybe change your name to ChipButtyOn Your Shoulder.

The BOI has made things easier for farang, from investing, to tax incentives, to foreign business ownership.  One Stop Service Centre has made things easier, Digital Work Permits made stuff much much easier for us.  I just renewed my visa and WP and was literally in and out in under ten minutes.  That has been made much simpler over the years and it is only for farang.

More countries now get visa exempt entries than before.  That has made it easier for millions of tourists (farang}.  

We get preferential treatment in so many places.  I go to the bank as a farang and someone immediately comes over to help me and I am usually taken to a desk in the back rather than the big queue - that is purely because I am farang.

Sorry, you just made a very silly, bitter, "ooooh look at me I'm a victim" post.  You are not a victim, Thailand does not hate foreigners (well maybe they just hate you}.

Edited November 20, 2020 by josephbloggs

[josephbloggs]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Foreigners working in Thailand: New Revenue Dept link to Immigration set to make life easier

 

Picture: Voice TV

 

The Revenue Department has announced that as of Wednesday foreigners working in Thailand no longer need to visit them.

 

They have set up a link with the Immigration Bureau to share data. 

 

Foreigners who need to present tax documents for the purpose of renewing and extending work visas can go to www.rd.go.th and follow the relevant links. 

 

They will be asked to allow their consent for documents to be shared as well as some other clerical matters.

 

Sommai Siriudomset said that this was all part of helping foreigners working in Thailand and they would no longer need to attend the revenue department in person. It can all be done online. 

 

Source: Voice TV

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-11-20

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Don't understand this.  I have worked here for 25 years and have never once been required to visit the revenue department.  Don't know anyone who has had to do this either.

[rkidlad]

7 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Awww boo hoo, is Thailand tricky for you?  Maybe change your name to ChipButtyOn Your Shoulder.

The BOI has made things easier for farang, from investing, to tax incentives, to foreign business ownership.  One Stop Service Centre has made things easier, Digital Work Permits made stuff much much easier for us.  I just renewed my visa and WP and was literally in and out in under ten minutes.  That has been made much simpler over the years and it is only for farang.

More countries now get visa exempt entries than before.  That has made it easier for millions of tourists (farang}.  

We get preferential treatment in so many places.  I go to the bank as a farang and someone immediately comes over to help me and I am usually taken to a desk in the back rather than the big queue - that is purely because I am farang.

Sorry, you just made a very silly, bitter, "ooooh look at me I'm a victim" post.  You are not a victim, Thailand does not hate foreigners (maybe they just hate you}.

Someone immediately comes over to you in the bank and let’s you push ahead of everyone else - why? 

 

Every time I go to the bank I get a ticket and wait in line like everyone else. Same when going to pay my credit card or going to True to sort out an internet issue. 

I don’t want special treatment. Just fair. 
 

 

 

[josephbloggs]

15 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Someone immediately comes over to you in the bank and let’s you push ahead of everyone else - why? 

 

Every time I go to the bank I get a ticket and wait in line like everyone else. Same when going to pay my credit card or going to True to sort out an internet issue. 

I don’t want special treatment. Just fair. 
 

 

 

I don't know why, it just happens.  Must be because I'm so handsome.

[rkidlad]

14 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

I don't know why, it just happens.  Must be because I'm so handsome.

Ah, but you inferred it was because you’re farang. 
 

And that’s why anecdotal evidence is often just  nonsense. 

[josephbloggs]

1 minute ago, rkidlad said:

Ah, but you inferred it was because you’re farang. 
 

And that’s why anecdotal evidence is often just  nonsense. 

Well yes, I assume it's because I'm a foreigner as I don't see it happening to Thais.  It's obvious we are often treated better in certain situations.  Anecdotal, yes, but undoubtedly true.

Not sure why you picked up on that rather than the poster who said Thailand does nothing to make things easier for foreigners when it clearly does.

Ho hum.

[rkidlad]

Just now, josephbloggs said:

Well yes, I assume it's because I'm a foreigner as I don't see it happening to Thais.  It's obvious we are often treated better in certain situations.  Anecdotal, yes, but undoubtedly true.

Not sure why you picked up on that rather than the poster who said Thailand does nothing to make things easier for foreigners when it clearly does.

Ho hum.

Because I’ve never experienced anything like that in a bank. That’s why I asked you and you gave a flippant answer. 
 

As for being given special treatment, that’s great if you’re a tourist. I’m not a tourist - I live here. I don’t want special treatment. Just fair. 
 

 

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

what is the minimum income that a farang need to show in order to be able to renew his work permit?

[bodga]

8 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Not sure why you picked up on that rather than the poster who said Thailand does nothing to make things easier for foreigners when it clearly does.

you  mean like the TM30 debacle, the 500,000 baht special new rule debacle   which has now  disappeared 

[mikebell]

16 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

I had a whole bunch of passport photos made about 10 years ago and I'm still using them now, I used one last month on a drivers license ????

Ditto. I printed a page full of photos from my computer.  Then each time I visit I wear the same shirt as in the photo.  The shirt still fits & the photo still works after six years.

[josephbloggs]

5 hours ago, bodga said:

you  mean like the TM30 debacle, the 500,000 baht special new rule debacle   which has now  disappeared 

What has that got to do with what I posted?  I replied to someone who claimed that Thailand has never made anything easy for a foreigner (a ridiculous, paranoid and obviously untrue claim}, I pointed out several things that have been made easier over the years, and several things that have always been easy.  I did not say absolutely everything in the whole world is perfect.

Not sure what the TM30 or a proposed Covid entry requirement have to do with my point.

[realfunster]

15 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Awww boo hoo, is Thailand tricky for you?  Maybe change your name to ChipButtyOn Your Shoulder.

The BOI has made things easier for farang, from investing, to tax incentives, to foreign business ownership.  One Stop Service Centre has made things easier, Digital Work Permits made stuff much much easier for us.  I just renewed my visa and WP and was literally in and out in under ten minutes.  That has been made much simpler over the years and it is only for farang.

More countries now get visa exempt entries than before.  That has made it easier for millions of tourists (farang}.  

We get preferential treatment in so many places.  I go to the bank as a farang and someone immediately comes over to help me and I am usually taken to a desk in the back rather than the big queue - that is purely because I am farang.

Sorry, you just made a very silly, bitter, "ooooh look at me I'm a victim" post.  You are not a victim, Thailand does not hate foreigners (well maybe they just hate you}.

Be sure to share your experiences with the FCA. 

 

 

[josephbloggs]

21 minutes ago, realfunster said:

Be sure to share your experiences with the FCA. 

 

 

Yes, thanks for emphasising my point. 

[Laughing Gravy]

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

Ditto. I printed a page full of photos from my computer.  Then each time I visit I wear the same shirt as in the photo.  The shirt still fits & the photo still works after six years.

That is the epitome of being a cheap Charlie. Well done son!  Every bit counts.????

 

But truthfully, don't you get fed up of having to get 6 or 12 photos at a time and use only 2/3 and have them take up room in a draw.????

[Joseph98765]

What if the company tells you that you have to work part time and your salary is affected and does not meet the minimum requirements? My company has reduced the working hours for all employees since March due to the pandemic ... and it seems to me that I will not reach that minimum this year

to renew the Visa..

Edited November 21, 2020 by Joseph98765

[seeriipaap]

1 hour ago, Joseph98765 said:

What if the company tells you that you have to work part time and your salary is affected and does not meet the minimum requirements? My company has reduced the working hours for all employees since March due to the pandemic ... and it seems to me that I will not reach that minimum this year

 

to renew the Visa..

 

What is the minimum to renew?

[Joseph98765]

Salary 50.000/month if you are not a teacher and you are from EU

[Techno Viking]

13 hours ago, Joseph98765 said:

What if the company tells you that you have to work part time and your salary is affected and does not meet the minimum requirements? My company has reduced the working hours for all employees since March due to the pandemic ... and it seems to me that I will not reach that minimum this year

 

to renew the Visa..

Renew visa = No minimum.

Renew work permit = No minimum.

Renew extension = Typically Bt.50,000 but is country of origin specific and can be less.

Edited November 22, 2020 by Techno Viking

[JimGant]

On 11/20/2020 at 8:27 PM, rkidlad said:

Ah, but you inferred it was because you’re farang. 

..... and well-dressed, recent haircut, no pot belly overhang, no tattoos, no body piercings -- and a pleasant smile and bow. Works every time.

[IgboChief]

On 11/20/2020 at 6:02 PM, Burma Bill said:

 

What is funny? IP over Avian Carriers is an established standard with very high throughput. It is only the latency, which sucks.

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2549

 

 

Edited November 22, 2020 by IgboChief