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We are in Thailand on tourist visas and in the process of applying for guardian visas (pretty straightforward and our kids are on study visas and enrolled in an international school here).

Issue is, the company I shipped our personal belongings with from Canada is telling me our shipment is subject to duty and I'm expected to pay tens of thousands of THB before they release it? I did not know this and thought personal belongings were not subject to any tax. The shipping company says the only way to avoid this is to obtain a work permit. We did not plan for this...!

Any advice or insight please?!

Thank you!

Hi, awaiting approval for LTR pensioner visa. Looks like it's taking longer than we first thought. Hopefully get it OK soon.

Does anyone know what duty and taxes are charged on shipping personal possessions to Thailand once a long term visa has been approved? I'm hoping to ship some belongings over but need to have an idea of costs.

I’m just starting to research shipping cost and auto import duties paid to Thailand which I believe is 80% of the value ? Is that accurate? I’m going to be expat towards the end of the year and I’d like to pack up everything I’d like to bring with me and put it all in the bed of my pickup and ship it,so far it looks like I can ship the truck for $5k and 80% of about $12-14k (truck value)so about $13k in cost.I have about $15k tied up in my household electronics (receiver,quality surround system,55”Sony,desktop,monitor )that I’ll get peanuts for if I sell it here and I’ll only wanna rebuy the same things when I move to Thailand,selling and rebuying a vehicle will also be needed..

Or I can skip the shipping the truck part and just ship the electronics,personal stuff in a 48”x48x60 pallet with a weight of 500 lbs for $2k via fedex

Has anyone shipped a vehicle from the states to Thailand Id love to hear from you…