I will be arriving in Thailand on 3rd of May- leaving U.K 2nd of May. Unfortunately, after studying many posts regarding new TDAC visa I still do not know weather to apply more than 3 days or less than 3 days before arrival. Please clarify many thanks.

Hi Guys

Our family is looking to move to Thailand next year,

I’m 47 and have my own business here in the UK which I can run online.

My partner is 45 and is a carer? Is there any English run care homes in Thailand she could work in?

We have a 15 year old who wants to do hairdressing at college over there.

We also have a 13 year old daughter is there any schools you can recommend ?

We are looking for somewhere quiet but not to far away from a city/town is their any area you can suggest.

Also looking for 6/7 bedroom villa with pool and air con to rent long term that doesn’t come with added tourist tax if you could point us in the right direction all help and advise would be appreciated 🙂

Does anyone know what days immigration Jomtien will be closed for songkran, or more importantly what is the 1st day they reopen?

Taxation of Tax Residents - look at the video 3:15.

Interesting 3 points made.

Some very good info in here I had not heard before. One thing that was new to me is banks report to revenue all accounts with over 2 million THB in or 400+ transactions a year.

Bottom line for DTV holders - unless you are remitting large amounts of money you earned in the same tax year you are tax resident then do not worry so much about tax.

EDIT: Around 30 mins they clear up ATM and CC use - yes it counts as remmitance

Hi i hope some one can help me with the tdac im landing on the 1st of may and im filling in the arrival on the tdac page and the only thing it will not let me enter is my arrival day am i try to fill it in to early?

Is this a good time to go to Bangkok? I’m looking to spend a couple months in Asia.. was thinking of Vietnam 🇻🇳 instead since the earthquake. Thoughts?

Question: I need to file a TM30 for my new apartment in Pattaya, which I rented for a month, so that I can later do my 90-day report. My previous accommodation here did not file a TM30 for me.

Now, the agent for my new apartment says that since there is no TM30 for my previous Pattaya apartment, the apartment owner needs 1,600 baht to file it now for my current residence. Supposedly, this may be to prevent immigration from asking questions about the missing TM30 from before but I'm not sure.

Is this a scam or standard practice? Does immigration really check this and require a full TM30 history for the entire stay to file a tm30 in Pattaya? What do you think I should do in this situation?

Re-entered Thailand BKK today. Absolutely no problems. All I was asked was where I’m going and I shrugged: “probably Phra Nakhon”, and that was it. 6 months stamp which extends beyond when I know I’ll be travelling abroad again.

I need help with my Budget...am I over budgeting?

*Monthly**

1. Rent $700 (all in for utilities, water, electric

2. Transportation $400 ($100 weekly)

3. Food $900 ($10 3x a day = $30)

4. Phone & WiFi $100

That's $2100 mandatory bills....

I still haven't

1. Clubbed/Partied

2. Tourist/Travel/Island Hop/Elephants

3. Shopped for new cloths for climate etc

4. Girlfriend Experience

What else am I forgetting????

My plan was to take 20k for a 6 month vacation 25k total with 5k for flight and and visa fees & insurance;

Pay bills in America for 6 months = $6000

14k ÷ 6 months = 2333 remaining Budget

70k savings getting 4% in high intrest saving account pays me an additional $258 monthly bringing my total BUDGET to $2591 ($2600) monthly.

With $2100 in MANDATORY bills that leaves me $500 a month to party/massages/island hop/ elephants and if push comes to shove "girlfriend experience".

Am I OVER or UNDER BUDGETING....AND WILL $500 a month be enough after MANDATORY BILLS are paid to have the kind of adventure that most are looking for?

P.S. I'm 44 so even tho I look foward to some night life nights....I see myself being more of a "visit the islands" lay up and get massages 6x a week and eat good food and visit cool locations over the club scene. But I do party....

I have to drop off some visa docs for Japan, is the VFS Global office still open in Ubon post office ?