@John *********

John Stanners a friend in Bangkok had this happen (with out of Province office). It really caught them off guard at renewal time and screwed things up for them.

@Dennis ******

I totally agree with you. Same few guys keep posting this same story. Simply, it's not legal...no matter how many people do it. If you get investigated, you'll be deported. Now how important is that measly interest rate, if you lose your right to stay here?

@Brook *******

We thought end of Feb, but last year it started early Feb...really bad. Now we avoid Feb to May. After that, it's just hot. But that endurable.

@Mark ********

it's an advance online arrival card for Singapore for all tourists. It's free.

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SG Arrival Card (SGAC) with Electronic Health Declaration

@Taman *******

I applied for this too.. 15 months ago. It wasnt granted even though my husband already had his Non Imm O extension.

They told me they only give the 90 O visas to someone who has a spouse with a Thai work visa. So I was granted a 60 day TV instead... even though I paid the higher fee.

@Paul ************

I just searched the silver policy. Noticed a few things regarding age and duration.

The maximum age for single trip policyholders is 75 and the maximum age on annual policies is 65.

Within the annual policy, the single trip limit is 31 days. Single trips can be up to 60 days in duration (or 31 days for policyholders aged 61 or over).

We've already done it many times from USA and Europe to various Asian countries. But these times we were holding a work permit AND everything was used and tax free.

So for our retirement move to Thailand, we got lots of quotes to send our stuff from Singapore to Thailand. Prices were ridiculous even when we had already packed everything ourself. 27 boxes. No furniture.

It turns out that the quotes include the "extra" cost for customs tax. If we had a work permit, we would NOT need to pay this on our personal goods. But a retirement extension didn't get an exemption.

We couldn't get a breakdown, but it seems to be included in all the quotes. We finally transferred by land which was still quite high as they still needed to "pay" fees to border officials. It was by weight though so at least transparent. We carried about 250kgs by air when we were traveling back and forth...which was actually cheaper, all inclusive!

@Anne ******

Exactly.

@Sue *********

I stand corrected. There seem to be Zurich and Geneva kantonal banks and UBS. But the monthly fees are quite high for Ausland account holders.

@Chris ******

correct. Lots of people seem confused. It's often all grouped into the shipping agent's price. So it's not so transparent.

One friend got a breakdown and electronic goods had the highest taxation.