But i would add 'losing my passport on the day my visa expires' is not advantagous in anyway. (Or losing it all). You need to report to the police today, and be really nice and apologetic, as dealing with police as an overstayer is never a good idea. I suspect they wont be to pleased if you applying for a new passport comes up in conversation, rather than needing the report to get an emergency travel doc.

@Billy *******

marriage visa much more preferential to non-b. If i stop work tomorrow, it has no impact on my right to stay. And for companies its prefered as they dont have to present accounts etc to support a visa.

I'm on marriage visa (extension of stay), and have a work permit, using the work permit to manage extensions is the most difficult of the three methods as it involves paperwork from your company and evidence of tax returns. If you've got a work permit you should have a regular income of at least 50k (european), which makes it simpler to go down the monthly income route after the first year. Personally i stick with the 400k as its the least headache.

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@Bart *************

there was a rule up until Fri this week on the Thai Gov MFA site, that visitors entitled to visa exemption could stay no more than 90 days in 180 under the scheme. Thats why airport immigration give people a hard time with 3 or more stamps and others with more sometimes don't get a comment. The 30 day extensions probably didnt count as there extension stays not excemption stays.

@Simon ******

on a tourist visa if it happened, if you got 60 days on an exempt and you stay over 30 days, you will be on an overstay as it will be seen as an incorrect stamp. 60 day exempt hasnt been passed into law yet.

@John *********

the first are obvious, money still abroad, money remitted before your a tax resident, and money already in your bank before /24. The others were original capital, loans, gifts, inheritance. These can be excluded from reporting as not taxable. Obviously if there are capital gains on these you report the gains. Obviously this is done on trust at time of report, and if ever audited you would have to prove your remitence fell under these catagories and were excluded properly. And my take is gov pension falls under that way of working, there will be zero tax to pay as its non taxable in Thailand, so doesnt need to go on the return, but you must be able to prove it at a later date if required.

@John *********

the sematics was over your comment about DTA overriding local tax rules being wrong, the DTA by law takes presedence on items specifically mentioned. Just went through the webinar again, and it was stated government pensions are tax exempt between UK and Thailand, which in my mind means they don't have to be declared, as oppossed to declaring and only be in a position to credit tax paid, which could possibly not 100% credit it. Obviously a very different position to private and state pensions which are assessable. They also went through a list of foreign source income that can be treated as non assessable, (although government pension wasn't one of them).

@John *********

its probably symantics, but the detail in the DTA if mentioned will take presedence over the corresponding rule in the Thai tax rule. I'm pretty sure in the webinar the gov pension example didnt have to be declared, but i might stand corrected, as i agree that without literally declaring all remitence, it would be very difficult to work out the relevant tax credits.

@Gray *****

the clue was in the media post on the first day, when it said the 'Cabinet' has announced. The cabinet doesnt make new laws (only under state of emergency, and still have to be published, etc). The cabinet can only propose, then the proposals have to be agreed in both houses, then presented to the king, and then published.