@Tony *********

That was the first time I saw mention of it - bank asking for TIN. To be honest it would actually make sense for the banks to make CRS reporting easier. Bad news for many foreign Thai residents though. some heads will explode :-)

@Andi **********

They really want telemedicine etc. It is up to my pal though. He has just been at a start-up that failed to get a drug to market. Which has knocked him back a bit and I think he would prefer a big pharma with oodles of cash again. I worked with him at Big Pharma and remember the vaccine failing at the last hurdle. His team had to split up. Then he was leading one of the most successful cancer immunotherapy launches in Asia. It is peaks and troughs in that area.

@Andi **********

These privileges are good too. 17% flate rate of tax. My last BOI Visa came with a 15% flat tax rate - makes a hell of a difference when your monthly salary is higher than most English teachers yearly salary 🙂

@Andi **********

We are just bouncing ideas around at the moment. The "S" and we are in a targetted industry ie Health Hub. I have almost 20 years in New Product Development (Project Management) and Clinical Development in Pharma and Medical Devices. My colleague has similar and he is a world renowned Oncologist with many published papers. He has senior Thai Dr contacts and Professors - they would be on the advisory board. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/%8-smart%20visa-EN-125__.pdf

@Andi **********

I am waiting to see lay of the land with DTV - I am in no hurry as have 7 months on the "O". Might even be going for a BOI Startup Visa.

Anonymous participant Told you - I have not seen it - I have been blocking miserable pedants :-)

@Andi **********

Non O - I know a lot are closing to expat. HSBC are fine up to now. Not much in there but I like to keep it open. It goes dormant due to non-use but I activate it on trips to the UK :-)

Congrats - You will now have a group of pedants telling you this is not possible. They will see it as a personal affront to their interpretation of the rules 😃

@Andi **********

I was in UK last October and in a branch to change my Thailand address. I know they have never asked for my Thailand TIN. My Singapore accounts have never asked for it either. One bank I Thailand might have it as it was opened with Work Permit but the day to day one does not have it. Opened on Retirement Visa.

@Andi **********

Thailand signed to CRS (Common Reporting Standards) with regard to tax regulation this year. As you say becoming standard in many countries. It means a signatory can ask for bank details of someone from another country. As an example if I was tax resident in UK then the UK tax authorities could ask for my Thai and Singapore tax details. So if a bank knows where you are tax resident and you prove this by giving them a TIN it makes their job much easier :-)