It’s all deliberate so you’ll get pissed off and use an agent. If it was quick, smooth and easy you wouldn’t. Corruption is endemic here and everything runs according to how much money changes hands and to whom. Good luck.

Gordon Pattison yes, back in the day as in more than 20 years ago, I paid for an agent’s services, but not for a long time. Some are legit. Not all are feeding the devil’s purse.

I lived at the same address with my wife for 21 years, moved and still needed proof e.g. a witness that were still married. Pay an agent and all this goes away. It feeds corruption, nothing more.

Steven Shonk this is partly true, but nowadays immigration is asking for a copy of your lease or rental agreement.

Jay Cutler yeah but the inconvenience is mine so I don’t see why I should be paying for someone who’s already paid to do their job.

I’m writing a Substack newsletter about it. More farangs should know about the options when buying in Thailand. If you attempt to structure your Thai assets through a trust, the authorities will simply pretend it doesn’t exist. All you have are three options in terms of property—lease, usufruct and superficies.

You probably heard the recent news that Norwegians can have their land and other property taken by their government? 2079.html Norway has issued wartime requisition notices to 13,500 civilians warning that vehicles, land, buildings and equipment can be taken for defence….with compensation later.

It could easily also happen in Thailand. It’s scary cos Thailand doesn’t even recognize a common law jurisdiction, and it does not recognise the separation between legal ownership and beneficial ownership in the way that the UK, Ireland, Australia, or the United States do. Please DYOR.

@Tony *******

doesn’t mean anything other than that you have not experienced it…yet. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

@Braulio ********

do you mean the one for tourists they just brought out? The one where you have to give up all your biometrics and heaps of other data as well? Not a wise choice should you go down that road.

@Jorge ***

that’s cos they want you using an agent. No money for them in folks doing it legally. So the give you the runaround.

@Tony *********

I’ve been arguing the exact opp. in my Substack newsletters. When the baht becomes fully digital, there’ll be nowhere to hide—for corrupt IOs or expat Cheap Charlies. Writings on the wall, I’m afraid. Blockchain sees everywhere.