@Jay ******

My motorbike insurance specifies no attachments to the bike, so you will probably find that they uninsurable

That being said, it does not appear to stop the locals from riding them. There are hundreds of them here.

@Stephen ******************

I have done both types of Non Os, TBH neither is very difficult to do yourself.

The marriage visa / extn is a PITA because of the docs required, but a retirement is easy

I would not waste money on an agent if you can meet the requirements

@Stephen ******************

I am in a similar situation to you. I had a ME Non O (Thai wife) visa issued in Suvanalhet. In December last year I extended for 1 year, in country Non O, so no more border bouncing.

Today I went to immigration to ask about changing to retirement and they said as long as I had 12 months of B65k per month deposits from abroad to my Thai bank account, no problem.

I have been living here since 2006 and still have 3 accounts with First Direct in UK

@Giacomo *****

Both are the same.

What is worth looking into is whether your home country has a tax treaty with Thailand or not.

I am British and UK has a treaty, meaning I will not be double taxed on my income

@Craig ******

It's not just the EU, it is already in place in many countries including USA

@Clive ********

Britain had a dual tax agreement with Thailand, so you won't be taxed twice on your pension. I am also on a UK pension and I enquired about what to do, if anything, and that still appears to be a grey area.

@Marco ******

Unfortunately there are a few paid up members of the "you didn't want to do that" club who just have to be critical. It must be great to be perfect all the time and never make a mistake!

I get the state pension from the UK and have twice had to do this over the years.

First time I got my doctor to do it but she charged for it. The second time I got the condo manager to sign and put his building stamp on it. Both were accepted without a problem

@Arnoud ********

In our case, it isn't sent out. The meter reader comes to the house, reads the meter, puts the reading into his computer and that generates our bill that he leaves in the mail box. You can't pay it straight away because he hasn't downloaded the day's data to the main company database. Once he's done that I scan the barcode and pay