@Ian ********

He's British, works in Thailand and I've read the DTA several times and I'm clear on my position. I've mentioned rental income but, it covers all income. The DTA doesn't negate you from paying tax here, just because you pay it in the UK. It's not one or the other. Anyway, you sound like you have all the info, so I'll say no more.

@Ian ********

Ok, I've spoken to my local Revenue Dept and Tax Advisor. If I remit my Government Pension into Thailand, it's only taxable in the UK, as per the DTA. Other income from the UK remitted into Thailand, ie rental income, private pensions are assessable in Thailand as well as the UK. The UK has first dibs, but the personal allowance of £12,570 we get in the UK counts for diddly squat in Thailand and so in my case I will be taxed in both the UK and Thailand and I'll end up paying more tax if I bring in other non government income into Thailand.. The DTA just prevents us being taxed on the same money twice.

It's a complex field and getting off topic but just something I wanted to point out so you can research further, so you don't get unnecessarily screwed for Thai tax. If you get an RAF pension and remit that into Thailand, I'm pretty sure that would be exempt from Thai taxes as it's a Government Pension.

Don't forget to consider the Thai Revenue Department Tax implications on money remitted into Thailand if you live in Thailand for 180 days or more per calendar year. If you already have the 800k banked, it won't be assessable for Thai taxpayers going forward. Remitted money is most likely assessable for tax purposes in the UK and Thailand.

You are the Guru of all things Thai Visa related. Your knowledge have been invaluable to me and so many I know.

Yes, you can be a little bit 'direct' at times but get your message and instructions across well and leave people in no doubt. You always offer further clarification if needed.

I, as several of my friends who live in Thailand have had so much help and guidance from you over the years. The fact that you give so much your time daily for free, is amazing. This fact makes you a very good human.

You and Ellie in particular, are awesome. 👊🏼

Did you have to buy a Laos visa or did you just pay a fee to u-turn and return back to Thailand?

@John *******

Odd you say that as I asked this question at Chiang Mai TM30 office ~ 10 days ago. I asked 'if I go to another province for a few days or weeks, stay in a hotel and then return to my normal residence where this renewed TM30 is for, do I have to report my return to Chiang Mai and do another TM30?' . The answer was a firm 'No, only if you leave Thailand and re-enter you need to report your return to this address or a new address.

I'm from the UK and I've been in and out many times and I've never been asked. I presume you will have somewhere booked or planned for when you arrive. Just show either a hotel booking for one or two nights or get a friend in Thailand to sign a letter to say that you will be staying with them.

If worse comes to the worst, book somewhere at the Thailand airport on the spot.

Hi Iain. As you are in Chiang Mai, I have always found the staff at the TM30 office accommodating when filing the TM30 on behalf of my landlord. Been doing it for the past 4 years for 3 different apartments I've stayed at.

Take your passport and a copy of your rental agreement to the TM30 office at the Immigration office near to the Airport. The TM30 office is at the rear of the main building next door to the photo/copy shop, ahead of the 90 day reporting drive through window.

Take a numbered card next to the door and wait for you number to be called. The may be a TM30 form to fill in while you wait but they have usually done it for me.

You will get a slip stapled in your passport to show you've registered. If you stay overnight in a hotel elsewhere its wise to return to the TM30 office with 24 hrs so that they can update their records and the slip of your return to your home address. Some people will say you don't need to re register if you don' t leave Thailand but I hear of conflicting reports. I just do it.

I'm typically in and out of the TM30 office within 15 mins max.

Hopefully you and your landlord won't get penalised for submitting the TM30 late. It should be done within 24 hours of arriving during office hrs.

Good luck.

Great informative post. Thanks Tod. 👍🏼

@Tod ********

So just because a METV applicant has a booked ticket in, a ticket out and a ticket back in again about 2 months after the booked date of first arrival this is 'a tried and tested accepted reason' for an embassy who operates the eVisa system to grant a METV?

Aren't they interested in a specific reason why you want to return a second time, rather than the applicant just showing 'I have a ticket back in Thailand, that's my reason?'.

It hardly seems like a reason to the question you highlighted from the eVisa website as 'a genuine reason why you want to visit Thailand on a regular basis.'

It would suck to buy a ticket in, a ticket out and another ticket in, only to be declined a METV.

Common sense/non Thai logic tells me they want to know the actual reason why you want to come in and out multiple times and' because I have tickets' ain't gonna cut the mustard.