@Jim *******

so what you’re effectively saying is that anyone with funds brought into thailand regardless of whether they have stayed in thailand for less than 180 days in the tax year will be required to file a tax return ?

@Jim *******

yes tax on bank interest made I’d imagine ? I don’t know the ins and outs of that, I’ve no probs with tax on interest in a Thai bank account, but was referring to the tax on the money brought into the country, as in my situation been here 16 years but always stay less than 180 days per year due to my work commitments, and always follow the rule of not bringing in funds earned in same year just to be sure.

@Tony *******

he didn’t say anything about a work permit only a non O, so I gather he isn’t planning on working in thailand unless I’ve missed something

@Tony *******

regardless whether he’s extending a non O, as I understand it depends how many days he’s in the country before he’s liable for tax

A trip to Penang might be worthwhile,

@Joel *********

on your rotations I think you’d be fine just as you’re doing currently, I’m sure the odd visa exempt entry in between would be ok also,

those yearly visas are only relevant if you’re over 50 or married to a Thai or have Thai children then can apply for non imm o type visa

there is the wealthy approach I think can get 5 year or 10 year visa for that if you qualify financially, but I think it’s a bit pricy and certainly no benefit to me.

You can pull up the latest info from the Thai embassy website of the country you’re applying in, see if anything is relevant to your situation.

My opinion was that I thought the DTV would have worked since I do all my offshore training and medicals in thailand and less than 180 days in the year in thailand, so I thought that would qualify me, but some expats better versed in the DTV requirements advised that I wouldn’t qualify

@Joel *********

I’m married to a Thai and I’m over 50 so can either do visa based on having Thai family or by retirement in thailand

@Joel *********

shouldn’t be an issue now with the extended duration from 30 to 60 days on each entry but easy enough just to get a dummy outbound ticket, I’ve had the yearly visas or yearly extensions for 16 years so not so experienced to give clear up to date advice on this,, but there has been a couple occasion I’ve been out the country when my visa or extension has expired and returned visa exempt, first time was traveling from Scotland and was asked at checkin about return ticket, I just got on the blower and searched the cheapest ticket out of bkk,, but on another occasion I was not asked by checkin staff, possibly because they checked my history of in/outs in the passport.

I know check in tends to be more strict than immigration.

@Paul ******

I guess for some not so easy than before although still doable, I remember when I opened my first account back in 2009 the process was very easy and not many questions asked, as mentioned I only had an issue a couple years later when opening my second account, but can forgive the staff on that occasion since only a handful of foreigners staying in the provincial capital where I lived therefore not so much experience in dealing with it,, but at that time I was told or the staff were told from head office the requirement was long term visa, which I had.