@Michael *******

“It’s not a visa but an entry requirement irrespective of visa status. It is obvious that the key information is for the foreigners to give his or her address in Thailand. In theory, this information is available on a manual TM30 form submitted in paper form soon after arrival. But many tourists and expats do not regularly update their TM30, or have never heard of it, leading to enormous gaps in the immigration data base. The assumption is that the TM30 will disappear and replaced by the online TM6. If foreigners change their address whilst in Thailand, they will presumably be able to update the TM6 on their mobile device.”

@Michael *******

the article was in the Pattaya mail yesterday or the day before yesterday.

@Michael *******

the article said that the plans for implementing a digital TM six for the future was to do away with the TM 30 

@Stuart ********

this was a few years back, but I got my bank account a Bangkok Bank at the Bid branch on Sukhumvit. At that time they’re only requirement was that I had a certified copy of my passport from the embassy.

@Nina ********

The Thailand US tax treaty provides mechanisms for relief from double taxation, ensuring that income earned in one country by residents or citizens of the other is not taxed twice.Dec…. I don’t know this may help you.

@Nina ********

Tax rates

Taxable income (Baht) Tax rate %

500,001-750,000 15%

750,001-1,000,000 20%

1,000,001-2,000,000 25%

2,000,001-5,000,000 30%

TM7 is the actual application for an extension of stay. You can probably fill it out at the immigration office

@Pygo *******

I’d be leery about hooking up with some organization that is telling you you don’t need a work permit to volunteer.

@Adrian *******

only difference is the OP is on a tourist visa and I don’t believe he has any hope of getting a work permit because you’re not allowed to work on a tourist visa

@James ********

after my wife got refused the first time I went to my congressman‘s office and reported the incident to him which he said he was gonna forward to the state department, and he wrote me a letter, encouraging the embassy to approve my wife’s visa, I attached the letter from the congressman‘s office to the folder that my wife presented at the interview. They read the letter and approved the visa. Exact same folder and paperwork that she presented the first time when she was denied.