@Angela ********

only for US residents.

@Phil *******

Filing the FBAR does NOT increase your chance of an audit. It's also a separate filing and is NOT part of your 1040.

1. You can return to your home country without a problem with as little as 1 day remaining on your passport validity.

2. If you plan on renewing your Thai visa, you probably want to get a new passport first.

3. No one wears ties in Thailand. Everyone retired their ties.

4. Avoiding the UK winter is irrelevant. The above applies even if you like cold wet weather or if you live in a warm dry climate.

If you're home schooling, then it's an easy choice.

Live in CM and leave when the air quality gets bad.

I think "prosecuted" is the wrong question. Has anyone on a DTV, TV, or retirement extension on an O or O-A visa, or anyone who does not have a work permit ever been "asked" for a tax return?

I have a Thai TIN but the last time I filed a thai tax return was 2008 and I've spent over 180 days a year here every year since. I'm still waiting for someone official to ask for my tax return.

Immigration was explaining to your friends that THEY need to file a TM30

Nothing to do with DAC

Does boiling remove the lead in the pipes?

@Graham *****

And yet the question remains, for arrivals on May 1 can you apply ahead of time?

@Graham *****

Maybe, but that has nothing to do with his question.