@Mark *******

‘anyway’ you drunken fool. And in English we use periods, not commas to indicate sentence completion. Lay off the Chang

@Mark *******

it’s hard to evaluate if you are that drunk or that stupid. Either way, this is a good laugh.

You can’t even construct a coherent sentence ffs. You can barely write English and you are worried about my comprehension. I have smarter house plants. Shuffle on you oxygen thief.

@Mark *******

😂😂well you answered the question about the daft folks there. And coherent sentence structure seems to have eluded you. 😂

Put down your Chang you drunken buffoon. Go to bed.

@Andy *******

it’s a better practice not to make assumptions.

@Andy *******

you are incorrect. None of those 3 permit tax non-residency until tax residency is established in another country. You remain tethered to their tax regime until you establish new residency. And even then, some forms of income remain taxable in original nation.

Of course you can maintain a bank account without being tax resident almost anywhere. But each country has specific requirements.

‘Switching’ tax residency requires becoming tax resident in the new nation. So limiting your time in Thailand to 4-5 months a years accomplishes absolutely nothing

@Mark *******

you would have said the same thing 5 years ago. It will last for years unless the system changes. Nothing has changed but the existence of more whiners online. It’s never been easier to stay long term with DTV now also.

If ‘refused entry’ then you go back and arrange with agency. Or try different entry point. They likely didn’t bother to learn the difference. It just means you know loads of people who failed to understand the system. Lot of daft folks around you there?

@Mark *******

wake up. I’m sitting next to someone now here since 2019 and never had a visa. Other than 6 months of exemption for Covid, all visa exempt entries. If you actually live here, there is almost zero chance you don’t know some also. I know many. Ignorance can be blissful for sure, but that’s a choice you make

@Andy *******

not really. I don’t actually know of a single country that allows you to become tax non-resident until you clearly establish tax residency in a new country.

For most, a key advantage of becoming expat are the tax benefits. Which don’t exist until you become non-resident.

@Andy *******

it doesn’t offer tax advantages. It keeps you tethered to your home country for tax purposes. Not ideal

@Brandon ********

yes - that’s fair. Both the age and the financial thresholds for LTR seem arbitrarily high. Why not at 40? Or 30? If you have $80k USD in passive income, what difference does age make.