Plice Officers have asked me to pose with them for a photo quite a few times. Not sure why but I have always obliged. Someone jumped out of a pickup on soi 7, Sukhumvit and took several photos of me walking back to my room. That was a bit more worrying and he sped off pretty quick.

I always do a tm30 filing just prior to my 90 day report. This makes certain that my tm30 is up to date on the system and the addresses match on both. I get an email immediately verifying they have git my submission with the application form tm47 attached. In a few hours to a couple of days I receive confirmation my report has been accepted. Been like that for years.

As some have said you should do your first report after re entering the country in person.

@Jeremy *******

I had no idea you could earn that much selling moo ping. Is it a restricted occupation?

@Tim *****

my question is how do they know in which year income is earned? Simply remit income that was earned in a previous year. Last week they were talking about no tax in year income earned or the following year when remitted.

@Jeremy *******

someone might get around to asking you what you live off.

I have just done this and played it safe. In other words I had the 0 baht in my K bank account 3 months prior to application. I applied using 12 monthly payments of baht into my BB. I had to submit my UK bank statements. I got my stamp without being asked for my K bank statement. Make of that what you will but playing it safe is always a good idea.

@Simon ********

yep, some offices will not allow renewals based on monthly income so they are asking you to do something impossible.

@Chris ******

what you say makes sense but I did not have to show that I had met the requirements of my previous extension. The monthly payments were made into another account.

@Laurie *******

you can if you have made the necessary 12 monthly payments of + baht and they are shown as international transfers. I also had to submit my UK bank statements to prove where the money had come from. It did not have to be pension income.

@Pete ******

not true. They did not even ask to see my previous years balance and I renewed solely on the 12 monthly payments of baht that went into a different bank account.