@Bob ******

You will need to open a bank account in Thailand once you are in country.. and deposit 800k baht in order to apply for the 12-month extension of your initial 90-day visa.. you can only use the income method of validation from the first extension of your first 12-month extension.. so 90-day validated by own country bank/funds.. then 12-month extension in Thailand validated by 800k capital sum in Thai bank.. then next 12-month extension can be validated by either 800k capital in Thai bank, or by 65k monthly income.. the latter must be evidenced by 12 separate and continuous monthly deposits to your Thai bank account from an overseas source.. just to clarify 😉

@Ar ******

The answer is 'no'.. you are still living in the Uk for long periods.. and are probably still tax resident there.. and if you are already collecting your state pension.. then remember if you tell them you now reside overseas you will lose the indexation benefit attached to it.. so you will not get the yearly rpi uplift in future years.. the rule of thumb is that if you still have a Uk address that fulfils the definition of a 'home'.. which doesn't need to be owned by you or even rented by you.. then you are not compelled to tell anyone your primary residence is somewhere else.. especially when you travel extensively as you appear to do.. the fact you've been granted a retirement visa here doesn't mean you have emigrated to Thailand.. it simply means you can reside here long term and come and go without any immigration issues.. theoretically you could have long term visas in several countries.. but still be a Uk resident!

The real issue will be the ability to renew it.. since most travel insurance is sold to people in their home country.. on the basis that they will be travelling but returning to said country at some point.. and maintain a permanent residence in that country.. a maximum trip length is a standard clause in almost every policy for this reason.. with 60 or 90 days being the norm.. since genuine tourists rarely holiday abroad for longer than this in a single trip.. that's how insurers protect themselves from the excessive risk associated with someone living overseas for an extended period.. and if you have a claim for medical expenses say, they are likely to seek copies of your passport pages to prove your travel history.. ie. how long you have been in the country where you are hospitalised and whether you have spent time in other countries immediately prior to that.. so they can check if your claim meets the day rule.. i have never seen a multi-travel annual policy that does not contain such a limitation.. and where a longer travel period is granted (eg

180 days) there is often a clause limiting the time in any one country.. meaning your cover would not be active if you stayed in a single country for those 180 days.. since that would be tantamount to living there.. so a clause might say 'max 180 days per trip with max 60 days in any one country' or words to that effect.. i bought a 90-day travel policy when i first came to Thailand for that reason.. knowing i'd fulfill the claim requirements during this initial period.. but knowing that I'd be wasting my money with an annual policy.. and i couldn't buy another 90-day policy upon expiry without returning to the Uk.. since that insurer only offered cover to Uk residents with a Uk address who are in their home country at the time of purchase.. and most insurers follow similar principles of business.. because it's basically a short term holiday policy and not a permanent health insurance policy.. the premiums for the latter being 10-20 times higher for most people.. so I'd check your policy again and even raise the question of maximum trip length with your insurer directly.. as well as ability to renew if you are no longer living in the country where you bought the policy 👍 Ps. Speaking as former general insurance broker with direct experience of t&c's.

@Jesper ******

A tm30 is not 'proof of address' since it cannot be used for that purpose.. if it was nobody would ever need to obtain a 'certificate of residence' from immigration to prove their address when applying for a driving licence etc.. it is quite the opposite in fact.. it confirms you have registered your place of residence with immigration.. and that you are in the system.. so the police or other agencies can easily find you using your passport information.. or at least find where you said you would be staying 😉

Be aware that your Amphur may try to retain the original MoFA certified copies instead of simply taking copies of them for their records.. which is outrageous imo since you may need to use them elsewhere in the future.. and you won't want to have to repeat this exercise and incur further unnecessary expense.. i pushed back hard and told our Amphur they could only keep them if they gave me a legal undertaking to return them if i needed them.. or alternatively, agreed to pay an agent the necessary fee to produce another set for me.. and after deliberation and consultation with superiors they backed down and simply took copies which they had us certify.. this was in San Sai, Chiang Mai, but of course your Amphur could be different!

@Jim ******

What will be your home Province?

@Jim ******

If you book hotels around Thailand in your wife's name they may not register you on tm30 system.. but they will insist upon taking a copy of your passport anyway.. they say they won't do a tm30 but still end up doing it because their staff don't communicate with each other.. have been caught out like this before.. be aware!

@Jim ******

You can file a 'first' tm30 online but cannot file a first tm47 (90-day report) online 👍

@Jim ******

Remember, whenever you travel overseas and re-enter Thailand you will have to resubmit a tm30.. despite the fact you are returning to your marital home.. which also resets your 90-day reporting timeline.. with your entry date being day-1.. you need to calculate this yourself on your first entry and that first 90-day report has to be done in person at your local immigration office.. but they will give you a reporting slip with your next reporting date stamped on it.. and thereafter you can do it online and just print off the acknowledgement when needed.. the difference is that you do the 90-day reports yourself and your wife does not need to be involved.. whereas the tm30 is actually her responsibility.. the reality is that you will probably do it all together.. as i do with my wife since it's beneficial for me to have my translator with me 😉

@Jim ******

It is the responsibility of the landlord to file a tm30 for any temporary guest staying overnight in their property.. if you stay in a hotel they will do it after you have checked in and will often keep your passport overnight (or take a copy of it) for this purpose.. if you stay in private accommodation.. eg. with friends or relatives.. they must do it.. and if you rent an apartment the lessor must do it.. it's always the property owner who's name is on the blue book for the house (or unit) that files the tm30.. but they should print a copy and hand it to you as proof that you've been registered at said address.. and you need this available for spot inspection by immigration or say the police if you have any contact with them.. and it's essential if you want to extend a tourist visa.. or if you have a married or retirement 'visa' and are applying for your yearly extension of stay.. copies of the landlord's blue book and national ID card are needed.. whether uploading to the online application system or attending an immigration office to do it in person.. if the latter the landlord should accompany you since it is technically their application.. you are just the subject of it.. and the person who has to pay the fine if you fail to do it and they later find out.. many people forget but if they enter and stay with family and leave again with no contact with the authorities it is unlikely to be picked up by anyone.. since it's not needed on entry/exit by border control.. but anyone staying long term must do it.. eg. you cannot file your 90-day report if you don't have a current tm30 registered in the system.. hope that helps your understanding 👍 Ps. You can't file a tm30 until you are physically in the country.. and have reached the property where you will reside.. since that is the person who must file it.. and they will need your passport details to complete it.. and you need their documents if completing it on their behalf 😉 PPs. There is an online form to complete.. but if attending in person you simply go to the tm30 desk at an immigration office and hand them your passport and the landlords docs.. they enter you onto the system and print the tm30 registration slip and hand it to you.. so you don't actually fill in a form as such.