I'm not sure about that, did you know that superannuation payments in Aus are taxed out of a pension automatically by the Australian Government before distributing the profits via my bank which holds the funds. I really do not know how much they take the rate is 15%. So how could I tell them? However, my investments are grandfathered. That is this tax was only implemented to investors after 1st Jan 2015. I believe we have a reciprocal agreement with Thailand that may or may not clear me of any tax. Does anyone know???

@Ken **********

Yes my heart goes out to you and perhaps the hundreds of thousands that still don't have a clue.

My experience with visas in Thailand is that the day you arrive and the day you leave is not counted. If you leave 1 minute after midnight where on your visa it says it is your are current until a certain day, you will then be one day overstayed. It concludes the previous day at midnight at the end of the previous day. In most countries when stating the day until it means 4PM by which time has is then concluded...But TIT. A day can be the 1st 1 min after midnight.

@Terary *********

Yes as I said before no one seems to know. Even the experts are not game to speculate.

@Jeff ******

Yes, conditionally yours, if you wish to hold an O Thai retirement visa. The corrupt way is if you can find a corrupt agent, that is a dicey way of getting a retirement visa. It may come back to bite you Good luck.

Well, it still costs you Bt 800,000 plus the Visa fee of Bt1900 unless, of course, you go the corrupt way by a corrupt visa agent, that is still possible I think. You could be deported from Thailand though. Even if you get an AO retirement visa in your home country and I have done that, you have to prove you have the equivalent of Bt800.000 in a bank in your home country or a pension near that amount plus medical and police report which takes about 12 months to prove at so much a month over 12 months. The Thai Embassy in Canberra did accept the surrender value of my bank-managed super retirement fund as acceptable for the required amount provided it's on an original bank bank statement, not a copy, it must be an original statement. The lady at the Thai Embassy insisted that was enough she said, "This is the simplest way for us". There were no conditions on the visa of what I had to do with the money once I arrived in Thailand. My retirement visa was multi-entry entry with a one-year extension which really makes it good for 2 years with that extension period. The extension part is not multi-entry. You leave it's over and you start again. It's a good way to give you 2 years to put all your ducks in a row to get an O retirement visa in Thailand.

Yes, but it costs you Bt 800,000 it's called a retirement visa if you are over 50 Years Old it is simple to get. There are about 100,000 posts on the internet explaining all about this...good luck.

For those who want to stay in Thailand for up to 5 years, there is now a way. But just remember using this system will likely make you to be requited to pay Thai, tax.

@Ch**

... I'm sure there are many ways to qualify for this visa if you have the Bt500,000 and Bt10,000 application fee. I can think of a few, i.e. just be a digital nomad in your home country, that is where you are invited to put things in motion. You don't have to be an expert??

Mary Clerk...you don't say if you are over 50 y/o or under. If over 50 you can apply for a multi-entry OA retirement visa in Australia or your home country or for a multi-entry visa in Thailand or as a single entry In both cases you will have to prove you have Bt800,000 either in Australia for the OA or in Thailand for the O visa multi-entry.

If under 50 y/o it seems you may be able to arrive visa exempt 2 times a year (maybe more who knows TIT) and leave each time after 3 months. I think this is clear now Hmmm maybe. TIT. With the taxation issue still unclear this may be a good option. For unclear tax reasons make your total stay 179 days p/y. The visa exemption is what I have already used for the 1 month with the one-month extension, it is quite simple and Thai immigration at Blupoint (no "e") Shopping Mall Hua Hin is very polite and helpful.

If you get a multi-entry retirement visa from either source for one year you can come and go as often as you like, But not on an extension if you get one....good luck, sweet travel. If you leave Thailand on an extension that's it the visa is concluded.