Check website for Samui immigration, says 38. Most commercial establishments file the notification electronically and it is known as a section 38 report and that is that immigration say you need. It is the same.

Immigration will ask for a 38, it's the same thing .

Yes Erik. The problem , latest they have raised, is that under Aussie pension rules like a lot of countries including the US, UK Canada and even Thailand is that you can take lumps sums, even on a periodic basis. They are not liking this one little bit. If they play hard ball on this then it could exclude a lot of applications. Silly thing is they are known to accept dividend income which could be highly variable. Go figure.

I'm sure others have actual experience rather than hearsay on social media, but I flew into DMK yesterday on a 30 day visa exempt stamp, via AirAisia, on a one way ticket. Never asked at airport in Australia, and no mention at immigration at DMK.

The tax return issue is the remaining challenge I have, as in Australia pension payments are tax exempt and therefore are not even declared on a tax return!

Clearly the $80k would not add up to too much spending in Thailand if it has to support the other half in the home country. So many 'issues' that were not considered in the legislation, which is why the LTR Visa processing teams appear to have so much work on their hands :-)

The 2nd Q is also a good Q. Is the $80k person or for a family unit. If for a couple then what happens if only one person goes to live in Thailand and the other does not

Good question Alan. I raised this point yesterday with the LTR Visa team as some jurisdiction's pensions are taxable and others not. You would think that it is post tax being the expected level of expenditure. If it is pre-tax then they need to make another number for thoses that have pensions where taxation is not applied?

It appears that for pensioner status they have conceded that only the current year, assume 12 months, data for income is required. Had confirmation today.

One down, one to go.🤣

A number of issues. Did you apply for LTR WP visa?