Anonymous participant 159 same here with my EU card.

Congrats! Yeah, a letter of explanation helped me too.

@Lutz ******

Robert Merrell that’s unfortunately not an options - many items (like vintage instruments or British-made ATC studio monitors) are impossible or nearly-impossible to obtain in Thailand and most others are 60% more expensive so I’d still rather pay some $10k in import fees than lose five times that on trying to recreate a kinda unique inventory… But yeah, I’ll consider flying. Thanks.

@Robert ********

but yes, I get the point that bringing that much gear could raise suspicion from

customs / immigration that I might actually intend to do some kind of a business serving local clients. Which is totally not true and easily provable, but anyway. Thanks for the input, that might actually be worth taking into account when deciding on what to bring and what not.

@Robert ********

I work only remotely and that’s exactly what my DTV visa allows me to do. I work exclusively for European and American clients, I’m not doing any services for Thai clients nor do I intend to, so I do not need a work permit. That’s confirmed by two independent legal experts in Thai law, so I’m pretty certain that’s actually the case.

@John ******

that would still be a good deal for me. It’s still under 10% of what I’d have to spend to even try to recreate the inventory I plan to bring, so that doesn’t scare me at all. Thanks for the company name, I’ll reach out to them for a quote.

@Robert ********

that’s unfortunately not an options - may items (like vintage instruments or British-made ATC studio monitors) are impossible or nearly-impossible to obtain in Thailand and most others are 50-60% more expensive so I’d still rather pay some $5-10k in import fees than lose five times that on trying to recreate a kinda unique inventory

@Brandon ***********

. Thanks, that might actually be a clue! I just realized that in any scenario like this I’ll still have to figure out how to clear the customs, cause that might make the whole operation not worth it at all…