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Thailand wants to be a member of the OECD. And what are the criteria for joining... Quote: According to Mr Prommin, for a country to become an OECD member, it must have (1) open, transparent and free-market economies and political freedom, (2) safety and good governance, (3) strong rule of law...

It's possible to open remotely? If not, maybe I can consider to book a flight only for this purpose, but I would like to try remotely first. Also Singaporean or Hong Kong are a good options? It's easy to open a bank account and are reliable? Thanks

Do you know any USA bank that allow to open a individual bank account as a foreigner and with residence in Thailand? Thank you so much!

About the visa, I recommend you the LTR, it's 0% taxes, but you need some requisites. About the new tax policy, nobody knows 100% about it, we have to wait until 2025. What we know is that we have to pay for all the money we remit to Thailand and are not savings from before 2024 (and can...

Which visa are you planing for? Do you know that you have to pay taxes in Thailand since 2024 for the remitted money? There are many information in the forum about this

Here the video of the Thailand Privilege seminar. Minute 30:23 mention something, but later in private he said that it's for this reason. I know that sounds stupid, but it is what the tax advisor said.

The tax advisor of seminar from Thailand Privilege mentioned changes in tax rules due to pressure to close loopholes or risk losing access to CRS. So it looks like this is a global thing.

Usually 3 months right?

Now you have to pay for apply like 1.5k usd, and they can reject your application and steal this money. In theory, they check with immigration and the government decide if you can get the visa or not.

I have two friends who were rejected recently (last September) . And they went to a legit school.

I didn't know Elite did an annual check during renewal. To avoid it, one could leave Thailand once a year without renewing the visa inside the country. When applying for the Elite Visa, they thoroughly check your history for overstays, volunteer visas, or education visas. If you have any of...

I don't recommend to use the Ed Visa in Thailand. There was a chinese mafia abusing this visa back in 2022 and now the people on Ed visa are on the radar every time they try to enter to the country or extend the visa. It happens the same with the volunteer visa. With this money, maybe you can...

Phuket, the land of the ruskis.

Living on 200 dollars/month in Thailand? Which visa do you plan to get? Some people here (including me) are using Elite Visa and with the new price, that's about 390 euro per month, only in visa.. Also Thailand changed the taxation rules so probably you have to pay taxes here too. The real...

Yes, during 2024