- UK Citizen
- Statutory Residence Test (SRT) passed so that my Tax residency maintains to be in the UK. (Spend 16+ days in the UK in a given tax year where I was a UK tax resident the previous year) (Pass the Third automatic UK test by working during the 16 days in the UK)
- Continue to pay tax in UK, tax code remains unchanged to employer and use UK bank account to send money to Thailand to withdraw cash.
- Work from my apartment on a 60 day tourist visa + 30 day extension --> Fly back to UK to meet SRT criteria --> repeat 6 month tourist visa again.
- Able to rent apartment on tourist visa.
- Eventually apply for the LTR thai visa (which I meet the requirements for) once working / living like this is proven to work well.
Realistically, how feasible is this plan? Are immigration officers going to turn me away on my second 6 month tourist visa? Will I get people knocking at my door to pay tax in Thailand after the 183 day point?
How is everyone else managing this? or is everyone just hopping to a new country every 2 months?
Any other advice welcome, this is my final choice before I quit my tech job and go down the TEFL route…
You plan to work UK hours? Not at all good longer term, trust me. Your social life will be non existent end that’s not good.if you’re teaching you’ll be on shit money and won’t be able to save anything, basically living off your savings. Teaching in Vietnam is a lot more lucrative, although it’s not as nice a place to live as Thailand. Getting a real DN job is almost impossible, so you’ve got some choices to make.
My UK work hours converted are 3pm - 11pm, but realistically I could work 12pm - 6pm or whatever hours I want as long as I commit work at a reasonable time and keep my laptop teams account green using a mouse jiggler. Nobody ever contacts me.