Appreciate it, I see what you’re getting at.

My only final concern is if there is any serious legal impact if you get caught. I don’t really care about getting fired but serious fines or a criminal record might make me reconsider. I posted on a few legal advice subs and they were telling me things could get serious

>Freelancing in IT is going to bring in more money.

Finding contract roles in the UK that permit you working from another country are non-existent… I and a few of my colleagues have been searching around for this for years. It’s too much of a logistical headache for business / payroll so they just won’t take you on. But yeah just doing it under the radar like I’m planning on doing now would still work.

Thanks for your reply man, I think the plan is tourist visa one more time --> education visa, not telling HMRC, keeping my head down and after 14 months I should have an idea of where, what I should do from there.

>How much actual time have you spent in Thailand…?

I’ve visited several times for trips of varying lengths up to a month or so. Rented condo’s and basically lived as if I was living there the last trip, so I know what I’m in for. I don’t like beaches and would be working from my condo so there’s no issues there.

>Why would you give up a high paying job you can do anywhere for a low-paying one…?

I don’t want to give up my job, but I have enough savings that my only priority is to live in Asia now. I’m past the point of caring what I’m doing as long as I can get there. I’ll work my current role until I get caught / fired and then I’ll either find a new remote role and repeat or go down the teaching route for more security.

>No-one will care unless you explicitly tell HMRC you are out of the country.

So there’s zero risk of my tax code changing even if I spend the full year abroad? I thought these SRT tests are done automatically once you leave the country and some timer starts.

>Why would you do this…? Do you have a Thai bank account…?

I don’t, I thought getting one and transferring money to it on tourist / education visa would raise suspicion of where these funds are coming from and that I may working in the country.

>You have vastly over-thought this.

Not really dude, I don’t want to country hop every few months, I want to basically settle longish term in one city whilst paying tax in the UK and living normally in Thailand without getting caught and jeopardising me getting a work visa or visiting in the future.

Interesting, so you’re basically living long term in Thailand? Which visa’s are you using and how long have you been doing this? Are you working remotely too?

I’ll consider this once I’ve exhausted the Education visa option. But ideally at that point I’ll be settled somewhere.

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.

Asking all the other devs in this thread the same question, but I’m guessing you are working remotely abroad without telling your employer right? on travel visas? I’m fully remote but all the roles I ever see being advertised restrict me to stay in my country.

Asking all the other devs in this thread the same question, but I’m guessing you are working remotely abroad without telling your employer right? on travel visas? I’m fully remote but all the roles I ever see being advertised restrict me to stay in my country.

Asking all the other devs in this thread the same question, but I’m guessing you are working remotely abroad without telling your employer right? on travel visas? I’m fully remote but all the roles I ever see being advertised restrict me to stay in my country.