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To my knowledge: Legally you cannot, under the radar perhaps, and best if you already has a work permit for a school.

Ibuprofen for children comes in 200 mg – might be a capsule – it costs more than the standard 400 mg package; why not break the pill and take a half? To my knowledge, it difficult to order medicine online, as it needs to be sold by a pharmacist, who you cannot meet online.

Yes I noticed, and if quoted my whole reply, then that's also what I mention.

It's depending where you live in Thailand. If there is no slip stapled in your passport with a date for the next 90-day address report, it's 90 days after your entry to the Kingdom or 90 days after your previous address report. Some immigration offices – probably only a few – resets the 90-day period when applying for extension of stay – for example Surat Thani Province, where I stay – as you also file an address by that time. First 90-day address report shall be given in person at the immigration office, thereafter it can be done online (the online platform might however not always work). Edit: If you shall show your bank book after three month, you will clearly be told that, when getting your extension of stay.

Not many people will admit that – some might not even know all the jobs what their girlfriend or wife has had before – but many actually do marry an ex. bird from the nightlife and it seems to work quite well; I've been invited as guest to a number of nightbird's marriage parties and knows of several others. The village girl or lady dreaming about "the knight on the white horse" – he might rather be driving in the white Mercedes car today – don't have huge chances to meet him, when waiting in the remote village near Nakhon Nowhere; available knights don't seem to come often by in that area. She will instead head down to where there are tournaments and all the white knights assemble to show off their capabilities. However, the village lady both needs an income and meeting place while waiting for the right white horse with a handsome knight to pass by, and the nightlife seems like the perfect match for both income and meeting points. My lovely girlfriend for now 18 years has a past with a shorter period in the nightlife; the relationship has so far worked out very well; so, I presume a serious relationship is quite possible....

This part is little unclear, what is "platforms", individuals that earn og have "1 billion baht or more"...🤔

No apologies needed, you answer gave a lot of useful information...

Unfortunately not any more, things have changed a lot. My friends back home says that I shall be happy that I left. I follow closely what is happening in my Danish home country – my half Thai daughter is studying there at the moment – and even with the "back door" that one can always travel back again, it's not attractive for me any more. I however can afford to buy a home there again, if I'm forced to move out of Thailand, but the public service level is not that good anymore, and for retirees it can be rather bad. I'm better off in Thailand and can afford to buy help here – if ever needed – that would be difficult in my home country. Furthermore "happiness" is a very important factor – more important than money, even you need some money – happiness seems also to be important for health ang longevity. We are all different and have different preferences – mine are here and I fell happy being here.

Excellent decision, because I'm not going back – and are you aware of Scandinavia property taxes and how much it costs to heat...😟 – I've changed to have property here and live here...

All my work-life I've been working hard, and actually had no intention of stop working just because I reached the age of 70, the old time retirement age in my Scandinavian home country. When a friend finally convinced me to take 10 days off from work at age 52 and joining him on a trip to a small tropical island in Gulf of Thailand – he actually had bought a ticket for me and called saying I owed him money for a ticket to Bangkok, as we had talked about a trip to Thailand for several years, but it never materialized – I began to rethink the purpose of working, when staying of this island's Bounty-style beach... Two and a half years later I bought a small plot of land on the very same beach, as my friend had introduced me to, realizing that it was not worth to work hard – even I by working many more years could make little extra savings for later, after paying more than 50 percent income tax – instead I began planning on early retirement and to enjoy life, while I was still fit for joyful living, rather than having plenty of fund later at old age, but not being able to use them due to age and physically worn-out conditions. When is enough, enough? At age 56 I was able to stop working for money, got rid of my small business and sold my property in my home country. That was probably the best decision I ever made, and now 18 years after I don't regret it; I'm sitting under same palm trees on the same beach as in 2001 and are still capable of fully enjoying my life....

As I mentioned before to you, everything under one month is "short time" when it comes to Airbnb; it's different compared to what the girls that you find in bars and other exciting nightlife events means, when they talks about "short time"...

Many thanks for your detailed reply; I however didn't say "permanent residency", just residency (registered address).

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You only need the three month statement, that the Bangkok Bank can give you on the spot together with their stand letter for retirement-application. It's when you needs more than a six months statement the print has to be made by the head office and takes around a week. Some immigration offices require photocopy of all pages in the bank book. Ask you local immigration office about their requirements, they might have a list of which documentation they need for an extension based on retirement, so you can prepare all paperwork; they might also wish a printed Google-map with your home and a copy of your TM30-registration. I've been staying based on retirement for almost 18 years now. I use a separate account for my 800k baht deposit – fixed account for best interest, which I withdraw annually – so it easy for both the immigration officer and you, instead of account mixed with daily transactions. If you not already have a special deposit account, then be aware of the two month maturing period before application, and three month after extension of stay is granted; move your deposit funds to a separate account during the remaining around half a year, so you haven't touched the required deposit.

There are many quiet clean beaches, especially in the southern part. Google Street View often includes images, some even 360 degree, or actually street view-walk on some of the beaches, so you can see if they are quiet and clean. Mind the different monsoon-seasons in the southern part – south western monsoon (May-October) on the Andaman side, and north eastern monsoon (November-January) on the gulf side – apart from rain and wind the beaches can be not-so-clean, right after a monsoon-storm.

As I understands it, citizenship it's not aimed on retirees. You need residency and work income.

To my knowledge it's been on larger companies in property business that have been scrutinized; I've never heard about a "crack down" on a small legally correct set up company holding a single property, rented out to a foreigner. By "legally correct set up" means that there are no nominate shareholders in the company, which is where the authorities can step in and claim corrections. Do you have any references to that small companies being "crack down"?

Crime seems to be (much) worse now in my Danish home country than where I live in Thailand; when I left it 20 years ago crime was increasing in my home country but still not a major problem as now.

I looked at it, but it seems not to be for our annual non-O extensions based on marriage or retirement, we still have to visit the local immigration office.

It might not be that easy to apply for Thai citizenship; a Permanent Residence might help, but to my knowledge you need to have been working for some year and paid income tax. There are some excellent threads with advice in the forum. Opening bank account is not a problem, if you have a long-stay visa, which you easily can obtain from your home country or a visa run to a nearby country, and an address i Thailand. You can invest in property without being citizen, if you open a Thai company limited, for example together with your future wife, as you can only hold 49 percent shares of the registered capital. With the right set-up – which an experienced business lawyer can do for you – you can secure your ownership pretty well. Investing in luxury end pool villas can be good business, especially if you use an agent to take care of rentals and service. If you do it yourself, it will require a lot of work, which you to my knowledge cannot do yourself without a proper work permit; i.e. you might need to employ or pay someone to do it for you. Airbnb rent needs to be for a month or longer, and when changing renter the villa(s) need to cleaned and serviced. If becoming a Thai citizen you will be eligible for government health care, but you might still prefer a private hospital, so either a health-insurance or enough funds for self insurance is needed in both cases. Having a non-immigrant visa you can stay with annual extensions based on either marriage to a Thai – which makes you eligible for a work permit – or as retiree, where work will not be allowed, but you can still own shares and be CEO on board member level in a company limited. If you wish to invest seriously in Thailand, there are other visas available, one of them also makes you eligible to own 1 rai of land. I'm not British, so I don't know about UK health care, but fin my European home country we loose our health care when settling abroad. We can keep dual nationality and keep both government and private retirement pensions. Brits' government pension will however be frozen at the level upon when settling abroad. As it seems like you have enough fund for investments – attractive pool villas in tourists areas are not cheap – then in my view and experience, it's important to consider if investment inside Thailand is better than offshore investments.

You country of primary residence is your present home country. If you travel abroad, you can be eligible for a travel insurance with repatriation. A primary question to ask oneself is also: Am I prepared to die in the country of my primary residence? If you are elder – or have illness or difficulties, which might makes you not eligible for air transport – you should seriously consider, if you should leave your original home country, if you are not prepared to end your life abroad. If you don't have some savings beyond a relative small government retirement pension, you should think twice about settling abroad. A good plan B often is that if something goes seriously wrong when living in Thailand, one can return to the home country of birth, but in some cases it might not be possible. Therefore the above question are important to ask oneself and make clear before settling abroad.

If you don't have some level of extra savings beyond a government retirement pension, you shall think twice about moving to Thailand; and it's worse for Brits that got their pension frozen.

Yes, the old terminal was charming, but way too small to handle the increasing tourism and arrivals in general. Some "good old time" flash back from a sunny day in Big Buddha Airport; screen short from one of my 2002-videos... Airport entrance... Departure terminal... Check-in counters... Departure terminal with check-in seen from walkway to gates... Refreshment corner... International departure gates and tax-free... Domestic departure gates... Domestic gates viewed from runway-side with carts to transport passenger to the airplanes parking space... Passenger carts on their way to an arriving airplane... Luggage band in arrival terminal... Arrival area with waiting minibusses...

Easy peasy, you should consider opening a TikTok-profile and also share the stuff here in this forum, so we can follow your success...

Thank you, because I'm glad to see that you found a small pile for good tourist promotion, instead of sharing the real stuff piled up on the Ring Road...