dani305

i can not prove a income of 65000 baht per month. although i am able to deposit the 800000 baht, i prefer using this sum to generate additional income instead of just "parking" it in a Thai bank. the 30000 baht offer by the agent included taking care of the 800000 baht demand by him self. i calculated again the time i am spending in thailand. my exact schedule is entering thailand for 28 days, exiting thailand to Cambodia for 10-14 days coming back to thailand for 7-10 days (2 times by land border , rest of times by flight) going back to my country for 30 days . so in a 5 cycles per year i would enter and exit thailand 8-10 times and stay a total of 170-200 days in thailand every year. my biggest concern is that the border control will tell me that they will not approve me entering again to thailand and instead require me to apply for the retirement visa in the thai embassy in my country ,and as i understood from reading in this forum, if you apply for retirement visa when you are outside of thailand it is required to prove you have a health insurance policy which might be a little problematic for me to do right now, because of my schedule its easier to do just use a travel insurance.

i do understand that in the long run the retirement visa is my main option, but since visa exemption is free for now, while the retirement visa will cost 2000 baht per month (30000 divided to 15 months) i am trying to understand why not postpone this "fine"

hi I am 55 years old, and in the last 6 months I entered Thailand 3 times as a tourist using the 60 days visa exemption ,I stayed every time in Thailand for 45 days and then went back to my country for 30 days and I intend to keep this schedule next year .till now rented a condo ,opened bank account without any problems. recently i was offered by an agent to arrange a retirement visa for 30,000 baht (15 months) and I am wondering, will this visa give me any benefit over the visa exemption or should I just continue using the visa exemption plan?