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I don't think he would want to spend 10 thousand baht just to extend a Covid extension.

@freesudani Let's look at it this way, Thai immi is already too generous in approving your extension for almost two years You already knew long ago that this is going to be temporary and should have a plan B.

30% is quite a lot! I am surprised so many used agents illegally and are here on a shoestring budget by not having the minimum financial requirements.

I would imagine quite a lot retirees made false affidavit declaring income which they didn't have and the embassy were too lazy to verify it. Thanks to these people, the requirements have become stricter for the valid retirees. These people are probably doing Covid extensions or back to visa runs (when border opens) right now.

@biervoormij I am surprised why aseannow didn't report that interesting article. The top 3 nationalities are..... drums rolling A total of 35,846 foreigners have obtained retirement visas with the top three nationalities being British, Germans and Americans. BTW, Are you dutch?

Zebra crossings with no traffic lights is not the same as Zebra with traffic lights. In Spore, most Zebra crossings have traffic lights because it is a densely-populated small island. Not sure about HK, but I would imagine the same because it is also densely-populated small island. In Thailand, most zebra crossings are without traffic lights and it's not compulsory for people to stop.

Strange, I thought Non-Imm B is only for work permit.

Most westerners who come to Thailand thinking that people will stop at Zebra crossing is in for a rude shock. Not just Thailand, in fact, almost all countries in East Asia except Japan but Japan has an efficient train system.

Why not change to O visa based on retirement instead of O-A?

It's all in Thai, is there an English version? I already have a tax id but I usually go to their office and they would fill up for me. Do we need to send any tax return documents to them via post or do they already have it in their system?

And the expensive covid insurance of 50k will also put people off.

For those who bought bitcoin at the peak price, they have lost part of their investment. That's why it is a pyramid scam. There's a meltdown now (I can't link to BP) Bitcoin has now shed more than 50% from its record high in November while adding further momentum to the latest meltdown in cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin’s decline from its peak has wiped out more than US$600 billion in market value, and over $1 trillion has been lost from the aggregate crypto market.

Then why do some immig offices require people to return 90 days and not 3 months after application to show the bank balance?

Really? I always thought 3 months in Thai terminology means 90 days.

You have the same application date as me! 90 days from Nov 2 is until Jan 31 2022. So I presume that we can drop below 800 k starting from Feb 1 and not Feb 3 like what you mentioned.

For retirement extension, there is this requirement , ฿800,000 in a Thai bank account for 60 days+ before applying for the extension. And ฿800,000 remaining for 3 months after the extension, and ฿400,000 thereafter. For example 16 December 2021 is expiry date of visa 2 Nov 2021 is date of application and approval (45 days earlier than expiry date). Is it counted from date of approval or date of expiry? Is the date of approval counted as day 1 or day 0? What is the earliest date which I can withdraw money to below 800k baht but above 400k? Anybody know for sure?

Chinese New Year is coming so probably firecrackers from overzealous Thai.

There are some farang who have fake marriage to Thai citizens just to stay in Thailand. They don't stay together and so it's better for immigration to just drop by anytime and not the appointed invited time where the wife can be conspired to be there at the right moment.

That's the same as going back to square one whereby a Thai citizen owns it and not the foreigner. It can't be extended indefinitely.

In the event of friend's death, how can the friend leave the property to you when a non-Thai can't own the property? What if the chanote is under the developer's name? Can a usufruct be tied to the developer's name or must it be transferred to a Thai citizen first?

I am shocked because the owner is not related to you in anyway. Maybe this only happen in your land office, other land office might be stricter?

I even see the Thai bank officers at the counter writing numbers on the notes which is ridiculous.

Who did you tie the usufruct to? Thai spouse, Thai lawyer or anyone?

What I know is that putting a usufruct is an extremely difficult task as the land office wants a valid reason.

Just be prepared for any flip-flop in policy again. Thailand is infamous for that. If you are found positive, just be prepared to be quarantined at a hospital. There are now 3 Covid tests. 1 before flight 1 upon arrival in Thailand 1 after 6 days.