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12 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Thais buy plenty of 2nd hand property, providing it is priced correctly, bit of an old wives tale that one...everybody "prefers" new versus old  Thai or otherwise.

In that case You need to discount price 40-50%.Thais need in 99% bank finance and now according a new law it is very difficult to get mortgage .Banks will not finance old property.

4 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said:

 

 

Short answer: No!

You might survive but you cannot live on it. 

Not true.He can get good life with this money.Easy to find nice and cheap studio 3-4000 BHT range.For food is enough 5000-6000 BHT per month if he can eat Thai food.

717 GBP per month is enough to live in Thailand,for sure.

On 1/30/2020 at 10:26 PM, genericptr said:

If I give her the benefit of the doubt then she made one incredibly stupid mistake with her first boyfriend and she's not recovered from it since then. She's not been smart about it though by doing things like buying new cars but she absolutely insists on the car. It's 10k/month for that payment alone.

It is crazy to help her with Your money???She is gold digger.She can destroy You financial and probably she will if You stay with her!

Dear Slovenian,why embarrass us ,all foreigners ?

My wife must pay the fine 400 BHT ,cos she did not report me in 24 hours after I come back to Thailand from EU.

Samut Prakan Immigration office.

Something else noticed at there.Among about 300 foreigners waiting there,I saw only two (2) white man from Europe(none from USA or Aussie).Only Indian , Arabs,Mianmar,Chinese,Cambodian.Before it was about half Caucasian,half others.

15 hours ago, Angry Dragon said:

reasonable priced insurance for expats who pay income taxes in Thailand is already offered.  in fact participation in the plan is mandatory for all who pay income taxes.

 

i guess this is yet another reason to move from permanent residency to Thai citizenship before I retire.  Class 2 ain't bad, but can't beat Class 1.

You are wrong!

6 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Can you tell me one country where a retired man can go, get married and get a passport or PR?

I do not want Thai passport,cos. passport EU is valuable and I do not want PR or citizenship  ,cos. I can lose much more than I can get!We are  just talking about pro. and con. arguments.

Tomasbodner

Slovenian,right?Nice to meet You on this forum.

Yeah,all seems pretty difficult,but main question for me is what I can get with PR and what I can lose like a citizen EU?I have already TAX number,Taabian Baan,NON-IMM visa which I can change to marriage Visa and I can open bank account almost in all banks here without hassle.

I am afraid that I can lose health insurance in my country which is important for me and some other benefits.If I decide to apply,need to know much more,pro and con. for apply for PR?

3 hours ago, Neeranam said:

So you have a job paying more than 80k a month?

Not important at all,but yes,I have more than 80k and I can speak Thai fluently and I have Thai wife ,but my retirement is not from my job here and I have no interest to change my EU citizenship.Besides,permanent residence and citizenship is not same.

23 minutes ago, ThaiBunny said:

You will always be an outsider

23 minutes ago, ThaiBunny said:

You will always be an outsider

It was not my question.It is up to us what we want to be!

I live here 7.5 years on NON-IMM Visa so I can get permanent residency here.

What does it mean for my status here?Only for easy opening bank accounts or what else?

I have TAX number already.

8 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

So now they want proof of 12 months of contiguous transfers?  I can certainly do that, assuming I am willing to pay the fees  to do so, but since my income comes from dividends and interest, I would have to set up a "buffer account", transfer my dividends and interest into that, and then transfer the 65 baht from that.  Again, fairly easy for me to do on my USA end.  Now, the question is, will that be sufficient for the Thailand end?  My monies are NOT from a pension. 

Well,maybe they will consider that as a pension.Problem about this can  be taxation on a pension here in Thailand if there is not agreement about exempt double taxation between Your country and Thailand???Need to check out all.It is easy to check out on internet.

This article is about entering to Thailand by investors who want to invest in some business!

Many times here people make fake news about visa and Thai rules and immigrants policy.Sometime,they do not simply understand .Nothing will change and Thailand is open country.

On 8/13/2018 at 11:07 AM, smotherb said:

Well, you impudent wimp. You call me names and now a liar. What's the matter bunky, so unsure of your life that you can't stand another viewpoint. Poor little boy.

Yeah,I think that You lie and I think that You have very serious problems.I am sure that You are pretty uneducated rude man and unhappy bloke ,maybe grumpy old man,but this is Your problem.

11 hours ago, smotherb said:

Then go for it if you are so happy. However, from your response it seems my post must have hit a nerve and turn-ed you into a name-caller. It seems your naming only hit one in four. Better luck next time.

 

I live in a 3-story townhouse, I have many Thai friends.Just had Mother's day dinner with my Thai in-laws. My wife also cooks; she does Western foods very well, made some great mole de puerco last night and she cooks Thai, but she is not Thai. I spend about B120k/mo, almost all of it from my investment portfolio.

 

I would not want to live on B20-30k and I don't want to be like you. So, now what?

You can not be me,for sure and I do not want to be like You,but if You manage Your investment portfolio like your daily expenses ,You will lose most or all and that is only question of time.Your wife is not Thai and You do not speak Thai,but You have "many Thai friends" ???? I am almost sure that you lie,but it is Your life.I would feel very sad and poor in any country to live like You.
 

On 7/29/2018 at 2:46 PM, smotherb said:

I do not know your life, but from what you say I would not like it-- it sounds boring and confining. I am not suggesting that you have not gotten used to living as you do.That seems to be a common defense mechanism, especially for those on a tight budget. However, if you had more money, would you not opt for a better beer and maybe even go out once in a while instead of doing all your drinking at home and all your entertainment for free?

 

 

From my point of view,people like You have very pure social life,they are not socialized here ,do not speak any of Thai language ,eat only expensive western food,etc.Maybe You are very old,peevish or  ugly or fat and You can be interesting only cos. a money?I have income for about 150K per a month and nice stock portfolio and savings,but I hate bars, do not eat western food,do not need a car in Bangkok.I have small condo 34 m and live with my Thai spouse (she cook Thai food) and I am happy with 20-30K per month.I can not eat more,drink more etc.I am socialized here and I can speak language pretty good.So maybe You can change Your bad habits and live much better with much less money as well.

15000-20000 per month.We have small condo on my Thai wife name and she cook food.

11 hours ago, ericthai said:

I agree mostly it's not a good option If you never owned a business or have any experience in the market you are entering.   I too have seen many guys open a business and had no experience and they closed. You cant open a company in Thailand and try and run it as if it was in the west, it wont work.  You need to adjust to the Thai market, thai workers etc.   As for the reason someone would sell a good business in Thailand, same as if in the west. Retiring, owner died, moving etc. 

No,they will not sell good business .They will leave it to family member.Not same like like in the west.

On 3/24/2018 at 11:59 PM, ericthai said:

You cant just make a blanket statement like that.  It comes down to work ethic, business knowledge, etc

 

My wife bought a store and did great. Actually she did better than the old owner as my wife is a worker!

Well,maybe,but mostly this is not a good option.I have bad experience about that and almost all people I know had very same experience.

There is no any logic to sell good business if you can not sell very pricey,right?

Besides,You  need a time to realize ,your business is good or not.Start -up is much,much better option to start business here on Thai spouse.

3 hours ago, merijn said:

The bank papers (certificate and statement) are valid for 7 days.

Not for Immigration.You must take it very same day you ask for a Visa.

6 minutes ago, gosamgo said:

I had a situation not too many years ago! Unknown to me,  my wife went guarantor for her nieces car and after some years things went wrong and the repayments were stopped?

The finance company went looking for her niece who could'ent be found. They then looked for the car which also could'ent be found. My wife the guarantor was found, but they realized she had no assets or income. It was then they had an 'eureka moment' when it was discovered she was married to a Farang who owned his own Condo!  They then applied to the courts for possession against the outstanding amount and one day I was called back from my breakfast and confronted by a very nice man who officially served me papers to the effect that I should pay this amount without delay or lose my Condo!  Lucky I knew where the car was, took possession, sold it for the exact amount owed and considered myself blessed that I had learned such a valuable lesson!

Yeah,it is a Thai Law!

I know Thai women which has to pay for her husband debt more than 2 M BHT.She even does not know about this debt!

Many Thai women try to find farang husband to pay her or lover or family debts!