georgemandm

6 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Read the thread. He doesn't need a retirement visa. I've been here for several years as a retired expat without ever having one.

Without an OA his option is to start with a 90 day visa obtained in a neighboring country or even in Thailand and then his first annual retirement extension. No retirement visa.

I don't see how you are adding value to this thread when you don't bother to absorb basic info provided multiple times.

Up to you how you think ok , I read it and he is after a o or o a is he not and in my country you can only get the o but you can get the  o a  and the  normal 6 months or 2 months visa.

it has all changed in thailand now .

you did 7 years ago , back then you could do it like you have done it not now .

8 minutes ago, Gonefortea said:

LOL go to change Mia and queue up forever to get retirement visa. If you come in on a 30 day visa exempt bkk or pattaya easy to change it to non of via immigration. If you come in on Non of easy to get retirement extension (or it was some years ago last time I did it) at most immigration offices but I would caution you about Chiang Mai immigration just read a few of the threads about them in here.

You can't get non o visa now in my country you have to do the  retirement visa o a to  retire in thailand now . Been like that for the last 3 years .

8 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I never suggested that he apply for any visa in the USA.

Then how dose he get the  retirement  Visa . 

2 minutes ago, Gonefortea said:

LOL go to change Mia and queue up forever to get retirement visa. If you come in on a 30 day visa exempt bkk or pattaya easy to change it to non of via immigration. If you come in on Non of easy to get retirement extension (or it was some years ago last time I did it) at most immigration offices but I would caution you about Chiang Mai immigration just read a few of the threads about them in here.

You can't get non o visa now in my country you have to do the  retirement visa o a to  retire in thailand now . Been like that for the last 3 years .

7 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I don't think I'm wrong.

In fact, I detailed HOW he could do that exactly.

He can't do that by starting with an O-A visa but starting with an O-A visa is NOT required. 

 

Don't assume that I'm either pro or con allowing ex-cons to retire in Thailand. I merely answered his technical question. 

 

Should he do that?

Well, I can provide good reasons why NOBODY should retire in Thailand, but that's definitely off topic here.

 

Up to you how you think , but the laws now have  challenged in thailand and for me I had to do that Visa in my home country with a  criminal check .

no sure about the USA . 

9 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Sure, but he was asking if he can retire here, and in my opinion, the answer is yes. He wasn't asking if he SHOULD be able to retire here. 

I think that is a valid question but that is not the question that is the focus of THIS topic. 

Read again ok he ask with a  criminal  Record can he  retire in thailand so your are wrong.

i think anyone with a  criminal record should not be  allowed to retire in thailand that is the price you pay .

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

This thread isn't about whether or not this should be required. It's an advice thread for a specific member. He can retire here if he avoids starting with an O-A.

Sorry but it is about a  criminal  check and I was having my say .

10 hours ago, malt25 said:

George mate, do some research. It's well documented that the Oz aged pension is well below the poverty line. Yes, we all should have put more aside for our golden years. Some did & some didn't.

Just sayin.

I did my research ok the people I know who are on a pension are very happy and some times the s??? you read is bs .

if you are just saying good but , but say it how it is the truth , that lots would drink like a fish  Gamble all there working life and smoking not stop till old age then complain,  not all but some .

gives me the s??? About people who complain about old age  pension , you should be lucky you get what you get now .

20 minutes ago, dave3478 said:

Unfortunately the Australian Pension is well under the poverty line in Australia. But I would think you can manage quite well in Thailand if you have at least some savings in the bank to make up the short fall. Say 300,000 baht to be safe with exchange rates. The next task is to get the Australian pension up to living standards in Australia.

Now that is bs the , Australia Pension is well under the poverty line,  how would you know that bs I know old age  pensioners that are very happy and never  complying .

if up did not save for your  retirement it is not the  fault of the Australia government.

it is your fault, Your taxes are not for your pension they are to run the country.

you should have put money away for your old age,  not the government problem .

i have no hop of getting a old age  pension that is because I look to my old age . 

You should have done the same or some more money in your super to top up your age  pension .

13 minutes ago, dave3478 said:

Unfortunately the Australian Pension is well under the poverty line in Australia. But I would think you can manage quite well in Thailand if you have at least some savings in the bank to make up the short fall. Say 300,000 baht to be safe with exchange rates. The next task is to get the Australian pension up to living standards in Australia.

Now that is bs the , Australia Pension is well under the poverty line,  how would you know that bs I know old age  pensioners that are very happy and never  complying .

if up did not save for your  retirement it is not the  fault of the Australia government.

it is your fault, Your taxes are not for your pension they are to run the country.

you should have put money away for your old age,  not the government problem .

i have no hop of getting a old age  pension that is because I look to my old age . 

You should have done the same or some more money in your super to top up your age  pension .

12 minutes ago, 2BOB said:

They dont count Wife overseas if the marriage is not regesterd in Australia and will not affect pension.

Yes very true , you are right , but if your thai wife is a lot younger then you , and it is registered marriages  you lose your age pension because she can  support you in the eyes of the Australia government.

2 hours ago, giddyup said:

 The Aussie Embassy will issue a statutory declaration based on whatever income you say you have, no proof needed. Whether you are honest or not is up to you. You show this to Thai immigration and bob's your uncle.

Now that is  ridiculous if you think like that , because if you get  caught you can go to jail in Australia because your    Signature is on a statutory   declaration .

you can't lie on a statutory declaration.

that is if you are to lie .

All I can say to you Elvis is you are doing the right thing for your wife and your self.

But she gets nothing for the first 2 years from the government all she gets is  medicare card for the first 2 years .

then after the 2 years she has more rights .

yes it cost lots to do her visa but it is worth it for you and her in the long run ,  your life will be a lot better in Australia if you have a home to live in but if you have to pay rent can cost you a lot .

you see lots of man go to thailand and think it is the best thing  since sliced bread , but after selling everything back home and go to thailand   Realize it is not that good and have nothing to go back to in they own country , and are  stack in the land of smiles , not all of them some are very happy in the land of smiles but that is up to them .

if your thai wife is smart and stays in Australia and makes a life there she will not regret it at all .

i know lots of Thais that live in Australia and love the palace.

PS don't listen to the tv members who like to run man like you down because you didn't find thailand to be as good as you think it was going to be , it is your life and up to you and your wife .

Hop it all works out for your family back in Australia , if you need help you are welcome to private message me cheers.

53 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Thai friend of mine has been working in NZ for twenty years. Worked for a fairly big company and bought her own house etc. She had a partner, not husband, for the past 5 years or so and now they are splitting up and she is selling the house. He never paid anything towards the purchase of the house but will get a fair percentage of the sale because NZ see it as the same as a married couple. Works both ways.

Not the same in Australia 

46 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

I think he is just covering himself, after all, what one works for and earns, shouldn't be given to a female/partner/wife, just because she came into a marriage with nothing, I have seen too many mates in Oz, going against my advice, because of "LOVE" and not having the "BALLS" to man up to their girlfriends, fiances who then become their wives and take over 50% as soon as they have an off spring, and pay child support on top of that, and be lucky to see the kids if they decide to move back to Thailand.

 

Before I married I had my wife agree to a prenuptial we she signed in front of an independent lawyer, who tried to talk her out of it, but she signed,  now that was 10 years ago and 2 kids later. Under Australian family law she has no right to my assets, having said that, I adore my wife, she is the best chick I have met in my entire life, and I have been around, suffice to say today, she has her castle in Thailand, her new car (her name), I could have put it in mine, but lets just say if things went pear shape she would need a car for the kids to get from A to B, school being a 20 minute drive. She still has her share of the Sin Sot in the bank after 10 years, has purchased 3 parcels of land on top of the house, has planted rubber trees which are ready to be sapped, rice fields, and sugar cane, so in 10 years, not working for anyone, just taking care of me and the kids, while I worked, I think she is in a far better position now than before she met me and she cannot touch my assets under a prenuptial, I call it the balance of power, and as the Australian law weighs towards woman more than it does men, you don't have to be a fool and wear your heart on your sleeve.

 

In my opinion having been around and seen first hand mates losing a lot of money over a moist hole to be blunt, for a couple of years, the cost factor is not feasible, so use your head, get a prenuptial, (don't know much about NZ laws), but if they are like the Australian family law regarding prenuptial's, then do what I have, and put her in your will. I have also made sure my kids have dual passports, against all of mates recommendations in fear of my wife up and going and taking the kids, with my reply being (before I moved here to Thailand), why on earth would I want them to have stress in their lives, mothers are born to raise kids, fathers are there to support and guide them if they have the time (work constraints) and to this day my wife has never complained, only praises me for coming into her life.

 

So I can relate to what the OP was saying, as cruel as it sounded, but at the same time, he should be looking after her so that she has a fall back position should things go south, as I planned for my wife.  

prenuptial not worth the paper they Writing on , i know you are very happy in your life and if it all trues to s??t hop it dose not , but I tell you this if she gets a lawyer who is a c???t in Australia your prenuptial is  useless . 

Not called prenuptial anymore called  Financial agreement now , and your  future wife or partner has to be making at less $35,000 a year at work before you can do  Financial agreement .

20 hours ago, swissmaninthailand said:

Farang land is for women, Thailand is for men.
Try to divorce in farang land, and you will see who get all of your asset!

Just don't get married and then no problems no need to divorce.

Just now, Don Mega said:

 

Why do you keep repeating yourself ?

 

 

I am telling you I know what I am talking about ชาวต่างชาติ lean thai chaao-dtàang-châat . 

Just now, malt25 said:

Yes falang George....  I'll have a look for your dimwit reply a bit later. Chores to do now.

Like I say people like you need help get on to the  topic .

6 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Umm I replied to you change of subject in relation to personal attack.

 

chaao-dtàang-châat is a rice an fish dish aint, rather yummy with a dash of HP sauce and a lump of marmite.

 

 

Lean thai you are very wrong 

4 minutes ago, ResandePohm said:

Enlighten me George. Which country is that?

 I have no  intention of replying to you get back on to the  topic .

4 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Umm I replied to you change of subject in relation to personal attack.

 

chaao-dtàang-châat is a rice an fish dish aint, rather yummy with a dash of HP sauce.

 

 

Go's to show how much thai you know , not much if you think that's what it is .

try and lean thai and understand thai  culture .

yes people like go on the  attack when you have no idea.

19 minutes ago, malt25 said:

Hey falang George. Go take your meds & have a lie down. Don't want you to burst a valve.

Hope you get better soon.

Cheers.....     farang Mal.

One more who has a problem in his life .

17 minutes ago, ResandePohm said:

Quite so George. So where are you from?

 

From the best country in the world.

9 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

The common denominator is your george, maybe re-think the tone of your replies  and then the attacks will reduce, fair play though atleast you have not called anyone a piece of shit yet, unlike other threads you post in.

You are trying to get of the  subject , stay on it .

like you are now it is about chaao-dtàang-châat ok .

not what I think of thai hookres ok .