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2 minutes ago, Hal65 said:

10 million baht is about $300,000. The Philippines investment SRRV is $50,000. I hear construction qualities in both countries is less than desirable.

 

The Phils also has a deposit option for $20,000. And the money is still yours, unlike the $32,000 Thai Elite which is a payment in advance and may be revoked at any time.

 

Problem is Thailand remains a much more pleasant country to live in.

 

I guess it's the Elite visa or nothing for guys under 50 now.

Fair point. BKK especially is a very pleasant city, good healthcare, nice restaurants and many intelligent beautiful girls to meet.

The neighbouring countries don’t quite have it all yet. 

The pending world economic downturn might change things a bit, let’s see what the shake out is in terms of visas in the region.

2 hours ago, HampiK said:

If you really have the money and want stay longer you could go the Investment Visa route!

Invest 10 million baht in Thailand (a new condo and/or money in a government fund) and you can renew your visa every year! And you don't have to pay for your rent anymore as you own the condo. But of course it's more money you have to pay in advanced, but if you really are wealthy (Actually 300K US$ isn't that wealthy at all) this wouldn't be so big deal!

 

 

Anyone who is rich enough to have 10m baht is probably not stupid enough to spend that much on a condo in BKK which will instantly depreciate by 30% on purchase... condos are very easy to buy and not so easy to sell!!!

13 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Why is how much money you spend here relevant? If it's unimportant where you live, pick somewhere where you can meet the visa requirements. But don't kid yourself that not living here will make any difference to anyone.

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On a macro level though it would make much more sense for the government to realise that actually many youngish westerns don’t need to ‘work’ in 9-5s anymore and can afford to live in cheap countries for 1+ years and spend their passive income there....

Yes for one person it doesn’t matter but if you aggregate up the policy it would make a decent impact to Thai GDP to have a minimum income threshold for an annual visa that must be sent to a Thai bank account each month of 80k+ baht.

Then you get people in who consume and therefore provide jobs for Thai people. 

You also price out the begpackers and cheap Charlies that no one wants here.

Makes more sense economically than giving out LT visas to old people on low pensions and in potentially poor health.

11 minutes ago, 2long said:

Please also bear in mind the cultural side of things when teaching as a young person. For example, if you end up teaching in a private language school, older (and normally wealthy) students will have problems respecting someone younger than them.

That is a good point. I saw some young (handsome) but naive Fareng teachers get eaten alive by 16-18 year olds in Thai school. 

They ended up quitting and going back home. 

I unfortunately need to go and do another one of these. This time I need to prepare all the documents myself instead of a school doing it for me ????

how make weeks do I need to wait after I’ve gone and done the fingerprints / submitted the documents? 

On 7/4/2019 at 8:17 PM, NightSky said:

 

I don't claim to be perfect English teacher but I am a native English speaker and you mention that you are a fully qualified teacher although sorry mate your English is far from perfecto-mundo! Therefore I doubt your qualification as a teacher.

 

I can't see what benefit they (immigration) see for refusing a genuine tourist, this is why I believe you likely have skipped some information out maybe? You already forgot to mention the previous work in Chiang Mai and the previous passport until another member pointed that out and then you forgot which type of visa you held, what else did you skip over or miss out?

I stopped reading at perfect-mundo... <deleted> is that 

Thank you both. I asked the agent to provide me with the cancellation letter (without you telling me this I would never have asked - thanks) and we are now going together on Friday to Chaeng Wattana where she will tell imm my last day was 19th so can leave with no visa outstanding. (I'd rather keep the option open of returning to Thailand at any point just in case I fail to settle back in to life in brexit Britain)

Thank you very much for your swift reply. I can write the termination letter myself? In English? And take it to Chang Wattana imm?

many thanks again 

Hello 

Long time reader but first time poster, would really appreciate any guidance.

I'm British and have taught in Bangkok on a non B extension to stay (based on work permit).

Two weeks ago I told the agency I will be returning to England on the 20th to live for family reasons (trying to be nice and give them notice before the school year starts to find another teacher)

I was told by the agency manager that I could go and cancel my work permit shortly before going home together with the girl from the office who deals with these matters.

I've just messaged her and in true Thai style they've already gone ahead on the 10th and cancelled my work permit. Does this mean when I fly out on the 20th I will pay an overstay fine? Will I be detained? Is there anything I can do in the interim to sort this with immigration and still fly on 20th?

many thanks in advance 

David