JoseThailand

They don't know about agents? With an agent, you don't need the 800k.

Okay, call this the ability, opportunity, whatever. The thing is, people over 50 don't need to "game" the system, as we younger folks do. ????

There is an easy workaround if you want to be 100% legal. Make a 1 month rental contract, then cancel the contract after whatever number of days the guests want to stay.

I am asking because some people over 50 really are frequent visitors, but don't want to stay in Thailand all year long. For example, some prefer to spend say 5 winter months in Thailand. Younger folks who do that, get routinely grilled at Immigration. Is it the same for people over 50? .

Pattaya has always been a home for the desperate.

But to be honest, if you want to stay in Thailand long term and are over 50, it is easier/cheaper to get a retirement visa than try to "game the system". If you don't have the 800k in the bank, use an agent, anyway it's cheaper than doing border hops.

A "frequent visitor" is the one who gets told by Immigration "You come to Thailand too much". This can be any of the ones you mentioned.

As we all know, frequent visitors often get grilled by Immigration at airports upon entering Thailand. But do they grill people who are over 50 years old and frequently visit Thailand on tourist visas? There seems to be little incentive to grill them because such people have the right to stay in Thailand as long as they want using the yearly retirement extensions if they wish so. But how is it in practice?

They won't go anywhere for less than 100 baht.

Bolt motorbike taxi, 40 baht now.

Leave those 13 year old girls alone to their classmates! They also need to entertain themselves after school.

Remember good old covid days when we guessed whether covid extensions would be continued or not...

No teachers, no classes, no teaching, no knowledge

You don't get banned for 5 years for a short overstay (under 90 days).

It is a violation of the law, but not a crime.

Short overstay is not a crime but an offense

It may take years to learn the language to a truly conversational level beyond basic everyday phrases and expressions.

Being a foreigner in a country where a majority of people don't speak English or your language can be very stressful. That's why it's important to build your own social circle. In fact, a lot of expats tend to congregate together and stay in designated expat communities.

Thanks for an example of how payed pro-Kremlin trolls work. To non Russian readers: There are a lot of propaganda sponsored posts like this on Russian message boards and Telegram chats.

USD in cash, crypto

You didn't see Ukrainian refugees in Europe driving Mercedes and BMWs?

Surprise: They work online. A lot of them are actually working for their regular Russian employers. During the pandemic online work became the norm.

They didn't risk being jailed for openly opposing the war, unlike the Russians.

I was a covid refugee before.

Or have to go to school haha