Nickelbeer

Bar scene is irrelevant when you are 71 years old. I want a stable situation from Immigration, not a hot line to hookers. Thailand will never change. They want millionaires not ordinary retired citizens.

I live in Thailand. One man's dump is another man's paradise. No stupid visa rules if you live in Sarawak. And the S-MM2H is good for the whole country. You know nothing. Please spread your lack of information on another forum.

Wrong....it takes (1) Money (which I don't have) and (2). The cooperation of the country you want to go to. The Covid restrictions of the Philippines have only recently been lifted. Once I save the required amount, perhaps I will achieve the required level of intelligence to satisfy you. The pomposity in your post should earn you a moderator warning, but I won't hold my breath.

I have lived in Pattaya for six years now. It is dead as a doornail and getting worse. I can't WAIT to get out of here and head for the Philippines. Thailand is a rotting corpse, stinking up the retirement options.

After researching Malaysia and Sarawak, in particular, I would rank Malaysia very near Thailand, without the insane visa regulations. The federal government there is very likely to revise the latest rules, although they MAY have had that in mind to make Sarawak more attractive as a retirement destination. Sarawak is an OUTSTANDING place to live. Look at the many YouTube videos dealing with this destination.

Get a Sarawak MM2H visa. The requirements are easy and the visa is good for the whole country, though you'll have to spend about three weeks a year in Sarawak. Certainly not a deal-killer. Sarawak has had their own retirement visa for quite some time.

In terms of natural disasters, what are my best options for safety from floods, typhoons, volcanoes etc?? I know that some locations in the Phil are less affected than others, but I do not recall seeing a list.

What is a "30 policy"? Never heard of it.

I have seen only ONE in Jomtien. Big sign saying No vaccination certificate, no service. No customers, nearly bankrupt.

Latin America has some very fine specimens of female life.

I used to think they were the most beautiful until I went to Colombia. Best-looking women I have ever seen. Well dressed, with faces and bodies to die for.

It is pronounced "COON". If you are African-American, you may have a problem with that. ????

I don't care what they call me. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Mor Prom????? Whuzzat????

One eatery here in Jomtien had a huge sign that indicated that only vaccinated customers were welcome. The place is almost always deserted, as well it should be. I am not going to carry around my Vaccination certificate in order to eat at a substandard restaurant. Thai people are absolute masters at shooting themselves in the foot. The government works overtime on killing the economy and business owners seem to follow suit. The two largest breweries could bring down the government if they worked together. MONEY is the engine that runs the economy.

"Abandon logic all ye who enter here"

The perfectly INSANE idea of motorized vehicles having "right of way" is an affront to common sense and civility. Countries that give right of way to vehicles deserve monetary sanctions.

They may be whiny poor geezers, but they are 100 percent RIGHT!!!!

The most misguided post I have read in the last ten years. The sex industry in Thailand has not been destroyed, it has merely morphed into a different form. The only lives that have been "ruined" are those who contracted AIDS or were killed by abusive punters. Most women return to their villages and live well if they have saved their money. Your take on the sex industry sounds like an evangelical preacher. If you don't like sex, then stop having it.

I will travel outside Thailand when I LEAVE here for Bali, the Philippines or Cambodia. Constantly changing Immigration rules are not a problem in those countries. In the interim, I will stay here and wait for the next initiative aimed at expelling the evil foreigner.

Your post made no sense, whatsoever. My understanding is that the funds DO have to stay in the bank. I came here with only a monthly pension and no "savings". All my savings have been pumped into an annuity and a Teacher's Pension plan over the years. Those are "savings" too and they pay off in perpetuity. I'm getting sick and tired of being chided for not bringing an impossible sum of money with me to Thailand, in order to satisfy arbitrary rules. Those rules were NOT in effect when I arrived here. so I kept MY part of the bargain. The Thai government was the one who moved the goalposts.

12KUSD is a lot of money if you don't have it. I arrived with a very substantial monthly pension and nothing else. All my savings over the years went into Social Security, State Teacher's Retirement and a TIAA annuity. Like many people, I didn't arrive here with 12 thousand dollars to park in a bank.

This would be different from WHEN? Immigration has ALWAYS made marriage visas more difficult.

Beautiful. I love situations like this.

Since I am four blocks from Immigration, I will continue to walk down and file my 90 day report in person. When I am satisfied that the new online system WORKS, I will try it. My agent filed a report under the old system and it was approved, but there was no slip indicating when I was due to report again. I didn't like that arrangement, so I returned to the previous arrangement.