My 2 baht

Along with the 2008 financial meltdown and bailouts covid has been one of the greatest transfers of wealth from the middle and working classes to the wealthy in recent history. They have no incentive to stop this hysteria especially given Thailand is working on its own Vax.

My big roadblock that I have encountered is the requirement by usic to have a permanent mailing address. Did you have one

Please DM me with any recommendation you have for a preparer

Thanks. Please DM me with the name of the firm you used. Using a preparer makes sense.

Thanks. I should have already checked the online forms out and appreciate the offer of my DMing you

I have spoken to several attorneys and thank I understand the prices now. Do you mean you would pay for an attornies services like you did? Is there an attorney you recommend?

We are thinking about moving to the US my home country. If you have gone through the process of getting the marriage visa for your Thai wife, do you think it is hard and treacherous enough to warrant spending for an attorney to help with the process? I am retired so have to be cautious with my spending and an attorney, as you know, isn't cheap. I have plenty of time on my hands but having dealt with Thai immigration on my own I understand that immigration processes can be filled with landmines. To bring my Thai wife and her son to the US, I have to go through a 3 step process: Department of Homeland Security, State Department and the Embassy here. Thoughts?

The Covid Industrial complex is far too lucrative to go away anytime soon and maybe never. Vaccines, boosters, masks, hand sanitizer, temperature check points, Covid tests... Each one of those is a huge money maker with vaccines at the top of the heap. Plus none of these doctors or health bureaucrats who have become stars will want to go back to anonymity. The hysteria has also enabled a staggering amount of money worldwide to be transfered from the masses to the billionaires and these are the people who really call the shots.

You can wait until you are ready to go back but there is a 10 % penalty per year until you are no more.

I have plan B. It goes up about $2 per year

Overall I like living in Thailand. However, for it to have a healthy lifestyle as its draw, you need to have come from some place like Pakistan, China or the Congo. If men are honest the vast majority come here from first world nations for the women, the libertine lifestyle, cost of living and sense of adventure. Now the women, boys and ladyboys are the only real draw, although cost of living, while rising, is still better than many nations. If I had prioritized a healthy lifestyle Thailand (with its pollution, cheap cooking oils, sugar in everything and roadblocks on getting involved in the community via working or volunteering) would not have been on my list especially since I can't afford to do any major treatment at Bumrungrad or only dine at expensive restaurants.

Peddicord sells dreams as do most writers who specialize in travel and retiring overseas. She always leaves out the inconvenient details that interfere with the dream. For example she touts Vietnam as a retirement haven without mentioning that they don't have a retirement visa but do have poor Healthcare. With other places she glosses over crime, healthcare and taxes. Her approach works. She makes a lot of money

Thailand is slated to launch 3 vaccines next year. There is no way they will put a damper on the hysteria until they have made a fortune on those vaccines. This poll may be a way to keep the hysteria high enough thais will welcome the Thai vaccines as a way to improve the economy

I wonder how much of the 300,000 the police are in line to get once they extract the money from the Swiss chap?

Thailand only wants wealthy Chinese and Saudis who go to Bumrungrad or Bangkok Hospital. Considering how much money is brought into Thailand by middle class expats Thailand would be wise to let foreign residents join the government Healthcare system like they do in major expat destinations such as Costa Rica, Mexico and Portugal. Unfortunately that just isn't the Thai way.