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The number is very small and orders of magnitude smaller than what the BOI was originally aiming for. If you scroll though this thread, you will find various numbers announced. Please however note that these are only numbers of applications, not the even smaller number of visas actually granted and issued.

Unlikely to be possible for a house/apartment where there probably will be follow-on bookings from others. Only viable for hotels where there are tons of identical rooms

Do you know what Savannakhet requires for this? I am asking as the non-O based on age over 50 is not mentioned on their website (https://savannakhet.thaiembassy.org/th/page/cate-9736-types-of-visa?menu=5d84a44c15e39c26b400453f&p=1). Do you need 800k THB in a bank deposit? Anything else? And how much does it cost? Thanks!

Very sad that the BOI made these changes. So contrary to all expectations the BOI did not use the huge shortfall between forcasted and actual LTR visas issued as motivation to increase flexibility, but on the contrary tightened conditions. The same apparently also applies to various conditions for the LTR-Work from Thailand visa. Previously, for this it was enough if you are working for the subsidiary of a listed entity, now the listing requirement is only fulfilled if you work for the listed company itself, but not for any of its subsidiaries as most employees of a large listed group would which does not make any sense whatsoever.

Do you think that things might improve with the potential/likely change in government? They had pollution somewhere on their list of objectives, but far down, like at number 22 of 25 and if they meant air pollution with pollution is unclear

Re 1): I have read a social media post of somebody in a similar situation who was first rejected, but then managed to convince the BOI that working for the subsidiary is the same thing as working for the parent. Re 3) Talking to the BOI is the only thing which can help and even then you might find that what they first tell you does not turn out to be true. So while $150 is not a huge amount of money, you would be deluded thinking that a law firm could give you an authoritative answer.

Western Northern hemisphere winter, but you can really find this out yourself via Google

Maybe time to also introduce exit visas like in the former Soviet Union????

Is there anybody who actually succeeded with this in real life?

Instead of going down the costly way of buying an annuity try to convince the BOI that with your cash, assuming you have this, you can self-fund you. So assuming you lack $40k per annum, show them that you have 5 x $40k in additional cash/funds (since the initial visa is only issued for 5 years with an additional financial verification after 5 years) or, if this does not work, that you have 10 x $40k in additional cash/funds (since it is a 10 year visa). The BOI will probably be screaming that they need to see an annuity income, but it just does not make any sense that if this money were in your pension plan and you withdrew funds of that amount, they would count this and otherwise they would not.

Crazy to be willing to cut your life short by 10% for this. There must be some better alternative

Does anybody know when the 2.5 hours by train from Bkk to Hua Hin already promised for last year will become reality?

Realistically, this decision will probably less be made based on any notion of "fairness", but based on how to get the most money out of foreigners. Do LTR visa holders get local pricing for entering national parks? Are they protected against inflated foreigner pricing in hospitals? ...

Phone might be region locked. So you want to unlock it before sending

You seem to be not up to date with the price level of Singapore compared to Vancouver. It is not cheaper, but much more expensive for most things (excluding restaurants) https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Singapore&city1=Singapore&country2=Canada&city2=Vancouver

Not true actually....https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/90373/minimum-number-of-runways-required-for-international-airports

One month will not be enough to escape. Think more like three months really if you want to protect your health

It will reduce your retirement cost of living because you will die quite a few years earlier than otherwise????

A year or two? Are you sure? This was promised to be finished last year and then people said that it should be finished in the first half of this year with the train to BKK taking about 2.5 hours. Is this not the case any longer?

About 2.4 million people in Thailand have sought hospital treatment for medical problems linked to air pollution since the start of 2023, health officials said, as toxic smog chokes parts of the country. Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai were among the most polluted cities in the world on Thursday morning, according to air quality monitoring company IQAir. There were 184,465 hospital admissions this week alone, Public Health Department Permanent Secretary Opas Karnkawinpong said on Wednesday. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-air-pollution-leads-millions-to-seek-medical-help

1) Is your smog "locally produced" or is this coming down from Bangkok? 2) And what do you get the PM2.5 level down to with an air purifier indoors when it is this bad? (This says you have an AQI outside of 158 at the moment: https://aqicn.org/station/thailand/prachuap-khiri-khan/gaia-10). Thanks.

Somebody on fb posted she told the BOI she did not have a tax return since she was not living in any single country long enough to become tax resident and the BOI accepted this

... and very dangerous country with high crime rates

The problem is not only the politicians, but also the people, a large part of the population, which does not care: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/12/how-chiang-mai-became-the-worlds-most-polluted-city