BexMan

We are moving here in preference to Spain for the heat. With Raynaud’s disease we both find it harder to cope with the cold. So would rather cope with the heat in Thailand.

The US will now need to keep lots of assets in the area to deal with possible retaliations. So with America now distracted in the Middle East, maybe China will see this as an opportunity to invade Tawain.

I suspect it wouldn’t be as horrible as Iran getting nuclear weapons. The ability to pass a dirty bomb on to Hamas or Hezbollah for use against Israel or the US is really more concerning.

Commiserations maybole, I wish you as speedy a recovery as his was.

He only got 6 years. All those involved added up to 30 years.

What restaurant was that? I think they are definitely worthy of custom.

That’s interesting, we stayed for 30 days in December 2024-Jan 2025. The landlord never provided us with a TM30 and I never knew about them until joining this forum. The accommodation is in Pattaya.

Thanks, Jacks DrJacks follow up post clarifies the validity period of any issued Visa. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to get “approved” and if you have any unforeseen problems.

Thanks for that. We are taking your advice from a previous thread and going to apply for E-Visas. You have made everything very clear. The only concern I have now is the” proof” of Thai address to open the bank account. We have a month booked through Booking.com, so not so sure a TM30 will be that easy. We only know the Condo building at this stage.

Would you mind posting the result and any problems experienced once you get a reply? Interested in how long it takes to go through. Also I assume the Visa starts once you enter Thailand, so interested if you have a certain period of time before you need to have entered Thailand. We plan to apply for Visa and want to get the timings right. Good luck.🤞

Thanks for the reply. I just noticed this option when I was looking at LTR Visa’s as suggested from a previous thread. It doesn’t appear to be a Non O-X as that’s listed elsewhere. We can meet the financial criteria, but the heath insurance would be quite crippling. We intend to get health insurance to cover any of the real financial disasters. I was wondering if an agent like One Stop or Tik Tok could help there. However reading the criteria more closely, it appears we would need to apply outside of Thailand, so doubt anyone has successfully used a Thai agent/fixer. Thanks for the link too, looks very informative, I will read through the information more thoroughly.

Just wondered if anyone has managed to arrange a 10 year retirement Visa through an agent? If so, what sort of cost was involved?

Aah, see it now. 🤦Thanks a lot for the heads up, I really appreciate it.