aussiexpat

OP is missing the main part of the linked article which says this only applies to the visa on arrival Also missing this point which is fantastic if approved "TAT will also request the period of stay for tourist visas be extended from 30 days to 45 days..."

To get a 60 day Thai Tourist visa in Aussie you need to prove finance and have accommodation booked for the whole time Easier to get visa exempt + 30 day extension once there

That'd bring me back if visa exempt for 90 days. No need for TM30 or lining up with all the covid exemption people to get a 30 day extension

Sucks to be you, my fixed benefit for life fund has zero tax in Australia

When you mentioned escape club I thought it was a new lame business where you had to use clues to escape from rooms as a team.... ...obviously not ????

Yep, Areca is now 1390 on booking dot com Still great value with breaky included

Maybe so that you can be like the 99.9% of the rest of the population that book a room unseen?

Also as "Professional" so that's 2 categories I qualify with a Masters degree. Doesn't mean I need to work

I have CBUS as well as shares, gold and property rental. This argument of "can get better" only applies if the 800k baht is all you have Parking 800k baht at 1% interest to get a retirement visa is hardly wealth threatening Better than giving away 40k baht for something you can easily do yourself

40k agent fee on 800k baht is 5%, hard to earn. I'm happy to get the 1% Krungsi pay me for the 800k while my other investments earn my income (until recently bank accounts in Aussie were only giving 0.3-0.4%)

Areca was offering 850 per night. Big sign out front

I use DTAC but always start with "I don't want tourist sim" Last Sim was 395 baht per month for unlimited internet at 20mbps. 250 minutes free calls

This is what I dont understand, people are apparently too poor to put 800k baht in a bank account but are happy to pay 30-40k baht to do something they could easily do themselves for free I'd rather spend the 30-40k baht on me (or my latest gf)

So happy that the World according to a certain doom & gloom poster didn't happen and Pattaya is still party town ????

No, it clearly says you only need $40k if retired and have a Masters degree...

I wish someone would withdraw the 800k during the 1 hour the agent fake deposit the funds in your account...throw a nice party ????

How is anyone retired without 800,000 baht to meet legal requirements. Maybe keep working?

Now that the Singapore Airlines app uploads my vax certificate its back to pre-covid days Book flight and go

US$80,000/year, but no less than USD$40,000/year in the past two years or before retirement, applicants must have a Master's degree or above in science and technology, or special expertise relevant to the job assignment in Thailand. Wahoo, lucky I have a Masters of Engineering, not going back to work though ????

Why bounce, just get a 60 day covid extension (emergency decree just extended to 30 Sep so covid extension likely to apply for applications up to 25 Sep)

Cool, covid extensions will now also be extended to apply before 25 September ????

I used Magna Carta for my condo purchase and my Will. They were excellent both times

Sucks to be you if you can't make US$80k a year work for you. I never want for anything, retired at 52 and spend much less than half that per year

Personally I've always felt the 3 steak houses off soi Dianna to be too expensive. Not that they are, just so much different to Thai prices I come to thailand 2 months at a time, to spend those prices makes me think I might as well do that in Aus

It doesn't matter if Hotels don't follow his idiotic comments, damage is done as it's now in the World press that Thailand is racist