Forget the 10,000 baht fee there is zero information on what the other conditions are to qualify, again this is another waste of time the Thai Elite 5,10, 20 year cards give any foreigner wanting to stay in Thailand provided he doesn’t need a work permit everything he/she needs, the volume of potential long stayers are relatively poor and have a hard job scrapping together the Bht800,000 to lodge with a bank for a retirement visa !