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24 minutes ago, Fore Man said:

We have decided to vote with our feet. I can handle quixotic immigration policies and allowing THB 800K to rot in a Thai bank, but I can’t prevent further damage to my weakened lungs...this year for the first time ever, my pulmonary specialist found a thickened bronchial wall and I’ve never smoked.  But suffering thorough several years of the most toxic air in Southeast Asia by remaining in Chiang Mai has been the likely culprit.  We’re leaving here in February with wife’s spousal visa nearing approval. Someday we might dare to venture back, but it won’t be to Chiang Mai.  Good luck to you all, it’s your choice and nobody can argue that right. Just watch your health if you decide to stay. 

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1 hour ago, Searat7 said:

Tricare gets you covered here but not Medicare. I am American too and am paying a fortune for Medicare B , Medicare D plus supplement plan. They more income you have the more you have to pay. I lived in Bangkok 7 months a year for 15 yr. but will just come for a shorter time as tourist after current O-A visa (and re-entry permit) expire.

With next years increase, I will be paying medicare $144 a month.  My medicare advantage plan with drug coverage is absolutely $0.  I pay no co-pays except to see a specialist for $30.  I can even find medicare advantage plans that will be less than 0 by partially offsetting the $144.  For the 9 years I was in the US and had medicare advantage my total out of pocket was maybe $1000.00 plus the monthly medicare payment.  My former company pays me $1080 a year if I use their companies insurance agency.

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1 hour ago, jack7106 said:

I am an Australian and we still pay for it as part of the Medicare rebate when doing our yearly Tax obligations - whilst I have been living in Pattaya for many years????????‍♂️????????????

Recently spent 18 months back in Aus, Many visits to hospitals and specialists and am now on the surgery wait list for a bypass on both legs (PAD).

 

Not paid any taxes (or medicare rebate) in the past 15years... when I get the letter advising the date for my operation I'll fly back.

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5 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

Hua Hin is as bad as Bangkok for 3 months of the year when the prevailing wind blows from the north and basically blows all the pollution down over us. that wind runs from nov-end jan

 

it sucks right now - AQI 120+ last few days 150+, kids coughing, windows closed and staying in. <deleted>ty time to be here

 

 

aha, that explains the Hua Hin situation, thanks for that.

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5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Don't get me wrong , and I don't condone the users, but all this moaning when you can get an agent to do it for 13 or 14 k a year

This sort of thing is not infrequently posted but I've yet to find evidence of any agent that will do a retirement extension for that price, perhaps you could expand on that claim?

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3 hours ago, kwak250 said:

Must admit Thailand hasn't got the appeal that it had when i moved here 15 years ago.

I won't be leaving though as i have children in school and really dont mind the taste of Leo.

 

got to be honest, I am sorry to say, I am struggling to find any appeal here at the moment

very disappointed with a lot of things here now

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6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Im just reading visa free entry to Kazakhstan for Thai people, wonder what the midget would think about living in -20 degrees?

We did spend 3 months in Northern Cypress last year it was great at least I got a decent Kebab and a nice bottle of vino for less than 150 Baht, not sure I could live there permanently I believe it can get cold on that northern coast in their winter

Where did you get the visa free entry info for Kazakhstan. My wife and I have an apartment there and visa free would be good. -33C two weeks ago by the way, -20 would have been a treat. The low temps are offset by the nice wine.

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14 minutes ago, samsensam said:

also if pollution is a issue you'll not be living in major cities which will make finding work harder.

Seeking employment in any major conurbation can be equal parts hard or easy depending on ones skills and the competition for any advertised position. However, if one falls into the older age bracket, and I would assume that most returning from a failed early retirement, marriage or other venture in Thailand are in this group, the ease of quick re-employment and even basic employability decreases. Ageism is real.

 

A friend of mine faced exactly this issue when he returned to the UK after being out of the loop for only about 8 years. Eventually, after a year of false hopes in his old home area, he started to look at more radical work alternatives. Last year he got a job as a 'park ranger' up in Cumbria. Albeit for less than he would have earned in his professional 9-to-5 but his cost of living are below city levels and he has more fresh air and exercise than he can wave empty camp site waste bins at. He's keeping tabs on any vacancies arising for me!

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27 minutes ago, nickmondo said:

got to be honest, I am sorry to say, I am struggling to find any appeal here at the moment

very disappointed with a lot of things here now

Wherever you go you take the weather with you.

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1 hour ago, DannyCarlton said:

Never ceases to amaze me that the majority of these "I'm going home" threads are started by Americans. All since the US embassy stopped producing income affidavits and it's citizens are no longer taken at their word as to how much money/income they have.

I would say it is a healthy signal to the immigration whats happening now, and hopefully in the long term, they understand what they have to do for fure to be a place for reteirement. 

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