Stay in thai over age of 80

[Moshimoya]

Im planing to stay here most of time with my son and his thai new family whats the way to get the right visa as helth insuranceis hard to get for retierment visa as age of 80

 

[glegolo]

choose a VISA that dosn´t demand any health insurance

 

glegolo

[Moshimoya]

What kind of visa can do.

[Crossy]

1 minute ago, Moshimoya said:

What kind of visa can do.

• Tourist=> becoming increasingly difficult to stay long-term, do you really want the hassle in later life?

That leaves:-

• Work => probably not applicable (needs a Work Permit and a stack of company paperwork - is your son/family running a business that could help?)
• Marriage to a Thai => maybe
• Education => learn Thai (sadly, heavily abused in the past so could be a difficult route)
• Thailand Elite => $$ but little hassle if you have the cash

None of the above requires insurance, but of course they're not free or necessarily easy.

• You could possibly get in as a dependant of your son @ubonjoe would know what's what there.

[otherstuff1957]

^Also Type O retirement visa, though it will not be possible to get this until the borders are open again. 

This visa will require 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account or proof of a pension of 65,000 baht per month. 

You cannot apply for this visa in your home country, but need to apply for it in a nearby Thai embassy or consulate (Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, etc).

[ubonjoe]

1 hour ago, Moshimoya said:

Im planing to stay here most of time with my son and his thai new family whats the way to get the right visa as helth insuranceis hard to get for retierment visa as age of 80

You could apply for a single entry non-o visa to visit your son if he is on a extension of stay issued by immigration. You could then apply for a one year extension based upon retirement during the last 30 days of the 90 day entry from the non-o visa.

You would need 800k baht in a Thai bank for 2 months or proof of 65k baht income. No insurance is required to apply for that extension of stay.

Or you could enter visa exempt or with a tourist visa and then apply for a 90 day non immigrant visa (category O) at immigration. Same financial proof is needed but the 800k baht only needs to be in a Thai bank on the day you apply.