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My wife and I live here on a Retirement Extension Visa. We have rented for over ten years, and are thinking of buying, or building.

The missus will almost certainly outlive me by a country mile, and is too young for a retirement visa. So when I croak, does she have to leave? and if so how long does she get to settle her affairs? like cremating me, and selling up.

 

Much obliged for any info

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I'm in the same position.  I'm in my 60s but my (non-Thai) wife is 31.  We also have a (non-Thai) son who's 6.  I'm hoping  both my wife and son will be able to continue to live here after I've gone, with him on a Study visa and she as his sole dependent.  It's a worry.

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If your non thai kids study in International school, your wife could get a visa. Otherwise enough agent options too. I would change beforehand to another visa if you suspect dying soon.

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Save the proposed house purchase money for her to buy a long term elite visa. Presumably she will have an income to subsist on. When 50 she could switch to a non-imm extension.

or,

Many people posting here live long term on short term visas without having to prove funds. Adopt a dodgy agent.

 

13 hours ago, Shackleton123 said:

We came here to work

17 hours ago, Shackleton123 said:

My wife and I live here on a Retirement Extension Visa.

 

A little confusing.

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Don't buy. You can rent a great place near the beach for 5/6000.No use buying. She has many different options to stay. That's no problem. She can get a Thai Language visa and that will give her something to do and that she can drag out for up to 4 years and by then she should qualify for retirement 

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18 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

He extension ends on the day he passes on. But unless she tells immigration she could stay until it expires.

Only a extension based upon marriage to a Thai remains valid.

Then she should marry a Thai before the extension expires. Making sure all her assets are put in her son's name. It's meant as a joke, but would that be possible

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9 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

It's meant as a joke, but would that be possible

No

She would have to leave and re-enter the country to get a new visa. She would be on a overstay as soon as immigration were aware her husband had died. 

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3 hours ago, Old Croc said:

Save the proposed house purchase money for her to buy a long term elite visa. Presumably she will have an income to subsist on. When 50 she could switch to a non-imm extension.

or,

Many people posting here live long term on short term visas without having to prove funds. Adopt a dodgy agent.

 

 

A little confusing.

I worked here and in SE Asia but based here, for nine years and then retired. Hence came here to work, and now on a retirement visa.

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21 hours ago, Shackleton123 said:

The missus will almost certainly outlive me by a country mile, and is too young for a retirement visa. So when I croak, does she have to leave?

Unlike the West where after your death your wife has a legal status as the "widow" of Mr Shockleton123, here in backward-land you wife will be considered to be an unmarried, single woman.  Same for those of us married to Thai.  If we outlive our spouse, we have absolutely no standing in this backward country.  If not old enough for a retirement visa, you'll be shown the door regardless of the assets you've invested and the home you have build. 

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20 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

IF she was 100% that living in Thailand is what she wants after your gone she could consider PE visa. 

Why build? 

If she was 100% that living in Thailand is what she wants after you kick-off, tell her to marry a Thai man.  She'll need absolutely nothing.  No financial requirements at all, and then after three years of marriage she can apply for citizenship.

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2 hours ago, Aarin said:

Don't buy. You can rent a great place near the beach for 5/6000.No use buying. She has many different options to stay. That's no problem. She can get a Thai Language visa and that will give her something to do and that she can drag out for up to 4 years and by then she should qualify for retirement 

 

Our rent is 30,000 per month, I'd love to find a suitable place to rent for less. But she is 34, years old and so is sixteen years from retirement age. As was so astutely pointed out here is all expats are visitors only, and at the mercy of the Immigration Service.  I do see what people are saying about buying, and I tend to agree. When I croak, she would have to sell, and that could take eons.

 

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20 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I'm in the same position.  I'm in my 60s but my (non-Thai) wife is 31.  We also have a (non-Thai) son who's 6.  I'm hoping  both my wife and son will be able to continue to live here after I've gone, with him on a Study visa and she as his sole dependent.  It's a worry.

Same advice to you.  Line up some potential male Thai friends who are marriageable.  She wouldn't need two satang to rub together to stay.  Marry a Thai guy and she's on the road to citizenship.

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1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

No

She would have to leave and re-enter the country to get a new visa. She would be on a overstay as soon as immigration were aware her husband had died. 

Yes, that would be possible .

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On 4/28/2021 at 2:20 PM, brewsterbudgen said:

I'm in the same position.  I'm in my 60s but my (non-Thai) wife is 31.  We also have a (non-Thai) son who's 6.  I'm hoping  both my wife and son will be able to continue to live here after I've gone, with him on a Study visa and she as his sole dependent.  It's a worry.

 

Why is it that some people are so lucky to have such young wives?

 

 

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On 4/28/2021 at 2:19 PM, giddyup said:

Or wait until she turns 50, then die.

 

We can't choose when we die.

 

If we could choose, nobody would want to die if we had tons of money left.

 

The most practical method is to have plan B i.e. go back to her home country or get a citizenship in the husband's country.

 

 

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