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Are expats being tempted by Thailand?


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2 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

Thailand's Visa Requirements are not difficult, especially for the "Rich" as they have a number of options available to them (Elite/Investment Visas being the 2 obvious ones), they're only difficult for people unable or unwilling  to invest & (rightly or wrongly) these are not the demographic that Thailand is trying to attract.  

 

 

You'd be hard put to find as easy or cheap visa requirements in the region, Philippines is probably the only one with it's SRRV (though this involve as jumping through as many if not more hoops), Malaysia has recently doubled it's financial requirements for MM2H, Cambodia has a dodgy business visa that could be clamped down on anytime & I don't think Vietnam has anything... 

 

On balance if you're able/willing to put the money into Thailand, it's relatively straight forward to live here. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.00 usd per day retirement extension. Can't beat that.

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1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

They have got that much money they dont care about luxury tax, when you see the amount of BMW's Merc's around where I live, Last week a German guy rented one of my apartments he turned up a brand new Merc 250 coupe, it had Bangkok plates on it and I asked him did he drive here he said no he paid someone to drive it here for him. That Merc would be at least double the price of what it would be back in Berlin,

They do care.

 

Not much choice.

 

Extortionate taxes on cars here. 

That's why many Thais are stuck in debt or stuck riding an old Honda with no headlights.

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

When Brits think about retiring or moving abroad, more often then not, picturesque landscapes of beaches with cloudless skies are cited as features they want.

Yes cloudless skies without the PM 2.5!

 

 

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If i was single ,i doubt very much i would retire here ,but as a married man with an adult son ,who is in a highly paid job and who has the mortgage on our lovely detached property ,and i have some savings and a pension ,and a lovely wife,its good for me ,but funnily enough my wife is starting to miss England where we lived for many years ,as do i sometimes ,but we would not go back to live , 

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27 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Yet another, very strong, argument against buying/investing here unless you are reasonably wealthy and can take the hit.

 

Renting is the only way to go if you intend to live here.

Agreed, the huge inventory of property makes resale a fools game. The Xchange has has lost 1% over 5 years, not an issue.

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2 hours ago, NanaSomchai said:

Anything equalling "beer bar girls" in either of those aforementionned three countries? Portugal, Panama, Spain?

 

If you know anything and have expertise to share privately please PM me if it's deemed too sensitive for public posting.

Quite expensive, lower quality in general, but more passionate, again in general. Yes, there is plenty of action, but nothing like here. At least before Covid. After? Who knows?

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2 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Hmm interesting question.

I'd kinda agree with the general assertion that if money is no object Thailand would be well down the list.

 

I maybe a bit of an outlier in as much as I didn't meet my wife in Thailand, but at our work in Singapore, and I, against her better judgement wanted to retire to Thailand.

 

So the basic question are expats tempted?

 

I was tempted at the time by the thought I would lead a wholly Farang life at a fraction of the price.

 

Over the years, that didn't really pan out, and I found cost of living, for the lifestyle I wanted to live was actually costing more than in the US, without the conveniences of living in your our country.

 

So I'm not exactly sure what the marketing hook would be for expats?

 

Unless we of course delve into the pants of aging farang males mesmerized by the Maidens of Isaan 

"delve into the pants of aging farang males"

Rather you than me!

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I still hope some day that gf and I can move to Thailand, but nothing is decided yet. We're not rich by western standards , and if we sold everything we could raise approx 25 mill baht. We're 50 + and 60 +so we could probably live rest of life for that money in Thailand, since some retirement money also would arrive in a few years. 

 

The huge question is. 

Does Thailand bring more joy living there fulltime, or would it be better to stay home near friends and family and then take 3 months vacations to Thailand every year. 

 

Any takes on that since it's a thread about expats in Thailand? 

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