Lived in Thailand longer than any other place in my life!

[Jingthing]

This occurred to me the other day.

Not only Thailand but the exact same condo in Jomtien.

Longer than I lived in my home town growing up.

Longer than I lived in my longest staying place during my working years.

Yes, alas, I have zero prospects for even an upgrade in status to some kind of legal residency here.

Of course I knew the score about that limitation moving here on retirement status. So no false advertising accusations.

But still, realizing the longest staying situation now, that limitation bites harder.

 

[WayWokeWhiteGuy]

Have you tried to become a permanent resident?

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, WayWokeWhiteGuy said:

Have you tried to become a permanent resident?

Impossible for anyone who moves here starting on retirement status.

You didn't know that already or are just sniping?

[KhaoHom]

Was just discussing something similar with my mother.

 

Q: Don't you have any plans to come *home*? 

 

A: Nope

 

 

60% of my life abroad*

50% my life in So/ E. Asia

35% of my life in Thailand

25% of my life in BKK 

10% of my life in Pattaya

[KhaoHom]

7 minutes ago, WayWokeWhiteGuy said:

Have you tried to become a permanent resident?

 

Waste of time.

[Jingthing]

10 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

 

Waste of time.

As said, as it's literally impossible for anyone who started with (and continues with of course) retirement status, to say it's a waste of time is a gross understatement.

[KhaoHom]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

As said, as it's literally impossible for anyone who started with (and continues with of course) retirement status, to say it's a waste of time is a gross understatement.

 

Part of the problem is just the backlog and ridiculous and arbitrary process itself. 

 

It's like everything in Thailand. Trade policy perfect example but examples could be land ownership, farang attempts at getting SSO insurance, 5 yr licence (I lost mine), etc.. A million obstacles. 

 

Wish this was discussed in trade agreement. It's not related but many things Trump included in agreements were indirectly related. Why not?

 

I will never be fully behind Thailand because they are not fully behind me. 

[Jingthing]

4 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

 

Part of the problem is just the backlog and ridiculous and arbitrary process itself. 

 

It's like everything in Thailand. Trade policy perfect example but examples could be land ownership, farang attempts at getting SSO insurance, 5 yr licence (I lost mine), etc.. A million obstacles. 

 

Wish this was discussed in trade agreement. It's not related but many things Trump included in agreements were indirectly related. Why not?

 

I will never be fully behind Thailand because they are not fully behind me. 

Nothing to do with backlogs.

Those starting with and continuing on retirement status can NEVER qualify for residency under the rules.

[KhaoHom]

7 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Nothing to do with backlogs.

Those starting with and continuing on retirement status can NEVER qualify for residency under the rules.

 

Backlog is years. The selection process arbitrary. I think cost is 200k as well.

 

You never qualifed as retired. Those that do face obstacles.

[KhunLA]

Lived in TH about half of my adult life.  From 45 to 70 yrs old.  From 20 yrs old to 45 yrs old at USA, lived in 6 different states; PA, WV, NJ, MI, FL, TN.  

 

Here, TH, just 2 provinces, Udon & PKK.  Although visited and slept in almost all the province in TH.

 

What's a bit stranger is, I've never lived in any one house for more than 2 or 3 years at a time in USA, after 20 yrs old.  In TH, lived longer in 1st & 2nd house, and 3 yrs already in present house, which I'll die in, than any one place in USA.

 

Just living 3 yrs in present house is longer than any place/house I've lived in at USA.

 

TH is more home than USA, and definitely the house at PKK, as no longer even think about being elsewhere.   Unlike USA, was constantly thinking where to next.  Most moves for work.

 

Miss nothing from the USA, and if having to leave TH, really haven't a clue where I'd go, and would be nomadic, where ever it was.  Living out of RV at USA probably, as no desire to set roots down anywhere there.  Or start over in a different country, and just sticking with what I know.

[grain]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

This occurred to me the other day.

Not only Thailand but the exact same condo in Jomtien.

Longer than I lived in my home town growing up.

Longer than I lived in my longest staying place during my working years.

Yes, alas, I have zero prospects for even an upgrade in status to some kind of legal residency here.

Of course I knew the score about that limitation moving here on retirement status. So no false advertising accusations.

But still, realizing the longest staying situation now, that limitation bites harder.

 

Same situation, I've lived in Thailand more years than anywhere else (actually close to double the years I spent in farangland), and I'm almost 78 years old. I've been on retirement exts for the past couple decades. In hindsight I should have had a crack at PR in the 1990s. For 15 years in the 1980s-1990s I was employed by a prestigious organization with connections to very high up Thai officials, I had my WP and was legally married to a Thai. I can speak Thai quite well and read well too, so I ticked a lot of the requirement boxes. That was the time I should have made the move towards PR. But today not a hope in hell, not that it matters, I'm quite content doing my annual renewals.