You have to get an extension every 12 months, report in every 3 months, you can't own land, you can't work without a work permit and then only certain occupations. The rules for bank accounts and extensions change yearly.

I consider myself a visitor even though I've spent 17 yrs here off and on with the past 6 yrs on extensions with a Non O. Purchased 2 homes and some properties in kid's name.

When you're just short one piece of paper from renewing 12 month extension. Do you consider Thailand your home or just a neat place to hang out? For me it's a neat place to hang out.

It’s home to me. I don’t need to work, I don’t need to own land, and the visa process is hardly the hardship some make it out to be. Thailand offers far more than the country I left, so it’s a pretty easy choice.

You ARE an immigrant. Says so on your passport. If you identify as being a "visitor" then that's up to your perception of reality, but the truth will always be the truth.

10 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I consider myself a visitor even though I've spent 17 yrs here off and on with the past 6 yrs on extensions with a Non O.

You already answered the thread title in your opening message, you are not an immigrant, you are a Non Immigrant. The clue is in the wording of the stamps in your pp.

THAILAND my love!

JJust living here. Got a house, I bought it, but not mine, even if I have some kind of soda pop fructose thing. They can kick me out anytime they want. Maybe today is the day to work up a little anger & righteous indignation about that?! Sounds exhausting though.

No.

The Immigrant Haters have ZERO ∅

self awareness.

They will tap dance around the question shucking and jiving the Fox News/KGB talking points and refuse to answer. 😅

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then they said some of my best friends are black

Migrant. Unqualified to be an immigrant, is why I keep an empty house back in the US in case the wife decides to go berserk.

Thailand does not have a settlement visa.

However, it does have an in-country permanent residence and/or naturalisation application process. This process has stringent conditions, is capped in terms of numbers, attracts relatively few successful candidates and requires a great deal of document gathering. Successful candidates have a multi-year journey from entry in Thailand to either receiving permanent residence or citizenship.