Good Ideas?

[martin1971]

Hi there.

My first time in this forum. I have a question one in here might have a good answer too:

I am 36 years old. danish. retired by my government because of an accident. getting paid every month on my thai bank account every month now and basically live here as a retired guy now on my 3rd. year.

I can NOT get a retirement visa as far as I know, because I am not over 50 years of age. So I am here on a tourist visa and have to do these crazy runs all the time. This drives me nuts.

does anyone in here have a bright idea how I can handle this situation? I tried business visa for some time but its too expensive to pay all these lawyers, accountings, fees and stamps.

I am not gonna get married or make any babies in the near future just to get a long time visa.

what are my options? if any?

any help is appreciated.

thanks

martin

[Lite Beer]

Hi there.

My first time in this forum. I have a question one in here might have a good answer too:

I am 36 years old. danish. retired by my government because of an accident. getting paid every month on my thai bank account every month now and basically live here as a retired guy now on my 3rd. year.

I can NOT get a retirement visa as far as I know, because I am not over 50 years of age. So I am here on a tourist visa and have to do these crazy runs all the time. This drives me nuts.

does anyone in here have a bright idea how I can handle this situation? I tried business visa for some time but its too expensive to pay all these lawyers, accountings, fees and stamps.

I am not gonna get married or make any babies in the near future just to get a long time visa.

what are my options? if any?

any help is appreciated.

thanks

martin

Stay with the Tourist Visas.

[richard_smith237]

Hi there.

My first time in this forum. I have a question one in here might have a good answer too:

I am 36 years old. danish. retired by my government because of an accident. getting paid every month on my thai bank account every month now and basically live here as a retired guy now on my 3rd. year.

I can NOT get a retirement visa as far as I know, because I am not over 50 years of age. So I am here on a tourist visa and have to do these crazy runs all the time. This drives me nuts.

does anyone in here have a bright idea how I can handle this situation? I tried business visa for some time but its too expensive to pay all these lawyers, accountings, fees and stamps.

I am not gonna get married or make any babies in the near future just to get a long time visa.

what are my options? if any?

any help is appreciated.

thanks

martin

This is likely to get a negative reaction given the consensus of opinion in this forum on the subject. But... if your budget permits, look into the Thai Elite card….

Its pricey at 1.5MB, it gives you a 5 year SE visa (special entry visa – which is basically the same as a tourist visa) which is renewable every 5 years for the rest of your life (this may have recently changed to 30 years). It also has some other perks such as free massage, free golf, free airport transfer and a quick escort through immigration on departure and arrival.

The downside of getting this card is a biggie… there is varying confidence in the longevity of the service. It’s possible that the program collapses and you could loose that money. Equally so it may just last the duration, no one really knows.

[martin1971]

Hi there.

My first time in this forum. I have a question one in here might have a good answer too:

I am 36 years old. danish. retired by my government because of an accident. getting paid every month on my thai bank account every month now and basically live here as a retired guy now on my 3rd. year.

I can NOT get a retirement visa as far as I know, because I am not over 50 years of age. So I am here on a tourist visa and have to do these crazy runs all the time. This drives me nuts.

does anyone in here have a bright idea how I can handle this situation? I tried business visa for some time but its too expensive to pay all these lawyers, accountings, fees and stamps.

I am not gonna get married or make any babies in the near future just to get a long time visa.

what are my options? if any?

any help is appreciated.

thanks

martin

This is likely to get a negative reaction given the consensus of opinion in this forum on the subject. But... if your budget permits, look into the Thai Elite card….

Its pricey at 1.5MB, it gives you a 5 year SE visa (special entry visa – which is basically the same as a tourist visa) which is renewable every 5 years for the rest of your life (this may have recently changed to 30 years). It also has some other perks such as free massage, free golf, free airport transfer and a quick escort through immigration on departure and arrival.

The downside of getting this card is a biggie… there is varying confidence in the longevity of the service. It's possible that the program collapses and you could loose that money. Equally so it may just last the duration, no one really knows.

I dont have 1,5 mill. easy as that.

any other options? I feel I am in a loop hole. I AM retired, but can not get this F . . . . . . retirement visa because of my age.

[martin1971]

Hi there.

My first time in this forum. I have a question one in here might have a good answer too:

I am 36 years old. danish. retired by my government because of an accident. getting paid every month on my thai bank account every month now and basically live here as a retired guy now on my 3rd. year.

I can NOT get a retirement visa as far as I know, because I am not over 50 years of age. So I am here on a tourist visa and have to do these crazy runs all the time. This drives me nuts.

does anyone in here have a bright idea how I can handle this situation? I tried business visa for some time but its too expensive to pay all these lawyers, accountings, fees and stamps.

I am not gonna get married or make any babies in the near future just to get a long time visa.

what are my options? if any?

any help is appreciated.

thanks

martin

This is likely to get a negative reaction given the consensus of opinion in this forum on the subject. But... if your budget permits, look into the Thai Elite card….

Its pricey at 1.5MB, it gives you a 5 year SE visa (special entry visa – which is basically the same as a tourist visa) which is renewable every 5 years for the rest of your life (this may have recently changed to 30 years). It also has some other perks such as free massage, free golf, free airport transfer and a quick escort through immigration on departure and arrival.

The downside of getting this card is a biggie… there is varying confidence in the longevity of the service. It's possible that the program collapses and you could loose that money. Equally so it may just last the duration, no one really knows.

I dont have 1,5 mill. easy as that.

any other options? I feel I am in a loop hole. I AM retired, but can not get this F . . . . . . retirement visa because of my age.

actually now that i think about it:

if I HAD 1,5 mill. I would buy a harley and ENJOY my visaruns. ha ha

[lopburi3]

And the age has recently been lowered 10 years. It used to be age 60 for retirement.

[Maestro]

Martin, it’s only because you asked for a bright idea that I dare mention paragraph 12 of the Royal Thai Police Order No. 606/2549:

12. Other cases not stipulated herein shall be submitted to the Commissioner of the Immigration Bureau or competent official for decision on a case-by-case basis.

I do not know whether anybody has ever made an application under this clause and if so, whether it was approved.

I also do not know how you would have to go about it, whether you would have to get the chief of your local immigration office to agree to receive your application for forwarding to the “Commissioner of the Immigration Bureau or competent official”, or send your application there directly. If somebody knows the answer he will hopefully post it here. You could also go to your local immigration office and make inquiries.

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Maestro

[lopburi3]

I believe that clause would be used by Immigration, not directly by applicant, for cases they felt had merit but did not fulfill all the normal requirements.

[martin1971]

hmmm might be worth a try to just ask in the immigration office. worst case he just refuses.

thanks.

If it goes well I will post it here so others will know.