I love Thailand and I have a good life here, but if I were quite affluent I'd probably only spend two to three months of the year here. A friend of mine is considering a move to Mexico and he just got permanent residency in under a month, simply by depositing about the equivalent sum in a bank that is required for a one-year extension here. The visa policy here is very regressive, and it should be a simpler process with incentives for long-term expats. But I think current policy is testament to the fact that the government really does not want us here, they just simply tolerate us.
