Look, it's obvious to me at this point that many people in this thread are either not reading the comments, are glancing over them and making broad assumptions, and/or are simply throwing out comments to get a rise or a "here, here!" out of their fellow forum users. The previous post by "disambiguated" can be used as Exhibit A.

I'm guessing you folks run into a lot of people who go on a vacation in LOS, think, "wow, this place is great!" and hatch a plan to move there without having thought through the process or done any serious research into the realities of such a task. By all means continue to help those folks get back to reality.

But seriously, folks... just let it go. I am simply not going to go into the detail necessary for anyone here to give any meaningful advice on my families plans for SE Asian over the next several years - primarily because after having watched this forum for about 18 months I've noticed a great number of you don't really have anything to offer other than bitter, hateful, anecdotal information that is often at odds with each other. That is also not the reason I posted here - I just wanted a recommendation for an actual expert on visa matters - if one existed. All of the commentary on other things is wrong-headed, speculative dribble.There are some folks here that seem to have an objective view, I've contacted them directly and they have been very helpful.

Have fun everyone and lighten up. Life's too short.

and yet you keep coming back here over and over to lecture us on the fact you dont want to hear it. Just let it go? lol. May I suggest you heed your own advice?

Sorry, I'm not Jesus. When someone attacks me or my family I'm not prone to turn the other cheek - I will respond. I had moved on until someone cranked back up the insult machine so here we are.

And may I point out that you, someone with no discernible investment in this conversation, continues to insist upon coming back as well. Are you that bored? Don't you have better things to do?

Edited July 22, 201411 yr by waldenguy

Sorry, I'm not Jesus. When someone attacks me or my family I'm not prone to turn the other cheek - I will respond. I had moved on until someone cranked back up the insult machine so here we are.

And may I point out that you, someone with no discernible investment in this conversation, continues to insist upon coming back as well. Are you that bored? Don't you have better things to do?

better than wind up folks that pretend they are tired of the banter and moved on while they continue the banter?? HELL NO!! lol

Thanks again to everyone who heard my actual question and gave me some really good info. I've made some good contacts and have found a very reasonable and workable way forward.

Cheers!