ways to live permanently in thailand with my girlfriend

[fey]

Do what I did, although you will need some capital, set her up in a business, sit back and do nothing, however it needs to be the right business for the time and the right girl. PS it wasnt a noodle stall.

Thats what i looking for right now but i will not sit and do nothing.

My Capital was 5 million baht.

PS you will have to sit and do nothing, best you can do is offer advice on that business but not get involved any other way.

Your telling this guy to risk 5 mil on a business that would have to be 51% thai owned?

Have you learned nothing?

Keep your funds offshore. Dont invest, loan or otherwise buy property. Pretty easy stuff to remember, yet you have to explain it each time. Some people just never learn or they need to learn from their mistakes.

[fey]

Do what I did, although you will need some capital, set her up in a business, sit back and do nothing, however it needs to be the right business for the time and the right girl. PS it wasnt a noodle stall.

Thats what i looking for right now but i will not sit and do nothing.

My Capital was 5 million baht.

PS you will have to sit and do nothing, best you can do is offer advice on that business but not get involved any other way.

Your telling this guy to risk 5 mil on a business that would have to be 51% thai owned?

Have you learned nothing?

Keep your funds offshore. Dont invest, loan or otherwise buy property. Pretty easy stuff to remember, yet you have to explain it each time. Some people just never learn or they need to learn from their mistakes.

[Langsuan Man]

Go here and read another tale of woe from one who came to live in Thailand before they were able. You could easily end up in the same exact situation

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850594-about-to-be-homeless-any-suggestions/

[Fab5BKK]

Having been through the whole thread quickly, I'd recommend 2 options:

1. Go back to school and try to learn a valuable skill or trade.

2. Alternatively, since you've got some military background, you'd consider a 5-year contract with the French Foreign Legion

[luk AJ]

My business is in aquaculture. In Asia there are opportunities. Shrimp/fish farming. Learning is not necessarily going back to school. Through internet you can become a specialist in many fields. It doesn't really matter what you choose, go for something you really like and make sure you become the best. Every "best" makes money anywhere..

[Remi080]

Or .. Get a other girlfriend, region of the UK. Saves a lot of money,and regrets.

[passedout]

23 and wanting to burn your time in Bangkok?

If you had a skill, I'd be encouraging you but you say you're working a dead-end job in a factory.

Get trained, mate. Learn a skill that you can make money out of anywhere in the world then you've got a choice.

Spunking your youth away in Bangkok on your bird's mum's couch isn't cool.

Failing that, the new multiple entry tourist visa should be available soon and that gives you a year at a time I think.

£500 and you're sorted

A new multiple entry tourist visa? Do you have a link to that?

Cheers

[Chalard]

Did you bother to learn any Thai during your two years there ? I moved to Hong Kong out of Uni. I took Chinese in College. Also went the IT / industrial automation route. Thailand is a mess and is pretty much the place where ambition goes to die. Most people in the region work in more dynamic places and use Thailand as a second home or did.

You really need to find a life's calling. Then you need to obtain skills that allow you to do what you want to do. The easiest language to learn is probably Malay which is also spoken in Indonesia. Indonesia will be the second largest economy in Asia.

There is a world food shortage, so if you have an interest in agriculture, that may be something to look into. There is a bit o tech in farming these days as well.

If you apply yourself, look further afield than Thailand toward its neighbors, you will fair better.

Yes I did learn Thai for 2 years so can speak it to an intermediate level I would say. I am continuing to study it now in the UK but just on my own and with my girlfriend. I am also learning how to read and wright it better.

Thanks for the advice and I will look onto other countries in the area.

I think you should brush up on your grammar and spelling first before you apply for any jobs...

[wvavin]

Mate, I suggest you must wake up your fantasy.

[rocketboybkk]

It won't be easy but good luck

Please don't fall into the 'I'm an English teacher' category

It'll be ok until you are too old & have no assets etc.

It might be better to get your gf here & work you nuts off & save money. Struggle & do it

Getting her here I think you should consider

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[ozyjon]

The way Thais survive,

grow rice 50% to sell

50% to eat odd jobs on the

side, you will be poor but happy.

[a10ams]

Forget that option young 'un. That was a great idea 30+ years ago when the oilfield entertained people with no qualifications.

Besides ....... the industry is on it's arse right now.

There are people living here and working on the oil ships and platforms. Have a look at that.

[bwpage3]

Your mother's couch in your country or her mother's couch in your country?

Fact is you have no skill in any country.

Sad to say, sooner or later if she meets another farang that can give her something besides taking up space on her mother's couch, she will be gone

Thai girls want something for their future and even if you are the best looking bloke in Bangkok, she would trade you for money, house, land, gold, you name it

She has hope now that you are really not a deadbeat because all Thai girls believe every foreigner is rich

When she finally wises up, she will be gone

Sad, hard truth

At 23 with no skill, you qualify for nothing legal in Thailand

[rocketboybkk]

Unfortunately he's right

Learn a skill or trade

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[SiSePuede419]

"I have no degree or qualifications and am just working in a dead end factory job and living with my parents."

You sound perfectly qualified to "learn things" on the internet and become a Digital Nomad, make lots of money and stay in nice hotels.

Details are murky, 555

[Cypress Hill]

Alternatively, try to convince everyone you really DO have a choice and only stay in $10-a-night bunks in communal rooms with 7 other people in a Bangkok hostel at over 50 years old because you WANT to.

Water out of the tap in those places is murky, 555+

[zierf1]

He can live in Thailand on 10-15,000 baht a month being a digital nomad. That's realistic first year earnings of a newbie. Move to CM or Isaan and rent a cheap apartment(2k/month) and start making money. That's what I did. Beats living in a dreary country with bad weather doesn't it?

[SiSePuede419]

Alternatively, try to convince everyone you really DO have a choice and only stay in $10-a-night bunks in communal rooms with 7 other people in a Bangkok hostel at over 50 years old because you WANT to.

Water out of the tap in those places is murky, 555+

If you're smart enough to believe that spending MORE money makes you RICHER, then you're smart enough to move to Thailand and call yourself a Digital Nomad.

555

[NOC]

OP

Sorry

You are fantasising !

At the age of 23, with little or no education or skill the chances of living in Thailand permanently range between zero and nil.

I apologise for being the the one to tell you the truth.

Its not as I I have no education but what I have is pretty useless in Thailand. I just wanted to know what skills I could gain to get a job there. I know there's not many as lets face it Thai people aren't stupid they can do everything foreign people can do to pretty much the same standard if not better.

Obviously you have no experience whatsoever living in Thailand, making such a statement.

"They can do everything foreign people can do to pretty much the same standard as better".

What have you had them do for you?

You tell me what Thai people cant do and what you can do better than they can?

Then maybe I will choose the same career as you.

Lots of people on here saying do computer programming as other things related but from what I have seen in the 2 years of living there, Thai people can also do this.

Really? Find me a php programmer who can speak English and understands how to do things the right way then!

You have been given some rock solid advice. It's time to let you flounder around like a fish out of water. When the water behind your ears dries up, then you might have a chance at life.

[Tombuk]

Did you bother to learn any Thai during your two years there ? I moved to Hong Kong out of Uni. I took Chinese in College. Also went the IT / industrial automation route. Thailand is a mess and is pretty much the place where ambition goes to die. Most people in the region work in more dynamic places and use Thailand as a second home or did.

You really need to find a life's calling. Then you need to obtain skills that allow you to do what you want to do. The easiest language to learn is probably Malay which is also spoken in Indonesia. Indonesia will be the second largest economy in Asia.

There is a world food shortage, so if you have an interest in agriculture, that may be something to look into. There is a bit o tech in farming these days as well.

If you apply yourself, look further afield than Thailand toward its neighbors, you will fair better.

Yes I did learn Thai for 2 years so can speak it to an intermediate level I would say. I am continuing to study it now in the UK but just on my own and with my girlfriend. I am also learning how to read and wright it better.

Thanks for the advice and I will look onto other countries in the area.

I think you should brush up on your grammar and spelling first before you apply for any jobs...

Haha my grammer is bad because I'm typing on my phone and and typing fast. I'm sorry if you cant understand what I am saying, maybe ask someone who could have a guess at what I mean.

[puukao]

BILLIONS of people live this life wrong!!! They slave for pennies and never follow their heart. They complain......

You have found true love. You must go to BKK immediately....don't waste one more day away from her!!! You might die tomorrow.

Marry her immediately. Sell everything, work anywhere, speak fluent Thai.....become a monk if you must

then write a book in 40-years to everyone on TV and make big money!!!!!

when i was 23 i made about 50k in USA and wasn't happy....all that did was get me some nice toys, but not true happiness!!!!!

[Cypress Hill]

Alternatively, try to convince everyone you really DO have a choice and only stay in $10-a-night bunks in communal rooms with 7 other people in a Bangkok hostel at over 50 years old because you WANT to.

Water out of the tap in those places is murky, 555+

If you're smart enough to believe that spending MORE money makes you RICHER, then you're smart enough to move to Thailand and call yourself a Digital Nomad.

555

Nope but spending more gets you the level of comfort, service etc you want.

Some people spend a fortune on a car while living in a shoebox; others spend big on dwellings but can't bring themselves to "waste" money on a car when they have two perfectly good feet.

Only a dolt would presume to hold his personal interpretation of minimalism above others' simply because they choose to spend more on things that are important to them

But it's ok because that's not what you're doing, is it?

Edited September 9, 2015 by Cypress Hill

[fey]

He can live in Thailand on 10-15,000 baht a month being a digital nomad. That's realistic first year earnings of a newbie. Move to CM or Isaan and rent a cheap apartment(2k/month) and start making money. That's what I did. Beats living in a dreary country with bad weather doesn't it?

sad fact is most people can't work independently on their own, even if you hand them a job.

add in the coutry of choice and the failure rate is even higher.

give this guy a job as a 'digital nomad' and i'm 75% sure he will end up drinking every night, chasing women and not working.

[kerrysum]

So how did you make it before.? Then I would ask, how and who sustained your life while you were away from the UK? And then, how is it that you went back to the UK? Or have you thought of bringing your GF back to the UK? Could you support her? And also in those 4 years, what did you do to make it possible for you and the GF to have a life together... Question is too vague to be answered, at this point. Wish you luck in your endeavors. The answer lies within, or am I wrong? Just a thought mind you.....

[brianj1964]

if your that serious about it, then the best options for you as a couple is to bring her to your home country where you have a job and income.

you already tried things out and it's working. try bringing her to you.

it's really wasted time that gets you in thailand. once that gap is there it's that much harder to develop a career or worthwhile work experience in your home country that will lead to better jobs.

advancement in thailand is a no go, just won't happen.

If he lives in the UK he has zero chance of getting her there, he lives with his parents, when i brought my wife over in 2005, I had to prove i owned a house, had decent savings and earned a decent wage. He is not married so unless he brings her here on a fiancee visa,

He appears to have no savings, i am sure i read somewhere recently that he would need something like £30k savings these days, and she would have to prove reading and writing English ability

[pbonline]

Did you bother to learn any Thai during your two years there ? I moved to Hong Kong out of Uni. I took Chinese in College. Also went the IT / industrial automation route. Thailand is a mess and is pretty much the place where ambition goes to die. Most people in the region work in more dynamic places and use Thailand as a second home or did.

You really need to find a life's calling. Then you need to obtain skills that allow you to do what you want to do. The easiest language to learn is probably Malay which is also spoken in Indonesia. Indonesia will be the second largest economy in Asia.

There is a world food shortage, so if you have an interest in agriculture, that may be something to look into. There is a bit o tech in farming these days as well.

If you apply yourself, look further afield than Thailand toward its neighbors, you will fair better.

Yes I did learn Thai for 2 years so can speak it to an intermediate level I would say. I am continuing to study it now in the UK but just on my own and with my girlfriend. I am also learning how to read and wright it better.

Thanks for the advice and I will look onto other countries in the area.

I think you should brush up on your grammar and spelling first before you apply for any jobs...

Haha my grammer is bad because I'm typing on my phone and and typing fast. I'm sorry if you cant understand what I am saying, maybe ask someone who could have a guess at what I mean.

Tombuk.

You got pm

[Howitzer]

Did you bother to learn any Thai during your two years there ? I moved to Hong Kong out of Uni. I took Chinese in College. Also went the IT / industrial automation route. Thailand is a mess and is pretty much the place where ambition goes to die. Most people in the region work in more dynamic places and use Thailand as a second home or did.

You really need to find a life's calling. Then you need to obtain skills that allow you to do what you want to do. The easiest language to learn is probably Malay which is also spoken in Indonesia. Indonesia will be the second largest economy in Asia.

There is a world food shortage, so if you have an interest in agriculture, that may be something to look into. There is a bit o tech in farming these days as well.

If you apply yourself, look further afield than Thailand toward its neighbors, you will fair better.

indonesian is different from malay even though both sound similar and yes malay is spoken in indonesia but only as a minority language. That's like saying spanish is also spoken in brazil and to learn spanish while in brazil.

[Lukecan]

You can work in a gay bar.

[soomak]

And therein lies your problem......You DON'T have a clue.

At 23 I was already married with a child on the way. Worked since I was 13 in numerous unskilled labor jobs ....BUT always willing to work and do what it took to get by. It's called "work ethic"!

Paid my own way thru school (night school) while working during the day...... and things worked out for me good. FOCUS!

At least now you seem focused ....problem is ...ONLY YOU can determine what it is you want to do or have you just always had things handed to you and haven't really had to think about until now?

Only advice I can give you is do something you "love doing" .....then it won't seem like work and over time the money will come. Otherwise ....working at a job you hate will seem worse than prison ....only you get to go home to eat and sleep.

This is 2015, mate, not 1941. The world just doesn't work that way any

more. The days of being able to "get on your bike" and land a reasonably well-paying job are long gone.

If you had a clue about the issues that face young people in Western

countries when it comes to work and careers, you wouldn't have been so patronising.

Please do enlighten us about the "the issues that face young people in Western countries when it comes to work and careers"

Well in the European Union, the unemplyment rate of young people (up to age 25) is 22%.

[Fab5BKK]

And therein lies your problem......You DON'T have a clue.

At 23 I was already married with a child on the way. Worked since I was 13 in numerous unskilled labor jobs ....BUT always willing to work and do what it took to get by. It's called "work ethic"!

Paid my own way thru school (night school) while working during the day...... and things worked out for me good. FOCUS!

At least now you seem focused ....problem is ...ONLY YOU can determine what it is you want to do or have you just always had things handed to you and haven't really had to think about until now?

Only advice I can give you is do something you "love doing" .....then it won't seem like work and over time the money will come. Otherwise ....working at a job you hate will seem worse than prison ....only you get to go home to eat and sleep.

This is 2015, mate, not 1941. The world just doesn't work that way any

more. The days of being able to "get on your bike" and land a reasonably well-paying job are long gone.

If you had a clue about the issues that face young people in Western

countries when it comes to work and careers, you wouldn't have been so patronising.

Please do enlighten us about the "the issues that face young people in Western countries when it comes to work and careers"

Well in the European Union, the unemplyment rate of young people (up to age 25) is 22%.

Again, vastly depends on their education backgrounds / degrees etc.

You can't compare someone with no education at all and a guy with master degree in science / law + top MBA...