Can I get a retirement visa in Thailand with a monthly income of £33,000 instead of the required £65,000?

Am I right in that if you stay in Thailand for over 180 days in the year you have to pay tax on everything that goes through the Thai bank account?Are you double taxed or is there a tax credit. At what % are you taxed? Is there a way round it?

Just not enough

How can you expect to exist on that

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Good point ,I know an English & an Irish citizen,both retired in Cambodia,as a lot cheaper!!!

Yes of you move back home your pension will be re adjusted

My advice is unless that information is coming from the Thai government, don't trust it.

Use an agent and go life is short work the rest out when there

Think about health care

That was a really low pension mate. I not think anybody here in Norway get less than 60.000 THB. I hope something works out for you. Good luck

If you declare you live in Thailand to uk you may want to check if you’ll get any further annual increase in you pension each year too

I live on 30k a month.

An alternative to buying full medical cover, is to buy separate policies, for accident cover and critical illness cover, and pay when you need to see a GP because that is not expensive, just use an agent for your visa, thousands do it without any problems, there are lots of retirees, living in Thailand on the UK government pension, you can just live a simple life in the sunshine, way better than staying in the cold miserable expensive UK.

Look at YouTube. "Retire in Cambodia under $1000/month". Great information

Use an agent

Take a look at potential medical costs here in Thailand. These could decimate your budget.

You have to think about Healthcare and how it will impact your monthly pension. Most policies do not cover pre-existing conditions and even though Healthcare is relatively cheap a trip to the hospital for something major will cost you.

With state income only not worth you considering retirement Thailand unfortunately 😕

Why do Thai Immigration offer visa exempt to countries like Australia where I am from and then bitch about it when you try to use it. Why offer it at all if they are going to interrogate you on entry.

Look into Albania (stop laughing peeps) its so cheap and all the scum leave there and operate in other European cities, the crime rate is very low and the people are very friendly. Front line, ocean view condos for 2mTB. Vlore looks like the best option

Even though your monthly income is smallish you will still have a much better life than in the UK weather is great all year round you're not going to be a party animal but you are going to be able to have a few drinks at home on the balcony,there's a lot in the same boat just not on this ,everyone is rich and has 300k a month to waste 😁

I've been retired in Thailand for 6 years now.

Honestly, I can't imagine trying to subsist here on 40k baht/month. I would consider twice that amount to be adequate for very frugal living.

On the other hand, if that's what you've got and the alternative is living in the UK. . .well I suppose broke in Asia COULD be a preferable level of hell (from your perspective) than back home.

A lot of people giving black and white responses. And how dare you impose yourself on the people here. You have no right to live in poverty here. Be gone. Etc.

Fair enough - looks like you did some bad planning, and that's on you. But what are you supposed to do NOW? Suicide? Live on the street back home?

So SE Asia may be the only choice for you, despite you being more or less unwelcome. A very modest perhaps non-aircon room, frugal eating, no dating, no vices of any sort, and you could barely survive.

Probably easier to do this in Cambodia than Thailand.

One thing you must sort or at least come to terms with - health care. No NHS for you here, and insurance is not cheap. If you get ill or injured, you MUST pay yourself. There are few bleeker places on earth to be penniless AND presented with a crushing medical bill. Truly. So, while some illnesses or accidents may be recoverable conditions for the wealthier, you may need to accept the fact that for you, these things may have to be faced without doctors or hospitals.

Realistically, you will probably need some form of work to survive. Likely (but not necessarily) illegal and prohibited. But I'm not going to suggest it is better for you to just suicide; you must do what you must to survive, provided you harm no one. Many see no difference between illegal and criminal activity. Nice to have enough wealth to be so upright. But for you, that sort of high morality may not be an option.

Very little is black and white in SE Asia. There are ways to get almost anything done, if you are determined and resourceful. And the advice you receive from people who were better planners, luckier, whatever will often be a bit unsympathetic and self-serving.

So. . .tough choices ahead for you. If you choose to live in SE Asia, I strongly recommend Cambodia over Thailand as being slightly cheaper and having a less aggressive immigration team discouraging/targetting subsistence-level foreigners.

And like the poor anywhere, you can expect the better-off to look down on you and wish you to simply disappear from their world. You're gonna need a thick skin, a functioning brain, above all self-control and some luck.

There are thousands of people from many countries that don’t have the cash for retirement visa or don’t want to put a large amount of money in Thai banks

So they go to Visa Agents who will do your retirement visa for about 30 to bhat . You’ll get 3 months and then 12 months giving you 15 months to see if Thailand is right for you

These agents look after everything needed to obtain a visa for you

I met many foreigners who used these agents and it’s a proper real visa

Research on line

Watch YouTube videos of expats who have YouTube channels and live in Thailand

Hi nick , don’t be put off by people saying you don’t have enough income. That’s all very subjective as different people have different needs. If you want to live in a pool villa or beachside apartment eating at top restaurants and drinking every day then stay in the UK on that income. If you are content with a small room no aircon, swim in the sea not a pool and eat street food or cook yourself you will survive. But there is a massive gulf between survival and living. As for your visa get an non O-A visa in UK , that’s 12 month multi entry visa , you need to show three months consecutive payments into uk account of 65,000 baht equivalent , you need to pay for health insurance , a health certificate and a police check.

The other way to get around the income / capital requirement is to use a visa agent. That will cost you 20-40k baht depending who you use. To do that route you need to get a 3 month non O visa before travel.

Hope some of that helps

800,000 in the bank !

I'm in sakhon nakhon.renting house 5000 ,other bills low 930 would be fine.

I reckon you could top it up to the 80 k baht needed by falling off a scooter, mangling your leg, and getting a begging bowl…

You can stay 3 years on a tourist without leaving, the philipines isn’t the same as Thailand but it sure beats the uk

Stay where u are and take a long holiday each year

Nick, i know you would like to live in Thailand like all of us. But honestly, your dream and finances dont meet up. Please believe me if i say this kindly. Rather be poor in your own country , than be poor in another nation's country. Visit, go back a year later and repeat.

There’s an expat always posting on FB or instagram. I a video of him today and he seems confident that you can have 800k in the bank or 65k pm, or even a combination of 33k pm and 400k in the bank

The requirement to get a re5tiree visa in Thaïland is having 800 000B. It can be in one lump sur or being able to prove 65 000B/ month or a mix of both equaling 800 000B. The catch is that money has to be in a Thaï bank account so even ic yoh get 100 000B/month, you cannot prove it the first year.

Another option that is borderline illegal is to use an agent that will loan you the money ... for a fee

Well you could find a Thai wife and get a visa with only 400,000 baht.

Not true, sorry!

£920 pounds monthly pension is nowhere enough to retire in Thailand. by the time you paid rent, health insurance, energy you might just have enough left for food to survive.

Yes the UK pension is not indexed linked in Thailand, mores the pity. There is a great YouTube channel on Cambodia, which still appeals to me it's called, FOR RIEL, as in the Cambodian currency. What you get for your money is well worth a look. This is the site their names are Claire and Jeremy and its a brilliant site. Good luck.

Do you know that your gov pension will be frozen at £920 if you more to Thailand, it might be ok now but in years to come

Look into retirement in Cambodia

False info

With that kind of budget, I wouldn't bother.

There's no way to qualify for a retirement visa with 33k baht per month.

And all of that is irrelevant because the only way to use income in Thailand to apply for your extension is with embassy certified income. The UK embassy does not offer this for many years already. That means your ONLY option for the first year is 800,000 in your Thai bank account.

If you cannot meet the requirements, your only other option is paying an agent who will then "pay" immigration to look the other way.