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How long can I live in Thailand and can I renew my visa?
Jun 21, 2022
4 years ago
Mabel **********
ORIGINAL POSTERCan you give me advice please.how long can I live in Thailand ? .can I renew my visa?
TLDR : Answer Summary
The ability to live in Thailand and renew a visa depends on various factors such as your nationality, age, financial status, and visa type. Common options for long-term stays include retirement visas, which require financial criteria like having 800,000 THB in a Thai bank account. Alternatively, you may consider work permits, elite visas, or options for marrying a Thai citizen. If unable to meet the financial requirements for a retirement visa, it is advisable to consult a specialized immigration agent for potential other options.
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Mabel **********
ORIGINAL POSTERThank you for sharing this.
Kar *****
Depends on how much money you have
Mabel **********
ORIGINAL POSTEROk.a retired visa..not wealthy..disabled physically.being supported by a Thai woman!!
Stuart *********
@Mabel *********
To meet the requirements for a “retirement” visa you’d need to have 800k in a Thai bank in your name only. To get extensions off of that that would allow you to live here indefinitely would require 800k or international deposits of 65k every month for 12 months prior to application. If you can’t meet that criteria financially then there are options but you’d need to speak with a specialised agent on what they could or couldn’t do for you.
Mabel **********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Stuart ********
Thank you so much!❤Reply to
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Pui *****
Impossible to answer without knowing many different factors such as whether you are old enough to qualify for a retirement visa, or whether you can find an employer willing to get you a work permit and associated visa, or whether you are willing to pay for an elite visa, plus many other factors. The basic answer is that if you aren't somewhat wealthy and can qualify for either the new long stay visas aimed at the wealthy, or willing to pay the large costs associated with an elite visa, and aren't old enough to qualify for a retirement visa, or aren't willing to marry a Thai, then you can't plan to stay a long time on repeated tourist visas.
Stefan *******
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Martin *********
If you're 80 not very long.
Terary **********
I know a guy who has been living here illegally 20 years. Anything is possible.. Depends really what you want to do.
Terary **********
A) Not my friend just someone I know him or how he does it.
B) I didn't recommend it - this is Thailand everything up to you
C) When doing something illegal always avoid the cops - I think that would have been obvious
B) I didn't recommend it - this is Thailand everything up to you
C) When doing something illegal always avoid the cops - I think that would have been obvious
Giorgio ******
@Terary *********
avoidthe cops? Yess The thing is when you deal with them it's because they didn't avoid you , then you better be clear all the way👍👍
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Native ****************
@Terary *********
Can stay here Illegally, but it would quite interesting to see him/her try to leave the country, PLUS Police do ask for Passports on occasion, so walking on eggs shells is definitely Not the type of life that is considered Sabaii Sabaii and if ever an accident should occur?!? Enough said... Shoke dee!Terary **********
@Native ***************
If I were in a similar situation and felt like I need to leave, I would probably go to a neighboring country and leave from there.Apparently the guy doesn't feel like he needs to leave.
Graham ******
@Terary *********
If you go to a neighbouring country you've already leftReply to
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Giorgio ******
@Terary *********
would you recommand it as an example . I know a guy who knows a guy who once almost saw a bear in the jungle ,🤔🤔
Chris *********************
@Terary *********
and the first time your friend gets arrested he will be deported and band from the kingdom. There must be a reson why he is avoiding getting a visa all them years agoWayne ********
@Chris ********************
First time he gets arrested? Not everyone gets arrested. The only time I've ever encountered the police is when they've taken my blue tube super soakers on Songkran 😅Ang *****
@Chris ********************
he won’t get deported immediately - he will spend a considerable time locked up awaiting deportation.Chris *********************
@Ang ****
not a nice place there's a prison about 20k from there I live not a nice looking place.Reply to
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Stuart *********
We’d need more info like nationality and age, whether you need to work or study and the like.
Richard ********
@Stuart ********
Why does nationality matter?Stuart *********
@Richard *******
in the long run it doesn’t, but short term certain options are easier depending on nationality and ability to obtain certain entries or visas, whether they can get them at a nearby consulate or would have to return to their home country first.Reply to
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