Is an Investor Visa a Good Alternative to a Retirement Visa in Thailand?

And I think at this point the O/P has some ideas of what to do.

Thanx one and all for keeping the conversation civil.

Good Luck to the O/P

As others have suggested, you can get an O-A visa from your home country and leave your cash at home. You *may* be able to use any existing foreign health / travel insurance for the first year (maybe also the second with a re-entry permit) or you could buy the Thai health insurance.

You ruled out proving your income in your original post. However, the income method also includes the option of transferring at least 65,000 per month into the country from abroad, if you are unwilling or unable to prove your income by the other allowed methods.

Is the monthly transfer option something you have considered? The money doesn't have to remain in the bank so you can use that money live on.

You could however just invest 10 million baht in a fixed term deposit account, that would do the trick

Having a condo does not qualify you, it must be an approved development. It's not as easy as just owning a 10 mill condo.

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Be aware of the 10million baht condo investment visa .. it says 10 mb .. but infact its 10mb land appraisal value of the condo .. so your condo should be well over 20mb ... its also only given to existing non-b visa holders

Get an O-A Visa in your home country with the equivalent of 800,000 in your country's currency - in your home country bank. Apply at a Thai Consulate - again in your home country. The O-A Visa holder is required to get Health/Medical/Hospital Insurance but all this can be done. A good deal because the O-A Visa has a face value of one year - but it will actually allow two consecutive years. After two years you can go hone and do it again

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Alternative the Thai Elite Visa, only 2 M for 20 years

Minimum 10 M investment, existing investments are not accepted, needs to be approved by BOI and is only valid for limited time and very hard to get

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Contact this organisation, the board of investment of Thailand, they handle the Investments Visa applications. But if you already have a condo, as far as I know this does not count for you. But you can always try:

An investor's visa is a SMART visa. You'll want to call up the BOI for more information. I believe the answer will be no though, because you brought it already.

is their contact information.

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