@Felix ******

You can't establish residency through a 10 year LTR either. This DTV is a tourist visa.

@Brandon ***********

For foreigners, I expect the list of non-graduate jobs open to them is pretty short.

@Peter ****************

The metaphor only goes so far, because it's possible to buy a carton of milk that someone has picked at before, and left it to go bad. And when you are in a rush, you might grab the Dutch Mill yoghurt by mistake, but then kind of like the transformed milk, and find out you were a yoghurt drinker all along, but didn't know it.

If you have a complex spinal injury, eg ASIA C, its not going to get better. Your medical and personal needs will be more in the future. Consider marrying your girlfriend and have her move to Australia as your carer. A Thai friend who is a hotel maid, has just got herself a visa to Australia to look after her Australian husband's mum. Australia has a very enviable public healthcare system, which you would be throwing away moving to Thailand. Obviously you must have a significant spinal injury, otherwise why mention it. You refer to meagre financial resources, which suggests anything but a minor procedure would leave you destitute. Hardly enjoying Thailand if you are bedridden, and run out of colostomy bags. Also, Thai people don't really retire. The government pension is worse than meagre.

@Jon *******

He means work. Marriage visa means you can work as long as you have a work permit.

Presumably a discounted ticket. Some agents will sell these, where you have to recheck yourself in, and so you do need to go throught Vietnam passport control, collect your luggage and recheck in. But it gets worse. You need visa on arrival to enter Vietnam. And how long are they giving you in Ho Chi Minh? If you have more than, say, 3 hours before your next flight after getting your luggage, you won't be able to check it in, because the desk will be closed. So, you either need to sit with your luggage for a few hours, or check it into left luggage, and decide if you have time to venture outside of the airport. I looked at the times for the overnight flight; it arrives at 5am, so FA will be open.

@Andy *******

or your experience of Thai hospitals has been lucky. Obviously if you died you woukdnt be here chatting on fb about how wonderful it was. Thai medical malpractice law is under developed, and doctors are typically under insured. When thais go to hospital, they depend on relatives to bring them food. Not uncommon in the developing world.

@Peter ******

yeah, right, says the fake account.

@Andy *******

mate of mines dad died on a us operating taking out haemorrhoids because the surgeon didn't know he was on warfarin. Bleed out. Countless tales of medical malpractice around the world. Of course you did not use the Thai state service. You were wealthy enough to pay for treatment thais can only dream of. Sounds like need to address your morbid obesity. Blood clots like that are signs of lifestyle induced ill health.

@Peter ******

nonsense. It's a mixed picture when compared to other peer countries. Eg, if you have cancer, you are better off having cancer in Australia or Canada than UK or New Zealand. Breast cancer survival rate in the UK 81%, Thailand 71%, stomach cancer 18% and 12%, prostate cancer 83% and 57%. Yes, there are better places to be diagnosed and treated for cancer, but UK v Thailand, it's no contest. Global averages for these cancers: breast: 78%, stomach; 26%, prostate: 78%