May I also add that if you have paid into the health service from your salary, you should go to their office and check whether you can claim it back, carry it over towards a Thai citizen pension and keep contributing or claim a lump sum and smaller pension.

I chose to take the lump sum. I don’t have Thai citizenship just a pink card.

Just a suggestion

@Ellie ******

is it possible for them to initially have a Thai joint account, with the 800,000 x2, thus for each of them?

keep it for collction the next day I mean

They do in Chiang Rai too

@Robert **********

this is true. We can do many different ways. I just like to be covered x

@Lloyd *******

3600. Multi. 1800 x1.

I always do my retirement visa and multiple reentry at the same time. You never know when you have to go back or leave for an emergency. Leave twice its cost is covered and it stops me worrying. I had a trip planned and needed to return to my home country 2 x.

But Todd is right.