@Thomas *******************

I heard I can get an extra month via a letter from the British embassy, but yes it feels like I have to hurry up and choose a way this week. Knowing my luck, after getting Elite paid for and approved I will then probably discover they u-turn and make it possible for students to reapply from Thailand. To wait or not to wait...

@Oliver *******

thanks for the clarification. p.s. Mostly we just spin plates in homage to our deck spinning predecessors because there's not much to watch anymore. But that also requires a work permit if 1 or more person might gain a few moments of joy from it

@Patrick ***********

thanks

@Patrick ***********

forget the DJing, it is a tangent I dont really care about. It would be a bonus but if it's not possible then I will just never do it. So on to the other two things: You would invest without learning the language and expect it to go well? Who is the dreamer?

the other option I'm considering is volunteering for a year but almost every foreign student whose Ed visa is expiring is jumping on that and I imagine it will not be easy to get for much longer.

@Steve ******

pretty much. I want to be able to stay longterm without a full time job, without back to back quarantines to exit and reenter every year, eventually get married for love but if not, still have the possibility of starting a business in the next couple of years once there is a bit more tourism. It seems the Elite visa is the way unless you have 10m spare cash, i was just checking what options that still allows me to do in those 5 years.

@Greg *******

i thought it was just for me, but he seems to be a serial troll. A little punctuation wouldn't hurt either. 😅

i put a big chunk of my wealth into purchasing a condo here already, just trying to find a way to stay here and spend my income from other investments without having to work full time... make a small business here and contribute more to the local economy. Learn the language for 2 years first. Maybe that was a foolish dream. In my defense I spent the last 10 years in Taiwan and they make it so easy to live there the Thai rules came as quite a shock. 9 months into the 2 year language studies plan with 3 months of classes I can't collect unless i leave the country to apply for a 2nd year... in normal circumstances no problem. In this pandemic, seriously?

@Kool ******

so a work permit with no salary is a thing here? I was led to believe I need 50k salary

@Kool ******

you're right but unfortunately I don't have that kind of amount to invest in 1 basket, in a place with significant political tension and potential instability. Would be madness unless I had at least 100m total wealth imo