@Jordi *******

Some people mistakenly think that the online info from Thai Embassies, where it says visa validated for six months means they can stay for six months one time.

@Reluctant ******

just another expat wanker

I don't know how the Thai inland revenue are going to check if a foreigner is in Thailand for more than the 180 days that qualifies the foreigner to pay tax.I can't see the immigration department conferring with the inland revenue, be opening a can of worms. 😂

@Brian *********

ok, kow jai!

@Judy ******

He does say for a little stay, one can read that anyway they want, but you'd imagine he means for a short while. A Thai can get a visa that allows them to stay in the UK for upto six months in any one year. Thailand doesn't offer a tourist visa that allows you six straight months stay.

@Judy ******

Those figures are only if you want to bring your other half to the UK to live. Nothing to do with visiting.

@Robin *******

£3000 = 135,000 THB. 20,000 for agent for visa 'O' retirement, plus before he goes to live there he'll probably of saved enough maybe to get an 'O' visa based on marriage with 400,000 in his Thai bank account, then no problem. I think he's a bit confused.

@Paul ************

What he earns herself? Does that mean she's a transexual 😂😂😂

It's the usual British government attitude, if your not working and paying tax, then their not interested in you any more, but if your a foreign illegal criminal that crosses the English Channel in a rubber dinghy, a 5* hotel, full board,free mobile because you ditched yours in the Channel so UK immigration can't tell which country you are a National of and £30 a week for cigs and or booze.

@Brian *********

You can't have residency in the UK if your out of the country for more than I think it's 181 consecutive days. Unless as I suspect some retirees do not tell the DWP., that they've moved out of the UK and use a UK relatives address as their permanent residency. I don't blame them if they do that because freezing UK pensions unless you live in certain countries that the UK has a social security agreement with, where you get the annual increase. It's called discrimination one pensioner against another one. What this agreement is supposed to be I don't know. All I know is you get the increase if you declare you live in the like of Philippines, USA, some Carribbean islands but not all and some countries that a lot of people haven't even heard of. 😂 There's a movement named ICBP,(international consortium of British Pensioners), which is now run by a lady living in Canada who is striving to no avail to try to get the discrimination by the UK government to change the rules, but they've stated on several occasions that the governments have no intention of changing the rules. I contacted my MP and also the ICBP with a compromise that would see all overseas British pensioners not get the triple lock, but that all pensioners overseas receive a 2.5% increase annually. I believe this was put to some MPs but as of this time no feedback.