my problem is I’m uk citizen, resident in China… (getting non O within China is.. problematic so I’m trying for something in a different way) I have a Thai bank account and FCD account now so seasoning and bank reports shouldn’t be a problem (I hope)
with that in mind, our minds would be made up to stay or go at that point and so long as I then put 800k in the bank I can apply for the retirement extension at any time in that extra year or only in the last month
yes it’s the China part that’s the problem, both residents permits here but uk citizens, we are in sanya which is a 3.5 hour flight to the Chinese Thai embassy, I will be coming to Thailand first so will do the hard graft before my wife gets there, she is a teacher here and may look for work in Thailand, not decided yet