@Peter ********

I see plenty of good advice on this thread, coupled with some lived experiences.

@Peter ********

Plenty of knowledgeable people here.

I would 100% recommend enrolling in a decent Thai language school, and spend your first year here learning about the language and the culture.

You will need to attend classes, and the visa will have to be renewed every 3 months or so, iirc. But learning the language can be so beneficial it would be worth the time and effort invested into it.

@Henrik ****

I know that part.

My question is whether they care about people sending money back to their home country or not

@Pete ******

of course. Badly worded on my part

@Pete ******

Splendid. A strategy to write down and suggest to the Norwegian community, then.

I bet eating the transfer-fees for a lot of people will beat spending money to head out and in and dealing with Immigration more than once ayear ( and 90 day reports )

@Pete ******

But it is a viable strategy?

@Roy ********

They might just want proof that you are in fact able to do this monthly and that they don't care. But I am certainly interested in what people with more knowledge and experience think.

@Gordon ***********

There is very much a difference in retirement, tourist and educational visas.

But that is not a part of this discussion.

@Gordon ***********

Because people have families and obligations back home?

They spend a lot of the winter months in Thailand, and back home in the summer.

Makes perfect sense. And continuing getting a extension is by far the easiest for the older folks at least, instead of hassling with going to Immigration multiple times during the winter months.