@Graham ******

I don't claim to know all the laws. Especially, in every country. It seems complicated to revoke access if a person owns property within your property. Granted there are going to be limits and you cannot just be cranky one day and decide to revoke the access of Susan Smith into here own home.

There, presumably, has to be a good reason.

@Graham ******

In the West it would be called an Easement so that he could access his own home. Only control in the sense that he can live there.

He cannot sell the land. It belongs to Thais. That is what I was trying to ascertain if there was a Thai version of.

Think of it this way. You buy a Condo on the 10th floor of a building in Bangkok. Thais own and control the land, bottom floor, entrance, and all the common areas of the property. But, as a Condo Owner, you are granted an Easement to your home and use of common areas. They have too. They cannot deny you entrance into your own home.

Your Doctor can just sign off on those. Kinda obvious. I don't know why any of those would need a test.

But no, I don't have real experience, sorry.

@Neil *****

My friend's Father did put it in the Will. I never considered any other way.

Thank you.

@Neil *****

Too bad,

He owns the house, at least, and it seems fair to let him live in it. If not an Estate, then a Thai could directly inherit the land. But my fear is that they could evict him from his own house. Or they could lose the property in some other way with the same result.

He wouldn't be cheating. A Thai can own the property and he would have a contract to pay taxes on and live in his own house.

But, yeah, nothing is easy in Thailand when it comes to foreigners.

Thank you for checking.

Btw, I was referring to a Will.

@Brandon ***********

Mine too. Estate planning is very common in the United States. I have a friend whose Father past away. She didn't directly inherit his property. Instead, everything is in an Estate and she, his only child, is the Executor of the Estate. Everything is still in his name in the form of: The Estate of...

Even in the USA, that requires an Attorney with a lot of Expertise to plan it out and write it into his Will.

Seems like that would be pretty obvious even in Thailand. In his case, he MAY be able to put the land in the Thai family name on the condition he maintains control until his death.

@Brandon ***********

Is there something like a Trust in Thailand where her estate owns the land and he lives in his house?

Seems to me that the Land can remain in the technical ownership of a Thai person or organization.

Certainly, some Thai party would be willing to take ownership on the condition they get the house and land upon his & her death. Certainly, a Member of the Wife's Family.

Or the whole family (That would be a very Thai thing to do)

@Benedict *********

That's Thailand Immigration. When you think something should be simple, nope, you are wrong.

Since COVID? You had almost every Thai Visa? Uh huh...ok Travel Guru.

@Todd ********

I know that things change on a dime & on on a whim in Thailand. What you are doing is giving advice to people on how to basically live in Thailand when you, yourself, are not even on a tourist Visa.

You are the one who does not know what you are talking about.