@Stephan **********

someone living in Thailand on a retirement visa is by definition resident there rather than in their native country they no longer live in.

@Stephan **********

so expats living in Thailand aren't resident there? I didn't see the word citizens mentioned.

@Bobby *******

that Japan city idea is daft as it would involve locking down the city domestically to allow international tourism.

@Bobby *******

there was actually very little talk of bubbles. It lasted for a couple of weeks then went quiet. UK daily deaths are in single figures and there may or may not be a second wave about to kick off. Everything is unpredictable. 2-3 months from now there may be hundreds dying per day in the UK, or perhaps in China.

Mark Price You're the one making unqualified statements, so you're in no position to be asking others to qualify their disagreement. You only need to look at the UK quarantine system to see that they're mostly basing it on what happened in the past 7 days. Why would Brits be at the back of the Thailand queue later this year or into next year simply because lots of people died from covid there back in Spring?

Mark Price The high UK death rate from earlier this year will be irrelevant. The real time situation will be all that matters.

@Henrik ***

I thought the language requirement and other complexity was only for citizenship. I could be wrong though.

@Henrik ***

not possible to apply for permanent residency instead?

@MarGuyvin **

trying to profit from covid. What else would you expect?

@Gabe *******

why did you think you'd "look bad"? Do you think they care about you that much?