@Alan ******

Check out the requirements and it'll be pretty clear. Retirees won't be eligible as of course: there'll always be some other special criteria that would qualify them. I've never seen a report of someone who got one as a retiree who's not worked here, married etc.etc.

@Alan ******

for retirees, getting citizenship is almost impossible so not realistic. Likewise, the crackdowns you refer to have (so far) been very limited and specific cases

@Luc ***********

it's surprising that they don't do more low level style housing developments which would qualify for condo ownership criteria

@Danny ******

When you're dead, it's not yours either 😁 likewise if you're married, purchasing a condo after marriage means (by and large) that it will be your wife's (and conversely a house bought after marriage in your wife's name will be yours also)

@Alan ******

it's true, but it's also true that save for a handful of high profile (and high value) xceptions in Phuket, the crackdown has yet to happen and if it does , it's likely that it would be announced in advance thus giving time to make arrangements for an alternative. It's worth noting that the problem would be the same for Thais owning property through a company not just foreigners

@Andy *********

Seems improbable (for which, read irresponsible) that anyone would rent from a landlord without verifying that the person renting is actually the landlord (i.e. by producing a copy of their ID - same for the tenant) but maybe some people are too trusting

This is from several weeks ago, but is still likely to be correct

Bhante, which part of CM are you staying? Several places are running vaccination programmes, including Airport plaza (South), Mother and child (central) Nakornping hospital (Mae rim/North)

No

Education visa is Non immigrant ED and is usually (for language school) valid for 90 days renewable on extension each time for a further 90 days up to a year at which time you need a new visa or a different category of extension such as marriage or retirement