@Blade *******

Dual pricing in Europe is widespread between locals and tourists.

@Joseph ********

Great, that's going to help exactly nobody.

Did you do anything else noteworthy 15 years ago?

Or maybe you think we have a time machine to go back 15 years to that branch of whatever bank obliged?

@Blade *******

no, it's not.

Try walking into a western bank to open an account.

@Dave *******

Yep, it's cheaper out in the rice fields.

However, do you really want to live up there for the next three decades? As many have suggested, go and rent for a year or two.

As for stuff, you can always put it in storage.

@John ********

Yep. You lose all interest, but can access the money immediately.

All the fixed term deposits I made in Thailand were like that.

@Garrett **********

You are making that up.

Fixed deposits are not a problem.

@Kieren *********

1.6 million Baht isn't going to buy much.

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

Firstly you use "extensions" not "first extension".

Secondly, if the embassy does not verify income, then the second extension has to be planned already to use income, as it has to run over the first year in parallel to the 800k in the bank method.

This is actually not so onerous, as the 65k monthly deposits can be used immediately to pay expenses.

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

Not true.

For the second extension you can use the income if you show 12 regular monthly deposits of about 70,000 over the previous twelve months.

@Shaughn **********

Based on reports, 60 day exempt plus 30 day extension, repeated several times triggers attention.