@William **********

I'm uninsurable and it will cost me about $10,000 to ritte up $100,000 for a year with no interest.

That actually makes Elite visa make sensebvv although I've had a retirement via for a while

The only real issue for a retirement visa is that without a long term visa, it's quite difficult to open a bank account. So currently many people do an Non OA at their local embassy in their home country. Only issue is that you need to get health insurance.

Honestly if you qualify, LTR is the way to go. But I would not stretch myself financially to get one. .

You can add multiple travelers

@Hydra ******

he only did the Ed visa because he got a talking to about too many entries on visa exempt. Guess it's bad karma.... I haven't had any problems... Must be living right

@Jan **************

really? Wow... The agents I know couldn't do it there and when I went in they wanted the money for 4 months. Thailand, consistently inconsistent

@Jan **************

what bank?

@Jan **************

it's not like it was. They can't just put the money in, get letter, and take it out. They banks won't do it anymore.

I use Bangkok Bank and they are now requiring a separate account for the 800,000. It either has to be in for 4 months or it's frozen for 4 months inorder to get the letter for immigration . Personally not a big deal, but some people are getting stressed

My friend had a serious talking to when we came back from VN. He was on an ED visa for a few months. IO asked him to speak the alphabet and asked him questions in Thai. That didn't go so well. So off to the little room in back. After his Thai gf talked to the IO, they let him but made a notation about his visa. His 50th BD was in a week and we went for a retirement visa.

So it seems your actually have to be a decent student to maintain the ED visa

Wise or Swift depending on your bank

Just head to DMK and fly to HKG. Then come back. No dealing with visa. Flights are cheap on Greater Bay.