Yes.

And don’t take the OA route. Better go the normal O for retirement.

It doesn’t need a health insurance, which you need to exchange after a year anyway into one that really fits your needs and is not from a list of expensive companies.

Plus: you don’t need an agent. The majority has done it without agency. It’s really simple. The agency just does it for you.

Except: if one doesn’t have the money, then they bribe for you and you can’t evade it in the future.

@Peter *********

Couldn’t be more wrong.

In Thailand nobody buys 24c gold and I’m the weight is always measured in baht (15.2g or so)

@Ray *********

Then why do you keep Santander? Drop it and use wise only.

Open a Wide account here

Multicurrency account.

Exchange rate of interbank rates (way better than any old fashioned bank).

Debit card without fees in all countries.

I’m using it for over a decade to stash my money until the exchange rate is good (like now).

I send only what I really need and pay everything else with the card (gas, BigC, 711, you name it).

@Mark ********

Which bank?

And what did you say to get another card without blocking the old one?

@Lynnette ******

Google onwardtickets. They’re cheaper than regular tickets

Decide what you want. Then choose a matching visa.

3 months per year is (right now) visa exemption plus extension (60+30 days). Cost: negligible.

9 months: you need a long term visa like nonO (if you qualify, its extensible forever) or DTV (5years) or LTR. It all depends on you (age, wealth, wants, needs).

Detail: staying 180+ days per year makes you a tax resident (in about every country) and you probably don’t want that.

Those who say you do, probably never went to Thailand.

I never heard of a time when you needed a visa to stay 30 days.

@David *********

If you do not need a passport “if you are american”….

Then how would anybody know that you are American??

BTW: there’s way more Americans than USians.

You ment US citizen, right? (Not Canadian, Brazilian, etc)

@David *******

They would have to create an authentication app. SMS isn’t secure AT ALL.