@Dca ****

you're not wrong at all, but personally for me as a Vietnamese passport holder who has lived in both the US and Europe, the paperwork to stay in Thailand is a million times more complicated and difficult than any other countries I've been.

@Will ***********

no you don't, not exclusively.

@Will ***********

wrong

Which country's passport has scuba divers on the pages like that?

@Shepherd ******

so half a mil + ~1.5-1.7k/month? That's not a lot at all. I'm from Viet Nam, and unless I stay in VN and live a very average local life and not fight too hard when I get sick or need hospice/extra care, that's not a lot. Thailand is more expensive than VN, even more so for foreigners. Even middle class Vietnamese don't think that income is a lot. It's more than enough to live a comfortable local life, but not enough to gain a higher quality of life and achieve financial security. You can get slightly above the average middle class standard of living, but you'd have to sacrifice a lot of western comfort. That's good income for someone in their 20s, mayyyybe early 30s, but not 40s and definitely not 50s. It's fine only if you don't have to plan for eventual repatriation when you get seriously sick or die. I personally would feel anxious if that's what I have to retire on in this region. Sure it's enough to get by, but you're one or two crises away from catastrophe and GoFundMe.

@Shepherd ******

is that all the assets you have? That's under half a mil for TWO adults to retire on. That's less than what's needed for one person even decades ago. That's gonna make it rough long term here, especially at that age.

@John *******

let me guess, you're from the US? 🤣🤣🤣 Hiring a lawyer to submit a Thailand non O visa app omg what kind of tragicomedy is this man? 😂😂😂😂😂

@Christina *****

nah, only insecure people need filters. If people are happy with themselves, they don't need any filter. It's very kind of you to go around calling people ugly as if it's an insult, as if it's applicable at all. How very shallow!

@Janelle ****

who's that supposed to be in this photo? Neither of them look like the one in the OP's photo.

@Tod ********

would you mind sharing this one but for Non O Guardian? Thanks!