My wife & I retired 3 years ago. We live 6 months per year in Thailand and the US, just like you want to do. Very easy. Well, kinda. We leave the US in mid October and return in mid April. You should think about-do I want to live in the North East (Isan) for seemingly pennies per day. Or, Bangkok for mega city life. Maybe Phuket, Hua-Hin or Pattaya for lots of foreigners nearby, mostly Europeans, Russians and Australians. Phuket is a suburb of Moscow. Hua- Hin and Pattaya are European.

My wife and I lowered our US expenses to near zero. Our daughter and her husband live in our paid off house and pay utilities & property tax.

Get Medicare when eligible. This last 6 months I had several hospital and doctor visits. I paid up front and my United Healthcare Medicare advantage plan reimbursed me. If you live 6 months per year in the US you are eligible for this.

You can message me on Messenger app for additional information if you would like to. I’m happy to help.

My Thai wife didn’t make an appointment to get her driver’s license. I won’t make an appointment when I get my driver’s license. We are in Ratchaburi province.

If you are not on-site every day for the building process, you are wasting money. I did that and regret it.

I married my Thai wife 36 years ago in the US on the K-1 visa. We didn’t change her last name. A few years later, I changed my last name to her last name.

@Jeremy *******

this is an example of why you should not post on facebook while intoxicated. Your info is the opposite of truth and reality.

You have the right idea mate.

@William ********

put more faith in your wife.

@Damo **********

there is no conspiracy on the part of Thai immigration.

From what I understand at Ratchaburi immigration, you need to deposit B400k for the first year of a marriage visa. Then you can switch to the B40k per month deposit to your account.

If one can’t get B400k or B800k, then that person who has little money needs to spend an extra B25k-B60k additionally every year. Without my Thai wife I could not have gotten it done on a timely basis.

@Khun *****

yes, it will be better. Most Thai people will be either embarrassed or afraid and therefore cannot help.