So you’ll need 6 months. You could arrive with just a passport and you’ll get 60 days visa exempt. Then extend it another 30 at the immigration office for 1900 baht. Then take a border trip to Lao or Cambodia and on reentry get another 60 day visa exempt plus add another 30 for 1900 baht and you’re at 6 months with no visa. In case someone asks about your return you can book a bus leaving Thailand for $12 online and if asked show the bus ticket.

@Andy *******

..lol. You’re close but don’t expect them to be productive. Most that age have Social Security or possibly a pension to live on and any money they do make is a bonus.

@Andy *******

he could be a consultant, a website manager, a tic toc video maker, offer up items for sale via the internet.

If you’re married to a Thai, then one option is a marriage visa.

It will require having 400,000 baht in a Thai bank.

(A retirement visa will require 800,000 in a Thai bank)

Another option might be the new DTV visa for digital nomads that give you a renewable 18O day visas for a 5 year period. You have to have 500,000 baht but it can be in your home countries bank…(collecting interest)….the DTV has to be applied for out of Thailand. Just log on to your countries Thai embassy website to read about visas. Please note that these rules can change without notice so keep that in mind. Good luck…🙏

I use REMITLY to transfer money from USA to SBC bank account in Bangkok. Not expensive. Takes maybe 30 seconds.

Maybe consider the Philippines…?

@Lee ****

probably not but just buy a $12 bus ticket online that leaves Thailand so if you are asked just show that.

Let it go and learn a lesson.

My Thai friend who lived in the USA had a dog from a puppy. She decided to move back to Thailand and it cost more than we think. The dog was in a crate in cargo. Most airlines won’t take a dog in the cabin and it’s a one way trip for the dog because the USA won’t allow it back.

Make sure you deal with the source. They do everything. Start to finish. Beware of storefronts that advertise dentistry but end up sending you to other places for procedures like X-ray, surgery at yet another location, then a third location for fitting, then another location for follow up. All these people do it Pad the bill and broker the deal. Also if you’re a Farang they add more money. We got one quote and it added up to Beverly Hills USA pricing. Even my Thai wife couldn’t find a suitable place in Bangkok. GOOD LUCK