@Brandon ***********

is there any limit as to how long you can be out of Thailand? Would say 7 months be OK? So would miss potentially up to 3 x 90 days reporting.

@Nigel ******

i will be sorting my type Ovvisa based on marriage mid November with a planned departure mid Jan 26.

So its ok to book a one way ticket?

@Peter ******

no i didn’t announce that. I asked if it was legal. If not, then I will NOT work in Thailand and I will tell me employer I am retiring for good.

I have more than enough for my lifestyle in in Thailand.

@Chantelle *****

i also would work remotely and not have any on my earnings transferred into Thailand.

So can you get a DTV on that basis or does Thailand expect you to be paying tax in return for the DTV?

I would live in thailand on my savings and the 25% tax free lump sum of my pension which I would transfer THIS year.

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

but can only stay 6 months…

@Brandon ***********

even if I apply for a work permit?

@Robert *******

i’ve never heard this one before.

@Nongnuch *******

thats exactly what I will be doing…. Put 400k in the bank and never touch it.

@Christopher **********

retirement better than marriage visaeven though im maried?

I hear many saying that despite being married, retirement is ‘less hassle’

I can’t comment but as im close to sorting my type O visa in London next month, the benefits to marriage visa are that I can work if I wished.

@Max ************

so she leaves the uk on her UK passport and arrives in thailand on her thai passport?

We could stay at her relatives in Buriram or Phrae.

Does it have to be a relative?

But her cousin works for Prakhonchai council and she came to the Buriram immigration with us previously.

It was like the immigration would have madd the visa for me there and then but we were flying back to uk in 7 days.

But will do the type O from UK all being well late November/early december we are on our way.