@Wyn *********

It's not illegal to be dual insured, but it can make claiming more complicated. For example, if you needed medical care abroad and had two travel insurance policies that could payout for the claim, you won't get double the money. Instead, the insurers would decide how they will split the bill . . . . %20not%20illegal%20to%20be,they%20will%20split%20the%20bill.

@Wyn *********

I would be careful, as running two separate insurances side by side, makes them void

@Ben **********

I speak british and american english, I don't mind to change between the two. BTW I am a german ! My U.S buddy is from a backwater town in Tennessee, and my U.K. buddy is a Liverpoodlian scouser

@Ben **********

it prolly means isn't it, dig?

@Ben **********

even at the Olympics, the poorly educated American athletes have to run or jump meters, not yards or miles 😎😂😎😂 that must be so staggering difficult for them 😎

after some embassies and consulates switched to the e-visa system, the processing time doubled, compared to the time needed when applying in person. So other people's experience cannot really been compared to your situation

Anonymer Teilnehmer just google for the camps

Anonymer Teilnehmer a 5-year DTV compared with a 5-year ELITE - we talk about the DTV visa fee plus 6 Muay Thai course costs of maximum $1000.- US. Compared to this, a 5-year ELITE visa will set you back $26,500.- US . . . . talking about tons of money?

Anonymer Teilnehmer 😄 if the costs of 15.000 - 17.500.- Baht for a 2-3 months Muay Thai course that will give you all the documentation for the DTV application, are deemed too expensive for you, I wouldn't even think about living in Thailand, matey. Thailand is too expensive for you 😉 Moreover because you will become a tax resident when staying longer than 180 days within a calendar year.

Dave Anthony . . I am doing this since I turned 50 years old 16 years ago. 6 months Europe and 6 months Thailand

*** On an October 5, I entered Thailand on a 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement visa and got stamped in for 90 days, until January 4th

*** I opened a Thai bank account and transferred 850.000 THB onto it

*** As soon as the money had been seasoned for 2 months, and there were still 2 weeks left on my 90-days stay permit, I went to my bank and had the bank statement issued

*** I took the bank letter, my passport, the required copies and a filled out TM47, and 2900.- THB to Immigration and applied for the “1-year extension of stay permit based on retirement” (EOS) plus a single re-entry permit for this extended stay permit.

*** the fee for the EOS is 1900.- THB, and the re-entry permit costs 1000.- THB

*** the EOS got issued for one year, and I need to apply for a renewed EOS every other year, since. The expiry date of each EOS is always on a January 4th, ensuing that I will be in Thailand on this date

*** the careful choice of the dates has the following advantage:

I can get the bank letter, make the application for the next EOS, a single re-entry permit and make my 90 days report ON THE SAME DAY

*** No headache no worries, no agent needed.

This means one single visit on Immigration (upcountry) which is done & dusted within 20 – 25 minutes!

I will have left Thailand headed to Europe, before the next 90-days report becomes due

It couldn’t be much easier

I don’t care when people say that putting 800.000 THB into a Thai bank account is stupid. I don’t care about the interest I could theoretically earn in my home country.

I look at this deposit as being a kind of “parking fee” for amazing Thailand and also serving as a quickly accessible emergency fund, if needed.

And by the way, my Thai Savings account is earning a 1.25% interest, which is better than nothing