My country won’t give the affidavit so I all I need to do is show coming into my Thai bank account every month. It’s becoming harder to get those bank accounts though

If you’re already taxed in Aus you should not be taxed in Thailand

@Shawn ******

you say your goal is citizenship. To gain citizenship you first need PR. To gain PR you must work in the country and pay taxes a minimum of 3 years…

Citizenship is really tough to get. Even people married to a Thai, working here for many years who’ve learned the language struggle to get citizenship. As for coming to live here, at your age there are these options: 1) find a job with an employer in the country before you come, go through the non immigrant visa and work permit. 2) if you’ve had a high paying virtual job for 2 years and an ongoing contract, you can apply for LTR visa (also available to wealthy immigrants) no work permit though so no chance to get onto PR. 3) go on DTV visa which is 6 months a year for 5 years but extendable within the year at extra cost. Again no lead to PR 4) take a student visa. again no lead to PR 5) come to Thailand and form a business with a Thai partner and with paying for 4 Thai employees work in your own business. 6) be very wealthy and buy an elite visa but no lead to PR

It’s the same in most countries. Also it’s not just that visa that’s tricky just now. Banks are getting stricter generally. There’s more than one reason for this and one of the reasons is money laundering

@Johnny *********

if you want to work then do it you can change from Wp to retirement p later. Starting on retirement p means you have to leave the country and other complications to get a wp. Plus as lovely as Thailand is it’s better to be busy, meeting active people 🙂 Get decent health insurance that’s a cost that keeps going up. Many say rent don’t buy, but I’m happy with a small condo and to know my costs rather than gambling on rental increases which have surged in many areas the last 2,years. But like many say, costs will vary on location. Many retirees in Phuket, Khao Lak, Hua Hin, Chiangmai and Jomtien. Then many more scattered in rural areas.

@Nigel ******

it can depend how you do your transfers and to which bank so I would advise checking with your bank. I found this out when I asked SCB to confirm my international transfers and they said they were local transfers. Turns out the bank/method I used sends the transfer to BKK bank who then transfers it locally to other banks. Luckily my SCB branch are really nice and got SCB headquarters onto BKK bank headquarters who wrote the confirmation for me. But they did not have to do this. I now have a BKK bank account for the purpose of receiving transfers and have had no problem with it.

I did this, took 20 mins online and arrived electronically within 24 hours. Super easy.

there is no problem as long as you use the same passport to enter and exit. Don't ever change passports while you are inside the country. Otherwise just follow the visa advice for the passport you are using.