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@Peter *********
That's good if it works for you. My Australian super fund earns around 8-9% tax free interest, which conservatively is 64k baht per year. I couldn't let that go. I need money to live on, and transferring 85k per month satisfies that requirement, and meets the criteria for the annual visa extension
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@Stuart *********
Yeah I've got that. I worked, saved and invested my whole life. I didn't want to be a retiree counting the pennies, but it's all good
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@John *******
Yeah I've got it. I wonder how people survive on this. I transfer 85k each month to Thailand. I want to live my retirement not exist. But I did spend years working towards this
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@John *******
Yeah I guess so. I'm from Australia where superannuation payments are based on final salary. It's just me (and please excuse me for this) but I find it incomprehensible that retirees have less than 65k per month income.
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@Robin *******
Or just do the 65k per month transfer. It's a friggin no brainer!
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@David ********
Or better still use the 65k per month transfer method. Why the f**k do people persevere with this 800k crap?
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@Brandon ***********
Some people pay 3x this amount for a dodgy visa through an agent!
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@Brandon ***********
The cost of insurance easily is nowhere near the loss of interest and especially now the criteria is dropping back to
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, where you can pick up a useless policy (but one that ticks the box) for 7700 baht