That works out at about a different job every 4 months for your whole life - i think some companies might question your loyalties!

@Frank-Steven **********

They could actually add a zero to that 5000 if they realised the documentation required isn't fit for purpose.

@Ian ****

a pension (private) will not show on any tax return - REFUSED!

@Chris ***

But the wealthy aspect is skewed, if I show I have 50m dollars in the bank, a 100 metre yacht off the coast of Phuket and a 100m gaff in the Koh Samui mountains, I don't get off the starting blocks for an LTR. But if I'm poor enough to have to continue working after 50 and can show I'm earning a paltry 80k a year, I'm a shoe in!

@Frank-Steven **********

Has that now been withdrawn?

@Peter *********

No legitimate visa has even been refused based on the mood of an immigration officer. Lets stop the old wives tales

@Ruth ******

It definitely doesn't exist in Thailand. Many many falang run companies within Thailand fold due to staffing loyalty issues! ie none. There is no such thing as a notice period, they just leave and you find out when you see them starting a new job via Facebook!

Its a major clusterfuck! Cash in the bank is not accepted as proof of wealth but if you invest in thai stocks that don't have a performance record or reputable fund manager, you're in!! They seriously expect you to drag funds away from the Nasdaq (trackers running around 30%+ at the moment and put it into thai run companies! Or of course a 'passive income' of 80k US which must be shown on a tax return. Rich retirees don't have tax returns because they're retired!!! Garbage scheme, dreamt up by not very intelligent office clerks

@John *******

Playing devils advocate so would you. However console yourself with the top 1% of earners pay 24% of all personal income tax. If you were one of them, would you think thats fair? Envy is a corrosive aspect in any economy trying to grow. Don't envy, aspire!

@John *******

Fair play to you, but if you were getting stopped £500 a month in 1981, you should now be lounging around on a sizeable yacht!