@Jenny *****

you also have the option of showing 65,000 baht a month going into your account every month for a year instead of the 800,000 baht. Obviously you have to put the 800,000 in for the first year then start the 65,000 monthly for 12 months so you can show when you do you next 12 month extension

You have to be an Australian resident for at least 10 years, including at least five years in a row to qualify for age pension. It's not based on citizenship. I ran into this nonsense because I had lived in Australia for 20 years as a kiwi on a SCV visa which a kiwi automatically gets on arrival and ceases the minute you leave the country. So they wouldn't pay me in Thailand as when I left the country I had zero residency status.

@Arnold *********

You have to be an Australian resident for at least 10 years, including at least five years in a row to qualify. It's residency not citizenship.

@David *******

wrong. Age pension isn't based on citizenship it's based on residency, how long you have resided in Australia. You have to be an Australian resident for at least 10 years, including at least five years in a row to qualify. You can't become a citizen then apply for age pension.

@Paul ******

age pension is based on residency not citizenship.

Why not just close this forum down and use google?

@Lone *********

I know westerners who have done this, they have Thai partners they can trust, you can work in the business but only behind closed doors. You just can't work where you can be seen, obviously you need to watch your back.

@James *********

why are you so prejudice?

@Tim ********

where was the stall?

@Francis ******************

you'll be okay. You'll get your pension in Thailand. I can't because I lived in both NZ and Australia on the SCV and Aussie won't pay my pension once I leave the country. I can get the pension in both countries but only if I live there.....thieves! I live in Thailand totally self funded. I kept my property in Aussie because it provides an income and over time appreciates. My advice is never sell yours, you need a place in the world that you know you can go and live in, you don't know the future and if you get with a Thai woman your overseas assets can't be touched by her, or one day you might want to return home. Don't buy in Thailand, so many westerns can't get their heads around renting because they have always been home owners, rent you don't need house owning problems here, like you can't buy a house you need a Thai partner who owns half, you need to really know the woman before you buy a house with her. If you get rent from your NZ house, you have some kiwi saver and the NZ pension you have more than enough. You should start out just living between NZ and Thailand for a year or so, you can stay here 3 months on the tourist entry, or you could come here as a tourist, go to a visa agent and get a retirement visa, you can leave the country and come back on it, you don't need to live in Thailand to have one, you just need to meet certain requirements like the 90 day check in, but your agent can handle that if you're out of the country.