@Kedi ********

be aware these are the rules for extending the DTV if you are not aware.

@Step ****

here's a little hack most aren't aware of. Wait to renew it until one day after it expires. Don't panic it is only a bt10 fine. What this will do is give you a six year license, minus one day. Your expire date is on your birthday, and they do not date your new license from the date it expired. They date the five year expire date from your next birthday, and you get the extra days. I renewed mine last year one day after it expired, and got six year renewal date minus one day. You can renew your license up to one year after it expires, with just a small fine, and the next renewal date is figured from your next birthday, not the one it expired on. Not many people know this. If you renewed it a month late, it would be six years minus that one month, etc.

@Nongnuch *******

yes, that is the same. It makes the whole process easier if you get your type O visa based on retirement before you come to Thailand. This visa makes it very easy to open a Thai bank account by yourself, and not paying an agent bt5k-7k to open one. Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn Bank, or SCB, are the best, with no restrictions on the amounts transferred into the account in one transaction. You get your bank account, then make a SWIFT transfers from your Australian bank of the bt800,000. As soon as it's been in your account for two months you can apply for your one year extension, except in a very few places that won't take the application until you've got less than 7 days on your entry stamp. Bangkok is nice to get everything taken care of the first time, as they follow their rules. As a side note I believe she will need bt500,000 in her Thai bank account for the guardian visa

I do not know, or have I heard of, anyone doing it, or attempting it yet.

@Joe ****

if it is under 90 days, and the fine is paid it makes no difference, except in applying for the elite/privilege visa.

With her Micronesia passport apply for the multi-entry tourist visa. That can only be applied for in your passport country. That will give her almost a full 9 months in Thailand with only two border bounces, and three extensions. That is the easiest way to start, and the overstay makes no difference.

@Kevin *****

she is highly qualified, and can pick and choose.

@Brian ********

to get a work permit to teach a university degree is required

@Maribel **********

with your teaching history you are in demand at the top international schools. You will need a certified as being real copy of your university diploma, and teaching certificate, in order to get your work permit. Ajarn.com spells it all out, with job openings. With your experience you can easily make over bt80,000+ a month teaching full time. The only strict retirement age is working in the government, and that is 60, with legislation in the works to raise that to 65, but might not be done anytime soon. At the university level teaching business English is in demand at a number of universities with international business programs. With your experience, with references, you are in the top ranks of new hires, with very little competition.

@Luit ****************

rejoice in your idealism. Thailand doesn't really care. You seem to think Thailand needs money, without realizing Thailand is the second largest economy in South East Asia, and very profitable.