@Mauro *******************

Haha, you're so funny, dripping with irony...

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Thailand's rules are a bit odd but fairly clear and straight forward. Just try to get into the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Japan, China, Taiwan and live there long term if you're an immigrant.

I do find it a bit odd, though, that marriage doesn't grant one citizenship, as with many other Western countries. But no doubt it was abused at one point, when a guy would pop over and marry the first girl he saw at the bar and then dump her as soon as he got his green papers...

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It's quite a hassle to get it at immigration beforehand; but you can buy it at the airport just before you get stamped out the country. Allow some extra time for this in case there's a long queue. Don't leave home without it!

Yeah this seems about right. Definitely start with a 60-day visa in NZ, just in case she wants to stay a bit longer (you can then extend another 30 days). Getting a tourist visa in Seoul might be quite fiddly or inconvenient.- depending on her itinerary. If she can do it then great, otherwise the 30-day visa exemption (with a 30-day extension) will do the trick.

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I can personally vouch for the owner and the company. Iglu has BOI approval and can therefore facilitate the employment of a large number of expats without the need for the 4-Thai-per-farang rule. It's a fair and reasonable way to operate legally in Thailand as a kind of independent developer / digital nomad. If you set up your own company, it will cost you about the same in the end but you will be responsible for all the admin (taxes, insurance, visas, returns, auditing, etc. etc.). You can also operate as a small entrepreneurial team under the auspices of the company.. The paperwork for your family is processed as well.

you don't need to put money in the bank 3 months prior etc etc. get an affidavit from your consulate attesting that you have min. ฿400k income last year. usually 2 weeks or less by post, some consulates offer same-day.

Write to the British Consulate in Bangkok with (copies of) evidence of your total annual income - which should add up to ฿800,000. Within two weeks, they will send you an income letter that you present to immigration. (If you do it today and explain that you need the letter back urgently then they may be able to send it in time.) No need to muck about with cash in bank that needs to be "seasoned". The cost is £52.

Ken, it's SO much easier to get an affidavit from the British Consulate stating that you have an annual income of ฿400,000. You only need to include some kind of evidence with your request, such as copies of your last year's bank statements or a pension letter or audited accounts or tax returns. It costs £54 and is done by post. it takes about 2 weeks to get the letter back, which you then present to the immigration authorities as part of your application for extension. Start the process about a month before your visa extension is due and it's usually fairly straight-forward.

Yes, but only at certain offices and in certain circumstances (including non-O for the purposes of a retirement visa) and it's tricky; but you also need to have 3 (pref. 4) weeks left on your tourist visa... and in Darren's case, he'll have to go out anyway, in which case just get a non-O visa and be done with it. If your situation is non-standard in some way, get it done professionally!!

You probably can because you don't apply for the retirement visa straight away. You only get a non-O visa and then about a month later you go in to get the retirement visa.