Omg ... is there a university course around stupidity ... I'm thinking he is at a Master's level ... what a cunning plan ...

@Damian ********

I think it's hot in the day and cool at night, that's my thinking, could someone google it for me and let me know if I am right 😜😃😃

Bit of a pompous question, presumptive judgement on other people's lives and decisions, what's your excuse for being like you are 🤡😆

@Tulip *******

I think they see certainty in money... All else is open to interpretation... Pensions are not certain ... They depend on exchange rates. They don't care for certainty, they care about financial compliance over the 12 months. If it was about certainty of funds through a pension, then they would only need to see the pension documents 1 time and visa would be ongoing due to "certainty". So really they want proof of money, so I think that money in your bank that you can send for the duration of the visa period should be enough in order to allow for consecutive periods of compliance testing to get extensions ... The movable feast they make of rules around long term visas doesn't make for any certainty for visa holders more than a few years at a time for planning ... I look at it as a yearly process that might change, therefore don't make plans longer than each year .. but I'm relaxed about that as I have other options if needed .. I enjoy living a good life through making the best of an imperfect system ... Life would be boring if everything was too easy .. lol

@John **********

did I criticize the privileged paradise you talk of, did I say I don't follow the rules, did I talk about Thai law being bad ... No, I say this is a BS interpretation. The retirement visa and extensions are not based on the premise that an individual has a pension from a government, it is based on being 50 and over and being financially able to support themselves. I follow the lump sum method because that is the legal way to do it. So I am happily playing by their rules. I'm pretty sure the only elitist type rant is coming from you concerning how letting entitled people in will destroy the country ... Take a look around, the thai people are in charge, they make many rules that leave gaping holes for interpretation and allow for corruption ... They are doing a pretty good job of turning the country upside down for many years .. I don't think the retirement visa participants have much to do with that, however please feel free to rant further about how "the entitled" retirement visa holders with their fervent passion for fighting against all rules will turn Thailand into a parking lot 😜😅😅

Such BS ... What if you have investments or savings that you can pay yourself each month... I am 50 so qualify for retirement visa, but below Australian pension age ... What difference is it from where my money comes from as long as I can demonstrate a monthly deposit ... this type of interpretation is designed to force you to use agents or do lump sum deposits ....

@Nick ***************

lol... not the Thailand feedback I know .. usually it's just an avalanche of information, good and bad .. or is a drought and no feedback 😅😅

@Thomas ******

yes, it's kind of strange, good knowledge comes from people passing on the good and bad insights they know from personal experience, both equally helpful... If 2 people say they brought fridges, tv, washing machine and power tools with no problems, but 20,000 people experienced problems from shipping, customs, corruption, 200% duty and bribery to get goods cleared, I know which stories I want to hear, but if only 2 positive are allowed, then they get the wrong advice and will get problems later ...

@Nick ***************

I felt the same pain at times ... Forced me to buy inferior things off Lazada .. which I think was the plan .. stifle outside businesses

@Dianne ****

umm ... Basically that's what I said .. I said doing it in Thailand is easier, less documentation and no insurance .. it's the visa I have, and I get yearly extension... Doing it in Australia would have been substantially more difficult... Where you meaning me in your reply, or maybe someone else 😅😅