@Bob *********

Not going to happen with 90,000฿/ month

@Bill *********

If you are not planning to relocate to Thailand permanently then the OA can make senses for you.

Do you have a German passport?

@Bill *********

If you do choose to stay in Thailand after 2 years and do yearly extensions of the OA then you have to investigate the validity of your home country insurance. Chances are it won’t qualify.

@Bill *********

You just have to be OK with returning to your home country to apply for a new OA every 2 years.

@Doug *******

Eight years ago I walked into a Kasikorn branch, Phra Khanong, Bangkok, on my first day in Thailand with my Thai girlfriend. I had a new OA visa in my passport. I opened a bank account with no problems. My girlfriend told them to use her address.

Last October I opened a bank account in Bangkok Bank in Sisaket province. This time I had a yellow book and an LTR visa. I opened an account with no problems.

It seems to be much more difficult for newly arrived expats these days.

It is the same advice given for a bad flu season for decades in the past. Stopped being triggered by the term “Covid”. It is 2025 . . . not 2020.

I lived inCalifornia for 40 years. I’ve never heard of this and I’ve been through plenty of earthquakes.

@Toon ********

American International Tax Advisers are based in Bangkok.

Not at all. I have a pensioner LTR.

I hired a tax legal firm this year to do my 2024 US taxes. The firm is familiar with the tax treaty between the US and Thailand. If I was paying taxes in Thailand I would let them handle it.