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What changes can expats expect regarding retirement visas from the new Thai Government?

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do you think the mandatory health insurance coverage forOA retirees will be raised further from 3 million bahts? i read recently from a youtuber that it has been lowered back again to

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however the govt about to raise the price of elite visa

2 years ago

What changes can expats expect regarding retirement visas from the new Thai Government?

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@Paul ******

the over crowded problem can be solved by expanding the office, increased staffing or more branch office, unfortunately those seems not given consideration at all. perhaps all these serve to make the elite visa more attractive for the willing to spend applicants

2 years ago

What changes can expats expect regarding retirement visas from the new Thai Government?

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@Richard ********

hopefully the new govt will abolish the govt lunch time closed office practice to boost efficiency.

is the lunch time closed office practice practised in other developed countries?

also the occasional practicce requiring applicants to draw a map to prove? their residential address is simply too imaginative

2 years ago

What changes can expats expect regarding retirement visas from the new Thai Government?

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@Paul ******

that would make a very very long queue, and expect going to immigration at least twice, one day to get the queue ticket, next day queue for pricessing, now it is already too crowded

2 years ago

What are my options for maintaining my retirement visa with 800k in the bank and monthly transfers?

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@Joe *****

hi so you just show immigration the certificate of fixed deposit, not account book showing monthly any more?

do you think immigration accept one year fixed deposit? and what is interest rate?

2 years ago

What should I consider before depositing 800,000 THB in a Thai bank for a retirement visa?

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what you need consider is: whether the thai baht will depreciate overtjme, and esp at the time when you need to convert it back to your home currency, AND the bank deposit in.thai probably can't earn you much interest, there is opportunity cost

2 years ago

Is it safe to use the TM30 io website for filing my TM30 instead of the official site?

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seems you only jnformed about registration after one or two months, but not sure if immigration really got it, so there is a risk immi missed that on their file

2 years ago

What are the rules for TM30 registration when traveling within Thailand or abroad?

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i still dont know what happens i live in.my own bangkok condo, what need to do if i live in a bangkok hotel several days, and then return to my own condo, TM30 again?

2 years ago

What is the best way to transfer funds to Thailand for visa purposes and minimize costs?

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also, seems agent in hongkong only recommends using banks for transfer of funds into thailand for condo purchase, so that condo title deeds can be applied from thai condo registry. they don't have definite answer when asked about WISE

2 years ago

What is the best way to transfer funds to Thailand for visa purposes and minimize costs?

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will immigration recognize the WISE transfer? as far as i.know, if they have enough funds in thai bank, they simply transfer from inside thailand, ie their thai bank ac to yr thai bank, how convince thai immigration you did transfer from overseas, in that case?

2 years ago