@Thailand ***************************************

I disagree his 90 days start from date of entry not his visa extension.

@Chris *******

you are confused. Your 90 day report and your visa/visa extensions runs on different time scales. My visa are renewed every 1st October but my 90 day reports are done on 18 November and 90 days after that etc.

If you apply for a non imm O based on marriage outside Thailand you do not have to have the B 400k in a Thai account. Contact your nearest Thai embassy for their requirements.

China's infections per million people is 59, Sweden 87xx, UK 57xx, USA 21xxx and Kuwait 23xxx.

Giovanni Edmonson yes I agree but that is the case all over the world and the main reason is people that do not have business sense and do not know the market. My advice for a foreigner that wants to open a business is to first stay here and get into the culture and then decide what to do.

Forget what you read here and talk to an good lawyer and accountant. I just scrolled past all the ill informed comments and outright false information. I had a company for many years and there are easy ways to safe guard your investment. We made good money through the company. My biggest concern would however be that you are starting a business without knowing the market. Take your time and make certain that you understand what you are getting into.

@Tod ********

I am so glad. I am in town next week and will go to immigration to find out how to go about getting a wp on my "retirement visa". I will post the video clip of how much and how hard they are laughing. What you are talking about is people that applied for wp's about 15 to 20 years ago with retirement visas (it was still allowed then). The law changed and you then needed an non imm B (not talking married and volunteer etc). The people that had wp's with retirement visas was allowed to continue to do so, but no new applicants were allowed. About 5 years ago they said that all those still with retirement visas holding wp's must convert to non imm B visas. Is this not more accurate. To say people with retirement visas are allowed to apply for WP's is a bit of a stretch isn't.

@Olav *********

the post is not about tax it is about the immigration status of foreigners in this country. The question was is foreigners on retirement visas tourists or permanent residence ? Nothing about tax or tax residency.

@Tod ********

if you read what I wrote you would see that I said you can get one based on being married. The argument was about people on "retirement visas" not marriage. I said that you cannot obtain a wp today if you get a non imm O visa based on being over 50 years of age, true or not? All the info you have given in the past on here said a person must apply for a non imm B to qualify for a wp (excluding voluntering and marriage etc). This is the first time here or on any other site I have heard about people obtaining a wp based on being retired. No official website of immigration or Labor department or any embassy mention this possibility.

@Olav *********

you are confused between tax residency and permanent residence. We are talking about tourists vs permanent residence. You can have tax residency here but could not have permanent residency.