Philippines seeing Thaïland ‘s success with DTV visa has introduced their own DTV visa for one year. You r paid by another country n bring your money to spend here pretty neat! If you r over 50 Cambodia has a cheap retirement visa as well. Lots of options around here. It pays to shop around where u want to spend your moolah.
dental soft power. I live a frugal but comfortable Life n prefer to spend my money travelling affordably within Asia. You need at least $1,000 to $1,500 CAD to live in Hua Hin per month comfortably without extravagance. I don’t need alcohol coffee dope sex n smoke. Once a week I treat myself to high tea or brunch or some nice treat from $20-$100 CAD that would be more or not Available in Canada.
I prefer to have a cheap retirement visa in Cambodia while living in Thailand. I used to work for Ontario government n the union fought to control our pension like the Teachers union but sadly OPSEU is not as savvy or honest as the Teachers who own their own merchant bank etc. When I left my pension seemed to progress well n later started going downhill n I moved it into an RRSP n just before I turned 55 I took them out in three parts but lost big amount of money but I felt necessary to travel the world n have no regrets. Had I left it I would collect about $100 per month as pension for every year worked as per my former coworkers. I do not have much superannuation because I only have about 6 years but I still have CPP n OAS so I have enough n do not need to access my new RRSP yet. I would have at least twice as much superannuation had I not redeemed it but over a certain threshold Government will claw back OAS.
it takes a while to adjust to the climate culture etc. You know the old saying don’t put all your eggs in one basket. I came here a month ago using DTV n am still adjusting to my new life, especially the heat, the food n the size of the kitchen n navigating the real estate agents.
have u tried to get a cheap retirement visa for Cambodia n u can bounce between Thaïland n Cambodia. My RRSP is non redeemable n I will leave it there till 71 in 3 years. During my DTV I will get a Cambodian retirement so every six months I can have a holiday instead of extending.