I adore Danang but not the best time of year for there. Kuala Lumpur is one of my favorites. I split the year between Thailand Vietnam and Malaysia.

@Anthony *******

of the visa is the issue you can still retire in the region and divide your year as I do. I split my year between Thailand Vietnam and Malaysia. Vietnam has 90 day visas and you can repeat them. So does Malaysia. I rotate countries snd actually greatly prefer that anyway.

Does not seem likely. Yes you could get by on 2k. But the process for a visa doesn’t seem to allow just staying here at that threshold. And what options would there be for medical care. Insurance isn’t really an option for you and with that much in savings there isn’t much cushion. Also you cannot earn money here.

I avoid the issues about visas by dividing my year between Thailand Vietnam and Malaysia BUT you still face the same medical situation.

So yes. 2k is enough to live in but for those other reasons there are issues.

I think travel insurance has its limits in terms of length of stay and coverage. You cannot simply extend and stay in Thailand indefinitely without a retirement visa but you can travel to Malaysia or Vietnam for 90 days. They are also quite nice and in fact my preference to staying just in Thailand.

You need to use a vpn. They think it’s fraud when it’s from such a distant ip address

I have entered for 30 days a few times a year but I spend more time outside Thailand than I actual do in Thailand. Typically 30 days in 90 days out 60 days in 90 days out. So far so good. Hope my luck keeps up. I actually prefer the certainty of the visas in Malaysia and Vietnam over the Thai policy.

I use these posts as a way to filter idiots. Best to just block the biggest ones. Welcome to Thailand sir don’t judge the country by the rude comments it’s a much nicer place and none of these people are actually Thai.

@James *******

I’m sure it does. I’m always airasis and they haven’t and my original flight was EVA and they didn’t. It seems like lots of stuff in Thailand is ymmv 555

And it’s highly unlikely immigration will ask. The airline asks. I’ve flown into Thailand 6 times in the last 18 months and I’ve never been asked.

It’s probably not likely to be an issue for many of the reasons listed here but I retired in the region and I much prefer passing from Malaysia to Thailand and Vietnam. Dividing my time provides me with lots of variety, allows me to bypass some weather extremes and to me each of these places has their own advantages I also bypass visa issues as well.