Pravda Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Not a lot of people bought this visa and it looks like they had very few sales since the pandemic. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1011168/thailand-number-of-issued-thai-elite-visas/#:~:text=Number of issued Thai Elite visas in Thailand 2014-2020&text=As of September 2020%2C approximately,wide range of VIP benefits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 hours ago, daveAustin said: Elite still go to 90-day report and extension don't they? A 90 day report would only be needed if they stayed in the country for longer than 90 consecutive days. No extension would be needed unless they wanted to stay in the country longer than year in the country. The visa allows a one year entry every time it is used for entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamus Yaigh Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/19/2020 at 7:32 PM, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said: me too. i posted this as a jock. the jock is that someone who do not care to throw away 500K baht for nothing, COULD NOT care less about extra 100K. Good to see a fellow Scotsman casting off the traditional traits of being tight with the spondoolies as we are sometimes blighted with. Your round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said: Good to see a fellow Scotsman casting off the traditional traits of being tight with the spondoolies as we are sometimes blighted with. Your round? The reality is of course, the 'traditional traits' are far from true, I find Scots generous to a fault. But they love to act along with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, jacko45k said: The reality is of course, the 'traditional traits' are far from true, I find Scots generous to a fault. But they love to act along with it. Anyone who can eat Haggis and then finish it off with a deep fried Mars bar while washing it down with a good single malt can't be all bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/19/2020 at 9:18 PM, DavisH said: Well, that will encourage more punters to live in Thailand during a world-wide pandemic ???? This is Thai economics 101 - if demand is low, increase the prices! Soldiers mentality again, you certainly don't need a university degree to join the army, yet they are trying to run the country. Thailand, the laughing stock of the world, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteman Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Why not? I like it here. Just out of curiosity, what other country do you have in mind? New Zealand if you can get in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 hours ago, DrJack54 said: "Better" is subjective. I lived all my life in AU and that's a very nice place as I'm sure many countries are. I can afford to live anywhere and 100% my choice is Thailand. If I had known about the past unstableness of Thailand with all these coups, I would never have come to Thailand to stay. Is there actually people who still want to retire here in a country run by poorly educated tinpot soldiers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 hours ago, Pilotman said: like I said.so do I, its not half bad at all. Hypothetically, given if I was single, no family ties, it would be somewhere in the Caribbean, or I would have stayed in Taiwan, where i was working. There's the Philipines, Cambodia, though we would have to accept that you will never find the perfect country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 20 hours ago, dbrenn said: Depends how cashed up you are. For people who have the coin and don't mind paying, an Elite visa is a lot less hassle than navigating the Kafkaesque O visa regime. Don't you know about agents? and no, they are not illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 4 hours ago, dbrenn said: Each to his own. But even if you use an agent, you still have to prepare all the documents, photos, maps, etc. Plus you have the worry of constant and irrational rule changes. A 5 or 20 year Elite visa gives freedom from all that - buy it and forget it - which is something a lot of people feel is worth paying for. So you can guarantee there will never be any rule changes with the Elite Visa? This is Thailand. "Plus you have the worry of constant and irrational rule changes." If that really bothers you, surely you would be better of forgetting about Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 4 hours ago, dbrenn said: Each to his own. But even if you use an agent, you still have to prepare all the documents, photos, maps, etc. Plus you have the worry of constant and irrational rule changes. A 5 or 20 year Elite visa gives freedom from all that - buy it and forget it - which is something a lot of people feel is worth paying for. "you still have to prepare all the documents, photos, maps, etc." What do you think you are paying the agent for? Much better than throwing away 600,000Bt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygooner Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Invest 1 million US & get a WP. Now that's money well spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Question I have is the extra 100,000 Baht going into someone's pockets as there are fewer takers or because Covid has hurt them financially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72BKK Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 where can i get reliable information about the Elite Visa in all of its available options? I tried to look at the Immigration web site and i didn't find it and if you google "Elite visa thailand" you get only agency links which i would like to avoid any reliable source? thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 11 minutes ago, 72BKK said: where can i get reliable information about the Elite Visa in all of its available options? I tried to look at the Immigration web site and i didn't find it and if you google "Elite visa thailand" you get only agency links which i would like to avoid any reliable source? thanks in advance Type into Google search something like "elite visa thaivisa" Make sure you include "thaivisa" All the threads from thaivisa forum will appear and you can work your way through them to gather the info your after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72BKK Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, DrJack54 said: Type into Google search something like "elite visa thaivisa" Make sure you include "thaivisa" All the threads from thaivisa forum will appear and you can work your way through them to gather the info your after. good idea thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkg Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 17 hours ago, DrJack54 said: Type into Google search something like "elite visa thaivisa" Make sure you include "thaivisa" All the threads from thaivisa forum will appear and you can work your way through them to gather the info your after. Even more efficient if you type this into Google: site:thaivisa.com elite All the searches will be from thaivisa.com, instead of other different sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Teavee Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 18 hours ago, 72BKK said: where can i get reliable information about the Elite Visa in all of its available options? I tried to look at the Immigration web site and i didn't find it and if you google "Elite visa thailand" you get only agency links which i would like to avoid any reliable source? thanks in advance https://www.thailandelite.com/?locate=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Matador Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Jesus I checked the website. You have so many options now. It is funny how they promote the 500K before 2021 as a promotion on their website. And they have that super deal on visa for a 10 millions luxury condo. So just a 5% reward for a big risk. How creative they are to create so unattractive things. Well I guess for those who really want a visa with no headache, the best one is the 20 years one for 1 million. If you can afford 600k probably it is better to put the extra 400k and get 15 extra years. I also discovered you had to pay an annual fee with the 2 millions baht visa. Like it it wasn't enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphael Hythlodaeus Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 10:27 AM, Pilotman said: there are many better alternatives around the World. Please explain where these better alternatives are. Hopefully with a warm/tropical climate, low taxes, and reasonably safe. Surely not Cambodia, Philippines, or Vietnam? Personally, I like Zimbabwe despite the extreme economic hardship for most locals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverlomsak Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Bearing in mind that the Elite Visa is being strongly pushed, and accepting that they are to increase the fee by 20% in January 2021. It begs the question what is going to happen to the Retirement and Marriage finance requirements and the annual extension fee? Going up 20% as well, who knows, but I've seen no comments either way. Any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said: It begs the question what is going to happen to the Retirement and Marriage finance requirements and the annual extension fee? That is bit like comparing apples and oranges. The Thai Elite visa fee is completely different than applying for a extension of stay and the requirements for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverlomsak Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Agree apples and oranges are not the same things but they are both fruits. Increased fees is additional money for the Government, and increases to monthly incomes and bank balances is additional money coming into the country (potentially), maybe not now but certainly in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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