Popular Post bedbugy Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 whats your biggest fear/worry of retiring in thailand it has to be immigration every year extension on a o visa is never the same this year 20th time being 70 year old is no different bank need 2 letters 1 statement for 1 year from head office 7 days to take 200 baht 2 letter to say i have the money 100 baht make an appointment plus extra forms to fill in what next time blood test to see im not a drugie full insureance cover an app on a phone for covit jab 10 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 Every shifting sands of red tape, unstable politics, unreliable and totally inconsistent across the Kingdom. Its ALL a concern as you age. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kwasaki Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 Immigration no bother more paperwork as I do marriage if they want something else I get for them they have to do what there head office tells them they are just doing there job. My biggest fear is the the thought of being retired in UK. A lot of my old friends retired in UK are struggling, there only one I know who isn't but he has always been rich and he don't spend a lot of time in UK anyway. ???????? 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post donnacha Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) Air pollution, particularly in the North. Seems to be getting worse each year. We now know that the long term impact on every organ of the body, including the brain, is pretty bad. Nonsensical and ever-changing immigration bureaucracy. I worry that insurance will be both mandatory for retirement extensions but unavailable to me past a certain age. Do I then have to leave? Edited March 14, 2021 by donnacha 8 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pilotman Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 Medical cover, ever changing immigration rules and Immigration inconsistency. Oh, and black algae in my pool. 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 42 minutes ago, bedbugy said: whats your biggest fear/worry of retiring in thailand Thailand! 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cmarshall Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 The immigration situation could change at any time, but I don't see any sign of significant change so far. Pollution could drive us out. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, donnacha said: Air pollution, particularly in the North. Seems to be getting worse each year. We now know that the long term impact on every organ of the body, including the brain, is pretty bad. Have you seen stats showing it's getting worse the last say 40 years? I doubt it's getting worse over the long term, in the past slash and burn was perfectly fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jayboy Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 41 minutes ago, Kwasaki said: Immigration no bother more paperwork as I do marriage if they want something else I get for them they have to do what there head office tells them they are just doing there job. My biggest fear is the the thought of being retired in UK. A lot of my old friends retired in UK are struggling, there only one I know who isn't but he has always been rich and he don't spend a lot of time in UK anyway. ???????? Yeah that awful UK with its inflation linked state pension and free healthcare and vibrant culture.Who would want to retire there? Much better to stick it out in Thailand with its pollution, ever increasing cost of living, political clusterfxxx, thinly masked xenophobia and immigration insecurity. 7 1 1 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post donnacha Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 Just now, scubascuba3 said: Have you seen stats showing it's getting worse the last say 40 years? I doubt it's getting worse over the long term, in the past slash and burn was perfectly fine I am only aware that, over the past decade or so, there have been several years that the media have said are the worst on record so far, and then that record gets beaten a few years later. I don't think it is slash and burn alone. There are many contributing factors. Anecdotally, expats who have been there for three or four decades agree that the normal "burning season" used to be far shorter but has now expanded to take up much of the first half of the year. Just to be clear, I like the North, I find the pace of life lovely. I would like to retire there but the air over the last few years in particular is a deal-breaker. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ramrod711 Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 Prison! There is no reason for me to go to prison, I don't do illegal things, but there it is. I wouldn't want to spend 20 minutes in a Thai prison. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, jayboy said: Yeah that awful UK with its inflation linked state pension and free healthcare and vibrant culture.Who would want to retire there? Much better to stick it out in Thailand with its pollution, ever increasing cost of living, political clusterfxxx, thinly masked xenophobia and immigration insecurity. You forgot to mention the weather,freezing their @rses off, while I am sitting at the keyboard with only a sarong on, that's the main reason i am here. regards Worgeordie 9 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andy from Kent Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 34 minutes ago, donnacha said: I worry that insurance will be both mandatory for retirement extensions but unavailable to me past a certain age. Do I then have to leave? That would be a disrupting requirement for Thailand to impose. Wonder how the administration at the time would deal with the issue of family separations? There's no guarantee all Home Countries will allow for the immigration of a spouse and family. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1FinickyOne Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 1 hour ago, bedbugy said: 1 statement for 1 year from head office 7 days to take 200 baht 2 letter to say i have the money 100 baht If 300 baht is a problem, then you do have worries.. For me, everything at Imm is pretty much the same over 20 years.. 1 hour ago, bedbugy said: blood test to see im not a drugie Does this bother you? I think nobody likes any red tape, but if you qualify, why all the worries.. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fat is a type of crazy Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 As someone planning to to retire at least half the time in Thailand I worry about: feeling separate from friends and family; that it's going to be too hot and uncomfortable; though I like Thai food that it will be hard to get the foods I like; That it will be difficult to find somewhere to live that ticks all the boxes - near fun things, good shopping, not noisy or polluted, near nature or a beach etc. Lots of positives to offset those concerns. Not worried about immigration. The retirement visa doesn't see that hard to live by. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pilotman Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fat is a type of crazy said: That it will be difficult to find somewhere to live that ticks all the boxes - near fun things, good shopping, not noisy or polluted, near nature or a beach etc. I live in just such a place, with shops within a radius of 30km from my house, and many much nearer, where I am yet to be in a position where I want a UK brand, or a food (western) but can't find it. Just don't live in the sticks; easy. Edited March 14, 2021 by Pilotman 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BobBKK Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 Thailand is a fantastic place if it were not for the government, constant coups and the nationalism. We are all hoping the new generation will change that eventually. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 2 hours ago, jayboy said: Yeah that awful UK with its inflation linked state pension and free healthcare and vibrant culture.Who would want to retire there? Much better to stick it out in Thailand with its pollution, ever increasing cost of living, political clusterfxxx, thinly masked xenophobia and immigration insecurity. Yeah well I've had a few beers today so better not reply to baiting plonkers. See you in the next car park. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post timendres Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 The exchange rate. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chickenslegs Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 My beer gets warm if I don't drink it quickly enough. 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmen Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) Thailand is a developing country always subject to change and totally unsuitable for grumpy old men who can't handle it 1ST World is far more consistent. So future retirees need to take this into account Edited March 14, 2021 by madmen 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rumak Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 I really am concerned that the good old days of endless romps in the mud holes will never return. Of course i realize that i am not the young bull i was , when i could run down the hill and bag me a few. Now i just mooooozy on down and happy enough to get a baaahhhy, hmmmph or two . Anything further and its always the " i don't feel so good today" story. Getting old ain't fun . Sometimes the days drag on , i want to get out but its too darn hot for me nowadays. And the lack of rain ! Used to be the mudholes were full of water and we would all hang out, sipping our beers and talking of last nights activities. Now ? Dry and drier, and all the good holes have been taken by those new breeds like digitless wanderers and wannabe expats experts. You know, those BIG buffalos with their samart pads , too lazy to go out for some grASS , just order it online. I think i'm done. Forgot my 90 day, can't figure out the difference between upload and download........ just know it was a bigggg load. That much hasn't changed . At the end of the day, its still the same old kwaidoo . Good fertilizer, if you're into that. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ventenio Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 spending decades here....smiling at everyone.....spending 100 million baht... and then realizing nobody really cares about you at all......if your money runs out zero real friends after 100-years. and then china takes over and your property and bank accounts are taken i'm not retiring here... 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OswaldBastable Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, jayboy said: Yeah that awful UK with its inflation linked state pension and free healthcare and vibrant culture.Who would want to retire there? Bars and restaurants have been closed for most of the past year. You aren't even supposed to leave your home for leisure purposes, or visit anyone else's home. it wasn't a lot of fun for me. My only fear in Thailand is I'll fail the test, and they won't let me out of the hotel next week. Edited March 14, 2021 by OswaldBastable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) Price of beer Getting caught (again). Edited March 14, 2021 by Surelynot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 My biggest fear is having a stroke or scooter accident that leaves me helpless. I have no fear of Immigration, Chiang Rai is an office which has handled my extensions et. efficiently thus far. I enjoy life here. If I remember correctly, Roosevelt in his inaugural address said " We have nothing to fear but fear itself". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, Lacessit said: If I remember correctly, Roosevelt in his inaugural address said " We have nothing to fear but fear itself"......... ........and strokes and motorcycle accidents....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BenDeCosta Posted March 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2021 My biggest fear is that they keep moving the goal posts with regards to visas to the point where I have no option but to leave. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, Surelynot said: ........and strokes and motorcycle accidents....... Taking aspirin and driving carefully helps alleviate the fear. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Being in unbearable pain (physical or mentally) at the end, with no possibility to humanely end it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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