What ol LuLu stated about PR is possible. Just takes time and patience. My wife and I gathered up all the information 4 or 5 years back for both PR and Citizenship. After all was said and done I just do not see it having any significant worth to me. Sure it would afford me a few extra benefits but my life is easy now and I sure do not need it to validate me. As for speaking, reading and writing Thai, it is something I should have had more interest in but again I have always worked here and virtually all the folks I interact with speak English. Had they not, it would have driven me to be proficient. Again though in all my years here it hasn't changed or impacted me.
I have invested exactly what I wanted to here. Additionally I am on the Chanotes and Yellow book as an owner of the house. My wife made sure of that in the event something happened to her. The unknown is what we will do with the place. We have no children and will not. I am 11 years older than wife so good chance I will not have to deal with it. It will be her choice. I suggested she pass it our niece
Again not my concern. No need to complicate ones life with it. I am extremely happy here, have a nice spot to call home and the annual checkin and 90 day drop by Immigration are noise.
^ I was offered permanent residence status by a high ranking immigration officer 15 years ago and when I read though the advantages and disadvantages I declined her offer.
Maybe I made a mistake but this P.R status needs to be looked at very carefully before making a decision, especially when you have to leave Thailand regularly, as you need to notify immigration a few days before you leave and receive a departure clearance otherwise you P.R status can be revoked immediately.
^^^ You certainly have an affinity for sausages Seekingslugs!
The best option for any foreigner abroad is only invest what you don't mind walking away from and minimise your risk re-getting out quickly if you need to.
^^ Stumpy, I always renewed my work permit every 2 years at the One Stop office on Rama 4 and after 20 years the head officer there asked me if I wanted PR Status and she would do it for me without the complications involved.
No costs were discussed but she told me I was fully eligible with my background and it could happen almost immediately.
Anyway I declined her offer and at the end of the day it did not seem to offer me any benefits more so problems when I needed to leave the country.
Not to mention I still needed to apply for a work permit to maintain employment even though having a P.R Certificate.
Yep. That is the safest and soundest advice. Always have an exit strategy and a "Go Bag". This is why I will never sever ties with the US and keep certain things active there like a few bank accts, driver license, credit rating and a place to stay. While I have no plans too ever leave, ya just never know.
^ yep as you say, never sever your home ties also.
I think (or read somewhere) that he received an inheritance. He probably used that to buy his condo unit(s?) and crypto.
But if you ask him, he'll deny it - which is typical of Lulu. (insert the Luigi avatar/ smirk here).
Also <insert> the GIF of those 2 Italian guys.
@stumpy - I was being diplomatic re: lulu. Heh.
Trust fund babies? Feckless Boomer brats more like.
That should be a thread all by itself SA. It sickens me when I hear people late 30's mid 40's who's laugh and joke that their retirement plan is waiting for their parents to die to inherit their part of the estate. So they live way outside their means, rent apartments but lease and drive $150K cars knowing they can go all out and just wait for their golden ticket. Its all pretty shallow but life as it is.
^ well if it sickens the parents they can do something about it either by ensuring the little darlings don't get anything - the blow your wad route or giving everything to the save the green tipped bot fly charity in their wills
Nice boomer story. It is incoherent and utter bullshit like usual. My dad was 60+ before his dad died just 2 years ago. Why would it be any different for us ? My dads money is the last thing on my mind. Oh yeah lets live large so when Im 68, I can roll in the dough har fucking har.
I saved probably 80% of my money from age 20 to 30. Maybe more.
^living with your mother helps
Speaking of champagne socialist boomers, who turned very modest seed capital into fortunes just by virtue of getting in at the bottom of the biggest financial ponzi pyramid scheme in human history. That continues today.
But carry on. You might just live your entire adult life without being subject economic reality. Unlike your parents or your kids.
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