Its been April since I came back.
I always had a good time there, culture, people, food, nature, short term friends and some dating
Here I have high rent, no long term friends, non existant dating, it makes me always think about booking a ticket back, including all my friends saying they will go
Anyone have a similiar feeling?
It sucks that Thai elite visa is so unaffordable now. Previously it was worth a consideration for peace of mind if you wanted to live there long term.
$25k is unaffordable? It’s pretty cheap compared to the strict income requirements of many other countries.
For a third world country? Yes.
how many other “third world” countries are there with lining up to live in that offers a better deal?
Plus, it filters out suspicious farangs. If you’re a good person with slightly above average IQ—you can find a way if you really want to stay here.
Income requirements are just that. You aren’t actually handing over money. But for an elite visa that money is gone. 15 year elite visa is $70k now, and you’ll never see that money again + the benefits are worse than before as an additional fuck you. The 20 year visa basically doesn’t even exist anymore (invite only and $140k lol). Very glad I got my 20 year for $28k (almost same price as a 5 year now) before all this stupid shit happened, but I bet they’ll backpedal on it.
They will retract it im sure, give it time
Doubt they’ll backpedal anytime soon. They’ll prob make enough off of the 5yr for 900k and sell the 20year one to Chinese mafia or shady but rich people. Win win.
Based on the crowds of Russians and new language schools in my neighborhood, ed visas are still widely available.
If I could go back in time, I would’ve saved the $17k I spent on the elite visa and stuck with those.
Ed visas are 1 year only and they are cracking down on fake ones