Living in Cambodia and possibility to get a Retirement Visa there

JPVIDEO wrote:

No way $800,000 in a Thai bank for retirement visa. That means that you essentially have to be a millionaire to retire in Thailand. It's 800,000 Baht, approx. $27,000.

Even if you get a retirement visa in Siam you must renew once a year.

To avoid legal garbage, just hire a lawyer like Siam Legal in Bangkok. Not too expensive.

I know they have some freaky laws like in Cambodia a western man 50 years or older cannot marry a Khmer woman. Ha Ha Ha.
So I have 3 'virtual' wives.

Just get a lawyer and they will take care of everything.

If you can't afford a lawyer you shouldn't be over there anyway.

from what I know and from personal experience, Thailand is not cheap.  I'm pretty sure it's 800,000 USD (yes essentially a millionaire - which Thailand is not short of) but the concept being that the people retiring are able to sustain themselves until their death bed and I don't think 27k will cut that.

I'm still inquiring about the retirement visa possibility in Cambodia.  But yes in Thailand a 50 year old can marry a much younger girl, but Cambodia it is frowned upon mostly due to previous illegal child sex issues of the past.. point being big, push towards stopping such issues here by the government.

but in either case there is still some sort of corruption going on.

TheDigitalMage wrote:

I went to Cambodia.  I did not like it.  You should be prepared to not like it, as well.  My strong advice is to go there and see it for yourself (and not just for a week) before making any decisions that have consequences...

Be very careful of the water.  Take some pepto to make due until you can get some of the local powders, which seem to beat the symptoms but not that weak, sick feeling.

The streets are crowded in Pnam Pen; the air thick, with vehicle exhaust (the local folk often wear cloth over their nose/mouth).  The prostitutes are everywhere and so, no doubt, is HIV.  Want to participate in a study of the quality/durability of foreign-made condoms?  rofl!

There is no inspection of foods and/or restaurants. 

The police are said to demand payment for their aid and, from what I saw, are not at all likely to interfere in violent situations...  The locals are not violent but other foreigners might well be.

Go there.  Stay a month (12 days were my limit).  Then decide.  Don't be caught up in some dream.  Somebody needs to point out the downside.  I wish someone had before I went.  I would now be $2,000 richer

Korean air offers a ticket good for a year and free to change the return date (once).  A word to the wise...

I think you are being a little harsh, but you have the right to have your opinion of course.

1. The streets can have a lot of traffic at peak hours as with every city in the world, and the air is not thick, this country does not have a problem with car fumes as it is only a city of about 2 million, it is not Bangkok or Mumbai. Yes some locals wear face masks, but they are over reacting and don't need them.

2. There are not prostitutes everywhere, and this is South East Asia after all so what do you expect, you cannot expect nuns walking the streets, on the other hand it is not Pattaya either and you will not find working girls all around, in fact 30% of the girls in the bars are virgins and 30% are too fussy to sleep with everyone, the freelance girls are mostly on Street 51 and not all over the city.
As for HIV, yes of course there is some HIV here, same in Thailand and Laos and every other country.

3. This is not a developed country, food is as it is. There are western places to eat.

And why you say the foreigners may be violent I don't know, your write up is very negative and you base your information on quick glances.

jack_gats wrote:

The 800 USD in Thailand are monthly.

Are you sure of this amount. Seems very very high to me.