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Originally Posted by jaxon
Hi Marcia,
Thank you for the welcome. We are travelling 1st two weeks in September. It would be great to talk to people over there who know how it all works.
Moving there permanently is amazing!!! Is it hard to get residency.
Regards,
Jaxon
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We are going to LOS on a Non Immigrant "O" type visa...which enables you to stay for three months at a time then do a visa run...however, because we are retired and Mike is over 50 we are able to make an extension on this visa for 12 months...effectively giving us 15 months before having to leave the country...we have to come back to Australia after 12 months though as our ticket is valid only for 12 months.
We plan to have a break in Australia after this to see family and such then return for a further 12 months.
The length of time that we stay will really depend on finances. One of the biggest costs will be the schooling of our 14 y/o son. We are placing him in the QSI International School Phuket and this will cost $12,000 per annum.
Sorry we won't be there when you are...have a great trip.
If you are interested in what we are doing you can read about it in our thread on this forum.
http://www.phuket-info.com/forums/ex...er-newbie.html
Marcia