Posted 2011-11-18 16:57:30
Things in Thailand continue to get stickier.
Burma is in the process of opening up and shows great potential for the future.
Supposing Burma decides to open up retirement residency to foreigners, and like a number of progressive countries in the world, offers a much more attractive retirement visa program than Thailand.
Would you be interested, or not?
By attractive retirement visa system, I would generally include these kinds of things, similar to ECUADOR --
-- lower financial requirements than Thailand (like Thailand, either income based or cash in country based)
-- a reasonable path to permanent residence within five years of living there
-- the right to own land for a small house, etc.
-- the right to work on a retirement visa
-- the right to open a small business on a retirement visa
-- the right to access government health care programs for a fee paid in
-- equal legal rights when permanent residency achieved except voting
Edited by Jingthing, 2011-11-18 17:02:39.
Posted 2011-11-18 17:08:35
Funny you should mention that, just today in the lobby we were talking about Burma as a future long term destination, there does seem to be a lot of interest both from expats and tourists.
Posted 2011-11-18 17:08:58
Bad move. Section 377 of the Myanmar penal code prohibits homosexuality. Along with fines, the punishment is ten years to life.
Posted 2011-11-18 17:09:05
I would need to try out their food first, but i'm guessing there is no go-go there ?
Edited by poanoi, 2011-11-18 17:17:43.
Posted 2011-11-18 17:10:04
 endure, on 2011-11-18 17:08:58, said:
Bad move. Section 377 of the Myanmar penal code prohibits homosexuality. Along with fines, the punishment is ten years to life.
Fair point for now. I am projecting quite a bit to a time when Burma opens up, in more ways than one.
Posted 2011-11-18 17:33:11
New frontiers are always tempting, but I'm learning that with it comes heartbreak when you see a place you love turn to crap as the path there becomes well traveled.
Posted 2011-11-18 21:09:53
Not really a question about visas; probably do better in general, so moved.
Posted 2011-11-18 21:18:14
Jingthing, on 2011-11-18 17:10:04, said:
endure, on 2011-11-18 17:08:58, said:
Bad move. Section 377 of the Myanmar penal code prohibits homosexuality. Along with fines, the punishment is ten years to life.
Fair point for now. I am projecting quite a bit to a time when Burma opens up, in more ways than one.
You'll probably be waiting a long time. It was a British colony and they seem to make a habit of hanging onto anti-poofter laws as long as they can.
Posted 2011-11-18 21:29:23
ROFL 
"This here's the wattle, the emblem of our land," the First Bruce tells his philosopher mates during a faculty meeting. "You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand."
"No poofters"!
"Amen"
Edited by MickA, 2011-11-18 21:32:28.
Posted 2011-11-18 21:41:16
I didn't know that 'the wattle' was an emblem of Myanmar.
Posted 2011-11-18 21:43:05
endure, on 2011-11-18 21:18:14, said:
Jingthing, on 2011-11-18 17:10:04, said:
endure, on 2011-11-18 17:08:58, said:
Bad move. Section 377 of the Myanmar penal code prohibits homosexuality. Along with fines, the punishment is ten years to life.
Fair point for now. I am projecting quite a bit to a time when Burma opens up, in more ways than one.
You'll probably be waiting a long time. It was a British colony and they seem to make a habit of hanging onto anti-poofter laws as long as they can.
I am not so sure. Once things get rolling, things can change fast.
So were the USA, Canada, and more relevantly, India. India decriminalized homosexuality in 2009.
Posted 2011-11-18 21:44:16
MickA, on 2011-11-18 21:29:23, said:
And no rule six.
Posted 2011-11-18 21:44:23
Does Burma have girlies to bang on the cheap ?
Posted 2011-11-18 21:47:44
Jingthing, on 2011-11-18 21:43:05, said:
endure, on 2011-11-18 21:18:14, said:
Jingthing, on 2011-11-18 17:10:04, said:
endure, on 2011-11-18 17:08:58, said:
Bad move. Section 377 of the Myanmar penal code prohibits homosexuality. Along with fines, the punishment is ten years to life.
Fair point for now. I am projecting quite a bit to a time when Burma opens up, in more ways than one.
You'll probably be waiting a long time. It was a British colony and they seem to make a habit of hanging onto anti-poofter laws as long as they can.
I am not so sure. Once things get rolling, things can change fast.
So were the USA, Canada, and more relevantly, India. India decriminalized homosexuality in 2009.
Singapore, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago...
Posted 2011-11-18 21:51:50
endure, on 2011-11-18 21:47:44, said:
Singapore, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago...
Australia, Hawaii, Benidorm  ...
Posted 2011-11-18 21:53:44
Jingthing, on 2011-11-18 21:51:50, said:
endure, on 2011-11-18 21:47:44, said:
Singapore, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago...
Australia, Hawaii, Benidorm ...
Benidorm is for the fry ups 
Posted 2011-11-18 23:20:18
Spoonman, on 2011-11-18 21:44:23, said:
Does Burma have girlies to bang on the cheap ?
brilliant
Posted 2011-11-19 01:04:08
Does Burma have girlies to bang on the cheap ?
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brilliant
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all asian countries are not the same as thailand .
Posted 2011-11-19 02:00:15
Spoonman, on 2011-11-18 21:44:23, said:
Does Burma have girlies to bang on the cheap ?
anywhere that there's despair there's girls who'll do anything. England, America...everywhere.
question really is...even if they got killa' visa's, could you support a country that does that to it's peeps?
and what's Rule 6?
Posted 2011-11-19 08:03:59
Would you go the zoo if they had llamas?
Posted 2011-11-19 11:27:46
Supposing Burma decides to open up retirement residency to foreigners, and like a number of progressive countries in the world, offers a much more attractive retirement visa program than Thailand?
It won’t happen, well, not in our lifetime.
Burma is an extremely unstable country, much more than any other countries within the region, plus it`s way, way, way behind Thailand, in infrastructure, medical services, education and so on.
As the wise man says; better the devil you know and I would never consider Burma as a retirement option, not for the foreseeable future, anyway.
Posted 2011-11-19 12:38:57
Darrel, on 2011-11-18 21:44:16, said:
MickA, on 2011-11-18 21:29:23, said:
And no rule six.
I thought rule 6 was "No poofters!"
Posted 2011-11-19 12:46:36
Beetlejuice, on 2011-11-19 11:27:46, said:
Supposing Burma decides to open up retirement residency to foreigners, and like a number of progressive countries in the world, offers a much more attractive retirement visa program than Thailand?
It won’t happen, well, not in our lifetime.
Maybe yes, maybe no.
However, I bet most people thought the same way about previously war torn Nicaragua, now an up and coming retired expat destination. Things can and do change, for better and/or worse. BTW, I think the USA will be offering a retirement visa in the next decade for the same economic reasons Thailand has them.
Edited by Jingthing, 2011-11-19 12:57:41.
Posted 2011-11-19 12:52:13
Would certainly be a road to drive slowly but who knows. Hands up who predicted that Aung San Suu Kyi would be strolling around the country 'free' when the monks were takng a pounding and that was only 4 years ago. I'd take a look as spend half the year in India at present but purchase a property? Certainly not. Even in Goa rules have been changed so properties purchased legally by expats are now deemed illegal.
Posted 2011-11-19 13:54:27
I know a couple of retirees who have been living there for the last 10-20 years. Not sure what their visa situation is. I'm going next week, will try and find out. The US rapprochement announced yesterday is the start of something.
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