Steve LePoidevin
@chinacanuck
Canadian expat in Peru
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About me
Canadian
Lives in Huanchaco, La Libertad
Speaks English, French
Registration: 30 April 2012
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Chiang Mai air pollution by GuestPoster5892
Hi, we are planning to pick Chiang Mai as our retirement city, but heard the city is covered by heavy smog EVERY YEAR between the months of March and April, if it is true, is this a big issue for the local residents ? how serious is the air ...
What villagefarang wrote pretty much sums it up. I agree that it won’t be going away soon. We only found the smoke bad for about a month usualy but it does seem to be starting earlier than it used to from what people are writing. It’s ... Read More
Chiang Mai air pollution by GuestPoster5892
Hi, we are planning to pick Chiang Mai as our retirement city, but heard the city is covered by heavy smog EVERY YEAR between the months of March and April, if it is true, is this a big issue for the local residents ? how serious is the air ...
The air pollution is getting pretty bad. It peaks during those months but apparently it has already started. We lived in CM for three years but left in 2016. You can find out all you want to know on this local ... Read More
Tourist interested in staying by NHLFAN
I will start out by saying I own a home and live near Bogota Colombia. If I reside in Colombia 183 days or more I would need to pay taxes on my US retirement income. 2019 will be the first year this will affect me. So I have been looking at options. ...
Yes, pension income is only tax-exempt with the Rentista Visa. You also don’t pay the small annual tax that holders of other resident visas pay. Read More
Thailand Retirement Visa by rfah
I note that one of the requirements to obtaining a 'Retirement Visa' in Thailand is:> "To get a retirement visa in Thailand, you must be at least 50 years old, have no criminal record in your home country and in Thailand" ... ...
We entered with visas on arrival, then applied for non-immigrant visas to be eventually extended to retirement visas. We lived in CM for three years but moved to the north coast of Peru over two years ago because we got tired of all the visa ... Read More
Tourist interested in staying by NHLFAN
I will start out by saying I own a home and live near Bogota Colombia. If I reside in Colombia 183 days or more I would need to pay taxes on my US retirement income. 2019 will be the first year this will affect me. So I have been looking at options. ...
My wife and I have been in Peru now for about 2 1/2 years. One year in Arequipa, a year and a half in Huanchaco. We both have Rentista Visas, a very easy route to follow if you are here for the long term and have at least $1000/month in pension or ... Read More
Retiring in Peru by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Why did you choose to retire in Peru? What are the advantages compared with your home country? What were your main considerations when deciding to move? For example, taxes, ease of transferring your pension, etc.. Are there ...
My wife and I retired to Arequipa a year ago after living in Asia for almost a decade, 6 years in China, 3 years in Thailand and then another 5 months in China. We moved to Huanchaco on the northern Peru coast two weeks ago. We really enjoyed ... Read More
Looking for expats with a portable income... by chinacanuck
Hello! I am looking for people who are currently earning a living overseas with a portable career that I can write about. Photographers, online consultants, freelancers, bloggers, travel writers, etc. If you fit the bill or know somebody else who ...
To answer some of the questions above...I have lived abroad for the last ten years. I taught Mathematics at a large international school in China for the last six years of my career and then retired to Thailand, where we lived for the next three ... Read More
Looking for expats with a portable income...
Hello! I am looking for people who are currently earning a living overseas with a portable career that I can write about. Photographers, online consultants, freelancers, bloggers, travel writers, etc. If you fit the bill or know somebody else who ... Read More
Retirement Visa - can I do Internet work, investments online? by Forex5x
My wife and I are planning to retire in Thailand and my understanding is that working while on a retirement visa is not allowed. Would doing websites and other Internet work, where we are not taking a Thai person's job be acceptable? What if ...
People will probably disagree with me but most of the so called "digital nomads" are working illegally in the country. The only way to do any legal work in Thailand is on a work visa. Doesn't matter if it's online or not. Having ... Read More
Retiring in Thailand, visa info by Dpetryk
My wife and I are interested in retiring in Thailand, I am 63 and I understand that as long as I have a minimum amount of money in a Thai bank I can get a retirement visa. My wife is 47. What type of visa will she require? Can she be considered a ...
Hi.....my wife and I retired in Thailand in 2013 and lived there for three years. Almost the same situation as you. She is American, I am Canadian. I was 62 at the time, she was 41 and obtained her visa as my dependent. We entered Thailand on a ... Read More
Living in Chiang Mai by Setaysha
Hey. We will be visiting Chaing Mai in November and would love to chat to ex-pats already living there to get a feel for what life is like there and maybe where to meet others when we are there.
We've been living in Chiang Mai for a couple of years now. Certainly don't mind sitting down for a chat while you are here. There is an expats' breakfast get-together every second Friday morning and a large Chiang Mai Expats Club meeting ... Read More
Moving to Thailand by martinaS24
Hello everyone. Me and my husband are planning to move to Thailand from our terrible cold country Czech Rep. I am trying to find some new friends and people who can share experience with moving to Thailand. Anybody to help? ;) Martina
We have lived here for a couple of years and love it. Originally from Canada and the US, you couldn't pay us enough to move back to either country. Of course, the grass is always greener somewhere else. We love it here! Not everybody does. ... Read More
Planning on moving to Chiang Mai by year's end... by Hewmundi
Hi all, I'm sort of in the same mindset as Jpizza. I'm an American living in Pennsylvania, USA, and am strongly considering moving to CM by the end of this year. I'm retired from the USAF, over 50, so I could get resident status. I ...
@DearEmma615...The required 65000THB and/or deposit of 800000THB is also the amount for couples. Once one person has the retirement visa, the spouse can "piggyback" on it as a dependent. We retired to Chiang Mai a couple of years ago. I ... Read More
Cheap Food in Thailand!! Just 300 Bath A MONTH!!! by PumpingIron
:blink: Food is Very Cheap in Thailand when you are planning to Cook in your Own Kitchen. Choosing a Restaurants in Streets are not a GOOD IDEA :unsure You Can taste all the Foods Item in Street only 1 Time. But i suggest if you get all ...
Ok, so you are saying that I could live on 10 baht per day for food? Or 3 baht per meal? Or about 10 cents USD per meal? Unless you use tap water (not for me, thanks), you would spend that much just for water every month. 2 liters at the bulk ... Read More
Accommodation in Chiang Mai by CircadianRhythm
Hi everybody, Please excuse the newbie nature of my post, I am just seeking some general guidance and will be thankful for any you can provide. I am looking to be in CM from May 2015 for a period of 2 and a half months. I will be travelling ...
The condo you are talking about is located in Riverside Condominiums right on the Ping River. It is a very popular complex with expats but a little distant from the main part of town. I am not sure if there are any gyms nearby or not. Because it is ... Read More