Recently retired to Chiangmai

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chinacanuckActive member02 August 2013 12:41:07

Just a quick note to say that my wife and I have recently retired to Chiangmai. I have spent the last six years of my career teaching math in China so we have had lots of opportunity to travel around Asia. Have been to CM a few times and love it! Looking forward to meeting people and sharing experiences. My chinacanuck.com blog has recently been changed to thaicanuck.com and I am still updating photos that were left behind when I changed Wordpress themes.

stephenjedgarMember02 August 2013 15:35:56

Greetings!
I'm a canadian photog/media producer who along with my wife and two boys (8 and 18 months) are in the midst of a huge purge. We've decided to take the next year -starting in October- to headquarter in CM. would love your insight, guidance on THE BIG MOVE, schooling, what areas would be good to settle I. WTF etc etc
Take care. Good luck!

Talk soon

Stephenjedgar.com

chinacanuckActive member03 August 2013 01:14:01

I'm aure you are getting excited about the big move coming up! We just arrived so I know there are many people on this forum with far more experience than I have that can answer your questions regarding schooling etc. But I can tell you to make sure you have your visas sorted out before you arrive. We didn't do our homework carefully enough. I had no problem getting my Non-Immigrant O Visa, which is the first step towards the Retirement Visa. However, my wife is going to have to leave and apply from outside the country in order to get what she needs. If she was over 50, it wouldn't have been a problem.

You should have no problem finding a house. We looked at several and have ended up in a new but very traditional Thai house on a large older property with three other houses owned by the same family. One other is rented out and the other two are owned by family members. We have sort of become part of their extended family! We are off Huay Kaew Road in the northwest part of the city and really like the area. Ten minute ride to the "old town" in one direction and a ten minute walk to woods and fields in the other.

There are many organizations to help people moving here. We have been working with Khun Boong and her organization. http://chiangmaifriendsgroup.com She has been incredibly helpful. If you tell her exactly what you are looking for, and/or need, she will find it.

Cheers!

stephenjedgarMember03 August 2013 11:28:15

Thank you, Chinacanuck,
What a great site "friends" seems to be! Good luck with everything on your end. I'll keep you abreast of our movements.

S

yanfeiwuMember05 August 2013 02:33:05

thank you chinacanuck

You are exactully correct,for retire you can go to http://retireinchiangmai.com/htm/index.php/visa this web as well, it has many information about retirement in Chiang Mai .

Hope it would help you stephenjedgar

chinacanuckActive member05 August 2013 02:48:42

Thanks, yanfeiwu. That website is run by the same group as the one I mentioned above but has a little different information.

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