Before anyone married to a non-Thai wife thinks about retirement in Thailand be sure you know the rules, THERE ARE NONE. The Thai gov. just as of 1 Sept 2007 changed the rules without warning to anyone. You must have two bank accounts with 800,000bt in it for 3months or a pension letter showing at least 65,000bt earnings EACHTO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE the OA retirement visa once again each non-thai husband/wife must show 800,000bt in a thai bank account for 3 months or 65,000bt pension letter EACH. The rules may change tomorrow, but these are the current rules as of Sept1,2007. May be 3million tomorrow If you want a nice low blood pressure place to retire look elsewhere.....................Jim