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Capricorny · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 18

Hi,
I'm 60 years old, a frequent tourist of Thailand and I'm thinking about going into semi-retirement there.

I've applied to a few schools but am considering just moving there for a couple of months and looking for part time of full time work on the ground.

I'm particularly interested in Chiang Mai.

Any advice.

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

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1st Sgt Welsh · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 6:07 pm Post subject:

Hi Capricorny,

If your visa is sorted (i.e. a retirement visa) then what about looking at online teaching/conversational lessons? There are advertisements for these sort of gigs on Dave's. From what I've seen they commonly pay anywhere from $10 to $20 US, depending on your qualifications/experience and the type of lessons you are doing. You can set your own hours, work from home and the pay is competitive for Thailand. Anyway, just a thought.

Capricorny · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 18

Thanks

EFL Educator · Joined: 17 Jul 2013 Posts: 988 Location: Cape Town

Plenty of EFL teachers have semi-retired and retired in Chiang Mai....at 60 you are better off looking for teaching work in ISAAN or Pattaya where age discrimination is not so rough... Smile

sigmoid · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 1276

It would be a good idea to read up on the current politic situation in Thailand before you move there:

Thailand is turning into Juntaland
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/05/thailand-juntaland-military

US govt calls on Thailand to limit police-like powers in military
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2016/04/us-govt-calls-on-thailand-to-limit-police-like-powers-in-military/

Hermosillo · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:14 am Post subject:

I'm on a Retirement Extension in CM. Not allowed to work on it, and haven't seen anything that would tempt me to change it to a B Visa. People are actually paying to volunteer here. Wages are less than they were 10+ years ago. I agree with the above statement bout Isaan being a better place to seek work. I'm early 50s, and age discrimination is rampant. Of course, they know they can get away with more BS on a 23 yo. There are still many working with fake degrees, and a number of foreigners with Thai kids, and teaching is the only way for them to stay; there is a lot of desperation on their part.