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Thailand down to #25

TONS of data here
https://cms-internationsgmbh.netdna-ssl ... rvey_0.pdf

Thank God and Budda that my parents are wrong. Day in and day out they keep saying Taiwan is going down the tubes. Young people only making slave wages there, high level corruption that would make the KOW blush, and out of control crime that would make London at night feel safe by comparison.

Not that this poster will convince them otherwise.

But it made my day.

Fucking Bahrain?

Cambodia didn't even get a mention although Nigeria did?
Vietnam #2, really?

Nice to see Colombia and Costa Rica right up there though, which is where I am going net year.

Vietnam? I live here... and it's getting more and more difficult.

Except for Americans, nobody can get more than a 3-month visa. They've made the banking rules more stringent for opening accounts and term deposits (which now can't exceed the expiry date of your visa).

Cruisemonkey wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:17 am Vietnam? I live here... and it's getting more and more difficult.

Except for Americans, nobody can get more than a 3-month visa. They've made the banking rules more stringent for opening accounts and term deposits (which now can't exceed the expiry date of your visa).

You have to have a 1-year visa to open a bank account at some, if not all, banks now. The fact that I could only get a 3-month visa, down from 1-year and 6-month ones I had, really put me off. It also means any scooter licence ends with the visa. I could have gotten a 6-month visa but at $650US/15 million VND/20,000 baht, (which is what I paid for a 1-year before), there was little advantage in it. Anyway, lots of other reasons for waving bye bye to VN.

And this news this week, yet more years of delays in the Saigon Metro project: https://saigoneer.com/saigon-news/17334-metro-delay

Cruisemonkey wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:17 am Vietnam? I live here... and it's getting more and more difficult.

Except for Americans, nobody can get more than a 3-month visa. They've made the banking rules more stringent for opening accounts and term deposits (which now can't exceed the expiry date of your visa).

As I get a 2-year residency card, that does not really apply to me. As with all top-ten lists, different criteria will give different results. I guess the relative safety of Vietnam plays a role, as does good medical care, good schools, ample shopping, etc.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:06 am Vietnam #2, really?

Vietnam is looking very tempting at the moment, dollar goes much further than the baht, lots of growth occurring at the moment creating an exciting atmosphere, good food, lots to do, pretty open to foreigners, good internet.... hoping to go spend a year over there in the next 12-18 months.... just got get my saving where i need them n pull the trigger

hanno wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:41 am

Cruisemonkey wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:17 am Vietnam? I live here... and it's getting more and more difficult.

Except for Americans, nobody can get more than a 3-month visa. They've made the banking rules more stringent for opening accounts and term deposits (which now can't exceed the expiry date of your visa).

As I get a 2-year residency card, that does not really apply to me. As with all top-ten lists, different criteria will give different results. I guess the relative safety of Vietnam plays a role, as does good medical care, good schools, ample shopping, etc.

I know an Ausie who is married to a Vietnamese woman and has lived here for years on a series of 2-year Temporary Residence Permits. He left the country and upon return was told his current TRP was "No good". He had to turn around, 'fly out' and come back on a three month visa. The trouble with Vietnam is there is no consistency... talk to three different people who deal with three different visa agents and three different Immigration Officers... and you'll get three different stories.

crob wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:21 pm

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:06 am Vietnam #2, really?

Vietnam is looking very tempting at the moment, dollar goes much further than the baht, lots of growth occurring at the moment creating an exciting atmosphere, good food, lots to do, pretty open to foreigners, good internet.... hoping to go spend a year over there in the next 12-18 months.... just got get my saving where i need them n pull the trigger

So, you've never been there before?

There is growth and yes, the cost of living is low, but exciting atmosphere, good food, lots to do and good Internet sounds like somewhere else.