Hi and I just wanted to ask lots of question is how can i live in Thailand also what the first thing I should I plan to do right now. Also how much does it cost with U.S dollar. I just wanted to live a regular apartment and water with TV cable and computer with internet. Yes I'm 18 years old in college please, please email me at chinkatokrina@yahoo.com
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how long? you want to stay? definitely finish college. are u american? there will be time to decide where you want to stay later. Learn Thai in college obviously. You don't even need to comit that much. You can go do anything in thai land so get your degree in what you want. health care professionals, teachers and engineers can immigrate where ever they want. like in the old days masons or mason workers could travel and work for two kings or cross into different teritory which no one could do because they were needed, they had these skills. so doctors teachers engineers can go where ever. still you don't need that much. the bare minimum you need Legally is a bachelors degree, if you are a american, brit, or australian. You would likely go in as an english teacher or tutor. Thailand is one of the lowest paid places for this job in asia. probably cause it's where many want to go. english teacher early on won't have a private computer in thailand unless you bring your own or buy it. would certainly require saving while there but you can't legally do it until you have a college degree. keep in mind it's any old degree to meet legal requirement in thailand for certain teacher/ tutor jobs... not as nice as an actual teacher but close and you may get lucky or work out a better school. Planned properly can surely. there are other avenues but i'll just talk about english teaching cause it' what i know. even as this lowest ranked tutor teacher you should be able to afford the internet service and a mediocre life. knowing now what you want to do. stay in school and get an appropriate teaching degree and you will still get a bargain in thailand. so for the price of a middle school teacher in the US, you may be a college professor living pretty comfortably in thailand. being a nurse or doctor may require you to be more fluent in thier language than teaching english believe it or not. as a private teacher you don't need to speak thier language. if you want to impulsively go there now, i don't know how to gain the proper visas and residency permits without a job or any means of income. maybe if you are independently wealthy. Well since you're in school, you can go to college there. if you speak thai. though often international students sometimes take tests in english which is your native language, lucky you. but you'd still be in a thai style class with a thai teacher most of the time. so language is key. Now that i think about it thailand might be one of a few places that still take these would be english teachers with out any college. BUT the one thing they do require is a celta or eslt. not sure of the second ones letters. I almost got the celta and then decided it was a rip off. it's not though, depending. cause i'd already done it without a celta but a BA degree. not in thailand but china. Thai money is the worst in the region and i wasn't about the adventure or the escape anymore. i was about the money. if 2,000 for a celta certificate gets you to try your dream for a year. If it evens out to zero after a year you had your experience. I gotta pay my debts though. not sure if an 18 year old kid can teach there with just a celta, double check it before anything rash. I do suggest you get a proper ba degree at least. and at school in the USA if you're an american or where ever your from. degree in anything really, english teaching or teaching anything, geography, history, language, english. if thai requires thi celta even with a degree, you need to get it, but with a legitimate teaching degree you can probably skip the celta and get hired by the govt in public schools or whatever you want. you can go on summers while attending school. there are camps and summer opportunities. then you'll know if you want to go there or elsewhere, explore more even before you graduate. the travel expense may not be fully covered by what you make on a summer trip. will not. cost- esl teaching certificate accepted by thai state authorities and few others $1500- $2000 USD, 4 week course with minimal accomodations, cheap plane to thailand on expedia $1,2000 USD. $1,000 minimum with cash so you on't starve your 1st month, 1st two months with school. geez $4,000. can charge everything except the $1,000 for living expenses. celta certificate, more widely accepted, so they say. 2,000-3,000+, 4 week course in New York or major cities around the world. plane tickets etc. $5,000 you'll make 900$ a month which will barely pay for your stuff. over 12 months you'll make maybe 10,000, you'll need to save half to break even.
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Well to do the things you want to do, you will need a job, unless you have plenty of money, Jobs are not easy to get in Thailand for a Farang, the only possible option is teachning English and the money in Thailand for most English teachers is rubbish - Generally THB 30,000 to THB 50,000 a month, around US$ 900 to US$ 1400 a month. You also need a work permit to work in Thailand
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Save your money and retire there at age 50
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