> I want to move to thailand for an unknown amount of time Have you visited before? Unless you're particularly adventurous I wouldn't suggest a move to Thailan

> I want to move to thailand for an unknown amount of time Have you visited before? Unless you're particularly adventurous I wouldn't suggest a move to Thailand without visiting first. I like living here, but its definitely not for everyone. > but the visa seems like more than I would care to deal with. You can hire a lawyer here to organise everything for you, it just depends how much you want to spend and what your situation/goal is. > Don't want to have to do visa runs and all of that Regardless of your type of visa, you will have to do something. I've lived here for close to 4 years, on a combination of business and now marriage visas, but I've only left the country twice in about 2 1/2 years. Non-tourist visas get you a longer total stay (and some give the ability to apply for a work permit to work legally) but you still need to report to immigration every 90 days (resets each time you enter the country). As I said elsewhere, reporting in Bangkok is a fucking joke, in the provinces, its pretty quick and painless.