Thai Longstay Management has resumed accepting 3 million baht property visa applications and extensions for properties outside Bangkok. Asa Marsh explains what it means for buyers in Phuket and Koh Samui.
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How Asa Marsh Has Structured Long-Term Thailand Living for High Net Worth Investors, Property, Residency and Tax, Done Right Samuel Leeds and I sat down recently to go through the whole picture on camera. The property, the visa, the tax position, how they connect, and in what order. You can watch that conversation here: What comes through clearly in that conversation, and what gets compressed or lost in...
How Asa Marsh Has Helped Wealthy Individuals Make Thailand Their Long-Term Home, From Someone Who Has Done It Himself The viral moment that started this series, Samuel Leeds, the ฿56 million condominium, the Wealthy Global Citizen claim, was really a story about something larger: the growing number of serious, high net worth individuals who are looking at Thailand not as a holiday destination but as a...
How Asa Marsh Has Helped Wealthy Global Citizens Navigate Thailand's Most Misunderstood Residency Programme Samuel Leeds is a client of mine. When his video went viral, the one filmed outside a ฿56 million Bang Tao Beach condominium, the one where he described Thailand's "Wealthy Global Citizenships", I watched the response unfold from inside the story. Local news coverage that hadn't checked the BOI...