What are the visa options for retirees in Thailand who want to teach English?

Retirement visa 50 and over for hubby (unless he wants to work). Be careful with yours as you wouldn't be allowed to work on a retirement visa.

You can find people to teach.. If teaching is what you want to do. If making a living is what you want to do, you'll have to do it through an agent. I doubt you will like teaching via agent.

Over 50, no problemo

60 is the retirement age, but as long as the school wants to keep you, you can get an annual extension.

Are you sure your husband will have those benefits after Trump’s and Musk’s dismantling the Treasury Department’s servers?

My neighbour was living here on work permit into his 70s. So it can be done. Most jobs are found before arriving tho.

There are plenty of opportunities for you in language centres or local schools. They won’t pay much (perhaps 35,000 baht a month). You will not be able to work with a retirement or DTV( money has to be earned outside Thailand for this visa). Jobs at top international schools are highly competitive but they offer the best salaries.

Unless deep rural, it's old for Thai government schools. They prefer Young, good for photographs, with strong entertainment ability. Qualified teachers struggle. Brutal timetable and low pay. Shunted from room to room, multiple levels of large groups of disinterested kids mostly. Illegal to do private coaching, even online. Your best option is a private school....... If they accept the age....

The kids are tough english in school.

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Take a look at the LTR visa instead of the retirement visa. Maybe you guys qualify for the wealthy pensioners visa. You can get your TEFL and teach with a work permit, which is allowed with this visa, not the retirement visa. It’s also good for ten years. I did the exact process. I am retired military with disability, and taught at TSU, so I am doing exactly what you are asking. Though I taught college, I still had to get the TEFL ( I can show you where to get the course at a greatly reduced price). Also, the process to get the visa is easy, do it yourselves. Google “Thai LTV visa”, and it will take you to the BOI site where you can see the requirements to determine if you guys are a good fit. Once you are done with all of that part of the process, you will still have to go to the Thai evisa site and submit information. It will take a little longer doing this process, however, it is also more beneficial. If you guys have ANY questions, please shoot me a dm and I can help save you time. I recently went through the process. Good luck!

Typically, you cannot get or extend a work permit after 60 years of age

I was able to get a retirement visa at 47 years ago. This this was 7 years ago and was able to do so through the nyc Thai embassy. They verified the income from disability. Rules and laws have changed since pre COVID. This option is not available anymore

You said you can easily live off the income you have and you would retire in 3 years…..sounds like you really not trying to retire but go to Thailand and teach😂 I know it’s hard to leave a capitalist society but please relax and enjoy your retirement years.

You should definitely find a way to teach English, even if it's a private tutor gig. English is a skill much needed in Thailand. My kids go to university there, and all their friends want to learn English. More nationalities use English as the common language in Thailand.

Speak Chinese? English is hardly spoken in Thailand. Plus nowadays, people just use the translation app

You can teach English as long as you also have a bachelor degree

Retirement Visa is 50+ but work is prohibited