By jack.russelle on Skatehive
One of the only visas that is relatively easy to get and maintain in Thailand is the retirement visa. All you have to do is prove that you have access to some comparatively low level of income and boom, you get a visa. You never get harassed about staying there too long, and you don't get quizzed at Immigration about why you are spending so much time in the country or why you are not fluent in Thai after "all these years" or something silly like that. Pattaya, for reasons that defy all logic, is one of the areas that is heavily advertised for retirees and while I am certain that my own grandparents wouldn't be interested in living in what is basically a massive red light district, I guess there are some people, probably predominantly men, that are interested in that sort of thing. But Pattaya never fails to impress as far as there being scams behind every corner is concerned as recently a multi-million dollar scam was uncovered that targets the elderly with falsified affiliations with