What if I wantd to stay in Vietnam with her?

[BigBlock502]

How does one go about this? Just wondering of course. Is it even possible? would I eventualy get used to the water or would one have to drink bottle water the rest of their stay there.

[william3rd]

Contact the Vietnamese consulate or the US consualte in VN for that kind of information. You have to bring some coin with you. For a retirement visa for thailand, you need to be over 50 and have 800000 baht in the bank. Before you slit your wrists. . . that is about 23,000 US dollars. Hmmm- shouldnt be that hard to get her to thailand.

[drjoker69]

Staying overseas with her is better than coming to Amerika as she will Americanize. It is not a question of if but when.... Thailand is not communist like Vietnam. Take her to Thailand. You can live off of just $550 a month there. Check this out: http://www.retire-on-550-month.com/costofliving_chiangmai.php

[Bob_S]

Contact an English school in SE Asia and go teach business English to Vietnamese businessmen trying to get into international trade.
http://www.eslcafe.com/joblist/
Pay is crap, but it'll get you into the country where you can start learning how things work there.
Then just start your own school.

[william3rd]

Change in Thai immigration rules- one visa for 90 days and then you are out for 90 days. And no teacher work visas for English teaching without a teaching certificate.