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Who needs a visa, what you are actually issued at the border, and the arrival forms that have to be done before you fly.
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Thailand
The state-owned membership once called Thailand Elite costs THB 650,000 to THB 5,000,000 and asks for no age, income or insurance test. Its visa runs five years, but each entry is a one-year stay.
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UAE
A five-year residence for foreigners aged 55 and over, with no sponsor. Dubai asks for AED 240,000 a year of income; the federal portal says AED 180,000 elsewhere, and ICP's own pages print both figures.
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Turkey
US, UK, Canadian and most North and Southeast Asian passports enter Türkiye visa-free. The 60-day passport rule, the e-Visa, airside transit, and where the pages disagree.
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Asia
Five hubs run a genuinely free city tour for transit passengers, and Narita restarts its volunteer-guided one on 1 October. Each leaves the airport, so your passport decides before your layover does.
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Nepal
Nepal has a residential visa for foreigners who want to live there without running a business. It asks for age 60 or retirement, a US$20,000 bank statement and US$20,000 a year of income.
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Malaysia
Sabah runs its own second-home programme from Kota Kinabalu. Its Silver tier asks for RM500,000 on deposit, a high-rise home of RM600,000 or more, and residence in Sabah alone.
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Sri Lanka
The My Dream Home visa still renews for people who already hold it, but Sri Lanka's immigration department no longer issues it to anyone new. What a retiree can still use is a tourist visa extended in stages.
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Thailand
The Board of Investment's Long-Term Resident visa gives retirees with US$80,000 a year of pension or passive income a tax exemption on foreign income brought in. Every condition must still hold at year five.
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Cambodia
Cambodia's ER extension lets people aged 55 and over stay for up to a year at a time, renewably. Its official description sets no minimum income, which is freedom and uncertainty at once.
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Indonesia
Indonesia runs a one-year retirement visa, a five-year Silver Hair visa and a Second Home visa. Its own e-Visa site sets the retirement age at 55 and the income at US$3,000 a month.
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Japan
Japan's long-stay visa for sightseeing and recreation is the nearest thing it offers retirees: six months, extendable to a year, for visa-waiver nationals with savings of more than ¥30 million.
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Malaysia
Malaysia's long-stay programme has four tiers and none is priced by age. The cheapest means a US$150,000 deposit and a home you cannot sell for ten years.
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Thailand
Retirees in Chiang Mai renew their stay each year at the immigration office on Airport Road. The money must sit in a Thai bank on a timetable, and O-A holders need Thai insurance.
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Malaysia
Sarawak runs a second-home programme separate from Malaysia's. It opens at 30, asks for RM500,000 on deposit and a local sponsor, and does not make you buy a home.
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Thailand
Three retirement routes open at 50 and every one is tested in baht. The one-year O-A also wants THB 3 million of health cover and an insurer's signature on a Thai form.
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Philippines
The SRRV gives indefinite stay for a US$15,000 deposit if you are 50 and draw a pension. Without one it is US$30,000, and the money has to arrive from a bank abroad.
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Vietnam
Vietnam's visa law lists twenty visa types and none is for retirement. The e-visa runs to 90 days; a spouse or parent of a Vietnamese citizen has a family visa instead.
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Thailand
Who can actually use Thailand's automated passport channels today, the conditions the airports publish, and why the 33-nationality claim is not yet a rule.
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Asia
The order to do things in before an Asian trip: whether you need a permission at all, which one it is, what the portal will not tell you about time and cost, and when paying someone to file it is worth it.
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Singapore
Changi runs a free 2.5-hour city tour for passengers with 5.5 to 24 hours between flights. The two conditions that disqualify people are the visa rule and the one-entry rule.
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Qatar
No visa is needed to connect at Hamad without leaving the airport. To leave, you need visa-free entry or the Qatar Transit Visa: QAR 100, a 6 hour minimum layover, valid up to 4 days.
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Asia
Four terms, used inconsistently by the governments that issue them. Qatar renamed one outright, Korea's applies only to people who need no visa, and Sri Lanka's own portal calls its authorisation both things at once.
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Indonesia
Most passports get a 30-day visa on arrival for IDR 500,000, extendable once. Before you land you also file the All Indonesia arrival card and pay Bali's IDR 150,000 tourist levy.
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Thailand
Since 15 September the stay is 30 days instead of 60, and the list is 60 nationalities instead of 93. What the Royal Gazette, the embassy and TAT say, which passports came off, who kept access through a bilateral agreement, and the transition question still open.
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Singapore
What a visa does and doesn't guarantee, and why this page can't answer that question for your own passport.
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Jordan
Who needs prior approval, what a single-entry tourist visa costs, and the official pass that waives the fee for a two-night stay.
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Oman
You register on Oman's official eVisa portal before you can apply. The sponsor rule, the status check, the helpline (+968 22848200 from abroad, 07:00 to 21:00 Oman time) and what the portal leaves out.
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Philippines
The portal and enforcement rules it publishes, and why the entry mechanics live elsewhere on this site.
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UAE
No visa before you fly, a visa issued on entry for up to 90 days within 180, and a 50 AED daily fine for overstaying.
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Korea
The one exemption K-ETA states outright, and why nationality still isn't ours to answer for you.
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Qatar
Who enters Qatar visa-free, who gets a visa on arrival, and the two-year multiple-entry document a US passport receives.
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Indonesia
Indonesia's e-VOA, Bali included, costs IDR 500,000 for 30 days. You need six months on your passport and an onward ticket, and it is paid by Mastercard, Visa or JCB.
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh's online visa form is English only. Drafts are deleted after 7 days, submissions expire after 7, and nothing can be paid online or edited once submitted.
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Bhutan
US$100 a night for adults, US$50 for children aged six to eleven, nothing below six, and refundable for nights you do not use.
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Brunei
One of Asia's most generous entries, and the business trap inside it
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China
Who qualifies, for how long, and what it does not cover
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China
A transit-only exemption for travelers heading onward, not a general tourist waiver
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China
A separate exemption for cruise groups, with its own ports, timeline, and conditions
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Hong Kong
What a visitor to Hong Kong may and may not do, how long you can stay, and what the Immigration Department requires.
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Hong Kong
The mechanism, not a day count; check the official table for your own passport
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Macau
Passport, funds and ticket rules from Macau's own government portals
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India
How the India e-Visa works, why applying early matters, and why you should still print the approval.
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India
Immigration clearance, passport stamps, and the yellow fever rule Americans miss
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Japan
How Visit Japan Web works, what the 2D code does at immigration, and what to complete before you fly.
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Kazakhstan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists 195 countries by passport type, and the answer changes depending on which passport you hold.
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Korea
Who needs a K-ETA to enter South Korea, what it costs, how long it lasts, and when to apply.
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Laos
US$50 per applicant, nine designated ports, and a government tool that tells some nationalities they do not need the visa at all.
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Malaysia
Tourists enter Malaysia on a Short-Term Social Visit Pass issued at the border. An onward ticket is required, and extensions are only for illness, accident or war.
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Mongolia
Citizens of 98 countries can apply online for Mongolia's e-visa with a passport valid 180 days ahead. It does not guarantee entry, and a registration duty follows.
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Myanmar
Myanmar's tourist e-Visa costs USD 50 for 28 days and the business e-Visa USD 70 for 70 days. Processing is a minimum of 3 working days, and four ports accept it.
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Nepal
Nepal's tourist visa on arrival costs USD 30 for 15 days, USD 50 for 30 and USD 125 for 90. Who cannot get one, how the online form and card payment work, and the 150-day yearly cap on extensions.
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Philippines
Extending a 30 day stay, and why the fees need checking
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Singapore
What the SG Arrival Card asks for, when to submit it, and what Singapore requires before you land.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's ETA: free for many nationalities, required for almost everyone, and what to have ready.
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Sri Lanka
Since 25 May 2026 the tourist ETA is free for 40 nationalities, valid 30 days with double entry, and everyone still needs one before arrival.
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Taiwan
Taiwan's online arrival card, the TWAC, replaced the paper card on 1 October 2025. It is free, filed within 7 days before you land, and one is needed per traveler, children included.
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Thailand
What the Thailand Digital Arrival Card asks for, when to submit it, and what to prepare before you fly.
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Maldives
No pre-approval needed, but Immigration lists real conditions to meet
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Philippines
Arriving and departing passengers must register in eTravel, free, at etravel.gov.ph, the only official site. Scam sites copy it; report them to the CICC.
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Vietnam
How Vietnam's e-Visa works, why it must be completed in English, and why your border gate matters.
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Cambodia
The embassy's own how-to page, and the visa questions it leaves open
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Uzbekistan
The ministry names five nationalities. Everyone else takes a different path.
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