Eight countries · one honest answer
Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Cambodia and Laos, scored against your budget, your lifestyle and, crucially, the visa you could realistically obtain.
The thing everyone skips
Cost and weather are easy to compare, so that is what gets compared. Then people pick a country and discover they cannot legally stay in it. We weight the question that actually decides the answer.
Every comparison can tell you this is beautiful and cheap.
What other tools score
How we weight it, before your answers adjust it
These shift with your answers. Tell us you have ongoing medical needs and healthcare more than doubles its weight. Tell us you are testing for three months and the visa weighting drops by half, because a trial barely needs one.
How it works
Every panel below is the real interface at small scale, not an illustration of it.
Question 9 of 23
How comfortable are you with leaving the country to keep your status valid?
The awkward ones are the ones that change your answer.
Country ranking
Scored by the best destination in each for your answers.
Your visa pathway
Destination Thailand Visa
5 years, approx. $280
Must verify
From 31 August 2026 you must apply in your country of citizenship or residence, with a criminal-record certificate.
Named, priced, and with what you must verify.
Your full report
Your move plan: Chiang Mai
A move plan, a test plan, or a fix-first plan.
Asia Move Check is a self-service digital assessment and automated report. It is not a relocation agency, visa service, immigration adviser, travel booking service, property brokerage or legal advisory service. Visa information is general and must be verified with the relevant embassy before you act on it.
What we compare
Not the most photographed cities: the ones that work as a base, chosen so that every realistic combination of budget, visa position and temperament has somewhere to land.
The deepest expat infrastructure in the region and the widest range of legal pathways.
Outstanding daily life and value; the weakest long-term pathway of the three main countries.
The most desirable lifestyle in the region, behind the highest income bar of any nomad visa here.
The English-language advantage, plus the most forgiving tourist-extension regime in Asia.
English everywhere, excellent hospitals, and the softest landing in Asia, if you clear the income bar.
The best healthcare, safety and public transport in this guide. And the region's most improved visa position.
By far the easiest long-stay paperwork in the region. And the thinnest healthcare safety net.
The calmest life on this list, with the least developed route to staying permanently.
Cambodia and Laos are included as flexible, lower-cost alternatives. They win for people whose whole profile fits them, never simply because a budget is small. A low budget paired with ongoing medical needs will not send you there.
What it costs
The report changes shape depending on your result. If you are ready, you get a move plan. If you should try before committing, you get a test plan. If something is blocking you, you get the plan for clearing it.
One payment. No subscription, no account
Instant access. The report opens the moment you pay
24-hour refund. If it is not useful, reply and we refund
The free result
Free
Common questions
If something is not answered here, email support@thailandmovecheck.com and a person will reply.
Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Cambodia and Laos, 35 destinations in total. The more popular countries get more cities, because Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket and Hua Hin are four completely different lives. Cambodia and Laos are included as flexible, lower-cost alternatives that genuinely suit some people and genuinely do not suit others.
Because it is the thing that most often decides the answer, and it is what almost every other comparison ignores. Two people with identical budgets and identical tastes can get completely different results based on whether they can document their income, how old they are, and how willing they are to leave the country periodically.
It was researched in September 2026 and every pathway in the report carries the date and a note on what you must verify. Three significant changes landed recently: Thailand cut visa-free entry from 60 days to 30 on 15 September 2026 and tightened its DTV rules on 31 August; Taiwan extended its digital nomad visa from six months to two years on 1 January 2026. Rules change often, always confirm with the relevant embassy before acting.
The free result gives you a ranking of all eight countries, your top destination with a fit score, your likely visa pathway by name, and two risk flags. The $15 report expands that into a full plan built around your result, either a move plan, a test plan, or a plan for fixing what is blocking you.
Then that is the most useful thing we could tell you, and the report changes to match. Instead of a moving guide you get a plan showing exactly what is blocking you, in the order that matters, and what opens up when you fix each one. Most blockers are administrative rather than financial, and most are closable within a year.
No. Asia Move Check is an automated assessment based on your answers. It provides general informational guidance only, including a general overview of visa categories. Verify anything important with a qualified professional or the relevant embassy before making decisions.
Yes. If the report is not useful, contact us within 24 hours and we will refund you. Email support@thailandmovecheck.com with the subject "Refund Request".