Yes, I suspect there will be a lot of hot air over this topic from the farang community. 800,000 Baht (c.£20,000 quid or $24,000) is not peanuts especially when one can only actually use half the 800K! They might raise the amount but the monthly amount will also have to rise and I think that might affect pensioners more than a rise in the lump sum. Of course, the corollary to all this is that the genuine 'western' retiree will be prompted to leave and the less desirables (biker gangs?!) will remain. Another self-fired shot in the Immigration foot! If there is a genuine police plan to sort of the retiree rules, they only have to look at the sheer numbers who use agents. But they won't touch them I suspect, because they are the geese that lay a lot of golden eggs in the immigration nest! Having said that, if I used an agent (which I don't) I think I might be tempted not to do so in future.