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Skip the setup struggle.
Arrive settled. Start living.

Thailand opened the door with a 5-year visa — we make walking through it the easy part.
From your DTV application to vetted housing, workspaces, and real local know-how — matched to your path, whether you're here to work, relocate, immerse in the culture, or just explore. Choose yours and arrive settled.

Choose Your Path ↓

What brings you to Chiang Mai?

Chiang Mai city — exploring the streets and markets

Discovery

For the Curious

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    Hidden Gems, Not Tourist Traps: The night markets, viewpoints, and hole-in-the-wall spots locals rate — filtered from the ones that only show up in guidebooks.
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    Eat Where Locals Eat: Street-food stalls, Sunday Walking Street picks, and neighbourhood cafés matched to what you actually crave.
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    A Day Plan That Fits Your Mood: Tell us your vibe — nature, arts, nightlife, wellness — and get a route for the day, not a generic top-10 list.
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    Move Around Without the Guesswork: Walkable clusters, transit tips, and the areas worth basing yourself in for a few days.
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    A Local Fixer in Your Pocket: An AI concierge plus real Chiang Mai experts for last-minute bookings and the questions Google can't answer.

The Process

Your Plan to Arrive Settled

The same three steps whichever path you pick — only the details change.

1

Tell Us Why You Are Coming

A few questions about your work, budget, and timing. That answer shapes everything after it — the visa route, the neighbourhoods we show you, the workspaces we match.

2

We Prepare It Before You Land

We pre-screen your visa documents and tell you what is still missing, shortlist housing and workspaces checked in person, and hand your filing to a vetted Thai agent.

3

You Arrive to a Working Setup

Keys, a lease you understand, and a filed TM30 — with every visa deadline counting down on one dashboard instead of living in your head.

Choose Your Path
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Without CNX LIFE

  • •Before you fly: weeks lost across Facebook groups, agent DMs, and consulate pages that contradict each other — with no way to tell which advice is still current.
  • •The week you land: the condo you liked wants a 12-month lease, a Thai guarantor, and three months up front, in a contract with no English version.
  • •Every month after: TM30 and 90-day reporting deadlines you learn about the day an extension gets refused.
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With CNX LIFE

  • •Before you fly: a guided check shows exactly where you stand against the DTV requirements and what is still missing.
  • •The week you land: housing and workspaces vetted in person, on terms explained in English before you sign anything.
  • •Every month after: a vetted Thai agent handles the filings, and every deadline counts down on your dashboard.

Free · 9 Pages · Mid-2026 Edition

The Chiang Mai Relocation Guide

Everyone pays a newcomer tax here — the over-priced lease, the TM30 nobody mentions until it's late, the neighbourhood you'd have skipped if you'd seen it first. This is the operational handbook that stops it: nine pages on visas, rent, and logistics, written from Chiang Mai and in your inbox the moment you enter your email.

  • The visa framework — the DTV decoded — ฿500,000 proof of funds, 180 days per entry, the ฿1,900 extension, and the TM30 your landlord must file within 24 hours of your arrival
  • The neighbourhood matrix — Nimman, Santitham, Old City and Ping River side by side — real rent bands from ฿6,000 to ฿45,000, and which co-working hubs sit in each
  • The year, planned — smoke season, monsoon, and the direct-lease route that skips the 15–25% commission the booking platforms add to local rent

Then, twice a month, we send what changed — new immigration rules, listings we have walked, and spots worth your time.

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