My wife and I plan to retire to Thailand next year, am I best applying for our Non Immigrant O visas in Australia or doing them locally when arriving in Thailand

I recently saw an agent advertising the flexibility and cost saving benefits not requiring health insurance if applying for them locally.

Interested in your feedback especially if you have entered Thailand as a tourist and taken the steps to transition to a retirement visa

I have a non o 90 day visa and will be flying out to Thailand on the 14th October. My intentions are to open a bank account and then apply for a yearly retirement visa. What I need to know is will I have any problems with immergration when I land at Bangkok airport as l do not have a return ticket to leave.

Hi gurus,

I have an OA retirement visa which is valid till 13 March 2026 but my insurance & my entry stamp only give me till 20 November 2025 when my insurance expires. I am exiting the country for a few weeks in November, will renew my insurance, and come back in to Thailand on 23 November 2025. I understand that this will give me another year stamp based on the expiry of my insurance, so in effect, till November 2026. If I want to leave the country again in April 2026 for a few weeks, I believe I will need to get a re-entry permit, but will I be stamped back in till the end of my insurance (November 2026), or how will it work based on that my "visa" only gives me till March 2026? I am a little confused and would appreciate your advice, thanks.

Hi everyone, can anyone tell me if a network marketing business qualifies for DTV? Thanks.

Hi everyone, can anyone tell me if a network marketing business qualifies for DTV? Thanks.

Do you have any feedback on the current delays with the Paris embassy?

Hello I am in Hanoi now to subdmit a DTV application

To prove I am in Vietnam I will show the stamp on my passport, I wanted to also show my boarding pass but it says BKK-HAN

Can you confirm it is ok to show I was already in Thailand before my DTV application?

Hey gang, I'd been planning to apply for my DTV in Indonesia, but not sure if I should go to Vietnam instead with what seems to be happening in Indo right now with protests/floods/etc?

For context, my husband was approved for the DTV in Australia, but we didn't have time for me to then apply as a dependent/spouse, as the approval came through the day before we left the country.

We each have the 500k baht (mine has only been in the account for 2 months, but was close to the full amount for a long while before that).

My question is, is it better to apply as a spouse from Vietnam or Indonesia, and is the Indo process affected by the current situation over there?

Hi everyone,

I’m planning to apply for the DTV visa as an American selling on Amazon and eBay. I run the business under my own name (sole proprietor), filing taxes in my name with a Schedule C (profit & loss form for a business).

I’ll be applying electronically through the Thai Embassy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Would love to hear what other people with similar case details had gone through filling in Vietnam, what documents they requested, and also if anyone know if Amazon and eBay stores screenshots (that show my name) are accepted as sufficient proof of a business? Or do they usually require additional documents like W9 from Amazon, bank deposit records from Amazon or IRS tax filings?

Would really appreciate hearing from anyone with similar experience or who’s gone through this process. Thanks in advance!

DTV Approved - Mexico City

Type: Remote Work (own my own cybersecurity/IT business)

Nationality: USA/UK/Jamaican/Filipino

Applied on Sep 4/25

Documents requested Sep 5/25

* Bank statements (had already uploaded needed to highlight ending balances)

* CV

* Letter on letterhead explaining activities of the business

* Examples of the company's work (wrote another letter on letterhead)

* Sent in one recent invoice and receipt for a client I billed

* LLC registration from Texas Secretary of State

* Operating Agreement

* EIN

Additional docs requested Sep 8/25

* Uploaded two additional invoices and receipts for clients at the request of the embassy

Approved Sep 11/25

Proof of Location

* Mexican Permanent Residency Card

* Bill from Mexican internet provider

Financial Proof

* Previous 3 months of bank statement US Based regional bank in Texas (June/July/August) with minimum 500K THB each month

NOTE: If you are not Mexican or don't hold a Mexican Temporary or Permanent residency card the Royal Thai Embassy in Mexico City will refuse your application.

Experience:

The staff over the phone are extremely kind. They speak Thai, Spanish, and English. They will ask for clarifying docs almost always but are professional and aren't looking to run you around.