Anyone who is applying in Jakarta this month.

Any update ?

Good morning all. Trying to get some confirmation that I'm ok with the following.

I currently have a 90day non O retirement visa which i obtained in Laos.

It expires on September 2.

I have the Thai bank account and the phone requirement.

I was intending to extend for twelve Months. However I now have to return to UK for approx 4 to 6 months.

I now plan to leave Thailand on or just before current visa expires.

I will retain Thai bank account and phone.

I then intend to apply for another non o 90 day retirement visa in the UK from the Thai embassy in London on the e visa system when I come back to Thailand in four to six months.

Does anyone know if this would be likely to be refused or know if doing two non o 90 day retirement visas is a problem or is it it safer to extend before I leave which of course is a bit of a waste of the one year extension as would leave just after it starts.

I know if I extend before I leave I have to get re entry stamp before I go .

Hope I made that clear lol.

Many thanks for any comments

Hello everyone,

Planning to extend Non-Immigrant O retirement visa (which expires on 10 September) in Bangkok for an additional 12 months.

Hoping to questions:

1. If I apply for the extension 30 days before the expiry date, will the 12-month extension be added from the original expiry date (10 September), or from the date I submit the application?

2. What happens to my current multi re-entry permit during this process?

3. I am planning to travel outside of Thailand and depart before 10 September. If I return before or after the current multi-entry visa expiry date, how will that affect the process and the re-entry permit?

Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated. I've been reading and getting more confused. Thank you!

Thank you.

Hi! I work remote, and am planning to get the DTV, but my employer keeps laying people off. I don’t want my salary AND my living situation to be based on the same unreliable employer for the next 5 years. If I was to get a 5 year education DTV, what education programs can I get into that have a low hourly requirement, and ideally a flexible schedule? I would need to plan it around working full time.

Thank you! I’d love any info you have.

I am in the process of doing the Thai non-immigrant retirement visa O. The guides that I have read (Siam Legal, Thai Embassy- Los Angeles) says that you can EITHER have a deposit of 800,000 baht for two months in a thai bank or show proof of 65,000 pension income. If I choose the latter, will they accept twelve months of deposit records of my social security to my US bank account (or will they accept a social security benefit statement) as proof of the income? Or, do I have to have the 65,000 baht deposited monthly to a thai bank and can only use the 65,000 baht requirement once I have been in the country and made twelve monthly deposits to a Thai bank? In other words, do I have to maintain 800,000 baht in a thai bank account for the first year then I can switch to the 65,000 baht income scheme?

My thanks for any serious responses to my question.

Hi all

Looking to get a 1 year OA visa. I have the funds but am unsure what everyone is doing about medical insurance. Any help would be greatful

I have been getting some conflicting information on the Thailand DTV Visa on the requirements for the $14,500+ that’s needs to be in bank. I have been seeing 3 months and 6 months. I will be applying online with one of the US embassy’s but before I apply does anyone know the exact time that money needs to be shown in the bank?

Any recommendations for a agent that deals with DTV? Understand its easy enough todo your self but would like a agent for my situation.

Hi everyone, I need some help regarding the DTV Soft Power visa (Cooking category).

We are a group of seven friends from Serbia, and we’re all planning to move to Bangkok.

On July 1st, each of us deposited 500,000 THB into our personal bank accounts, to meet the 3-month financial requirement for the DTV visa.

We plan to fly to Bangkok on October 15th, and were originally thinking of applying for the DTV visa on October 1st at the Thai embassy in Athens, Greece.

Now here’s our concern:

• If we apply on October 1st, we only have 15 days before our flight.

• We’re not sure if that’s enough time for the visa to be processed.

• If it gets delayed or rejected, we might waste the application fee and miss our flight plan.

So our question is:

👉 Is it too risky to apply for the visa in Athens just 15 days before our trip?

👉 Would it be a better option to just fly to Bangkok on a tourist exemption, and then do a visa run to Laos to apply for the DTV visa from there?

Any advice or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!