Can I apply for a non-O retirement visa upon entering Thailand on a 60-day visa exemption if I have the required funds in my bank account?

@Gústaf ********

The retirement visa is not the 1 year extension of stay, the retirement visa is the 90 day Non-O.

@Dany *******

no you don't and it's not

@Andie **********

well it is… the official and correct way to obtain a visa is always outside the country. evisa… getting a visa inside of thailand, what some people did in the past, is not the official and correct way and immigration mostly stopped that procedure now. paying an agent to bribe your way to a visa isnt an official and legal way either ;) as i said, visa is always obtained outside of thailand via evisa / mfa / embassies. a totally different ministry than immigration. immigration handles extensions of stay.

@Dany *******

there is no such thing as an 'official' way, you can choose inside/outside, evisa, not evisa, you should stop spouting your nonsense as it's not helpful.

@Andie **********

you cannot choose. visa isnt obtained inside thailand. thats a thing with bribery, agents, etc… and a thing of the past. inform yourself please… for most, if not all, nationalities & countries its only eVisa these days. you cannot get a new visa while inside thailand (on a legal way). what people used before was the „change of visa“ type which now is refused by most offices. anecdotes from the past do not help in visa questions .

@Dany *******

you contradict yourself in your own reply 😂😂

@Andie **********

no i dont… the official way is to obtain a visa outside of thailand. there is very few exceptions where a „change of visa“ is even accepted. and bribery makes things go. but its bending the rules and not the official way. the thing is that immigration law itself is very flexible with the „up to the officer“ policy and many internal guidelines how to handle it.

@Dany *******

your hilarious 😂

Regarding recent Immigration announcements and forthcoming official clarifications due out on 17NOV... I wonder if the border.re-entry persons or Thai Immigration in general will "crack down" on that, too...the part about going across the border just to apply for non-O. I feel they won't want to inhibit long term residents, but, some in-country policies seem to go against logical reasoning. [True> I dont know the big picture]

@Jeff ************

there's probably less than 10 immigration offices that will not do it out of 77

@Jeff ************

wrong as most will do inside Thailand

@Jeff ************

Probably because you didn't have the 800k seasoned for 2 months in a Thai bank account which is a requirement for the Non-O in Jomtien

@Graham *****

I think Jomtien requires 3 months actually

@Brandon ***********

Yes a 3 month statement to ensure 2 full months of seasoning

@Graham *****

I meant I believe Jomtien requires 3 months of seasoning. They're always rogue there

@Jeff ************

you’re leaving something out. I already had a bank account and the money and got my Non O in Thailand without any hassle.

@Jeff ************

because you failed to meet some type of requirement. People do it every day in Pattaya. And you cannot pick and choose your immigration office.