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Can I apply for a Retirement Visa after entering Thailand on a Tourist Visa from Myanmar?

Clifton ***********
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I visited the Immigration Office about getting my Retirement Visa.

My current Non-O Visa will expire before I meet the 2 Month requirement for 800,000 in my Thai Bank Account.

So I have to make a visa run.

Can I go to Myanmar and enter back in on a Tourist Visa and then apply for my Retirement Visa when I meet the 2-Month requirement for my Bank Account?
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The individual plans to make a visa run to Myanmar due to the expiration of their Non-O Visa and the need to meet the two-month requirement for 800,000 Baht in their Thai bank account before applying for a Retirement Visa. Commenters clarify that the individual cannot obtain a Tourist Visa by simply bouncing back across the border and will instead receive a 60-day free stamp visa exempt entry. They detail the correct process: exiting and re-entering Thailand to obtain a 60-day entry stamp, subsequently applying for a 90-day Non-O Visa, and only after fulfilling the two-month bank requirement, applying for the one-year extension for the Retirement Visa.
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Tod *********
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And seeing as I believe the O/P has their answers, I would say we're done.
@Clifton **********
if you want this thread opened back up message me
Jonah ************
Jonah ************
Try 3 hours in Malaysia, & next time put your nationality
Clifton ***********
Clifton ***********
OP
To all, I now have a Thai Bank Account with B800K+ in it. All I need is the two months, which will be 15 days short on my current Non-O Visa.

I live north of Chiang Mai so driving to Chiang Rai and the Myanmar border is an easy day trip.

Does that change any of your thoughts?

Much appreciated in advance.
Tod *********
Tod *********
Sadly, you're more than a little behind the times there
@Clifton **********
๐Ÿ™

The burma borders up north have been closed to foreigners for YEARS. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

You wanna bounce out/back to get a free stamp 60 day entry you use the borders with Lao up in Chiang Rai province (Chiang Saen or Chiang Khong)

Best bet would be to use a service to take you there and back so you can get out/back the same day and not have to spend several days in Lao before you can come back

Chiang Mai Visa Run bounces to the Lao border almost every day contact them
Renat **********
Renat **********
@Clifton **********
Foreigners arenโ€™t allowed to cross the Myanmar border by land, except at one checkpoint in Ranong by boat. It was mentioned in Todโ€™s answer.
James ********
James ********
@Clifton **********
can you go to Laos by land? If not will need to fly to Myanmar as land borders closed to foreigners. Will also need evisa for Myanmar. $50 or so
Tod *********
Tod *********
@Clifton **********
WHERE are you in thailand? That will control what border(s) you can bounce out/back at
Tod *********
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๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป.

Nope what you're talking about is doing a border bounce, where you exit/re-enter and come in on a free stamp 60 day visa exempt entry (you're not going to get a visa from any thai consulate)

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ-๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜?

There's a couple things wrong with your idea

First you can't get a tourist visa by bouncing out/back at the border with any country as I said you'd get just a 60 day free stamp visa exempt entry.

Second the only burma border open is the one in Ranong province at the pier where they go by boat to Kawthaung, so the question is where are you in Thailand?

Sadly for you, if you can't hit the 2 month seasoning requirement you would have to start the whole process over again from zero.

The process would work like this

**Bounce out/back to come in on a 60 day free stamp entry

**Apply FIRST for the 90 day Non-O visa at your immigration office, pay the 2000baht,

**Wait the review period, go back get the Non-O visa and new 90 day stamp inked in

THEN

**Wait until you had 30 days or less left on that 90 day stamp (and your funds were seasoned the 2 months) and then after that you could apply for the year extension of stay for 1900baht

That's how you start all over from scratch and you need to check with your immigration office to see if they can even issue in country Non-Imm visas (some can't).

If your office can't do it, you'd have to really go on a "visa run" and go to a thai consulate in a nearby country to apply for a new 90 day Non-O visa online thru the eVisa system once you're in that country.
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Jon ******
Jon ******
@Tod ********
if he's on his initial 90day Non-O, leaves, and comes back in Visa exempt, would he need to apply to change to a new 90day Non-O, and then after about 60days apply for the 1yr extension of stay?
Tod *********
Tod *********
@Jon *****
right that's what I said he would have to apply for a totally new non-o visa first, then the year after that

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