Can I apply for a retirement visa directly from a Tourist Visa in Thailand?

okay, there's some good and not so good advice on here.

You cannot go straight to a "retirement visa" from a tourist visa, you would first need to apply for a 90 day Non-O visa. You can do that at an immigration office inside the country or at thai consulate outside the country.

If you are going to do it inside the country you need a minimum of 15 days left on your current stamp because the application for the Non-O goes under consideration for 14 days before you go back and get it stamped into your passport. When you apply for this the money (if you are using the banked method) does not need to be seasoned but does need to show that it came from overseas. If you are using the income method using a letter from your consulate you also need paperwork which backs up the amount on the letter (pension receipts, tax statements etc).

The cost of getting a Non-O inside the country is 2000baht.

Once oyu have that you wait until you have 45 days or less left on it and then you can apply for a yearly extension based on retirement at the immigration office for 1900baht.

To make it easier for u....just go to an consulate in Penang. Or Vietnam to make a NON o because here it will need about 2 weeks or more...so to give U time just make a short trip....

2. U need the funds in a bank account and a letter from it, or a letter from your embassy that show u have enough income , like from renting out, or your pension is enough ...please look at the consulate witch paper u need ....

Coming beach ( days) u have enough time.....

For the fees look at the official Imigration web page

There's a couple of ways to do it, as long as you meet the criteria for non-0 (retirement / >50yrs)

I converted my stay to a non-0 inside Thailand, giving me 90days, then apply for a year long extension toward the end of those 90 days, and then renew a extension annually.

As for costs I think its a standard 1,900 per submission/application.

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