Can I enter Thailand on an STV and later apply for a Retirement Visa?

Bring ,0 thb to keep in bank in Thailand for many months .show money

but it takes anywhere from 3-4 months

Yes

That would be 9 Months in the Future Yes When STV Expires

Yes everything is possible

You would like to avoid a trip out of the country and coming back in and going to quarantine again get a retirement visa. But this is exactly what will happen if you don’t change and come in on a tourist visa

Yes no problem. But I reccomend using a Visa service company. 100% guaranteed you can get retirement Visa

It’s Thailand... you can do anything $$$$$

No you can not change that visa and if you do thay can remove you from Thailand it tells you this at the end of the application

anything is possible !

Thailand cannot afford going into lockdown.....fact!

That's the reason why they opened early, that's the reason why theyre monitoring incoming numbers on a weekly basis. Thats the reason why there's now talk of 10 day quarantine and extending visas the extra 2 weeks so it doesn't turn off potential visitors on returning.

And those who've experienced this (prior to the "rona") that the Thai government thought they could survive without certain long term stayers, staying.

I suggest he avoid the ELITE VISA - no stabiliy or guarantee...

Pascal. Tony is only express his opinion of what might happen in the near future. He never said this was factual. I myself agree with Tony

I wouldn't suggest coming to Thailand now as they are experiencing a second wave of the virus and I suspect we will go into lockdown soon.

In theory NO. No extension allowed, but by the time it expires in 9 months. - who knows what rules will be

@Phi***

certainly you read the news when they were coming out with the STV (just like we all did) where they specifically stated that you cannot use an entry from an STV to convert to another visa type inside the country.

In fact it was announced at the same time they told people about the STV being available. :( Did you mis-remember or did you just not believe it?

Try this thought. On the STV which is in actuality a 270 day stay by using the two 90 day Extensions. Overall cost is modest too. 270 days is a long time. If you arrived in January - your stay would be through September 2021. In this time it is quite possible that Thailand will open the border and neighbor countries could too. A bit of normalcy. No guarantee of this as you know. But if any degree of normalcy comes about you could go to Thai Consulates in Penang, Malasia, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and elsewhere and get another kind of visa even an O Visa 90 days,, Tourist Visa, etc. Then Reenter Thailand. Next at the appropriate time apply for the next step. There has been little experience with the STV but it is possible you could set up a Thai Bank Account - prepare your financial requirements. Be ready to go.

As far as I know you cannot change from stv to other visas. You can extend it up to 9 months total then have to leave.

Best is to get a regular tourist visa at the thai embassy to get inside and then will be able to change once inside.

Who knows. It's a new visa that's only been issued for about a month. In theory you could apply for a Non Imm O visa in country based on being over 50 years old before covid kicked in. Does get you 9 months in the country though.

From everything I’ve read the STV cannot be changed to any other type of visa while in country. But who knows what will happen in 9 months (if you do the extensions).

Why not just apply for the retirement visa now?

No. And no.

No, its specifically states cannot convert to other visa, if you intend converting you are better off coming in on TR visa. I maybe wrong But if you qualify you can get non O for retirement from embassy.