Can I travel outside Thailand during the initial 90 days of my Non-O Retirement e-visa?

𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼

No need to check with them 🙂 Come in on the eVisa 90 day Non-O, when you go to fly out buy the single re-entry permit at the airport they have re-entry permit counters open .

At DMK or BKK you can pay 1200 baht (200baht more than the re-entry permit costs) and just give them the passport, (no copies, no form, no passport photo needed).. They'll issue you the re-entry permit on the spot.

I'd suggest the separate bank account just for the retirement deposit. keep it clean and free from other transactions. 1year statement needed for each year's Extension of Stay will be one page and very easy for the immigration officer to review (making them happy).

Just so everyone is clear

These choices on the eVisa website are

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟱+𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 (𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀)

That choice is the 10 year Non-OX visa

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟭 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 (𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀)

That choice is the 1 year Non-OA visa

***Keep in mind both of these require background check, mandatory medical insurance, proof of funds, etc

This is the one you select if you want to get a 90 day Non-O visa based on retirement/marriage to a thai, raising thai children

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟵𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 (𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆)

You'll get 90 days when you enter, you get the funds transferred into a thai bank account in your name only, you let it season the required 2 months and then you apply for a year extension at the immigration office where you live/stay.

okay everyone needs to understand that since all the thai consulates in the world went to the eVisa online web-portal there is no longer an option to select anything other than a 90 day single entry Non-O based on retirement or marriage or raising children

That's the only choice you get 90 day single entry.

The days of getting those year-long, multi-entry Non-O visas where you bounced out/back every 90 days for the year are long gone now..

@Pega*****

you want to leave during the first 90 days stay permit before you will apply for the 1-year extension, this means you need to buy a singe re-entry permit for the initial 90-days stay permit on "your" Immigration, that's the stay permit you get stamped into your passport when you enter on the Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa

Good idea getting the 90 day Non-O visa from the thai consulate in your country first, that will make opening the bank account a LOT easier here

Once you get the 90 day Non-O visa issued IF you want to exit/re-enter the country you would need to buy a re-entry permit from the immigration office or the airport before you fly out.

That would keep your stamp 'alive' and you'd get stamped in for the same expiration date as you had when the 90 day Non-O was issued to you.

The re-entry permit will not add any time to your 90 day Non-O stamp, only let you exit/re-enter on it and get the same expiration date. Also the re-entry permit will only be valid for that 90 day stamp.

Once you get your year extension, you'd buy a re-entry permit that will be valid for the whole year your extension is valid for