Do I need a return ticket if I have a Non-Immigrant O Retirement Visa for Thailand?

Of course no, you have a long term visa

I came on a return ticket on 2nd November, UK to Thailand being return leg, with a Non-O I acquired in UK in October. (Had let my extensions of 6 years lapse).

What I will say is if you haven’t got a bank account for extension purposes it’s going to be a real problem.

I obviously had a Non-O stamp and previous Non-O extensions in passport.

Have a Thai telephone registered with my passport.

Have an ongoing yearly rental agreement.

Have half Thai Children.

SCB, Klasikorn and Krungthai all refused me.

I have a BKK Bank account which I opened a long time ago but all the details. Passport # different, Phone # different and email linked to the account an old one(luckily can still use with my online banking).

Even the actual branch of the bank has closed and moved to the main bank in the city.

Also ATM card running out this month.

So I had to go and see them. Even BKK bank said they are going to have to get approval for me to keep the account open and are going to let me know in 3 days. The actual account must be 25> years old.

I don’t see how people with Non-O retirement Visas are going to be able to get 12 month extensions if they don’t have a bank account already and I am not certain I will be able to get mine even with a bank account I have had for years if they do say I cannot have it anymore.

Arrived a little over 2 months ago from the US with a Non O and no onward flight ticket. Went through with no questions asked.

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I do have NON-O since 2014. Return flight Madrid - Bangkok October 08 but at airport check-in the staff asked me lots of questions because I did not have an onward flight. They did not understand all the stamps in my passport (Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia etc). I had to show proof I really lived in Thailand! It took a while, but at the end I got through.

neither your airline nor the officers at passport control should have any problem with you checking in or stamping in once you're here with a Non-O visa

you will be fine..

The purpose of a non-immigrant visa is to live long-term in Thailand, so proof of onward travel is not a requirement if you have a non-immigrant visa.