How can I apply for a Retirement Visa directly at the Chiang Mai Immigration Office?

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they are based in chiang mai, not sure if they have a fancy shop. Chances are for that cheap price, i will be someone closely related to immigratiin here in chiang mai. Apple did all my preparatiin, set up appointment with bangkok bank for me, sorted out my residency certificate and prepared all the paperwork for my Retirement visa. I went super well prepared next day to immigration and handed the application in. It all went well and the bill was a mere 3500. Cant complain about that.

I Did myself a few Days ago. I used

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to help me prepare the paperwork and walked to immigration myself. Piece of cake and already approved.

I did it myself last year in Chiang Mai. I'm a UK citizen so it may differ according to your nationality. This is my recollection of the steps (again, as it applies to a UK citizen at Chiang Mai immigration).

1. Enter Thailand on tourist visa or visa exemption

2. Deposit 800K THB in your bank account (for CM, this only needs to be in your bank account when you do step 3 - there's no seasoning time at CM immigration for the non-o visa). BUT note: for Step 6, it needs to have been in your account for 2 months.

3. Go to immigration and complete form for converting to a non-o visa (you must have at least 21 days left on your permitted stay. Costs 2000 THB.

4. You'll get an "under consideration" stamp in your passport, with a date to return to immigration.

5. Return to CM immigration on that date. You'll get a non-o visa stamped into your passport, with a new 90 day stay stamp.

6. When there are less than 45 days on your stay stamp, AND your 800k has been in your bank account for 2 months, go back to CM immigration and apply for a one year extension to your stay. You'll get that stamped in on the same day. That gives you a new one year stay stamp. Costs 1900 THB.

Regarding the 800k, yes, it needs to be in your bank account before you apply to convert your tourist visa / visa exemption to a Non-O. But just a day is fine. But it needs to have been in your bank account for 2 months before you apply for your one year extension.

Make sure you always use a BLUE PEN ! Or all your efforts will be in vain 😱

What is the name of the 90 day visa that allows you to open an account??

Every immigration office in Thailand will require you to have the 800k in your accont before you can start to apply.

The big difference is some offices only require you to have it there, even if it was just deposited, whereas other offices will require you to have it there for 2 months already when you apply.

You need to ask the office you will be using for their list of requirements, as there are many offices in Thailand and they change their requirements from time to time. You need to ask for this list every time.