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How does the 90-day Non-O retirement visa work regarding its validity and extension process in Thailand?

Non-O Visa Retirement Visa Visa Extension Thailand Immigration Bank Account Requirements

Mar 30, 2025

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Assuming you receive your 90 day non o retirement visa from evisa website 

Am I correct in saying that the days start ticking down from the issue date ??

So if you then book your flight say to arrive 1 month later you then only have 60 days remaining on your visa ?? 

You then need to have your place of stay address sorted so that you can then open a bank account ( maybe 55 days left on your visa )

Then some days later you deposit 800000 baht into your account maybe ( 50 days left on your non o visa )

Ask your bank for a statement that shows your monies have been transferred from abroad 

 Then you take yourself off to immigration maybe when you have about 5 Days left on your non o  visa taking your statement and confirmed address 

AT THIS POINT DO YOU THEN APPLY FOR YOUR 12 MONTH EXTENSION

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When you receive your 90-day Non O retirement visa from the eVisa website, the 90-day countdown begins from the issue date of the visa. This means that if you book your flight for a month later, you'll only have 60 days remaining upon arrival. After arriving, you need to arrange your place of stay to open a bank account and deposit 800,000 baht, which must remain in the account for two full months before applying for the extension. The 12-month extension application should be made before your Non O visa expires.

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Jim *******

You just walked into a BangkokBank and opened an account? I have my ownership deed that I own the condo, none of 5 Thai banks would even talk about opening a bank account for me without a visa other than 60 days stay stamp in my passport.

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Steve *******

Yep, just walked into BB with proof of address and a Non Imm O visa. SCB offered me an account when I changed some Sterling to Baht

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Jim *******

Thank you, good news for me.

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Jim ******

Try Bangkok Bank. I opened an account with Bangkok Bank. Proof of address needed.I had a rental agreement for an apartment.

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Paul *******

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Many Thanks everybody for your messages

I understand now

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Jan ******************

No, the visa is valid for 90 days after it’s issued and gives you a 90 days stay at any day you enter within these 90 days.

You’ll need to open a bank account and bank the 800K baht within 30 days. Then you apply for the extension of stay before your Non O expires.

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@Jan *****************

sorry, you are confusing the wording! The Non-O doesn't expire at the end of 90 days. A 90-days Non-imm-O visa expires the very moment when you enter! You enter and get a 90-days stay permit stamped. You can apply for the "1-year extension of the stay permit" from up to 30 days before the 90-days stay permit expires. You can apply for the "extension of the stay permit" as soon as your 800,000 THB deposit in your Thai bank account has "seasoned" for 2 months

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@Nongnuch *******

Not an official, someone around here said their Thai visa agent said, now, the funds have to be in your bank account on the day you apply for the retirement visa. Not for 2 months. Is that true?

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Nongnuch ********

the police order says that for the application to the "change of visa type"to the 90-days Non-O visa, on Immigration in Thailand, the money must just sit in the account, no seasoning required at this point. Only the Pattaya Immigration will ask for a 2-months seasoning at this point (being Thailand's most corrupt office)

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Jan ******************

If you apply for the initial 90 days Non O visa the funds has to be in your account at date when you apply. (Jomtien requires two months seasoning also for the initial visa).

For your one year extension of stay the funds needs to be seasoned for two months to apply.

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@Jan *****************

No drama if I can (on 90 days visa) can open a bank account and deposit 800K THB into it.

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Jan ******************

Yes with a Non O visa you’ll be able to open a bank account. You might have to visit a couple of branches as some also ask for a one year extension, but you’ll succeed as I did last month with a Non O in Bangkok Bank Jomtien.

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Brandon ************

if you apply outside of Thailand no. If you apply in Thailand then Pattaya immigration office requires it to be in the account for 2 months already when you apply and must be able to show the money came from outside of Thailand.

Any other immigration office and the only requirement is the one that it must have come from outside of Thailand, the other immigration offices do not require it to have been in the account for 2 months.

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@Nongnuch *******

I agree, the visa itself expires when it gives you a 90 days stamp or stay upon entry. And he’ll need to bank the required amount within the first month in order to get two months seasoning for apply.

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Brandon ************

Yes, your visa starts to tick down from the day it's issued. But that doesn't mean any of the other stuff you wrote in your post. The date on the visa is the date you must use the VISA by, and has nothing to do with your entry stamp and permission to stay in Thailand.

Once you use your visa to enter Thailand, you'll receive a 90-day entry stamp. Even if you enter on the last day the visa is valid, that visa grants a 90-day stay in Thailand.

Also, to apply for an extension based on retirement, the money must be in your bank account for TWO FULL MONTHS on the day your apply for your extension. That means you have less than a month to get your bank account opened and get the money transferred, or you won't be able to show that the money was in your account for 2 full months.

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@Brandon ***********

Great that's brilliant

90 days from arrival into Thailand is much easier . So I have roughly Upto 88 days to arrive into Thailand from issue date , I was thinking maybe under pressure to get everything done in time but not now

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