Is it feasible to obtain a long-term visa in Thailand while on a 45-day tourist exemption?

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Have you looked into the new LTR wealthy pensioner visa? There is no need for a Thai bank account, or money sitting in it at all. We are going through the process now and it seems much simpler than the non-o visa, at least in our case.

This is NOT the requiremets list for an in-country initial Non-O visa based on being over 50 at Chiang Mai, but a general list so that you can get rough idea what you MIGHT need to preprare for the first visa in Thailand.

/9.FOR-RETIREMENT-PURPOSES-50-YEARS-OLD-NON-O.pdf

The Thai retirement visa is actually less difficult to complete then the Mexican retirement visa.

Okay lets sort out your errant terminology so you know what you're doing FIRST

If you show up here without having bought a visa from the thai consulate before you come here you aren't gonna get stamped in on ANY tourist visa 😮

There's no such thing as a 45 day tourist visa. What you're talking about is showing up without a visa and getting just a free entry stamp (called a visa exempt entry) which at this time is for 45 days (until Mar 31st)

AND

which you can extend ONE time (not two 😕 ) for 30 more days giving you a total of 75 days

You can show up on a 45 day visa exempt entry, open a thai bank account, deposit 800K baht into it and apply in Chiang Mai at the immigration office for first a 90 day Non-O visa based on being over 50 (retirement) for 2000baht, then after you get that wait 2 months and apply for the year extension of stay for 1900baht.

What you can't do is use monthly income to show that you meet the financial requirements to do it 🙁 . You would need to bank the 800K baht to get the Non-O and first yearly extension.

You could indeed get a long term visa/extension off a 45 day exempt entry - it’s not a tourist visa, just a stamp.

You would need to act fairly quickly to get your bank account set up and funds transferred.

You can only get one extension off a exempt entry - not 2.