Is it possible to obtain a retirement visa in Thailand without having 800,000 baht in the bank?

What health insurance is your colleague doing to give you ??

You can get agency’s that put in the money into the bank . Then they draw it back out , I think it costs around £800 , then around £300 annually

Contact moi en mp j’étais comme toi et j’ai mon visa retraite sans dépôt d’argent .

@Angle *******

on a 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa, and the 1-year extension, there is no mandatory health insurance. This means the choice is yours if you wish to have an insurance or not. Keep in mind most Thai private Health Insurances will not cover pre-existing conditions . . this is a very sensitive topic

@Angle *******

apply for the 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa through the e-visa online system of the Royal Thai Embassy Paris. On this visa, you can get a bank account opened. As this MIGHT (!!) be a requirement of Immigration for the application to the 1-year Extension of the Stay Permit - despite you doing the financial proof with an embassy-verfied pension income. SOME Immigrations want to see that you are keeping a Thai bank account into which they might want to see that you transfer yourself some money for living expenses from abroad. So, arriving on a Non-Imm-O visa gives you a certain security in being able to get a bank account opened. ATTN: right after having entered Thailand, visit Immigration and kindly ask the for the handout-list of requirements for the "1-year extension of temporary stay permit based on retirement" so you can get prepared

You can only get annual extensions using income if your embassy in Thailand provides certification of income. So you would need to check if your embassy in Thailand offers this. If they do, then you can use that for both your initial 90-day visa and your extensions.

If they do not do it, then your ONLY option for the first 1-year extension is showing you have 800,000 baht in your Thai bank account.