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Is the retirement visa in Thailand the same as the Non-Immigrant Type O visa?

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Apr 19, 2018
7 years ago
Ian ********
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I have posted previously regarding visa requirements from uk for an initial 3 month visit. I have received some good feedback from this group, and subsequently visited the Thai embassy in London this morning and I was advised, because of my age, to apply for a retirement visa - either a 90 day single or multi entry.

So is the retirement visa the same as a non-immigrant type O visa?
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The retirement visa commonly referred to by some is often equivalent to the Non-Immigrant Type O visa, especially for individuals over 50. However, it's important to clarify that there is no official retirement visa; the relevant visa options are the Non-Immigrant Type O visa and the Non-Immigrant Type O-A (Long Stay) visa. For short stays like a three-month visit, a tourist visa may be more appropriate, while the Non-O visa is better suited for longer stays involving potential extensions.
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Ian ********
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Thanks all, I think the non-immigrant O multi-entry visa is right for me. Now I just need to try and fill out the application form!
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Ian ********
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If I want to visit surrounding countries during my visit then it makes sense to get the multi-entry visa I guess
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Tod *********
Oh, if you're wanting to go scope out other countries, definitely get the multi-entry because every time you come back to thailand you will be stamped in for 90 days. :)
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Ian ********
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The single-entry fee is £50, and the mult-entry £125
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Ian ********
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ok, thanks for the clarification on that
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Tod *********
That visa in multi-entry form does not let you stay in thailand longer than 90 days at a time.

You can exit/enter thailand as much as you want for the duration of the visa and get stamped in for 90 days each time, but you can't stay IN thailand longer than 90 days
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Tod *********
Just get the 90 days single entry Non-O they are telling you about and come here for 3 months.
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Tod *********
Okay, makes sense that it's just the Non-O visa then.

The way that would work IS

if you get a 90 day single entry one once you get to thailand you would apply for a yearly extension of stay at the immigration office for 1900baht by meeting the financial requirements.

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If you got the year-long, multi-entry one you would have to exit/re-enter the country every 90 days to get another 90 day stamp, you would do that for the validity of the visa itself (a year from the date it's issued).
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Ian ********
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Maybe a 'retirement visa' is just less complicated?
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Robert *******
It makes it complicated because the different Visa options and Extension of Stay has total different requirements, rules and regulations. There is no way to give advice on the phrase retirement visa, a thing that does not exist.
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Alan *******
If you only want to stay three months, it doesn’t make sense to apply for any of the retirement visas. Just get a tourist visa. Retirement visas are only cost-effective if you plan to stay for years.
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Ian ********
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I was told the following: over 65 years old; fill in the application form; provide a pension or bank statement showing proof of income; and payment. So maybe that's just a type O visa
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Tony ********
That's it.
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Tod *********
It is totally impossible to tell what they mean by "retirement visa" :O That's because there is NO such thing as one, :/ There is either a Non-immigrant Type O visa, <- issued for being over 50, being married to a thai, raising children here, volunteering etc, OR there is a Non-Immigrant Type O-A (Long Stay) visa <- issued based on being over 50
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and did this "retirement visa" require a police back ground check or a medical certificate?
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Non Immigrant O visa based on being over 50 years of age is many times called a retirement Visa. But be aware, most people also call the Non Immigrant O-A visa and the Extension of Stay a retirement Visa. They are over 50 years of age, the life in Thailand and just call everything retirement Visa, what's in the name.
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