What advice can you give to an Australian about applying for a retirement visa in Thailand without ever visiting?

@Brian ******

So, because you’ve had dreams dashed, you need to stomp on his…makes sense.

@Brian ******

and he would move on to the next. Meanwhile, stupid for whom?

@Ruth ******

"I don’t think the type of travel we like is easy on a long-term visa." Huh? A long term visa makes it *easier* not more difficult.

@Ruth ******

you can do your 90 day report at another immigration office to the one that you previously lodged one at. As long as your new accommodation provider lodges a TM30 for you. Airbnb hosts are notorious for not doing this, partly because Airbnb is technically illegal if you are leasing the premises for under a month. Some landlords don't want to do it as they are not declaring their rental income for tax avoidance and fear they will be found out . If you know you are going to be somewhere when your 90 day report is due perhaps ensure that the person you are going to be leasing from will submit a TM30 for you before you agree to stay there. Most condos have reception staff that do this automatically for you as do hotels and guesthouses. This is why they take a copy of your passport on check in. A way to work around it if you know that your landlord hasn't submitted the details for your TM30, is to stay the night before you go to immigration in a cheap hotel. Use the hotel name and address on your 90 day report and take your hotel receipt with you to immigration just in case they ask for proof in the absence of a rental contract. These days too with the ease of doing your 90 day report online you could submit it as though you were at your usual address, if you have a home base, so long as you hadn't stayed in a hotel or anywhere else that might have submitted a TM30 on your behalf during the period between your last 90 day report and the next 90 day report. People freely travel around the country staying for short or longer periods in a province, the TM30 and 90 day reporting is not a hindrance to this type of travel

Wayne Simmonds. Fee for extension in-country is 1,900 baht, but you must transfer 800,000 baht into a Thai bank account at least two months before applying.

Daffyd Braidfute. The fee for visa inside Thailand is 2,000baht not 10,000! 😆

@Daffyd **********

okay, sounds simple enough 😎

@Bobby *******

A big unnecessary expense for someone who just wants to try the place out for a year.

@Wayne *********

You just apply for an extension inside Thailand. Visa Fee: 10,000 baht. Extension Fee: 1,900 baht.

@Bobby *******

that the one I’m looking at doing, OX appears to 5 + 5 years, not sure how you get the additional 5 years though, does that mean a return to Sydney where the visa will hopefully obtained? Not a problem as we can alway coordinate trips back to family etc. We are happy with the whole health insurance thing so I feel this is our route out 😎

Haydn Walker. Get the OX visa through the Sydney consulate. Gives you give years which can be extended another five years.