What are the best retirement visa options for a 60-year-old Australian moving to Thailand?

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Thanks all for your helpful replies.🤗

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I suggest you follow

@Tod ********

advice. This way, you can decide after having been a resident for over a year, if you wish to renew. 😁

Also consider the OX visa which can give you a five year "retirement" visa using savings held in Australia. The financial requirement is higher but you don't have to shift any compulsory amount to Thailand

Apply for the 90 day Non-O visa online thru the eVisa system at a thai consulate in Oz (Canberra or Sydney) then come in get stamped in for 90 days, go to your immigration office get the hand out listing the requirements to get a year extension and when you have 30 days or less left on that 90 day stamp go apply for the year extension for 1900baht.

you need to have the 800K baht in a thai bank account for 2 months before you apply for the year extension, it needs to stay in the account for 3 months after you get the year extension and then the balance can't go below 400K baht the rest of the year.

Doesn't matter about your monthly income via transfers because you can't use that to show proof of funds to get the initial year extension AND you can spend it the second you transfer the 65K baht in, there is no requirement to keep it in the account any length of time. That's only for the 800K baht banked money method you have to use for the first year extension