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What are the current requirements for a retirement visa extension in Thailand?

Apr 10, 2025
24 days ago
Pete **********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Retirement extension: every year I try to make a perfect application but every year I am thwarted! Today I had all the documents on the current list. 10 is a Google map of your house with lat and long. No use printing it out and writing on it. No, you need to drop a pin on it to show the lat and long. Fortunately the copy shop near room 103 could do this. Print with north to the top of the paper. Also, the photos of you in front of your house showing the house number should be printed across the page, not full page. I think this is so everything can be understood without rotating any document 90 degrees.

When I picked up the document list a couple of days ago they gave me form 2, form 9 and 11 I think which are for acknowledging that you know the penalties for contravening the terms of your extension.

However, it was effecient and helpful; only an hour from entering the bank for letter and statement until departing Immigration. Collect passport at 4pm next day.
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The discussion focuses on the specific requirements for applying for a retirement visa extension in Thailand, particularly highlighting the need for a Google map pinpointing the residence, photos showing the house number, and official forms acknowledging penalties for non-compliance. The experiences shared emphasize the variations in requirements between different immigration offices across Thailand, with particular references to practices at the Phuket office. Users also share their frustrations and tips regarding documentation, the passport holding time, and health insurance requirements.
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Tod *********
and on that note we're done. Thank you one and all

There are OVER 80 immigration offices in the country, you need to slog on out to your office and get the requirements that office wants.

DO NOT trust documentation requirements from other offices for your extension at your office
Kirsten *********
That is so weird, the last 2 years I did this myself, and I took the map to my condo and the photos of me outside the condo, and they literally threw it away. Lat and long is that new? Nobody has ever wanted my health insurance either.
Keith **********
3 million baht health insurance?

what's that cost per month for a 55 yr old male in low-mid average condition i wonder.
Colin ********************
too much hassle!!!
Faith *********
if I live in condominium in BKK, must I submit google map with lattitude & longitude ? thanks
Pete **********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Faith ********
This was Phuket; BKK will have their own list of required documents.
Mark ********
get a DTV visa, good for 5 years, no bank account needed...
Ni***
Udon Thani still asks for a hand drawn map to the house. (Well they do for me anyway😬)
Kim *********
@Ni***
also from me but they accept a very basic quite bad map - no problem at all 😊
Roy *********
I'm really happy I don't live there.

Here in Udon Thani none of that nonsense is needed
Pete **********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Phuket, my bad!
Vin *********
Wherever Rm 103 is. I do not think that is every immigration office....

Hint: say where so others can make use of the info...
Heinz ***********
@Vin ********
read the thread?
Vin *********
@Heinz **********
I did. No one says where it is. Others guess.
Peter **********
@Heinz **********
just write it in the post so unhelpful people don’t need to refer to the thread? πŸ™„
Vin *********
@Peter *********
yes. So because helpful so others do not have to ask.

Some are always unhelpful.
John ********
Samesame me ..this years glitch was the addition of 2 (!) Photos inside the house ...koh phangan ... and the hold passport time is down from 7 days to 5 days πŸ™„
Kim *********
@John *******
they are not very helpful where you are. I had a couple of my photos rejected from Udon Thani immi - they told me just send us new photos on the Line app - very helpful 😊😊😊
Daniel *******
Penned in health insurance requirement out-of-date. Much lower now (unless Phuket still requires it)..
Tod *********
@Daniel ******
totally the real requirements, that proposed rule to drop the insurance coverage down did not become law
Vin *********
@Daniel ******
Just got mine, πŸ’― accurate
Asokā **********
Which immigration office is that?
Tod *********
Tod *********
Hmmm, your reference to "Room 103" sounds like you used Phuket Immigration office πŸ™‚

Glad it worked out, thanx for the update..

They are one of the few offices that hold the passport for the extension and you get it back the following day.

REMEMEBER PEOPLE THIS IS ONLY FOR PHUKET πŸ™‚
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