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What are the current requirements for extending a Non-Immigrant O 'Retirement' Visa at Saraburi Immigration?

Oct 21, 2025

2 months ago

Today we went to Saraburi Immigration Office to apply for my 1 year extension of stay on a Non-Immigrant O " Retirement" Visa as being over 50 years old in the bottom.

Their handouts about the requirements I asked about before did not quite add up to the ones we got when we came there.

Believe me we were prepared, my income letter from Swedish Embassy was worthless proving more income/pension than 65 000 baht per month , officer told me to instead open a bank account and start transfer 65k every month to get my extension. 

Officer asked us to come back on 14th November and to get an update on my account and bank book and also to bring a certificate from the bank the day before.

The officer also asked about copies of my girlfriends rental agreement, we was prepared for that, but they also put like a postal stamp on it and told us to get copies of it, which our Immigration office do not offer so need go to fix nearby.

We brought everything from the landlord that was requested on the handouts in the first place, with copies.

Well it's only to do what the officer say so we head down to Kasikorn Bank to open an account.

Was no problem, they needed my passport, a letter from Immigration that I need a bank account (not an ordinary residence certificate document) for my extension and that I have a Thai phone number (sim card) connected to my passport, which we did before go to the bank, plus documents from girlfriends landlord that they owe the building we rent our apartment in.

OBS, this is only Saraburi offices rules of today.

Sorry for a long one.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The post describes a recent experience at Saraburi Immigration Office related to applying for a one-year extension of stay on a Non-Immigrant O "Retirement" Visa. The author details discrepancies in the requirements provided by the office, specifically concerning income verification, which shifted from needing an income letter from the Swedish Embassy to requiring a monthly transfer of 65,000 baht into a Thai bank account. Additional documentation, such as a bank certificate and copies of rental agreements with official stamps, was also requested. The conversation reflects on broader frustrations and inconsistencies in immigration processes and documentation acceptance across different offices.

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