Hi, some questions about the OA retirement visa.
When you first apply for it, from your home country, you need a police certificate from your home country and monies in a bank.
(1) At that stage, initial OA issue, can the money be in a Thai bank account in Thailand or must it be in your home bank account?
(2) When you come to the end of year one, do you have exit the country and return to your home country or can you go instead to a nearby country to process and renew the OA visa?
(3) In year 2, do you still need to provide a police cert and if you do does it have to be from your home country again?
Thanks much.....
TLDR : Answer Summary
The OA retirement visa can be applied for either with funds held in a Thai bank account or a bank account in your home country. Once you have the visa, you can leave and re-enter Thailand within its validity period from any country; direct return to your home country is not necessary. For the second year of the visa, while applying for a yearly extension at the immigration office, a police certificate is not required. However, you must demonstrate having 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account for two months prior to applying and have mandatory health insurance from approved providers.
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