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What are the requirements and process for applying for a 1-year retirement visa in Thailand without an agent?

Jun 18, 2025
2 days ago
Polat *******
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I arrived in Thailand on a 3-month Non-O visa. After securing a lease and getting a letter from immigration, I was able to open a bank account. (Bangkok Bank refused me even with the immigration letter, but Kasikorn Bank accepted.)

Now Iโ€™m preparing to apply for a 1-year retirement visa. I have a few questions for those who have gone through this process, especially without using an agent:

1. Is medical insurance required for this visa?

2. How long do I need to wait after transferring the required funds before I can submit my application?

3. After the extension is granted, do I need to keep the full amount (or part of it) in the account, and if so, for how long?
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The post discusses transitioning from a Non-O visa to a 1-year retirement visa in Thailand. Key questions include whether medical insurance is required, the waiting period after transferring funds into a Thai bank account before application submission, and the amount that must be maintained in the account after the extension is granted. Community responses clarify that medical insurance is not required, funds must be "seasoned" for 2 months prior to application, and 800,000 baht must be kept in the account for 3 months post-extension, with a minimum of 400,000 baht required thereafter.
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John ********
Question. If you are married then you just need 400k baht is my understanding. Can you also draw that down or have to keep it at 400K?
Wannikea *********
@John *******
400K for marriage visa doesn't need to be maintained in the bank after the extension is granted, you can spend it. It does need to be back in the bank 2 months before the next extension is applied for.
John ********
Shirley *********
I have a question. Do both my husband and I have to each put 65,000 into our account so 130,000 each month or ?
Ellie *******
@Shirley ********
, depends on what reason for the extension for each of you.
Stuart ***********
@Shirley ********
65,000 each.
Tod *********
๐Ÿญ - ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ?

no there is no medical insurance requirement for a Non-O visa/extension

๐Ÿฎ - ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?

You need to "season the funds" in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months (date to date) before you apply for the yearly extension

๐Ÿฏ - ๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ (๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜) ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ผ, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด?

You need to keep the 800K baht in the bank account for 3 months after your yearly extension is granted and after that the balance can't go below 400K for the rest of the year (before you get it back to 800K 2 months before your next yearly extension

You should GO to your immigration office and get the hand out listing the requirements for the yearly extension based on retirement at that specific office well before you're going to go for the extension, that way you know what copies, documents, bank letter, statement, updated bank book, map, photo, etc you need to get together
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