What are the requirements and process for applying for a retirement visa in Thailand while on a 30-day visa?

@Vicki ******

vickki has already stated by Brandon your monthly pension deposits don’t really mean anything you need to have 800,000 in the bank two months prior to your filing your first one year extension 

Do it properly. Start with a visa from your home country. Then get proof of residence. Then get ID. Then get a bank account. Make the bank account solid and either put 0 into it or the correct monthly amount of . Leave it in there for three months and then go to immigration with all the documents. Take someone with you to translate as all Thai docs are in Thai and you will have to sign a lot of paperwork. At the end of this process there will probably be something that you will have missed but you will get there eventually. Do not try to cut corners.

You can't apply for that while you're in Thailand unless you entered on a 90 day Non Immigrant O visa.

Do it yourself. No need for qn agent

Keep until you get you retirement visa

You can't really apply for anything until you meet the criteria. Your first step should be a visit to your local immigration office and ask them for the information sheet for a 90 day Non-O visa based on being over 50 and also the one for the 12 months extension of stay that follows that. If you don't already have a Thai bank account you will likely have to travel to a nearby country to obtain the 90 day Non-O visa and then open a bank account on your return

There's also the non -OA visa available and that is the one that requires medical insurance and criminal checks etc. Unfortunately you will definitely need to leave Thailand to apply for it the same as the non-O. It used to be possible to get the non-O inside Thailand but this year the banks made it virtually impossible to open an account here.

You needed to apply for your non-o while you were in the states. It will be very expensive to convert your exempt stamp to a non-o and will require an agent to open a bank account for you.

Not sure where you're getting your information, but you're way off on a lot of things.

First of all, there is no 30 day entry. If you entered without a visa then you received 60 days.

Next, bank statements don't mean anything. If you want to apply for a non-O you only have 2 options. Proof of 800,000 in your Thai bank account, or income verification from your embassy in Thailand. It appears you are from the US, and the US embassy does not offer this, so that means your ONLY option is 800,000 baht in your Thai bank account. You do not have any other options for the non-O visa, or the first 1-year extension.

Finally, there is no insurance requirement for a non-O visa or the extension based on a non-O visa. Whether or not you need a lease is up to your immigration office. Some might require and some will not.