What are the requirements for a NON-OA retirement visa in Thailand based on monthly income?

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@Louise ********

let's see if we can get this train wreck of a post back on the rails.

FIRST you need to understand HOW an OA visa works. That visa is good for a year from the date it's issued and is good for unlimited entries during that validity. EACH entry will get the holder stamped in for a year (or as long as their health insurance is valid for up to a year).

SO when your husband enters on the OA visa the first time, he will show his insurance policy and they will stamp him in until that date runs out (up to a year).

NOW after he's been in country 90 days he will have to file a 90 day report <- which is just a form that says he didn't leave the country and is free to do. There is NO requirement to proof funds or anything when filing a 90 day report. It's due 89 days from the date you enter the country and you can file one 2 weeks before up to 1 week after the due date at the immigration office in the area where you live.

The way people get TWO years of stay out of an OA visa that is valid for a year IS, just before the visa STICKER expires you exit/re-enter the country with a new year insurance policy and you will get another year entry stamp.

As far as meeting the proof of funds to get a yearly extension INSIDE the country at the immigration office by using monthly income method, IF you work that visa correctly <- get the 'free' second year. You wouldn't need to start transferring in the requisite 65K baht a month until after you'd been here 10 months or so because the requirement to get a year extension is you need to transfer in a minimum of 65K baht, each month, every month into a thai bank account in your name only from abroad for the previous 12 months before you apply for your yearly extension <- and IF you get two years out of that visa you wouldn't apply for a yearly extension for almost 2 years after your original entry. You'd need to start bringing in the funds just as the FIRST year stay is running out so that when the second year stay runs down you have 12 months of transfers to go get a yearly extension.

As Kiwis you may be eligible for the magic OX visa from the Sydney Consulate. It's worth checking out. Gives you five years without requirement of transferring money into Thai bank account

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@Tod ********

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Let's suggest this option for you BOTH to consider...

.. BOTH get the OA visa in New Zealand before you fly to Thailand.

.....Both plan carefully and get a SECOND YEAR Free from your OA visa...

.....DURING the months ending in the FIRST year .. begin to transfer 65,000 Thai baht EACH into a Thai bank account in EACH name only.

.....Then EACH of you get the One year extension of stay as retired under the OA based visa ...

.....Repeat annually...

.....OR return to home country New Zealand to get a new OA visa every TWO years.

Hope this helps you with your planning.

Arriving on an OA would get you 2 years in Thailand if you time your last entry accordingly, without any need to prove funds till the first extension is necessary which would be after almost 2 years in Thailand and applying for the extension for year 3. I'm fairly sure I have that correct.

The OA visa with planning can get you up to two years of stay in Thailand.

To extend it inside Thailand has its requirements.

See the graphic for the common found extension requirements.

Proof of at least 65,000 Thai baht transferred ...by in international transfer...each month for the 12 months prior to the extension ending date is required.

Or deposit of 800,000 Thai baht in a Thai bank account in your sole name only is required.

Or you return to your home country and obtain a new OA Visa for retirement.