What are the requirements for applying for a Non-O retirement visa in Thailand regarding rental receipts?

Also why is that comment on the form about a house. I would have thought many people would be staying in a hotel at the time of the application anyway.

Very interested to know this too. As

@Stuart ********

said in his comment you don't need to have stayed the three months.

Never had that experience in the whole 6 plus yrs we've been here. They do ask for a house rental contract though, and maybe a TM30, which requires copy of housebook, landlord's ID and phone number.

I renewed in December and it was not required but my TM30 was in my passport.

I did my non-O at CW about two years ago. At that time, the receipt requirement wasn't on their info sheet, but when I went in for the application the officer told me - to my surprise - that I needed to show the receipts, even though I had my lease and a letter from the landlord, and was using the same address I had been using on all immigration forms for my previous OA extensions. She was kind enough to let me scan and email the receipts (I had them at home), and the visa was ready when I returned after the waiting period.

As to why they ask for receipts, it makes no sense to me, either. The officer's explanation was that "it shows you're not actually living in Pattaya instead of Bangkok" - because apparently a lease is easy to forge, but rent receipts aren't...? 🤷

For that matter, I don't understand why a lease is required, either, as there's no rule against spending your retirement moving around between hotels (or friends' sofas), but it's their game, and they get to make the rules.

I have just done my application for non o . Rental agreement needed to timeframe wasn't mentioned yet .

Perhaps others with experience at CW could confirm but I don’t believe they need that. A hand drawn map is a usual requirement for many offices but never heard of the rental agreement receipt thing. In theory you could land by plane today, set up your bank tomorrow, and as soon as the money is in apply for a non O. You don’t need to have stayed in country for 3 months.