What are the steps to obtaining a retirement visa in Thailand starting with a Non O visa?

So what is the question i missed the beginning

Start with the Thai embassy staff.

Hi Tom I see you are in the UK so same starting point as me The difference being I went for the 90day non o based on marriage then extended to one year and in will be looking to repeat the process of 1 year extentions

If you go on the Thai gov website they have a list of all available visas, who they are best suited to and documentation required Once you decide what you need there are links to get you to the required application. It really is that easy (it had to be for me to do it) if part way through and you get stumped you have a personal I'd number so when you get back to it you don't start at the beginning again

It's quick and inexpensive

Good luck mate, It's beautiful over here

Depends whether you’re in your own country or already in Thailand.

You'll always get mixed answers from FB cos everyone thinks they know and only a few actually do 🤣

Consult a visa office

Just listen to

@Brandon ***********

mate.

There is too much misinformation here.

Apply for a non O visa in your home country using the link Brandon supplied.

When you arrive in Thailand 🇹🇭 with your Non O visa, open a Thai bank account.

If you want to extend after 90 days, you will need to show that you have had 800,000B in your Thai bank account for two months prior to extending. And for 3 months after as well.

Following that, the amount cannot drop below 400,000B until the cycle starts again.

For the extension requirements, please visit your local immigration office to get a list of their requirements. They may vary from office to office.

Some offices MAY be ok with you having the 800 000B sitting in a fixed term account but most do not.

In short, apply for your Non O visa in your home country, no longer than 3 months before you go, get stamped in and go to your local Immigration Office to find out what their requirements are for an extension.

The 800,000B is a non negotiable for your first extension. Unless of course you are from one of the minority of countries where your embassy can verify that you get a pension or equivalent transferred in that amounts to 65,000 per month.

Good luck! 😀

Ask the Thai embassy in your country - here on Facebook you will get a lot of very different answers.

Just call f

@Farang ********************

they will sort ot give you the right ✅️ information u need

@David ********

who said anything about Pattaya? What, you in charge of immigration?

Use an agent

If you’re already in Thailand then you need to apply for a Non O visa from your local immigration office. You will need to have a Thai bank account and transfer 800,000 baht from abroad.

Per month

Tom if you DM me I will call you tomorrow and walk you through the whole process as I have actually done it in the last 6 months 😎

Can start with the Thai embassy website, lots us never had access to FB groups, had to figure it out on our own.

Again I'm not an expert but following the group learned a lot, first get a 90 days visa from Thai Embassy the country you reside at, then when in Thailand apply for 1 year extension same time opening a Thai bank account and depositing 800K bath, again I might be wrong but give and take it's what one needs to do.

The same place you start for a visa to any country. That country's embassy. You would apply for the visa through the official Thai e-visa website which will be processed by the local Thai embassy to whatever country you are from.