What are the visa options for a 57-year-old expat living in Krabi, Thailand with a small pension?

If you can’t fullfill the basic requirements, you can not apply, and has to find a visa which requirements you can fullfill.

See the website of a Thai Embassy, which visa’s are avaiable, and if you cant find a visa there, Thailand is not the place for you to stay.

Lotti Grab the same here.

From the Netherlands and a agency in Bangkok arranged it for me already the third year. Send my passport and Bangkok by ems to Bangkok and after a small week get everything back.

Do my extensions week ago, and last Monday i get everything back.

You can trust them 100 %.

Can not send you a PB.

Pay an agent to do everything for you. First year it will cost 25-30k then 15k for extension every year.

@Lotti *****

. . if you only receive a small pension and have no financial backup, you should not settle down in Thailand permanently. . . Thai Immigration demanding either 800,000 THB in a bank account or a minimum income of 65,000 THB got introduced on a good reason - It is the minimum budget that would ensure you have enough funds to support yourself in case of need . . . . . . . Do you have any health insurance? I have seen many westerners fall into poverty and despair after getting sick and needing hospital care.

What passport do you hold? If your embassy in Thailand provides an income affidavit/certificate then you can use that if you meet their income requirements from a pension in your home country. Failing that your only option is to use an agent but you then get stuck using them each year going forward so best avoided if you can

Get a DTV. Best visa ever

@Lotti *****

Do you have a monthly income/pension of minimum equal to 65K baht (€1755)? If so your embassy/consulate in Thailand offers to provide you an affidavit letter you can use at the immigration and apply for a Non O based on retirement in country with monthly income. Otherwise there’s no legal way around the financial requirement for long stay in Thailand.

You could do the monthly income method of 65,000 baht per month comming into your account for 12 months. Some offices also accept a combined method of 35,000 baht per month plus about 400,000 in the bank.

If you want to go the agency route then be ready to pay 25-50k baht every year. i personally dont know an agent here in Krabi that does it. but there is probably some…

alternatively you can get ED visa for a few years and go from there. it gives you plenty of time to figure out things. i recommend ALS language school in Ao Nang.

what did you do for visa now as you say you live here allready???

I believe the owners of this group (thai visa) can assist country wide