What are the yearly costs for retirement visas in Thailand compared to Vietnam?

@Pamela ******

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owns this page and group. Excellent

@Pamela ******

tik tok

@Martyn **********

yes, extension of a 90 day O issued by the Thai embassy in your home country, which for me only costs $80 (B2600), so total for 15 months is B, plus 4000 for multiple entry....20,600.

@John *********

cheers bro

@Stuart **********

Yes. And it's a ripoff. There are alternatives. My comments are based on fact. If you think that is negative well that is your perception. I don't fool myself that everything is rosy.

@Marty ********

Retirement visas are a ripoff. There are many alternatives which farangs have been doing for decades.

@Marty ********

Who cares about retirement visas?

@Marty ********

I have been to every province. What about you?

@Marty ********

I don't have a preference. I know Thailand and speak the language. Unfortunately Vietnamese is a lot more difficult.

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

thanks!

@Dave ********

said no one ever

@Dave ********

and you get along with the Vietnamese mentality? They are very different from Thai people, culture-wise. Against us foreigners, they use their ELBOWS more often, if you know what I am saying

@Daniel **********

any Thai consulate abroad. Any immigration within Thailand. Or consult and agent like

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@Wayne ******

Agents charge more, because they avoid the money in the bank, criminal background check, Thai health insurance and all those other things. You pay 14,000 baht and 3 days later you have a 1 year non immigrant OA visa. Pay and extra couple thousand and you can add multiple entries. And they also do the stupid 90 day TM30 reporting for you. It's worth it.

@Wayne ******

you are mixing up so much manure, you should kick your knowlegde into the bin and start to be willing to learn from Brandon, Tod Daniels, Graham Seal and all the other "visa gurus" . .Never listen to the "old buddies from the barstool experience"

@Wayne ******

There is no ongoing 90 day cost. Maybe your friend was using the agent to do his 90 day reports, which would cost additional.

Officially it is 2000 baht for the 90-day non-O visa. And then after that it's 1900 baht per year for the extension.

If you use the bank deposit method, the balance must remain at 800,000 baht for 2 months before your extension, and 3 months after. It can never drop below 400,000 the rest of the year. So that's 5 months per year at 800k and 7 months at 400k. Most people just leave it at 800k so they don't time it wrong and ruin their ability to get an extension.

But many people also start sending 65,000 baht per month to their Thai bank account from overseas during the first year. This allows them to switch to the income method for year 2 and onwards, meaning they don't have to keep any money in a Thai bank account. Each year they just have to be able to show they receive 12 months of 65,000 baht from outside of Thailand to satisfy the income requirement.

@Stephen ********

the retirement goalposts have been the same for years as far as I know. Have you other info?