What do I need to renew my NON-OA visa for Thailand while living in Finland?

Tom Grönqvist

IF you are indeed back in your country now. I'd say just apply for a NEW year-long, multi-entry Non-immigrant Type O-A visa from the thai consulate in Helsinki BEFORE you come back.

That visa will give you almost TWO years of stay in thailand before you have to worry about getting an extension.

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I think he's already on an extension as he said it runs out in 30th September. He wants too keep it alive but it seems he won't be in Thailand to renew it. He's asking how he can do it. He might be on an O-A though that is expiring. He's already got something!!

@Tom **********

, your post makes it seem like you are not even here yet on your O-A visa :O

I would suggest you GET here, and then pay a visit to the immigration office where you live to find out their exact requirements.

Sorry Marty pollard but from Finland normaly the affidavit is still accepted as income. So no monthly income prove...

If I understand you correctly you are currently in Finland coming up to the end of your first year of an O-A visa. You cannot get a 1 year extension outside of Thailand. You can get a new O-A visa. Same process as before. Or, as others have said, you can enter Thailand before the end of the 1st year and get stamped for another year.

When you eventually get to the point of applying for a 1 year extension then you have two options. You can used the banked money method. They want to see 800,000 baht in a Thai bank and they don't care about your pension letter or where the money came from.

If you want to use the monthly income method then they want to see money deposited in a Thai bank every month and you have to be able to show that the money is of foreign origin. I don't think they care about your pension letter or where you get the money as long as it comes from outside Thailand into a Thai bank.

I think when you apply for an O-A visa in your home country the pension letter may matter. I don't know about that. You already did this last year. The thing is that the requirements for getting a visa outside Thailand are slightly different than getting a 1 year extension inside Thailand. Outside Thailand you are dealing with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Inside Thailand you are dealing with the Department of Immigration.

Both are okay. First affidavit I got was the 2 months deposits on my Dutch bank and my second one where 2 months deposits on my Thai bank. But again, that's the Dutch Embassy. You really have to look on your own Embassy in Thailand.

But you are much too quick. If you have the 'O-A' then enter before 30 sept. And you already have an extra year as James Miller stated ! Rules can change in one and a half year....

No, you can go to the Finnish Embassy in Bangkok for the affidavit I guess. For Netherlands I used that already 2 times at the Dutch Embassy.

If you like to use a combination method between money in the bank and the income affidavit from your Embassy you have to speak with your Immigration Office first. There are reports of several Immigration Offices that do not allow them any more. For sure they will not approve you pension company documents, it must be the income affidavit from your Embassy.

The Finish Embassy is as far as I know still handing out the affidavit of income, you can use this to show a monthly income of not less than 65.000 Thb. If you prefer to use the bank method it is 800.000 Thb at least 2 months before till at least 3 months after application date and the rest of the year not less than 400.000 Thb in a Thai bank account on your name.

To keep your current O-A visa alive as you asked...enter Thailand before the expiration date if your current O-A visa which I assume...from your post is 30 September 2019.

Do yourself a favor ...if you are age 50+ ... get the O-A Multi-entry visa for retirement in your home country. No Thai baht needed in a Thai bank...with planning gives you up to two years in Thailand. Keep your $$ in Finland. Look at the Thai Embassy website in Finland for requirements. Should be easy to do. Also use search at top of this forum page for O-A visa... Many helpful posts by others.