What is the easiest way to obtain a DTV visa for retirees over 50 in Thailand?

@Alma **************

It's not a case of boring. It's a case of where you'll get the best advice. This visa is new and likely to apply to very few people. You need to hear case studies - exactly what applicants have done and where - and choose according to their lived experience.

@Alma **************

people are offering you information and trying to help. I find it disrespectful that you would be snide to a person helping you.

@Alma **************

it doesn’t matter what your reasons are

@Alma **************

if you want to avoid putting money in a Thai bank then go back to your home country. One of you would then apply for a Non-OA visa and the other a Non-O visa as their dependant (known as a trailing spouse visa). No money in a Thai bank required at all.

But the reality of the Non-O Retirement visa is not as bad as people make out, you actually do need money to live on in Thailand. If your embassy (I don't know your nationality) provides an income affidavit/certificate you can use this inside Thailand and again don't need money in a Thai bank.

If your embassy doesn't provide an income affidavit then you need 800k baht in a Thai bank for the initial 90 day visa and the first 12 months extension of that, during that 12 months you can transfer 65k baht from overseas each month and use that for the 2nd extension and going forward, you can spend that 65k baht as it arrives

@Alma **************

sounds like you want to have your cake and eat it too. You don’t want to spend the money on the appropriate visa, you want to get a cheaper visa and abuse it’s purpose.

Life is hard sometimes

@Alma **************

what new rule?

@Alma **************

If you’re passed 50 years and have funds, have you considered to simply just apply for a Non O visa and extension of stay only based on this requirement?

If you’re applying based on the soft power options as muay Thai boxing you’ll need to get approved by a gym that can provide you the required documentation first.

@Alma **************

taking Muay Thai boxing, cooking classes, etc. longer term medical treatment?