What is the easiest way to obtain a retirement visa for Thailand if I don't have the required 800,000 baht?

It is either one or the other

How much is your monthly income?

Check out the new DTV visa! It's a 5 years tourist visa. Even retired people are preferring this Visa because of the low requirements... Don't listen to people who are saying you should work and this and that bla. If you think, you can live comfortably here as a tourist then go for the DTV.

Farang Thai visa Pattaya

You need one or the other not both 65k/m or 800k

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Ken. You can do 6 months quite easily. That’ll give you enough time to save up some cash. $14,700 will get you a DTV visa. You can get it in the USA and that money can remain in your US bank and not in a Thailand bank. A retirement visa is $23,500 and that money has to be in a Thailand bank. You have to get good at rat holing money. Start selling off your stuff, cut your expenses. Our rent in Bangkok is $258 a month. Easy to save money. I would do this for a no Visa 6 month stay while you save up. You get just with a passport a 2 month exemption on arrival. It’s automatic. Then before that expired get another 30 days at immigration for 1900 baht, (like a DMV) that’s 90 days. Then take a tour bus to Cambodia for a day trip and on the way back into Thailand you’ll get 60 days again, then 30 at immigration for 1900 baht. Thats 6 months. No visa. You can live well on $1000 a month USD here, save the rest every month. Don’t mention you’re in Thailand. Have the monthly you get deposited in your US bank and you just suck out what you need at the ATM here in Bangkok. Good luck sir.

You can get an OA visa in the US, enter on that, which will give you up to two years without needing the 800k. During that two years you commence the 65k international transfers each and EVERY month. By the time you reach the end of the two years you will have at least 12 months of 65k transfers. You do an out/in, come back on visa exempt and apply immediately for non-O retirement visa using your record of 65k transfers. Best way to avoid the 800k lump sum

Go see Mr Sing

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Jerry

You could come over first and start saving. I’m on a tourist visa (multiple entry) I got an apartment with a one year lease so I don’t have to travel with much. You just have to leave to visit other countries (Malaysia, Vietnam Japan and Korea) which is for me still cheaper than living in America and I go back once year to catch up and also reapply for the METV. It’s a great method for Americans who retired before 55 too

Your military status in another country has absolutely no relevance here.

Have you visited the Thai Embassy website?

So you are looking to bypass the 800k for the retirement extension? Maybe save until you have it. You can find a work around I guess. Start down that path

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There’s no legal way around depositing 800K baht for the first year to get a legitimate stay in Thailand. An agent can give you an expensive non legal stay in Thailand by bypassing formal requirements and you’ll be stuck with an agent for all the future.

As an American you cannot use income as the US embassy does not endorse income.

Therfore you must use 800k for at least the first extension.

And by depositing the 65k per month consecutively you can try and switch to income the 2nd extension to free up the money.

Otherwise you'll have to use an "agent" which will cost you year after year.

Best to somehow borrow the 800k and do it correctly if possible.