What should I do if my retirement visa application is delayed due to a past arrest that was dropped?

Thanks will do, this group has been a great help.

@Eric ********

report back on how it goes for you if you can. That's not a bad consulate to deal with, they just want the documents they want and if you provide them (and the appropriately notarized copies ;) ) they are fine about issuing visas.

Good Luck (y)

Thanks Tod! Im headed to the Thai consulate in LA next week to request an O-A visa and I think I've got my ducks in a row. My only concern is that I might not have left enough time to get the police check. Hoping to get it in 3-4 days.

Jean Gravel you are not getting an O-A visa from the thai consulate in your country :/ Instead you are getting a yearly extension of stay from the immigration office inside the country based on being over 50 (retirement) AND it's not your first yearly extension <- which is why you need to have the money in the account for 3 months before you apply.

@Eric ********

, seeing as you can't get an O-A visa inside the country

AND

you use your money in your bank account in YOUR country to meet the financial requirements to get it,

I believe you're confusing the requirements to get an O-A visa from the thai consulate in your country with the financial requirements for getting a yearly extension of stay from the thai immigration office inside the country when using banked money for an extension based on being over 50 (retirement).

That is when you need to have the money in your thai bank account for 60 days prior to your application for the first yearly extension and for 3 months prior to every yearly extension after that,.

ONCE you have the extension in your passport you can take the money out of the account if you want to

Jean Gravel FALSE

Very easy to do yourself and safe the fee for the agent.

Jean Gravel Again I guess you talk about Extension of Stay which you get from Immigration Office. This is not a Visa, next to that the requirement for ths is 800.000 Thb. Total different than visitng Thailand on a Visa that you bought at a Thai Embassy/Consulate.

Jean Gravel The mans has a visa, is not going to apply for an Extension of Stay at the moment.

Yes, passport is all you need, you will get an Arrival/Departure card called TM6. Fill this in with your VISA number. Check the stamps directly when you get your passport back if the date is correct, it seems like you have the Non Immigrant O-A visa, you will get 1 year of stay.

Jean Gravel Where did you get that from?

@T**

thanks.

They require a police back ground check and a medical certificate when you apply for a year-long, multi-entry Non-Immigrant Type O-A visa from the thai consulate in your country BEFORE you come here.

It has nothing to do with any visa or extension inside the country.

If you know anything about the indenting history summary check from the FBI, it always includes arrests...regardless if they are convicted or not...so he can’t take it off...as he was arrested.

As has been suggested, you can apply here in Thailand for the retirement extension. I did it with the guidance from this group.

@Lawr****

- if your arriving on visa exempt (and then 30 day extn) you probably have enough time to convert to non-0 - assuming you get to immigration and all the paperwork in order - the application goes under consideration for a few weeks (sorry I forgot how long exactly)

8 years and Still questioning Todd’s advice. I am Just state the fact. And I just have a chance to read this topic. Consider the threat is closed 🤷🏽‍♀️

Mark Stanley applying a visa to have the valid visa to enter the certain country = apply outside Thailand.

Extension of stay with the valid visa once you enter Thailand to any type of extension that you are eligible to = obtaining extension of visa in the Kingdom of Thailand

#technicality and #terminology

Mark Stanley which visa are you talking about? Non B, Non O based retirement .....

All ways complete Thai forms in blue pen not black. That should prevent this problem.

@Lawrence ***************

DC was just a nightmare for me to get a METV. They kept making me send new copies of the app cause they said it looked like I just photocopied them. I ended up send 6 copies the last time in different ink colors blue/black and combination of. Before they gave me the Visa 2 days before I left the states.

@Lawrence ***************

you certainly could

I'd try sending it to New York OR to Los Angeles. There's no requirement in the US that you use a specific consulate.

Or if you don't wanna do that, take

@Gl**

's advice and get a single entry tourist visa, fly in and apply for the 90 day Non-O inside the country at the immigration office (which doesn't require a background check or medical certificate) and then after you get that apply for the yearly extension.