What steps should I take to apply for my first Non-O visa if I turn 50 soon?

Then I answered:

@Da**

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@Ma***

brings up an excellent point. (y)

If you're gonna use monthly income you need to be ahead of the game because (while there is a paragraph in the police order concerning your FIRST yearly extension using monthly transfers) I have rarely seen any immigration offices follow it

Plus you're on a tourist visa entry now, AND you need to get the in country 90 day Non-O visa before you can get the year extension.

It is my experience that people using monthly income applying for the 90 day Non-O visa need 4 or 5 months of previous transfers before immigrations will even consider issuing the visa in country.

Once you get that 90 day Non-O then it comes down to whether the immigration office will let you get the year extension without a full year of transfers (seeing as it's your first retirement visa / extension).

Those are questions for your immigration office, both the section that issues in country visas and then the section that issues yearly extensions.

@Ma***

asked:

Are you currently outside Thailand? What visa are you applying for? Or are you already inside Thailand?

@Da**

replied:

i came back in on Single entry tourist visa about a month ago (only way in for me at the time)

@Ma***

replied:

I think this relevant to your question about the 12 months but

@T**

will have to clarify.