What type of visa should I apply for to stay 90 days in Thailand while setting up my retirement?

Better to come with tourist visa and change to Non O retirement in Thailand.

The easiest and the best for everything is non o retirement from your home country and then the 12 month extensions. You can get the health insurance for a few dollars

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This gets discussed daily….

60 day tourist visa. 90 day extension.

Non Imm O based on being over 50 years old.

Here are the 2 simplest options:

1) Request the Non-O for retirement from the Thai embassy/consulate through the e-visa system.

2) Request a single entry tourist visa from the Thai embassy/consulate through the e-visa system.

If you go with #1 you may need to show insurance for the 90 days of your visa as part of your application. But it will also be easier for you to get a bank account and get started on the process of moving your money to Thailand. Also if you arrive with a Non-O visa already you'll be able to apply directly for your 1-year extension once you meet the requirements.

If you go with #2 you won't need insurance and you might need to go to immigration to apply for a 30 day extension on your tourist visa, but you'll also get 90 days. It's become very difficult for someone on a tourist visa to open a bank account though and you may need to pay an agent to help you obtain a bank account. Then you would apply for the 90-day non-O visa from immigration, and after about 60 days you could apply for the 1-year extension.

Agents can help a lot with navigating the opening bank account and starting your non-imm O package. They can help ensure you have all the paperwork in order and reduce your visits to immigration to 1 day each time you go.

Apply for a 60 day tourist visa (e-visa) and start your process as soon as you get here. In that time you need to get the bank account started and funded. Get a 30 day extension to your tourist e-visa as your next step. 15 days before your 30 day extension ends you need to be at immigration applying for Non-Imm O. Make sure you have at least 15 days remaining on your current visa or extension. Would not recommend waiting for exactly 15 days as holidays and other obstacles can appear.

You can get a Non-O to give you 90 days on entry

You can get a 90 day non- O based on Retirement in the UK. Dont know about US. Check the Thai embassy website.

I think if you apply for a non-oa in the USA you get a year. It's only when you apply for the non-o in Thailand that you get 90 days