What types of visas are available for retired and solvent individuals wanting to live in Thailand?

@Frank-Steven **********

running your own business is fun. I sold mine successfully with 74 years and now i feel sometimes bored!

@Jeff ******

Yes, conditionally yours, if you wish to hold an O Thai retirement visa. The corrupt way is if you can find a corrupt agent, that is a dicey way of getting a retirement visa. It may come back to bite you Good luck.

Well, it still costs you Bt 800,000 plus the Visa fee of Bt1900 unless, of course, you go the corrupt way by a corrupt visa agent, that is still possible I think. You could be deported from Thailand though. Even if you get an AO retirement visa in your home country and I have done that, you have to prove you have the equivalent of Bt800.000 in a bank in your home country or a pension near that amount plus medical and police report which takes about 12 months to prove at so much a month over 12 months. The Thai Embassy in Canberra did accept the surrender value of my bank-managed super retirement fund as acceptable for the required amount provided it's on an original bank bank statement, not a copy, it must be an original statement. The lady at the Thai Embassy insisted that was enough she said, "This is the simplest way for us". There were no conditions on the visa of what I had to do with the money once I arrived in Thailand. My retirement visa was multi-entry entry with a one-year extension which really makes it good for 2 years with that extension period. The extension part is not multi-entry. You leave it's over and you start again. It's a good way to give you 2 years to put all your ducks in a row to get an O retirement visa in Thailand.

@Dave *********

which class of LTR! You might find this helpful to confirm your position.

@Brian ********

LTR has to be pre-approved by the BOI in Thailand and can be obtained within Thailand, too. Yearly extensions based on retirement will also be done in Thailand at a local immigration office.

@Brian ********

Lastly: If you are fine with leaving Thailand every 180 or 360 days for a bit or to do a border bounce, you can also look into the newest DTV - Destination Thailand Visa. Cheap and easy to get for 5 years.

@Brian ********

I’d say start by looking into this. If you can meet the requirements it should be the best option.

@Brian ********

Elite visa if so solvent that you wouldn’t mind throwing money out of the window.