If I applied for a 12 month non O multi entrance visa. & was thinking of changing it to a retirement visa would I have to apply for the retirement visa on my first entry into Thailand. Or can I apply anytime within g to he 12 months. TIA

I’ve just found out I should have really applied for a Non O retirement visa before I got there. Flying Monday. I was planning to convert my tourist visa to Non O in Thailand and open a bank account just to park the 800k.

I already have a Thai bank account but would it be cleaner to have a short holiday in Thailand, then fly up to Laos and apply up there?

Has anyone come in on a tourist visa and successfully changed it to an o retirement visa with an extension from within Thailand?

Has anyone canceled a DTV then to apply for a business visa with work permit? My Thai friend wants to hire and partner with me for a position and is offering a work permit.

Hi all! Any Canadians in the room? I'm a retired man from Montreal now living in Thailand but still on visa exemptions because filling the form is complicated, more than I thought.

Last week, I was in Laos, in order to get the 3 month retirement visa. After weeks of gathering all the documents, I felt it would go smoothly.

I had the photos, I had proof of health insurance, and certifications about my retirement incomes, both from my personnal pension plan (the canadian embassy in Thailand does no longer provide proof of income) and also from the Québec pension plan. I am above the required 65 000 bahts monthly.

I had a big surprise though : I needed to get a criminal record clearance from the RCMP. Never had I heard about such a requirement for the thai visa. Afterall, my finger prints were taken each time I arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport and I never had a problem there.

So here I was in Vientiane, stuck with this obstacle. How do I get such a clearance? I learned that I needed my fingerprints taken by the local police, send them to Canada for an RCMP approved firm to digitalize them and transfer the results to the RCMP. This process would take weeks, especially since the postal service is not at full gear in Canada.

The thing is that the way the questionnaire is built, you don't know all the requirements in advance because if you are missing a document, you cannot move forward to the next page. So I am wondering what the next surprise will be.

Seriously considering hiring an agency to get the visa quickly but finding one at a decent price is quite a challenge. It would cost somewhere between 50 and 60 k$.

Any brilliant advice would be greatly appreciated at this point.

Thanks in advance folks.

What are the documents required for converting Non-B visa to marriage visa?Thank you

I have some cognitive impairment due to an illness. I have been on an elite visa due to expire and wish to convert to a non o based on marriage ( married in the uk in 2012). I want to do this in Penang in Malaysia. Has anyone had experience of doing this there and exactly what documents are required. The website is not clear to me.

Thank you in advance

Hello! I will be making the move to Bangkok from the U.S. soon with my daughter. My question is can I come over on the education visa and then switch to the dtv visa? I know I have to apply outside the country for that one. Which country is best to do that from?

hello does anyone know if samui immigration office can convert a tourist visa to non O based on marriage with a non b visa holder?

Hello, I have a non B visa related to work, I need to change to a mariage visa. Did anyone already do this exact same thing ? Thank you