Having just done a border bounce via mukdahan to Laos I contacted my local immigration office in Kamphaengphet via their Line app and asked if I should go in to register TM30 again, just had reply after a couple of days to say to go into their office again, I registered with them a few days after my first arrival in December, I’ve been to Kamphaengphet immigration a few times, it’s a newish big office usually very quiet beside the AH1 highway,.

I am proposing to retire to Thailand this year and would like advice regarding visas.

I am in the process of arranging medical/ health insurance.

I have rented a house in Bangkok presently in my girlfriend's name but I am providing the rent. The rental agreement can be amended to include my name if necessary for my initial 90 day visa. This will be my address for my 90 day visa. ( see below)

I am planning to apply for a 90 day O visa to travel to Thailand around end of April 2026. Once there I will finalise long term health insurance and find an agent to assist me in obtaining a Long Term Multi Entry visa, including opening an appropriate aThai Bank account

I will not be working in Thailand as I am retiring although I may still take on the odd uk client legal matter remotely.

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Can members please advise

1. whether the O visa is the correct visa to apply for in the first instance.

2. What is the best type of long term multi entry visa for a retiree with UK income from savings and pension.

Please only respond in relation to your successful personal journeys to retire to Thailand or from actual practical knowledge of current best steps.

Thanks in advance

Hello,

We are into Metal scrap buisness in India. I have visited Thailand many times in last few years . As tourist friendly country we are planing to setup company for sorting / recycling of metal scrap in thailand.

Is it possible and if yes , does anyone now the procedures how to setup company, visa process, open bank accounts.

Thailand was like 30% of cost living in Australia 5 years ago.

Now it is like 80%.

I know that we are here to discuss visa advice, however I would argue that the fees related to moving money make the various methods of money transfer viable or not viable.

I have one last post about Bangkok Bank because I was about to abandon the ฿65,000 monthly transfer because moving to Swift method more than quadrupled the fees making it untenable. On the advice of another member of the group I attempted a 65,000 baht deposit into my Bangkok bank account after it was unfrozen in October.  The deposit was accepted and using normal wise non-swift transfer the fees went back to the normal $16 a transfer as opposed to $80 via Swift. More importantly, the transfer is correctly noted as an international transfer. I am keeping my Bangkok bank account and will let you know my success in moving from the 800,000 baht method to the monthly transfer method when my visa renews this January.

Hello.

I have been a regular visitor to Thailand for many years and now is the time to stay permanently.

I will be applying for a 90 day non immigrant visa online here in the UK and then after depositing the necessary funds in a Thai bank account will wait the 60 days before heading to my local immigration office in Bueng Gan to apply for a retirement visa. On the official Thai embassy website it says that if I apply to retire in the UK I must provide a medical certificate and police clearance. But if applying in Thailand it says that these "may be requested ". My question is, will I definitely need these certificates? Or is it a case of some immigration offices or officers being more or less stringent. I do want to be prepared especially as I am selling up and leaving sunny Devon forever.

I look forward to any advice 👍

hi everybody

i got non-o (90days) " marry visa " and i had been quote by a law firm in bangkok it cost 7500 THAI BATH to open a thai bank account.

issit worth it or should i try on my own ?

thanks eveybody

If I apply for a Muay Thai gym in Bangkok with Software Power, will it be okay if I live in Khon Kaen? There aren't any certified Muay Thai gyms in the area I want to live. What should tm90 do in this case?

How does the 90 day work while you constant on the move - so basically - every day or week stay in another hotel/place?

Does the reception need to give me the tm30 or something else?

We have a dtv already for a year and it works easy with a rentalcontract. Now, we are moving soon for the rest of the 4 year that is left from place to place.

Thanks.

Can anyone recommend places in Chiang Mai that do the DTV ‘soft

power visa?