Can I get a retirement visa and spend more time in Australia and work until I get our home built then retire in about two years over there and how often do I need to return and would it be easier to find a agent to help me with everything like bank account and phone number and driving licence and stuff like that

If I received a retirement visa, how many month are you allowed to be out of thailand ?

I don’t fancy 12 months a year in thailand. but possibly 8 months, with 4 months in Europe.

TIA 🙏

How difficult or straight forward to apply for DTV for middle age female in sales and marketing field? And does it allow to bring my pet (cat) along?

Can anyone recommend a Visa Agent in Bangkok Ekkamai area? I have to do 90 day reporting would rather pay them.

I have a Non O retirement visa but now married to a Thai lady

Any benefits to switch to the marriage visa or should I leave alone? I have to redo in January

thanking you in advance

Doug and Somying

Hey.. I've been living in Thailand for a while but now I want to get a Non O visa since my wife works here(non Thai).

- I'm currently in Bangkok and I have more than 15 days to apply for it.

- Can I apply for this kind of visa while in Thailand? Read that it's possible to change the type of visa in the immigration office.

- The marriage certificate, that's actually a domestic partnership or stable union, needs to have sworn translation only? Or anything else is needed?

- It seems that you first get a 3 month visa and then it's possible to extend it to match my wife's visa, is that correct?

Thanks in advance!!!

Hi All

I'm finishing up working in Thailand, so my non-imm B visa will be cancelled.

I plan to travel for a few months then come back for retirement.

Wondering if it is easier/better to come back on a tourist visa and do the retirement visa process, or sort it out before travelling?

Also, most of my Thailand funds are in stock and crypto, are those account balances accepted for the 800k, or will I need to take some out and deposit it in a regular bank?

Thanks in advance for responses 🙏

Hello friends! So I have applied for a workation visa from Hanoi this Sunday evening, provided everything possible and known to me:

- financial(two accounts back home showing funds more than 500k Bhats for six months)

- professional (cover letter, gst registration certificate, screenshots of business, IT returns etc)

-location documents ( current hotel in Hanoi including the arrival stamps, boarding pass, tickets and also lease in Thailand and flights inwards to cnx)

But I made a mistake of pre-booking flights for coming Sunday i.e. 14th as I wasn't certain of applying for DTV when I planned my Hanoi trip and thought it was just a border run.

Do you have any recommendations to have the process expedited if at all any, as I ideally don't want to lose money on tickets and extending hotel here any further.. though that's my last option. I'm happy to even walk over to the embassy if it helps, though any inputs welcome. Also, anyone who applied from Hanoi recently, what was your turnaround?

Thank you and much grateful for this community 🙏☺️

Help me make sure I understand this correctly. I’m applying here in the US for the Non OA 1 year visa. This first year I only need to do the 90 location reporting?

Was looking to apply for my DTV while I'm at work in Taiwan but heard from one of the guys at work it's difficult here with the embassy being in the Philippines, there being awkward making it over complicated with documents. Anyone done it here in Taiwan or had a better experience somewhere else close by like Malaysia, Indonesia so on? Thanks for the advice.

Hello 👋

I have a couple of questions if you could answer please.

My husband and I will be looking to retire to Thailand early next year and have a few questions regarding a retirement visa, we currently reside in New Zealand.

1: With the requirement of THB 800,000 in a Thai bank account, is this amount for each person or is this amount for both of us?

Question 2: Do we have to purchase medical insurance for our Retirement Visa? Is this compulsory?

Question 3: With the changes in Thai banking, will it be difficult to open a Thai bank account for our Retirement visa, and when will this need to be done? (and how will it be done) because we will need to transfer the THB 800,000 into a Thai bank account as required for the visa.

Question 4: When we arrive we will be on a tourist visa (currently 30 day stay?) which we would need to extend for a further 60 days (total of 90 days) which will allow time needed to organise the bank account, visa etc.... is this the best option for us to do, or is there an easier or better way?

Thanks in advance

Michelle 🙏