I wish to retire to Thailand later this year. From UK, I’ll be depositing 800,000 in Bangkok Bank. My gf says they told her I just need my proof of accommodation (TM30?). Then I wait 2 months with proof of funds before applying for the year extension.

Does this sound like a plan ?

Please be nice. Some of you guys can be big meanies 😂😂😂

Hi I live in Koh Tao and got married to a Thai in the UK in 2023. I want to change from my non-o 90 day visa to a one year non-o visa.

Have been told by my visa agent that she doesn't know how to help me... 🙄so hopefully you guys can help me.

What do I need to do? I have read many threads and there is always contradictory advice so I am very lost.

Do I apply for the 'affirmation of marriage status' form on the UK gov website? That form is worded as if it is for unmarried persons and also asks what date and location I'm going to be married in, which makes me think that is the wrong form for someone who is already married. Don't want to pay £75 for the wrong form.

I have heard I need to get a "kor ror 22" and also certify my UK marriage certificate then get it translated but not sure how to go about it.

Can anyone please shine some light on what I need to do?

Thank you!

My friend arrived today from UK travelling with two others who are here for short holiday 21 days . He though has came back for a longer break, he was here at end of 2024 on a tourist 60 day visa and extended it from 60 to 90 days and then he went home to Uk early December, not sure exact date. He booked a return flight for another 90 day trip , no hassle at the departing airport not sure if Qatar or emirates but they just said will he be applying for a visa extension, no problem with airline to let him fly as his return flight was in 90 days. When he got to immigration in Bkk he was in his words grilled by immigration officer on what his intentions were. Where would he stay , where was he travelling. She told him not allowed to visit for 90 days and go away short time and come back for another 90 days , he must apply e visa online , at one point he thought she wasn’t going to give him entry it was really bad the other two friends got scared as they heard all this and thought he was going to be refused entry. The officer was very rude and direct , visa not for long visit only tourist for holiday, the more he tried to reason the more she said it.

He did not argue as he was on verge of being refused . Now immigration officer has put a note on his file to warn other officers. He’s panicking, she said ok you have holiday , go away for long time come back for holiday , it beggars belief they want tourist that they do this , this friend took early retirement and is loving visiting Thailand but this has put him off . He travels Europe a lot so he might return to that . I told him to get a multi entry retirement visa to last him 15 months but after this 3 months he is not coming back until September/ October , so should he risk return in September and do retirement visa then or get it on this trip even though he won’t use it again from when he leaves in April until he returns in September.

Has anyone else suffered at immigration? This guy is actually genuine lol he fell in love with the lifestyle but he’s genuinely just using the system to holiday nothing else. I told him to get an agent to do his extension at 60 days as he will never know what this officer put on his file and he might be refused. He is shaken by the experience

Sorry for long post I have literally just left these friends and this was the main topic of conversation

Helo all,

Have been a long term lurker of this group so have seen the odd question that meets my circumstances and done plenty of searching but I wondered if I could get some takes from informed people. Essentially I think I have two routes to a DTV.

The first route is I am currently employed as a civil servant. I am taking a career break to come to Thailand in May but right now I can provide the bank statement, payslips and a job description/contract that directly states I work "from home" (possible issue is that's the wording is just that, "from home", not "remote" .)

The negatives of applying that route are obvious, that I wouldn't be doing that job whilst in Thailand (more it wouldn't be allowed, than my contract states that anywhere) and I will not be being paid while on the career break, but will still be employed on paper.

Without moral judgment, I see nothing they'd ask for with the Visa though I couldn't technically provide at the current time as my career break hasn't started yet, outside of the possible issue of it saying "from home" rather than "remote".

My second route, is I am also a content creator who has only just gotten to the point I make enough money for it to be a tax concern, so whilst I can provide a Patreon page for my podcast that shows a steady income for many years (it was previously split between multiple people, now it's just me and in my name), I don't have business registration or any tax documents and won't until next year when I'd need to do this.

I'm thinking option 1 and maybe if I'm questioned, then switch to option 2 and volunteer that I have a second income.

What do people think, is that the best plan or should I be more forthright and just go Option 2?

Thanks for any thoughts!

EDIT: I would be applying via the UK Embassy.

I just recently registered my business and am not going to be operating until later in the year. So I don't have any evidence apart from the business registration. Is that enough evidence of self employment to get the DTV visa?

Besides that, I can meet all other requirements (e.g. 500,000k in the bank).

Anyone having trouble paying for the Thai E-Visa? I am ready to submit, when I try to pay, I am either logged out, or receive “Payment failed or was declined”. I am using a Visa debit/credit card. I even went out to purchase a Visa prepaid card. No luck with that either. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi . Some confusion on various sites re the retirement visa. I’ll be applying from the UK before I travel . Non O or Non O-A ? I will not be working just retiring. I understand the Non O -A is better for me ? Can someone explain the difference between the two. Thanks .

Immigration won’t accept my last 15 months of deposits to extend my married visa. They told me I need to get an affidavit of income verification by my embassy, which doesn’t do it anymore. I’ve never had a problem in previous years.

Now. I need to extend my married visa for two months so I can put ฿400,000 in the bank. Can I get an extension for 60 days at immigration or will I have to go to Laos. I haven’t had to do that since 2006.

Are there any immigration offices that accept the monthly deposits without getting the income verification from my embassy?

Maybe I've been reading things incorrectly, but it seems like on the evisa retirement non O, it was said you get 2 months on arrival, then can extend for 30 days, and then can extend for 1 year by getting the bank account etcetera.

We just arrived today with our non o retirement visa and both I and my mom were given 90 days right away

Approved!

My case is a bit unusual, as I had an active METV issued by the Chicago embassy in early November (valid until early May). I was a bit worried after reading some posts here that stated I couldn't have two visas active at the same time, but in November had entered Thailand with both a single entry and multiple entry tourist visa. Upon arrival at BKK, the immigration officer simply asked which one I wanted to use. I'm assuming he canceled the single entry visa after I told him I wanted to use the METV. Because of this and reports from others that their applications were not denied, but basically postponed due to existing METVs, I decided to give the DTV application a shot.

I still have no idea why I was approved despite others with active METVs being told they have to wait for theirs to expire.

Details:

Applied 6/1/25 from Da Nang via HCMC Embassy. Soft Power route with Botany/Cooking seminars from Discover Thai Nature. 5 years of monthly seminars for $9999 baht.

In addition to filling out a flight date/number and my Da Nang hotel address on the short-form page, I submitted the following documents with my application:

* Passport data/photo page

* Photo taken in Da Nang 5 months ago (used on previous visa applications)

* Current checking account statement (dated 2/1/25) from US-based bank showing around $19,000.

* Documents sent to me by Discover Thai Nature - letter of invitation, confirmation of enrollment, payment and participation, business registration documents

* Photo of my Vietnam entry stamp

On Thurs, 9/1, I received a request for extra documents (see photo).

This time I submitted:

* Merged PDFs of one of my brokerage accounts and two checking accounts, all of which showed 6 months of financial activity. I used [members only] to merge documents on PC.

* A new photo taken 10/1 in Da Nang (total cost was 40,000 VND or around US$2 for picture and JPEG sent to my email).

* Merged PDFs of my hotel confirmations in Da Nang, matching the address I submitted on the short form page.

* The same documents submitted initially from Discover Thai Nature, but this time with a cover letter stating my intent to attend seminars and a description/explanation of the other documents I was submitting. I also stated that I intend to participate in professional cooking classes with Bangkok Thai Cooking Academy later this year, but hadn't yet enrolled (I fully plan on taking their four-week course).

I received my approval e-mail at around 1:30 PM today. I plan on staying in Vietnam until mid-February but will update on whether or not there are issues with immigration and my two active visas (I don't expect there will be) when I fly back to Bangkok.