I know that I must contact Thai Embassy in UK for official clarification but just wondered how others interpret the situation below :

We are Married UK couple who have been planning to move to Thailand for the last 6 months.

Male 45, Female 51 both UK passport holders.

We have sold our house and many many possessions and was originally planning to move July.

Original plan was for F to apply for Non O-A multi entry and M to apply Non O based on trailing spouse.

Having logged on to register for E-Visa accounts today and checked requirements on Embassy website there has been an update on 4th April and the option on a Non O for a spouse that does not qualify on there own (age based) has been removed......

HOWEVER....The Non O 90 day information still has an over 50 years of age requirement..... But the Non O-A does not stipulate any age requirements

Financial commitments can be met individually for both parties, as can all other conditiions and I understand that Thai Elite / Privilege is an option but I'd rather not have to apply for Thai Privilege Visa and waste the cash if not required.

Thoughts?

Hello peops. Has anyone been able to change a visa status or "reason for stay" while being inside the country, directly at immigration? I find it quite crazy that you have to fly outside Thailand to apply at an embassy again, while you are already legally inside the country.

Objective is to change a soon to expire ED visa to an non-O visa (so the spouse can be attached to / following husband visa and work permit). Am I missing something ?...

We are a Canadian couple in our 50's looking to come back to Thailand for a minimum 6 month time period. Last year we came on a 60+30 day tourist Visa and stayed for a few months via the Covid extensions. It worked out great but it sounds like this is coming to an end and we don't want to deal with the stress of maybe having to leave early. We are not looking to work or go to school. After looking at the options it appears that the Non-Immigrant O-A visa would be the way to go (please advise if we are missing other options).

Some questions we have about this are:

- Official page says "Financial evidence : a guarantee letter from the bank and a copy of bank statement showing a deposit of the amount equal to and not less than 800,000 THB". "The bank" is in Thailand right? Concerned we have to get this from our Canadian bank who have told us they cannot provide a "guarantee letter".

- We are not clear if we can leave and come back to Thailand with the O-A Visa?

- Official page says says "Can be extended for 1 year every year". Does that mean after we receive the O-A visa we can get multiple extensions without re-applying all over again?

- Can the annual extensions work with the afore mentioned ability to leave Thailand and come back every year?

- In the past we were under the impression we couldn't open a Thai bank account while on a tourist visa. What is the typical "800K into a Thai bank account" process for people applying for the O-A while on a tourist visa?

- is there a way that one of us can "piggyback" or trail the other visa so we both don't have to deposit 800K?

- is it better to arrive on a single entry TR and apply when in Thailand?

Thanks in advance for any info/comments on this stuff!