Hi im uk citizen over 50 I'm looking to move to Pattaya and looking at the Non immigration O retirement visa not sure which is best to apply for I've seen there is one where you

Proof of age

Proof of pension

I'm not wanting to have to place money in thai bank not sure which is best 1 year or Non 0 90 day can you help please.

Leslie

Hello,

I was just denied my annual OA extension based on monthly income because I could not show that I have a pension or income in USA. I draw on my brokerage account which has a substantial amount. Is there any appeal process or will I need to put 800K into my account here and leave Thailand come back and apply for O VISA.

Current extension expires Dec 17. Udon thani office

What documents would I need to bring with me to convert a VOA to an NON-O? US citizen 59 retired with a pension that meets minimum requirements. (65k baht)

FBI police clearance, Passport, Pension proof?

The instructions say an 800k baht deposit or a pension. Am I reading that right?

Is it one or the other?

Someone said don't get the O-A

just get the O. What's the difference.

Thanks for your help.

Hello,

I discover this group today. Very good for newbie like me 😊

I stay in Thailand now since 10 days, 3 months visa. I got a non-immigrant O visa, single entry, (E-visa) because I am married to a Thai woman. But I want to apply to a 1 year visa.

On my confirmation visa email nothing is written at "visa conditions"

On my passport under the red stamp Non-O it is manually written "F-Visa"

So some questions :

1 - Can I get a retirement visa if I arrived with this visa ? I am 63.

If not, is there another solution?

2 - Is there a real difference between married visa or retirement visa except the 400k/800k ? We were married in France so I think that I don't have all the documents to prove our marriage here in Thailand.

3 - My retirement pension is more than 800k/12 months so maybe the first year it is not necessary to ask for marriage visa and so I will have time to get all documents for next year ?

4 - But the first time must we get 800 K on the account ? Or how can we prove the amount of our retirement pension ?

Then the years after just prove that we receive money from abroad every month (it must really be every month or the addition at the end of the year must be > 800K)

5 - Some people say that we also must pay an expensive health insurance, some people say that we don't. What is the truth?

6 - Some friends told me to apply through a visa agency but I don't want to have problems one day at the border when I will come back to Thailand in case of this is not a perfect visa.

And also it is very expensive. If I'm not wrong, the visa alone costs 1900 THB.

7 - I read somewhere that I cannot ask anything until 60 days of presence in Thailand. True ? Because my flight return, if necessary, is the 14th of April and it is not possible to change it.

So if no visa I must flight back on 14th of April. 😭

Will I get enough time to get one ?

I know that it is a lot of questions but worry a lot !!

Some yes or no answers could be enough for some questions 😊

(Maybe it is important to say that my adress is in Pattaya because it seems that some immigration office are more requiring.)

Thanks for help me.

I am hoping to get a retirement visa this year and I believe you need 800K baht to get one. At the moment I hold some money in a savings account with my bank but it does not equate to that value. I have a pension which I can cash in at any time as a lump sum and have received a valuation which when added to the savings equates to well over the 800K baht. My question is do I have to cash the pension in and transfer to my savings account or will the embassy accept the documentation from the pension company?

Some advice please, my situation is - I’m an American married to a Thai 4 years, I had a 1yr visa issued in the USA. Expired in January, now extended to April 15 because I just took my wife’s family to Burma as a border run. Was applying in Aranyaprathet for another 1 year, they said I needed my pension endorsed by the US Embassy. So I made appointment that is now canceled until further notice because of virus.

Other option take 400,000 bhat from US and deposit it in Thai bank. Putting a lot of money in a Thai bank makes me uneasy but it is what it is. I have to take 20,000 bhat at a time from an ATM, will not let me take out more. Fee’s are crazy to do this, close to 1 grand. Can’t transfer to my account in Thai as US bank will not let me without being present. I have a home here, car and HD motorcycle, I owe no one nothing. My pension is is 50x + what they require. I have monthly pension statement but not notarized.

Travel seems risky unless I just go home until the virus issue passes or try to cross into Cambodia but risk is they won’t let me back in.

I think the answer is I’m screwed so Fly home?

Thanks for any advice you may have.

Louie P.

Hi everybody. At present Im in Indonesia but reside in Thailand since 5 years with a non immigrant O visa.....long term. Up to today i have p resented to Immigration my source of income exceeding by far the reqired THB 65.000,- monthly certified by my homebank and my german consulate in Thailand to renew my stay permit. Never a proof of receiving my pension in my Thai bank account has been asked b y Immigration ever. Does anybody know weather this has changed in my case according to the new visa rules?

Thank you all for your reply.

I have a couple of questions about the Non-immigrant, Type-O multiple entry visa:

Is the length of each entry 90 days, or 1 year?

If the latter, does that mean effectively an almost two-year stay is possible on a one year visa?

Does the pension required have to be the UK State pension, or can it be another type of pension, eg. military or company pension as used to be the case?

Someone's just trying to tell me that the retirement visa pension regs have been changed on the new application to either 65,000 bht a month or 800,000 in the bank but no longer a combination of both.

If that's true, there's going to be a long line at the airport.