My non o retirement visit is due at the end of next month. Are there any new requirements  I should be aware of🙏

Seeing a lot of posts and quick turnaround times via Hanoi embassy - do you have to be resident to submit there?

Does Thailand have a residency requirement on her visas?

I know that long term visas from some countries have a residency requirement per year. I have not found any information about this in Thailand. The only thing that is remotely close is the need to file tax if you stay in Thailand for more than 180 days in a year, just wondering.

So my wife and i have a date set for october 1st. to move to thailand ( we are both over 55 ) we are looking for positive help and feedback , so when we apply for the non immigrant visa ( visa type ) which purpose of visit do we pick ,is it retirement for foreignors aged 50 years or older ( who wish to stay in thailand no longer than 90 days ( is this the one we want so once we arrive to extend for one year ) or do we choose a different purpose for visit. Once we choose the right one we plan in order to

Find a residency for 1 year

Get landlord to fill out tm30 and proof of his ownership

Go to immigration to get residency letter

Get cellphone with address connected to the phone numbers and out names

Go to bank to open 2 seperate account one for me and one for wife each with ( 800000 plus baht in each )

Get health insurance

After 2 months in bank go back to bank to get proof of 2 months on deposit ( all deposited from our usa account of course ) and bring to immigration.

Are we missing anything or should we do this in a different order, thanks to everyone for helping in advance we really do appreciate any feedback.

I realize this isn't visa related, but can anyone dealing with U.S. Social Security share with me any advantages/disadvantages of telling them of moving to Thailand and subsequently going through their Philippines office for everything. Do they then insist on depositing my money in the Thai bank, are there other considerations. At the moment I plan on using a Mailboxes USA box and their address.

Got my one year extension non o retirement at pathum thani today .Only waited an hour and it was all done and dusted ,just followed the instructions on the handout

Only vague area is the home visit .We spend a lot of time at the mother in laws and he kept asking my wife what is our main residence and she didn’t give a very clear explanation and I think he said about cancelling the extension .Will have to wait and see what happens

Crazy rules because I’m retired and a man of leasure so why can’t i travel around ?

Has anyone here tried applying for a UK visa in Bangkok while on DTV? Does anyone know if the UK Consulate allows it? Thank you!

Hi all.

I'm just about to do my first 12 month extension on my non O staying with a Thai family member (marriage).

It co insides with us moving into a house that's just being completed. In the same province, district and sub district.

Bank Guarantee Letter

The letter from the bank showing seasoned funds, will that have my address on as I want to change my old address in due course or do I need to change to the new address ASAP?

If the latter can I go in the branch and do with my wife's blue book or do I need to get a new letter of residency from immigration to show the bank to update the address?

TIA

I was recently rejected for my DTV visa. I meet all the requirements, I'm American but I applied in Korea where I have lived for 18 months with a digital nomad visa. My visa moved to pending approval status. I then traveled to Thailand and now a few days later it got rejected.

In the rejection email it's very broad, with no specific reason given. I later learned that you have to stay in the country where you apply from, I thought originally you just had to apply outside of Thailand and you were good to go.

My question is I will be going back to Korea soon to apply again, and will stay there the entire process. Does having a previous rejection cause any issues or red flags when applying for the same Visa 2 months later?

Thanks for the help.

How many days of 2025 will you have spent in Thailand by the end of the year?

Even though the visa grants a 180-day stay with each entry, is there a kind of unofficial upper limit on the number of days spent in the country that makes de facto resident status interpretable?

My visa was approved as a remote worker. I work for my long-standing EU employer in my rented flat in Thailand with two screens, a LAN connection and a fixed desk. Leaving the country regularly is not realistic.

By the end of the year, I will have spent about 315 days in this country. Next year, I plan to return to my home country for 1-3 months, in addition to a shorter stay in a neighbouring country.