Is there a reason why Thailand do not have a permanent retirement visa?

So I have a retirement visa and recently left the country. I asked agent about reentry form upon my exit and she said I do not need one. When I returned I could only get 60 day tourist visa. Does this mean I need a new retirement visa? Do I have any options?

sriracha immigration are requesting photos of friends residence to prove proof he resides there. Does anyone have experience of the immigration checking in person where someone is loving by turning up in person? Thanks in advance

Good Morning, quick question: Retirement extension is possible 40/30 days in advance? Expires June, 2nd. I remember i was refused once as i was too early. CW BKK, thanks for a quick clarification.

Can you still apply for a retirement visa in Thailand by walking into the immigration office.Thanks.

Is it possible to get a straight answer to this question

I eventually want to get a retirement visa

I know I need 90 days non o visa

Where do I start and what do I need to do

My head is spinning with all the different posts on here and conflicting answers

Help

Thanks in advance

Hey all. I am a noob (newbie) to this group. My daughters are coming to Thailand in 2 weeks. Both are in their early 20s. One is coming to teach and the other has applied to a university in Thailand and is waiting to hear back.

If she gets in, school won’t start until July or August so… I guess she would first have to do a tourist visa and then ask the school to start the process for the education visa so that she doesn’t have to leave the country? This is all so new and happening so fast.

My husband and I will be down there in July and he is doing a retirement visa but I was going to do a DTV visa. I wasnt sure if I can work if coming under his retirement visa. Which would be better to do?

When using your computer to navigate the non o retirement visa process ( evisa website )

How do you upload requested documents into the required fields

Should you take pics of passport and utility bills and bank statements onto your mobile device and then pair phone to pc and upload from there

Any further advice would be appreciated

Assuming you receive your 90 day non o retirement visa from evisa website

Am I correct in saying that the days start ticking down from the issue date ??

So if you then book your flight say to arrive 1 month later you then only have 60 days remaining on your visa ??

You then need to have your place of stay address sorted so that you can then open a bank account ( maybe 55 days left on your visa )

Then some days later you deposit 800000 baht into your account maybe ( 50 days left on your non o visa )

Ask your bank for a statement that shows your monies have been transferred from abroad

Then you take yourself off to immigration maybe when you have about 5 Days left on your non o visa taking your statement and confirmed address

AT THIS POINT DO YOU THEN APPLY FOR YOUR 12 MONTH EXTENSION

Hello all! I wanted to follow up with the group and share what happened with my recent under 50 dependent on a retirement visa application… as a thank you to the people who replied and for the benefit of the people who follow behind me.

So, after my post on February 27th and reading the advice offered, my wife (over 50) and I (49) decided to try for the Non-Immigrant Type O visa with me as a dependent. We engaged a well known and advertised Thai legal firm (that was not Thai Visa Centre) to assist us with the e-visa application (and only the e-visa application, as we are moving to Hua Hin and not in their service areas for other assistance). To be clear, we didn’t realize Thai Visa Centre was a group admin otherwise we would have consulted with them! We paid a US$495 fee per person, as we figured that any assistance they could provide to “tip the scales” might work in our favor. That fee included our e-visa fees, so call it US$810 total for the service.

In our application, we provided all the necessary documents and the required proof of funds in our bank accounts (actual balances not investments, and well over the minimums, which I hope reinforced that we were not applying to avoid the minimum 2x800k baht deposits but solely on account of my age being not-quite-50).

Application was submitted on Monday, March 10th to the Los Angeles consulate. My wife’s retirement visa was approved 10 days later (March 20th), but the officer used their discretion to approve my visa as a Tourist visa. I inquired as to if it could be a multiple entry Tourist visa, but that would have required a new fee and a new application (and wait). We went back and fourth on that issue, but ultimately my visa (60 day Tourist, or the same thing as the current visa exemption policy) was approved on the 26th.

So, in short, we tried it and it didn’t work. The next officer at the same consulate may have exercised their discretion differently, but… I thought we had a pretty strong “application package” and still struck out. I share this with others to hopefully save them some time and money on their visa process.

I am coming to Thailand for medical services, so I will likely pursue the medical soft power DTV once I’m there and can make sufficient appointments (we tried DTV from the US, but couldn't make more than one appointment at a time until we see the doctors). I’m sure I’ll have questions on DTVs soon, but in the mean time I’m thankful for all the information and advice this great group has shared.