Submitted my online application soft power medical just after midnight this morning in Vientiane. I had to change my Non B extension 6 weeks before the DTV was released, so I immediately changed to Non O based on being over 50. Went to the consulate to queue at 8am for the 9am opening and surprised to see only a Thai/Laos family in line ahead of me to get a passport for their daughter. I'm a bit pissed at myself for not realizing there was a QR Code to download and print off by clicking whatever it was I needed to click to take me to that QR code form. This was revealed to me by the gateman and as I turned around to find a printer a tout dragged me across the street to a canopy tent with a guy and a laptop ready to grease me for 50 baht to print one page. I walked down the street into an office building and saw a young lady exiting an office and queried her as to where I could get a page printed. She kindly got it done for me in a minute. Apparently the office is a learning center and she spoke great English. So back down the street to hand over the printout and pay my 10K. Walked into the main foyer inside and spoke with a friendly, kind, informative, office staffer who told me that likely I'd be called in for an interview/open banking app in person by Friday. By the time I was back at my hotel status went from pending payment to payment received and pending document check, by 2pm it went to pending approval. I waited till today to apply as it was exactly 3 months seasoning of the 500K in one account and another account with 500+K that had steady monthly incremental increases over a year. Drove my old car from Chiang Rai to Vientiane using a international car passport from Thai DLT and a mini-marathon of back and forth counter shuffling paperwork on both sides of the Nong Khai border, it was a bucket list, level up task I wanted to accomplish. Apparently first time is always extra duty and easier once you get the initial bar/QR code. Beer Laos is dirt cheap 32 baht a bottle, I'm going to bring a dozen home even tho I'm not a drinker. Will update this post as circumstances dictate.

PS, on the same side of the street beside the consulate is a coffee shop, and beside the coffee shop is another person under a tent doing printing for 10 baht (if I recall).

Update 13/03 2pm

E-mail received for interview Monday morning, darn I was hoping I wouldn't have to wait through the weekend. But, on the other hand it's pretty much a done deal now. I came with 3.1 million Kip, only have half a million left, my biggest expense was 620,000 on a quality outdoor adventure type shirt. 100K on a massage and the rest on food and morning coffee, where the heck did it all go?

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My husband and I, from the UK, are expatriating to Thailand, we’ll also be using it as a base for travelling around SE Asia and Australasia. I am 51 years old and my husband is 63, we would both ultimately expect to attain multi-entry Non-Immigrant O Visas, mine as a trailing spouse and his for Retirement. This, we understand is the simplest and cheapest visa option for us.

My question is around the timing of our annual extension date. The only time each year that we can say with some confidence that we would always be in Thailand to present ourselves for our visa extensions is mid-January so it is our current belief that we should try and co-ordinate our 1st 12 month Non O extension to be done on say 18th January 2023. Working back from that we would apply in Thailand for 3 month O Visas to commence 18th November 2022, having arrived in Thailand on Visa exemptions up to 30 days earlier. My Husband would place 800,000 THB in his Bangkok Bank A/C before the beginning of September 2022 and hold it at that balance at least until 18th January 2023.

Will we need health letters from our UK doctors and/or criminal records checks from the UK? We will both be attaining health insurance in Thailand, will it need to have an annual renewal date of 18thJanuary to coincide with the required visa extension date?

Is the above too elaborate and/or incorrect or could our process be simplified please?

Tod Daniels and group, Iam looking back on my earlier questions and responses and am now curious if anything has changed since the January post of mine. I now live in Thailand on a non imm O-A multi-entry retirement visa issue from u.s. issue date 25 April 2019. Exp 24 April 2020. As you previously suggested I will depart and come back Thailand j just prior to expiration to get another year on this visa. Question 1) I assume that opportunity hasn’t changed yet. To get nearly two years out of an initial O-A visa, Correct?

Question 2) I do not need to buy any re-entry permit during that first year since I have a multi- entry visa for that first year only, correct?

Question 3 for all the marbles: I should ignore banking 800k in Thailand bank until at least 2 months prior to the end of the second year on this same visa? Correct? Because that is the point when I apply for an extension of stay with immigration.....Nearing the end of the second year on this visa.....NOT nearing the end of first year. No banking amount is required nearing the end of the first year. Again this assumes I get stamped in for another year just prior to April 24 2020.

Your groups response is valuable and appreciated. 😃

My retirement visa expires nov 30

I am going back USA FOR Holidays at end Nov

Can I get O A visa to substitution for retirement at Thai consulate NYC and do I need to just show $27000 in savings or checking/savings account?

I own condo in bkk and have Indo student going to school on ED. Visa

He files papers with condo address each semester, do I need to do TM30 for him or is it " baked" in his ED VISA papers he files each semester at immigration

Can I get multi entry visa at Thai NYC. Consulate?