My goal is a September 24' arrival to Thailand to apply for retirement visa. I will meet the age and income requirements. What visa should I apply for coming into country to ease this process. I was told coming in on visa exempt tourist or 60 day tourist isn't recommended. Do I need any other documentation from home. My thought was hire an agent for first time and learn process to do on my own in future years. I'll be coming from USA. I've read about needing law enforcement back ground checks etc being required. Should I bring that also? Thanks for any tips.

I'm applying for my non immigration 0 visa based on marriage to a Thai national from Australia. Does anyone know if I need a 12 month cover for covid or 90 days as I need to exit Thailand every 99 days.

I intend to move to Thailand around August and stay for long term. I'm over 50, so a Non-O-A visa might be the best choice in my case. I have two questions regarding the visa:

1) Is it better to get the Non-O-A visa in my home country (Switzerland) before coming to Thailand or to come to Thailand with 45 days visa exemption and apply for the Non-O-A visa once in Thailand?

2) I have an international health insurance with world wide coverage and would like to keep it. They meet all criteria and will also provide the necessary certificates for the visa application. However, I read the following text on the Thai embassy web site: "when applicants use insurance companies which are not listed by Thai General Insurance Association, after a year the applicants cannot extend his/her stay in Thailand and must travel back to home country or residence country to apply for a new visa." What is your experience regarding health insurance in connection with a Non-O-A visa? Is it possible to get an extension in Thailand with an insurance that is not listed?

Thanks for your help.

Afternoon all.

I have a genuine question. I live here in Thailand with my Thai wife and our 2 children.

We would all really like to know if there is a way that we can get my parents (both aged over 70) to Thailand for a few months.

They have the required funds in banks etc and the ASQ etc isn't an issue.

Can they apply for the O-A (1-year retirement) visa from the UK at the moment, or is there any other way that you might be able to suggest to us, please.

Really appreciate any help and/or advice you can offer.

Hi, I’ve just joined the group and have read many of the posts and there is a wealth of information, so I know I’m in the right group.

I have a Non-Imm type O-A and the VISA expiry date for a ‘border run renewal’ expires on 3 September, but entry stamp permits me to stay until 15 October. As it appeared the borders were not going to open, I visited the Yasothon Immigration Office last week, to determine my options, and the lady there was extremely nice and very helpful, although I think she could have given me more advise as to time lines. She advised that if the borders were to open before 3 September, I could get renewed but I would need to get the health insurance which came into affect after my first entry.

With the borders unlikely to open, she advised that my only other option was to apply for retirement visa, and I would need the 800K in a bank and health insurance, and I could apply prior to 15 October. As such, she provided me with some documents on the insurance.

Now my questions are two fold, firstly the 800K which won’t be a problem once I open an account hopefully in the next couple days, but even if I can open an account on Monday 17th, the 800K won’t get there from Australia until perhaps the 20th August! Do you think this will be a problem?

Secondly, the list of insurance companies on the document provided to me by Immigration are ‘participating companies’ and I’m being told that these companies are not the only ‘approved companies’ and that I can use any of the 168 Insurance companies that provide service in Thailand as long as I get the 400K/40K Cover. Is this correct?

Thanks in anticipation of good advice.