Hello, I want to retire in Thailand in the korat area at the end of this year, looking at the financial requirements for a retirement visa or I believe the other option is a non o visa for a year and then extend it for another year and in that time deposit 65,000 or more into a Thai bank account, would this work or do I have to stump up the 800,000 , no intention of getting married at the moment, have friends in Korat who have married and built their own houses, love the area and the friendly people

I don’t know whether to go and use an agent to simplify the process and I’m not sure if this is hundred percent legal, is there any comeback on using an agent, Thai government websites say that if you can prove from your pension provider that you have over 65,000 baht per month paid into a Thai bank account then this negate the need for the 800,000, I’m not sure what to believe because my friends are telling me that no bank or pension provider in the UK will certify this, confused

Where I can shop for ATV ???

TM30 advice please, my wife will report me in as it’s her house when we get back to khorat next month, if we go to Pattaya for a week does she have to report again to khorat immigration, thanks

Residence certificate to buy a car. Do you need to aquire from your nearest imm dept. or can you get from any. Have moved to chonburi, but going up to Korat tomorrow. Tm30 is now Chonburi.

Does anyone know an agent who can help open a bank? account

I am married to a thai we are living in the UK and intend to retire to Thailand on a spouse visa i have read the we have to get our Thai marriage certificates verified we have been married 12 years we got married in Bangkok we intend to settle in Korat can i use the offices in Korat to get the certs verified or must they be done in the place we got married we do not want to go to Bangkok as we intend to go straight to Korat from the airport

Hi folks , if I opened a Thai bank account

In Udon Thani or Korat but then moved to a beach area to apply for retirement would I be able to do internet banking , money transfers ,access statements,use ATM in the new location or is it best to open account in the city where I apply for retirement.

Thanks 🙏

This a question in “everything else” catagory. My Thai girlfriend (of 2 yrs) has a small thai food cafe in Korat. does she need to have a drink’s license to sell beer (just beer) she cut only offers water and some soda drinks. customers have ask for a beer occasionally. Her brother out in the sticks has a restaurant and says she doesn’t because it’s low volume and served with food, as it’s not a Bar as such?

Looking for a company that sells and installs artificial grass/ turf for my back yard near korat

Just an update, received my visa extension today in Korat imm. 4hrs including 1.5 hrs for lunch. Couple of problem applications held up the process. 1 couple was at the counter for an hour and still had to go get something. That's the way it is sometimes I suppose. No hard feelings. Just advice Get Everything in order before turning up. Plenty of advice out there including this forum.