The joy of traveling is to explore new places and make discovery you don't need ppl to guide you on pattaya bars....just go in and spend some money

@Sarick *********

many have done the impossible without the help of agents....some rich ppl are just to lazy

It's pretty straight forward IF you are legit of course the gov of the country needs to filter applications accordingly they want to make sure u have enough means to live here and not becoming a burden to them for example working illegally or overstaying without a valid visa why does the immigration needs to see your 800k (retirement)in bank before they approve your extensions

You will have to find out what are the requirements of getting a residency for a foreigner in your home country....I think the best bet is to get married and now you have to decide where to register your marriage is it better to do it in the UK or Thailand...

@Tom ********

the nonO is a standard visa of 90days stay in thailand which after u can apply extension to one year from that visa...check with the thai embassy of your country what are the requirements of applying for 90days nonO visa and after u enter thailand can visit immigration office to get information of requirements of extending that visa

It's not difficult to apply for a retirement visa whether u are in UK or thailand if have the required funds but the difficult part is to open a bank acct in thailand without a long term visa as u will need a thai bank acct for future extensions....hence most ppl suggested that u get the 90days nonO in your home country with funds at home bank den u travel to thailand with the nonO and get a thai bank acct with that as u will need to transfer your funds to thai acct for future extensions in thailand things will be easy if u use a agent but are u going to pay the agent every time u do a extension? Many ppl have also done it themselves without the agent it's about learning the process and once u got it right u just do the same every year immigration offices have handouts of what is needed to do the extensions

Danang hands down

@Phil ******

thanks for the advice

@Brandon ***********

what if I didn't miss a day but my deposit came in early for example the month of June have 2 deposits one on the 2nd(65k) and one on the 30th(65k) suppose to turn up 1st July....no deposit in July but everything back to normal in August and after will this be OK for the immigration?

I always do my arrival card at the airport before boarding to singapore....yes ppl might argue this is thailand not singapore ...but for me it seems arrival cards works the same as usually u get a email reply 5-10mins after u submit