@Sharron ******

Yes, you can do that. And that’s what my husband and I will be doing. You’ll hear many people tell you not to waste money on an agent. But it’s totally up to you as an individual how you want to handle getting your retirement visa.

Personally, I felt the hoops I had to jump through to apply online was slightly more involved than going to Thailand and applying for the visa there. But that’s my own personal opinion.

@Steve ******

I think that’s true. When we flew in December for a 45-day trip, the airline (Korean) wanted to see our tourist visa but we also had a round trip ticket so the return travel was covered. I expect I’ll be buying the onward ticket the morning of our flight.

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

Actually, yes, I did need an onward ticket for applying online for the Non-O which is why I bought a cheap one way ticket to KL in October. Otherwise I wouldn’t have bought one that far out from arriving in Thailand.

@Madz *****

Spot on! I didn’t think I needed to look at his profile but it sure does tell me everything I need to know about him 😆🥴

I had the same exact situation applying for the tourist visa from the US. I used Agoda and just booked hotels for the dates required. You can book without payment so once you get your visa you can cancel all the reservations you won’t use.

@Andy *********

The website I’m speaking of seems to be legit and I’ve seen several people say they’ve used them no problem. But the $16 ghost ticket is only valid for about 48 hours and most people use them to get on the international flight from their home country. Yes, there are inexpensive ticket to nearby countries and I think that’s what I’m going to do after all. Mainly because I’m trying to apply online for a visa and it’s likely they won’t process the application until after the ticket has become invalid.

@Alan ********

I thought the same thing until I read more on the website. Since they pull info of real flights you have the option to actually purchase the flight through them. I sent them an email asking if it would be any cheaper than going through an airline directly and they wrote back saying it’s likely cheaper to go through the airline.

@Graham *****

I’m going to be starting the application online for the Non-O and if it all works out I’ll definitely be posting my experience. Though I Know it could be different based on the country and specific embassy applied through.

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

It’s crazy the amount of info we can gather from the internet! I try to find things out on my own but sometimes, like in the case of my question here, it’s not always easy to get an answer to specific question. I appreciate your feedback and answer to my post.

@David ****

Ah ok.