Adnan can i askwhich airline you cancel you return with? I assume you get a refund for that return ticket. I cant imagine many airlines giving full refund for return ticket, i hope i'm wrong

@J**

Where can I get this ticket? Is it an agent or an Airline?

@Br***

can you tell me where i can get a cancellable ticket. Sounds so easy, can it be bought on your phone in the airport before the flight goes? Do you choose the date and any price? You have to pay for ticket and get a refund when you cancel?

Damon from what i know to get a retirement visa here in the UK requires Police report, Medical insurance for the period along with the 800 k in a bank. (No idea how people do that without going to Thailand to get a bank account!) The only way i have got and renewed my retirement visa is by arriving on tourist visa, having 800 k I've already transfered via Wise to my SCB bank account which I opened when i first visited Thailand. Along with a letter from SCB to confirm my account and 800k , also an address. The trip to the Immigration, is done in 30 mins. The main reason im now looking at DTV is that i have to be back in UK for a few months, so 6 month stay in Thailand each year would be ideal for me.

Brandon. May i ask your advice ? I'm intending to convert my Tourist Visa after arrival in Bangkok this year, to a retirement visa . In the past I've entered with a 1 way ticket but that was 7 years ago. Would a train ticket to Penang be sufficient to show leaving within 60 days? Or does it need to be a flight? I'm aware that Emerates airline may ask to see a return or evidence of leaving within visa date. Which also throws up a problem as the visa can be extended for another 30 days. Do we need a return ticket within 60 days or a 90 days? Many thanks

Matt id like to think it is that easy ! Which hospital did you get your appointment with ? Is it in Bangkok ? And appointment for a general medical examination ? Or something spacific? As we have to apply for DTV outside of Thaland , I find it hardly likely that sending an email or letter to a Hospital asking for just an apppointment is going to get a reply! The hospitals specialise in different medical areas , so we are going to need to reveal what it is your wanting to be examined for and know what department or even the hospital to apply to . I know this from past living in Thailand and having to go to hospital on a number of occasions. I'm sure its unlikely an appointment for just an general examination will qualify for a DTV! It will need to be evidence of ongoing treatment and that it is going to be paid for, that qualifies for the visa. We'd need to enter Thailand on visa exempt and go to hospital to get all in place with reports of proceedure and cost , then apply for DTV outside of Thailand as specified in order to re entry with the DTV .

@Alisa ***********

From what i read re entering for another 180 days is all depending on the immigration officer that checks you in that day. Can it be that after 2 or 3 years we could re enter just on the strength that we did a cooking course 2 or 3 years ago? Or that we had an appointment with a doctor or Dentist? Wouldn't the immigration officer want to know what procedure you had and is it still ongoing ?

@An *******

Can i ask where the class is ? Did you get accomodation close to the school or do you travel to class each day? Do classes start early morning or afternoons ? Finaly when you get your DTV approval you have to leave Thailand in order to apply for the DTV visa as i read, it cannot be applied for within Thailand ? Many thanks

Does this mean if you have a UK passport or any other passport you must apply in UK or the country of your passport only ?

Can i ask how you got the medical appointments? Did you go to a hospital whilst in Thailand for examination or something and ask them to send you letters , i assume online, when you were leaving to go to Hanoi in order to apply for DTV to come back to Thailand? Im interested as i do want to get medical and dental treatment whilst in Thailand , but i can't progress with that whilst being in the UK. I assume best to go on 60 day entry and go around hospitals for prelim exams and bookings for further treatment. Then return home (or Vietnam) and apply for DTV ? Is that how you did it? Many thanks