Why do all the expats keep saying that to get the none 'O' visa extension, the only way is by having 800k in a Thai bank account in your name? Do none of these experts not know that you can have a combination of money in your Thai bank account, plus pension paid into your Thai account, as long as the combination is at least 800k or more.

Seems the poor lady has been scammed. Someone says why did she get her passport returned if she'd been scammed. How did they pay the visa fee? If they paid some agent in cash, then an agent could just take all the paperwork given by them. Take the money, then bin all the paperwork and post the passport back to the lady concerned.

@Rob ******

Hello, just read your comment, you said you applied for a two month tourist visa online and with only a one-way ticket? Is that correct and did you apply in the UK, London Embassy. Thanks for confirming if correct.

@Cris *****

oh! a pancake cruncher 😂😂😂

@John *********

ok, later this year I'll email London Embassy to confirm it. Thanks

@Andrew ******

Also there should be rules in place that airlines or ticketing agents cannot sell you one-way tickets only. Having said that, years ago I usually always got flights with one way ticket and never got asked by immigration about return tickets. Just because you have a return ticket doesn't mean you'll turn up for the return flight, so it doesn't guarantee to immigration that you'll leave.

@Paul ******

No mate. All my family as far as I know on my father's side are dead.

@Jan *****************

Yep, on the e-visa portal, there is no option for 12 month multiple 'O' visa. Having said that I emailed the Thai Embassy in London in January 2023 and asked about getting this visa. They replied stating if your over 50 years, have a minimum monthly income of £650 you can apply for 12 month multiple entry 'O' visa. How you apply for it, when the online application only gives 3 month, single entry I don't know.

@Den ****

Depends, there's two types of non'O' visas. Three month single entry and twelve month multiple entry. Both these have to be sourced in your own country from the Thai Embassy. The three month one can be extended by twelve months, that is an extension based on retirement. The twelve month multiple entry is based on certain criteria to apply for it in your country before you travel.

@Nathan ********

Hi, did you get your non O based on marriage to a Thai lady, or on having a Thai child? I got one years ago, 17 years to be exact. I got it at Thai consulate in UK, no Thai wife or child. On the e-visa portal if you select non-immigrant 'O' it only offers a three month visa, not a 12 month multiple entry, which I'd like to apply for. I am over 70 don't want the three month one, need the twelve month 'O' multiple entry.