"Golden Visa", if it is the same thing Mr Thaksin introduced in 2003, does give you 5-10-20 years stay, at the price of 8,000 THB (200 EUR) per month just to breath Thai air. Nothing else worth mentioning.

I know of some Japanese Execs who got that from their companies, part of their retirement package.

There were 100s of them. If not same, then similar service.

It is the first visa stamp you have ever had, in your passport. Old passport (if supreseeded by your currently valid passport) has to be had handy.

@Steve ***************

Is there such a visa for 90 days? Maybe a tourist visa.

60 days as of now (March 25 2025) and you go to Immigration to get next 30 days extenssion. During that time (after 60 days and extension) you can apply for a Non O, visa.

@Kim ********

Non - O Visa, requires health insurance when applying outside of Thailand.

Gets complicated? That is where visa agencies dig their business from.

I would not call names, just reading what the members are saying. Chill off.

@Stuart **********

That was a warning light for me: when I told the agency I can deposit 800K Baht on the spot, they said they do not need that, no change in their fee, stopped short of telling me to forget about that deposit.

@Stuart **********

I do not have an agent, it was one agent office where I went for free consultation. I have not applied for anything yet. Those advertising are the visa agencies, Internet has thousands of them.

100 times to Thai from Japan (a 5 hours flight) with 1 month stay without any visa just says (if it holds) with 2 months stay I can go 3 times a year and need nothing, my fully furnished and functional home is always there. Don't need bank account, visa, insurance other that what can be bought at the airport of departure. Can even hop on a low coster to Singapore or Vientiane and get another 2 months if I must.

@Stuart **********

I have been to Thai exactly 100 times since 2000, never stayed more than a month and have never had any visa. It is a 5 hours flight for me.

Why would I delete answers that are rolling in the streets, anyone can see them on the net?

When applying from outside of Thailand, Thai Embassy site says:

"8. One original and one copy of health insurance policy

● Must issue by insurance company in Thailand, Japan or other country

● Must cover all the period of stay in Thailand

● Must cover not the medical treatment of not less than the equivalent of 40,000 Baht for out-patient benefit and not less than the equivalent of 400,000 Baht of in-house patient benefit"