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What are the yearly costs associated with maintaining retirement or long-term visas and what should expats expect to pay for healthcare coverage in Thailand?
What are the steps to obtaining a non-o retirement visa and extensions in Thailand?
Can my 45-year-old wife come as my dependent on a Thai retirement visa?
COMMENTS
Do airport immigration offices charge higher rates for re-entry permits compared to local immigration offices in Thailand?
Chris
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Yes Phuket Airport does also charge more.
What are the application requirements and options for a Non-O Visa for returning to Thailand for 6 months?
Chris
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A non-o will only get you 90 days then a 60 day visit Thai family.
5 months.
IMO not necessary as you will need 1 border bounce to get 6 months anyway.
I would:
Enter visa exempt 60 days.
Do a border bounce, some time after 30 days to get to 6 months ,(no extension on this 1st entry)
Then:
Entry gets 60 days.
Then extend 30 days locally.
Then extend 60 days visit Thai family.
7 months no issue.
And you won't have to apply for anything.
Does the OA visa in Thailand require Thai health insurance, and how can I obtain it while in the US?
Chris
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Here is a list of approved insurance companies:
What are the requirements and best options for securing a DTV visa for training in Thailand?
Chris
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Letter of support would come from someone other than the facility being used.
Her mother, her employer, maybe a family friend, etc.
Having the 500k necessary.
Can same-sex couples with a Thai Marriage Certificate apply for a Non-O E-Visa based on marriage to a Thai national?
Chris
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It will be possible to do incountry at Thai immigration.
This is reported from Phuket.
All of the documentation requirement remains the same.
It is reported that the foreign spouse will have to prove the financials regardless of male or female.
I have not heard or seen that it is has been tested yet.
Do I need a Thai bank account if I choose the 65,000B monthly income option for my Non-O visa extension instead of the 800,000B option?
Chris
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@Kevin
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it doesn't matter whether you believe it's contradictory.
It is what it is.
A lonstay visa is not a 90 day non-o you extend in Thailand.
An embassy is not Immigration.
Do I need a Thai bank account if I choose the 65,000B monthly income option for my Non-O visa extension instead of the 800,000B option?
Chris
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Listen , whether you agree or not doesn't matter.
What you think you know doesn't matter.
You have been given the answers to your questions, by the top contributors.
There are many of us who have experience and are actually on these visas and some may have actual ties to Immigration.
The process is what it is, if you follow it works.
Do I need a Thai bank account if I choose the 65,000B monthly income option for my Non-O visa extension instead of the 800,000B option?
Chris
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@Kevin
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listen to
@Brandon
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Stop confusing the process.
You do not need a Thai Bank to apply for an e-visa. 90 day non-o.
You do need a thai bank account to extend 1 year in Thailand.
IF you apply for an OA 1yr longstay visa and don't extend in Thailand you don't need a Thai bank account at all.
Embassies and Thai immigration are 2 different things.
Do I need to have 800,000 Baht in the bank for two months before extending my NON-O retirement visa?
Chris
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800k 2 mths prior to extension application
800k 3 mths after approval
400k always never below
If you don't meet these criteria you will start over with a trip out.
How can I book an appointment to pay for my Visa at the Thai Embassy in Vientiane?
Chris
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None of those are official.
This is the evisa site to apply and pay.
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