Get the non-O with your bank balance in the US. Come to Thailand and use that non-O to open a bank account and get yourself setup for the future.

Then before you come next time, get another non-O visa, and once you arrive you can transfer the money into the Thai bank account you already opened and you'll be well positioned to apply for your 1-year extension.

No DLT will give you a 5-year license if you're in Thailand as a tourist.

Anonymous participant 256 they don't know if it's a non-O based on retirement or marriage unless it's mentioned on the visa. Immigration doesn't have access to the MFA computer system. When they scan the QR code they see basically the same stuff that's on the visa.

@Graham *****

I meant I believe Jomtien requires 3 months of seasoning. They're always rogue there

@Graham *****

I think Jomtien requires 3 months actually

@Jeff ************

because you failed to meet some type of requirement. People do it every day in Pattaya. And you cannot pick and choose your immigration office.

@Jeff ************

there's probably less than 10 immigration offices that will not do it out of 77

@Yo***

if you arrive after 15 February then you cannot use the visa because it expired already.

As long as you enter while the visa is valid, you'll receive the full 90 day entry stamp that a non-O visa provides.

@Sam ********

yes. There are some immigration offices that simply will not allow a conversion to non-O visa. But most will

There are only 2 extensions possible from a non-O visa.

A 1-year extension based on the same reason the visa was issued for.

A 60 day "visiting Thai family" extension if you have a Thai wife or half-Thai child.