Apply for a non immigrant O Visa in your country( online on Thai E Visa)

- photo of yourself and the passport

-photo of your ID card( evidence of your location of living)

- flight information ( date of flight and the flight number)

- accomodation in Thailand

- evidence of finances : 800 000 Baht, 3 Bank reports of the the last 3 months

It is very easy to do that from your country.

Then you will get a 3 month visa. Once you are in Thailand you will go to immigration office and apply for a 1 year Visa. Non immigrant O Visa.

One of The most serious and important thing in choosing a country to live is the health system. Thailands health system is equal to western countries.

I know Philippinen Well . My problem with the country is its infrastructure relating to the health system . Once I was in Bantayan island my girlfriend got a health problem. From there to Cebu city it took 8 hours with ferry and Taxi. I imagined I had a serious health problem! What would happen then??

We have to know that the more we get older the more our health condition gets serious.

I love Philippines more than any other Asian countries . My biggest issue is the health system.

But if you are in a very good health condition then try it with Philippines. Go there and stay for some weeks and travel around, you will fall on love with country. Almost everyone speak English.

@Andrew ********

with all my respect for Chinese people but I am sorry to say that I would even not want to die in China , Forget it.

Have you ever been to the Philippines?

@Scott *************

you are welcome Scott. That is why we all are here and communicate .

And honestly said: the Thai visa system is a jungle. I myself repeatedly misunderstand this or that regulation .

As you can experience here how many times the same issue is asked and when I see the answers then I sometimes see many variations of answers. That shows how complicated and messy the Thailand visa system is.

@Scott *************

And nobody has talked about the extension 🙏🙏🙏

@Scott *************

Validity of visa and Period of stay: Multiple - Entry Tourist Visa is valid for entering Thailand within 6 months from the date of issuance. The holder may enter Thailand again as long as the visa is still valid. The period of stay is up to 60 days per trip.

Before moving to Thailand go and live there for a while with a non immigration O Visa.

You can stay max. 60 days each time until September. You have a multiple entry Visa.

If you organize well you can stay 3× 60 days.

@Nongnuch *******

First of all , don't get rude and stay calm and discuss things and don't look down to people.

I just used his own words to make it clear that he can extent his 30 stay( it is called a Visa on arrival) and it is a visa if you haven't known that yet until now. The only thing is that you don't need to go to Thai embassy for that because for 30 days you get a visa on arrival.

And getting another 30 days stay is called extension too. Anything you do to stay more than you just have is an extension.

I recommended him those two ways because I just wanted to prevent him from having trouble with his next travels. As we all know an Overstay can have negative impact on his plans to get visa in future.

I just mentioned a change of flight as a possibility. But it is up to him he can pay overstay fees and have a problem in future or he can pay either for an extension 1900 Baht or for a flight change and so have a clean record for the future.

He wrote:

.... I got stamped in on a tourist visa until 29th Feb but my flight out is on 2nd march. ...

... to avoid going to immigration and extending for another 30 days? Is paying for 2 days over stay a bad idea? ....