@Cathryn ****

ltr the wp option

@Darren ****

not for the first year. The US won’t certify pensions, etc..

How old are you? If you’re over 50, and you can scrape together ฿800,000, a retirement visa is probably your best bet. You can apply for a non o in your home country. It’s good for 90 days. Once you arrive, you put ฿800,000 in a bank account in Thailand, which you can open because you have your long-term visa. And then once the money has been in the account for two months you apply for a one year extension.

Alternatively, if you have $80,000 in passive income per year and you are over 50, a long-term resident wealthy pensioner visa is also very good.

@Alan ************

that is considered living in Thailand.

You each need ฿800,000. After the first year you can switch to depositing ฿65,000 a month in your account.

@Jeffrey *********

they may not actually understand what an LTR visa is. It’s somewhat new and many places don’t really understand it. They generally just aren’t allowed to be on a tourist visa.

@Steve ********

yes. If you aren’t a Thai citizen you need one every time

I made a point of opening to the stamp but I don’t think it matters

@Glen *******

sure and that’s part of why accounts are getting shut down etc. you are locked to that agent and anything they may decide to charge you because you’ve broken the rules and faked your adherence to the requirements for your visa.

@Stan *****

to be fair you only get stuck with an agent if you use them to cheat the system and fake the 800,000 on your account. If you just use them to help with the paperwork, get you a place in line at immigration etc then you aren’t stuck with them. And no it doesn’t have to be a pension. Theoretically if your embassy certified pensions etc you can use that method but the us does not. So it’s show your 3 months of adequate bank statements, get evisa. Enter Thailand. Open bank account quickly. Transfer at least 800,000 baht. Let it sit for 2 months. Then apply for 1 year extension. You can let it drop to 400,000 after several months but never below that. Must be 800,000 again 2 months before re extension or… for the 2nd year you can do monthly transfers of 65,000 from overseas into your account.