@Alan *******

The question is already perfectly answered.

Most important is how long time you stay in Thailand in total during your entries. If you’ve stayed for 84 days in total during a six months period, even if it’s in four entries, I personally feel quite confident that you’ll still will be allowed to enter tomorrow as a regular tourist in Thailand. Be prepared to answer any questions and show your onward ticket.

If you plan to do a similar trip in the future I would applied for a six months multiple entries tourist visa at the embassy at home before I left. Then you just can come and go as you wish within this six months period. (and even stay for up to nine months in Thailand).

@Shannon *******

Why did you decide to apply for a TV now? Do you have an excessive history of entries?

@Tin *********

No limit, until the immigration says it’s enough for a while.😉

Closest border from Bangkok I guess is Aranyaprathet.

If you want someone to help you. They go to Cambodia everyday from Bangkok and fee for Philippines is 3200 baht. Done in 8 hours.

@Roman *****

The best thing is to apply for a 90 days Non O visa at the Thai embassy/consulate where you currently stays. Then you just can use income to fulfil the financial requirements if you can meet the 65K baht a month.

The normal procedure is then to apply for a one year extension of stay within two months and within the first month you easily can open a bank account and bank the required 800K baht.

Since your embassy doesn’t offer to give you an affidavit letter to confirm your income, you’ll need to prove the first year yourself. 65K x 12 = 780K —> 800K baht.

If you come to Thailand on a tourist visa or visa exemption you’ll need to prove 800K baht also to apply for a Non O in country.

For your second year extension of stay you’re able to show proof of twelve months consecutive transfers of 65K baht and you can switch to the income method if you want to free the 800K baht in your bank.

The only benefit with a Non O-A visa is that it gives you one year instead of 90 days on a regular Non O visa. For your extension of stay you’ll need to prove 800K anyway and you maintain the mandatory Thai health insurance requirement for all your extensions of stay in the future. That’s why several people coming on a Non O-A first after a while decide to leave and cancel their stay based on the Non O-A visa, re-enter on a visa exemption or tourist visa and apply for a regular Non O from scratch.

@Roman *****

The Non O-A is a one year visa which gives you up to two years in Thailand. You can apply for an extension of stay on a Non O-A visa as well, but you maintain the mandatory health insurance requirement.

The regular Non O gives you up 90 days in Thailand. Then you’ll need to apply for a one year extension of stay.

If you plan to retire more permanently in Thailand a regular Non O is the best option.

Where do you want to apply? The requirements are past 50 years and income/pension min 65k baht a month or funds equal to 800K baht in a bank.

For you first year extension of stay you’ll need to prove 800K baht in a Thai bank two months prior to your application.

METV is valid six months from it’s issued and each time you get stamped in within this six months period you’ll get 60 days upon entry which also can be extended with additional 30 days at your local immigration. If you get stamped in short time before the visa expires you’ll still get 60+30 days and can stay almost for nine months.

@Roman *****

Here are the requirements for a Non O-A visa at the embassy in DC.

Non O-A can only be applied for at your permanent residence.

You apply here through the embassy/consulate serving your area in the US.