If your passed 50 years, come on a long stay visa and have a long term lease minimum 6-12 months, yellow house book or a Thai wife with a permanent residence, it’s still possible to open bank accounts with assistance from an agent as I’ve told. (from an agent). There’s no formal ban, just a crackdown initiated for stopping accounts used to criminal activity.

@Raki *******

Ok, you can just come on a 60 days visa exemption without any visa and do a 30 extension at your local immigration, totally 90 days. If you want a further stay you can 1) Get a landborder transport company to escorts you over one border and back to get a new 60 days visa exemption which also can be extended with additional 30 days 2) Apply for a Non O visa in country if you can manage to open a bank accounts through an agent and put 800K baht in a Thai bank. 3) Alternatively you can apply for a 90 days Non O visa through the embassy in Philippines and apply for one year extension of stay in Thailand with 800K baht in a Thai bank.

@Janin *****

Im not giving any advice, just explaining the formal requirements and difference for two visa types.

@Raki *******

What’s your mother’s nationality and passport nation?

If you apply for a regular Non O visa based on retirement there’s no MANDATORY health insurance requirement. Only for the one year Non O-A visa.

@Jim *******

U are probably right, as I understand there’s two international conventions by the UN also approved by Thailand, one called the Geneva-convention from 1949 and the other Paris-convention from 1969 stating that IDP valid for one and three years allows driving for up to 90 consecutive days together with the national licence.

@Stuart **********

you’re correct the conventions approved by the Thai government allows two IDP, one for one and one for three years, but you’re only allowed to drive for up to 90 consecutive days on both.

@Kullapat ****

You didn’t check properly. This is from the Thai consulate in Munich. Says up to 15 working days, which means up to three weeks.

Wenn die erforderlichen Unterlagen (nach Art des Visums) vollständig sind, erhalten Sie das Ergebnis des Antrags innerhalb von 15 Konsulatstage des Königlich Thailändischen Generalkonsulats in München.

Montag bis Freiteg sind 5 Tage, an Wochenenden und konsularischen Feiertage arbeiten wir nicht).

Only if you apply for the initial visa at home.

I agree it’s not the best advice, and it only was meant as a back up if didn’t have time to receive his visa, but he would stil be able to prove that he applied for and left from the country he applied in and was present, and I know several people have done it this way in situations like this.