You can, but as everything has turned out now, you’ll need to go through an agent to be able to open a bank account to prove that you fulfil financial requirements for a Non O visa based on marriage. Better odds to do as Graham advises you.

Normally a receipt of your TM.30 address registration and your lease contract should be sufficient for the extension. If you don’t have a TM.30, you’ll need a copy of the housebook, rental contract and landlords ID-card to do it yourself before you apply for the extension.

@Nick ******

Then you’re not applying for a one year Non O-A visa, but a regular 90 days Non O visa. You should be able to get a bank account and bank the required 800K baht within some weeks in time to apply for your one year extension stay, but you might have to visit several branches or use an agent for a "quick fix".

Doesn’t matter as long as you’ve passed 50 years and can meet the financial requirements with income/pension.

This is the actual retirement visa and in Thailand you will apply for an extension of stay which basically is a temporary residency permit.

Apply for a Non O e-visa based on marriage through the embassy before you go to Thailand. The process it’s quite simple and cost normally around 80 USD. Visit the immigration you will use in Thailand and get handed over a list of their specific requirements for extension of stay and collect all documentation you’ll need to apply. Cost is 1900 baht.

@Lotti *****

Do you have a monthly income/pension of minimum equal to 65K baht (€1755)? If so your embassy/consulate in Thailand offers to provide you an affidavit letter you can use at the immigration and apply for a Non O based on retirement in country with monthly income. Otherwise there’s no legal way around the financial requirement for long stay in Thailand.

If you really had a 15 days Visa on Arrival you only would get 7 days which in fact is an extension denied stamp. However If you entered on a 60 days visa exemption you should be able to apply for one 30 days tourist extension at your local immigration. You don’t need a TM.6 and TDAC is only for arrival.

Bring a receipt of your TM.30 address registration, a pass photo, copy of ID-page and last stamp in your passport plus 1900 baht in cash.

@Dany *******

Also at the Thai Embassy in Norway.

@Raymond *******

easy and best option is to apply for the initial 90 days Non O visa online at home before you come and do yearly extensions of stay at the immigration. Price for the visa is normally around 80 USD. One year extension of stay in Thailand is 1900 baht. No need to use an agent if you fulfil the requirements.

Agents are probably around 25-35K baht first year and 15K baht for the second year if you fulfil formal requirements. If you need agents to bypass any requirements -which formally gives you a void stay- you’ll have to pay more.

@Raymond *******

Both the regular 90 days Non O visa and the one year Non O-A visa require min 50 years of age and monthly income min equal to 65K baht or funds equal to 800K baht.

The Non O-A visa also requires a mandatory health insurance, health certificate and a police check up.

The regular Non O visa gives you up to 90 days in Thailand before you’ll need to apply for yearly extensions of stay in Thailand more or less on the same conditions as the initial 90 days Non O visa.

The one year Non O-A visa gives you up to two years in Thailand if you update your health insurance also for the second year.

After this you’ll need to apply for yearly extensions of stay as for a regular Non O visa BUT you also maintain the mandatory Thai health insurance requirement for all future.