@David *******

Disagree, a 90 days Non O visa gives you 90 days without any extension in Thailand at £ 60.

If you enter on a 60 days visa exemption you’ll need to pay £ 43 for a 30 days extension and you’ll also need to provided an onward ticket out within 60 days even though you’re going to apply for an extension later. And you’ll don’t need to use or waist any time during your holiday to apply for an extension at the immigration.

@Ben **********

You can just fill in some flight details in the e-visa portal, but flight tickets are not formally required for a Non O visa as you see on the website from the Thai embassy in London.

You don’t need to apply for any extension first to apply for a Non O visa, but you’ll need at least 21 days left on your current stamp to apply in CM and these are the requirements. You’ll apply on a TM.87 form.

You can apply for a Non O visa without uploading any flight ticket in the e-visa portal. You’ll need to specify some days for your trip, but this is not strict and your visa is valid for 90 days after it’s issued.

Short story, only Non Immigrant visas in both categories; 1. Foreigner who are working AND 2. Foreigners planning to retire.

You probably still need to get an agent to assist you when you come.

@Peter ******

800K baht for five months and 400K baht for twelve and after only 65K baht a month should be easy match for most people relocating in another country without hassling illegally with an agent.

@Peter ******

This is the formal requirements for a legitimate stay in Thailand now matter what people wants to do. Do you feel better to pay an agent thousands of baht each year for a couple of decades for ting you easily can fix yourself for “pocket money”.

@Brenda ********

Still someone who manage, but it’s quite difficult on short stay as tourists visa and visa exemption. If you apply for a 90 days Non O long stay visa at your embassy/consulate before you come it’s more easy. I know several people who has opened with assistance from an agent too. Takes 40 min at a fee from 3500 baht.

@Mohit *********************

My point was if you start using an agent to bypass formal requirements you’ll need to use agents to bypass the other agent bypass for previous year or years and you’ll never be able to get a formal legitimate stay unless you cancel your stay by leaving and start all over again from scratch.

You can stay for several years with an agent borrowing you the 800K baht for your extensions, but you’ll never be able to have a complete juridical legitimate stay.

And if you’re doing it the correct way the fee or cost each year is only 1900 baht instead of using thousands for agent when you have the possibility to do it easy and legal yourself.

You’ll need to have the 800K baht in your bank at date when you apply for the initial 90 days Non O in Thailand. For the Extension of stay you’ll only have to tie up the 800K baht for five months and 400K baht for twelve months.

If you can provide proof of income minimum equal to 65K baht a month, you can switch to the income method from your second year extension of stay by showing proof of twelve months consecutive transfers of 65K baht and the 800K baht (or 400K baht) is again free to use.

And it’s in my opinion recommended to play by the country your residence in’s rules while you choose to stay or live in another country. If you jump on the agent train by illegally bypassing formal requirements for legitimate stay, you’ll never be able to jump of again unless you leave the country and start all over again.