@Tod ********

Agreeing here and to also add, and please correct me if wrong, the only criteria that would impede a passport from being valid prior to its expiration date is the number of blank visa pages that remain. If a passport expires prior to a visa, then there are various ways to either carry over or re-appy, as Tod describes

@Brandon ***********

yes, and to add that #2 becomes an option for your 2nd extension and beyond once you can show you have transferred 65k+ every month to your Thai bank account for the past 12 months. - although the question may be specifically about the initial retirement visa application rather than extensions, which would be like option #1 but you can use your home country bank account to show you have the funds. (The options listed in the post appear to be for the extension, not the initial application)

Hua Hin- long stretch of beach with condos much like any anglo development. Chiang Mai - totally different northern climate and culture with centuries of history wafting every which way. But a beach is nice...

For me it was the airline I traveled on that asked for return flight info. I had to pull out the e-visa and all documents to show the 90 day visa and it took several people looking at it before they gave the ok. Going through suvarnabhumi immigration was no problem with the visa doc and no return booked.

@Nick ***********

great pointer to have home-country bank records in hand too. I know my bkk bank prints the international transfer notation, so good with that too. Thanks

@Jesper ******

Thanks - it just seemed unclear since it is on me to determine the new report date. But that works for me - thanks

@John *********

How do I know if I needed to do a TM30 the day after I arrived? This is the first I have heard of that. Do you a reference? I know i was asked for a tm30 when I did the 90 day report- and my building management can include the date I 'booked' back in I suppose

@Roberto ********

yes - I refer to the handout in my post. The issue is interpreting it correctly

@Gerg *********

i can take a photo -

@Roberto ********

Thanks - that's all I could understand so far. As I understand it in the first year you have to do BOTH the 880k plus the 65k /month in order that the following year(s) you can just do the 65k/month only... I just hope to hear them say that and perhaps something in writing...