@James *******

I've considered it myself, I had no issues showing the IO my visa on my phone but when entering Thailand it never hurts to be prepared.

@Paul ******

I do, I just said I never show them a printed copy.

Im not on a DTV but I've never actually showed them a printed copy of my Non O. What you can do of you're concerned about getting any issues is laminate an A6, slightly larger than a passport, copy of you e visa and just keep it in your bag. I saw someone going through immigration with one last time and they just left it in there passport.

You dont have to attend the classes but sometimes they make you fight IO before they stamp you in.

@Angela ********

aren't they American institutions though?

@Chris *********

that's because the initial Non O is designed to be applied for outside of Thailand. You'd show them the k in a non Thai bank account, then when you have the initial 3 month Non O you can come to Thailand and get a bank account relatively easily.

If you're registered on the website and doing your own TM30 it's probably easier to avoid any potential complications in the future by the doing it again. I think this is one of those things that vary from office to office.

A bank account is indeed required for a retirement visa but it doesn't have to be a Thai bank account for your initial 3 month Non O visa. Then on that 3 month Non O you can open a Thai bank account, Bangkok bank wouldn't open one for me on the 3 month visa but K Bank did.

@Roland *******

I'm not hating on the guy, you can actually continue reading through, if you care to, and see we have been having quite a pleasant conversation.The typo was probably an autocorrect as I've got it correct in my other messages in this conversation but thanks for pointing it out Roland, I'll try harder in the future.

@Josh ********

thanks! Sorry to hear about the loss of money. There is a lot of stories of people losing huge investing in this side of the world. It's why I've left the bulk of my money in the UK being looked after by a private finance company, its all pretty low risk so isn't making much but just topping up my retirement fund. Glad you found somewhere you feel settled, it's a priceless feeling.