@Jan *****************

Frankfurt Consulate is known for a dead phone - they never pick up because most people will ask irrelevant or stupid questions. They will only answer emails if they think that your question wasn't stupid. That's what one of their staff members told me 😉

the embassy staff member who is deciding over your application might find it strange that you don't participate for the full extent of the seminar. On a Non-Imm-ED visa you are supposed to attend all classes. So you starting a few weeks later, and missing out classes, will void your application

@Dieter *********

You said before that you would relocate from Austria to Germany, to your ex-Bavarian address. There you can apply for the 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa with money on the bank, or with proof of income, as for the application by the Munich General Consulate, you do not need to be a "real" pensioner yet. But you need to figure out if you can get your DTV cancelled before you apply for a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa by the Munich consulate. You normally cannot apply for a new visa as long as you still hold a valid one or a valid stay permit.

@Dieter *********

we already exchanged PM in another (German speaking) group where you posted the same questions

@Dieter *********

he is referring to the "change of visa type" from a touristic entry to the 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. But you only can apply if you can get an "affidavit of income" over a minimum of monthly 65,000 THB. It must be legalized by the German Embassy or a German honorary consul. You could also use the 800,000 THB deposit method, however this would require you to already have a Thai bank account. Without a Thai bank account, the deposit method is blocked. The problem is that new banking rules came out in February 2025, and you can't get a bank account opened any more on a touristic entry

@Chris ******

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@Anna ********

unfortunately, this requirement is unique from the Royal Thai Embassy in Vienna. They require you to be a "real" pensioner if you want to apply for a 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. If you are over 50 but not yet a "real" pensioner, they will direct you to apply for the 365-days Non-imm-O/A visa. . . . . . in the past you were able to get around this requirement, I have always directed Austrian citizens to enter Thailand on a tourist visa or visa-exempt, and apply for the "change of visa type" to a 90-days Non-Imm-O Visa inside Thailand. . . . . however, a new problem has arisen this year, because unfortunately, in case your income is not sufficient (lower than 65,000 THB) and you need to prove your financials with an 800,000 THB deposit on a Thai bank account, since February 2025 they cannot get a bank account opened on a touristic entry any more. It will need a good and expensive agent who can circumvene the banking rules

@Dave *********

you might have been "flagged" in the Central Computer system, so by the next time you enter, every officer will see that you have been warned to use a visa for the next entry

@Cruise *****

he might have been "flagged" in the Central Computer system, so by the next time he enters, every officer will see that he has been warned to use a visa next time

it is funny, they took the same stamp they normally use for the "1-year Extension of Stay" based on marriage or retirement. I guess they ran out of other (smaller) stamps. . . . . So you got stuck with the reminder that you can get a re-entry permit, but given that it would only keep a 30 days stay permit alive, gosh, it is not really worth to buy one

it is totally normal, even in my home country the daily withdrawal limit of many banks is similar!