@Matthew ********

he is full of bad info and wrong processing description. . . . . . . . Avoid these people who pretend to know.

@Henrik *****************

“Here’s a comprehensive guide to assist you”

****comprehensive and partially WRONG!

“1. Visa Application Process:

You cannot apply for a Non-Immigrant “O” Retirement Visa upon arrival in Thailand. This visa must be obtained prior to your arrival. Typically, applications are submitted to a Thai embassy or consulate in your country of residence or nationality”

**** You don’t apply at Thai embassies directly any more. ALL OF THEM are linked to the Online E-Visa system

“2. Financial Requirements:

You’ve indicated possession of the required 800,000 THB, which is excellent. Ensure these funds are transferred into a Thai bank account after opening one upon your arrival”

****WRONG !!!

You will need to prove this amount on your Bank account (which can be anywhere in the World as long as you prove it is in your name)

BEFORE you enter Thailand!

You need to prove this amount in your bank account for the application to the initial visa!!

“This amount must be maintained in the account for at least two months before applying for the retirement visa extension within Thailand.”

**** After entering Thailand on a 90-days Non-O visa, you need to open a Thai bank account.

In the last 30 days before the 90-days stay permit expires, you will apply for the “1-year Extension of the Stay Permit” (and NOT for a “retirement visa extension” – a visa cannot get extended!)

“Alternatively, if you have a monthly income or pension of not less than 65,000 THB, you can provide proof of this instead”

****You should have added: ONLY if your embassy in Bangkok does provide an “income affidavit”

The British Embassy DOES NOT issue income affidavits any more, so he CANNOT use the income proof in the first year!

Michael Thomas . . . you will have a problem to open a bank account on a touristic entry. You should apply for the 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement visa in your home country's online E-Visa system and enter Thailand on this visa. On this visa you can get a bank account opened

@Tod ********

top notch correct advice from Tod. Hey, he is your man

@Aum ***************

bad advice you give him! . . . . *** he doesn't need an insurance for a 1-year extension out of a Non-Imm-O visa **** he doesn't need a 12 month bank statement if he has 800,000 THB seasoned in his bank account for at least 2 months and has the bank letter confirming this

@Daniele **********

I know the Immigration rules & regulations - I got my own visa-advice group and will post only 100% correct and confirmed info. You can tell the OP a thousand of times to apply for the Non-Imm-O family/support of child visa, using the birth certificate and proof of 400,000 THB in his bank account. HE WILL BE REJECTED !!

@Daniele **********

it is the Thai Civil Code! Immigration has absolutely NOTHING to do with issuance of parenthood

Although the registration of legitimation under Section 1548 had been made, if there has been a notification of the child and the mother under paragraph one, the child’s father will not be able to exercise partly or wholly such parental power as had been notified by the child or the mother until the court will pronounce a judgment effecting the child’s father to exercise partly or wholly the parental power, or a period of ninety days had elapsed since the registrar was notified by the Child or the mother of the unsuitability on the party of the applicant for registration of legitimation to be the person unsuitable for exercising a part of the whole of the parental power.

@Daniele **********

There is a lot you need to learn!

FIRST: respect the law. What I am writing here IS THE THAI LAW !!

“Section 1546. A child born of a woman who is not married to a man is deemed to be the legitimate child of such woman.

Section 1547. A child born of the parents who are not married to each other is legitimate by the subsequent marriage of the parents, or by the registration made on application by the father, or by a judgment of the Court.

Section 1548. When legitimation is applied for by the father, the child and the mother must give consent to the applicant.

Section 1555. An action for legitimation may be entered only in the following cases:

4. Where it appears in the birth register that the child is a son or daughter of the man who notified of the birth, or such notification was made with the knowledge of the man

Section 1557. Legitimation under Section 1547 shall take effect:

From the day of marriage in case of subsequent marriage of the parents;

From the day of registration in case where the registration of legitimation is made by the father;

From the day of final judgment in case of legitimation pronounced by the court, provided that it may be set up to the prejudice of the rights of third persons acting in good faith, unless it has been registered according to the judgment.

@Daniele **********

NO, he can't if he is not married to the mother - because he must show both the birth certificate AND the Kor Ror 2 or 22 marriage registry document. You are spreading fake news, false claims