@Jair *****

but you will need to apply for the Non-O/A in the USA every two years . . . . if you get the "1-year extension" out of a Non-O/A visa, that's when it becomes really complicated, because then you will need a minimum of 800,000 THB in your Thai bank account, and a Thai tgia-listed private health insurance

@Summer *****

for THAI authorities, you need an official proof that you are your son's mother - which means you need your son's original (foreign) birth certificate leagalized by either a Thai embassy in your home country or by you country's embassy in Bangkok and then co-legalized by the Thai Ministry of Foreign affairs in Bangkok. Only such Thai officially recognized birth certificates can be used for visa-applications on Thai embassies outside of your home country, or on Immigration inside Thailand. . . . . . . . Just a reminder in a vice-versa case: No government or statesside authority inside the USA would recognize an original Thai birth certificate, wouldn't they? . . . that's what "legalizations" are for, like "notary certified" documents, and since there are no notaries in Thailand, it must be certified by an Thai government body

well it depends, if you got all required documents and the financial proof ready to upload into the e-visa online system of the Vientiane Thai embassy, and paid the fee at the embassy personally (they are not connected to a credit card system) . .after this it takes between 2 and 5 working days

@Jim ******

you did not receive a visa stamp when you entered. You just received a small flag-like stamp saying "admitted until" and a date in blue ink. This is a STAY PERMIT, not a visa. The visa you started out with, is mentioned under "visa-class" at the upper right corner, but yet, this stamp is not a visa

@Jim ******

your Non-O visa is not a stamp. Your Non-O visa is a .pdf printout piece of paper document. The stamp you think is your Non-O visa, actually is NOT a visa, it is a stamp telling you that you were issued a 1-year STAY PERMIT. This stamp is an "extended stay permit". . . . and for this one-year stay permit, you can buy a multi re-entry permit on Immigration for 3800 Baht. The 365-days multi entry Non-Imm-O Visa got discontinued on most embassies by October 2023. READ your stamps correctly, this is what your alleged "visa" looks like, which is not a visa at all:

@Ian ********

only in the second year. . . if you want to use the 65,000 monthly income method proof of finances, you first need to have collected 12 months of foreign transfers to your Thai bank account over a minimum of 65,000 THB every month, month for month, not missing one single month, for a full year and your Thai bank needs to confirm it by a 12-months statement letter. So, in the first year, you cannot get around the 800,000 THB deposit, because your U.K. embassy in Bangkok does not issue certified income affidavits which you otherwise could use (Dutch, Germany, Austrians and citizens of many other countries are allowed to use the income affidavit issued by their embassies, but sadly not citizens of UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Norway)

@Ron ******

no proof of the source of the funds needed when you entered on a 90-days Non-Imm-O Visa and apply for the 1-year extension of the stay permit. However, if you enter on a tourist visa and want to apply for the initial 90-days Non-O visa on Immigration, you need a minimum of 800,000 THB sitting in your Thai bank account on the day you apply (no seasoning required at this point) and for this you need a proof that the money came from abroad (except in Pattaya, as the Jomtien Immigration is applying different rules, they ignore the standing police order about the source of funds)

@Ron ******

sadly you are wrong. For the application to the visa outside of Thailand, it can be in any bank account anywhere in the World. For the application to the 1-year extension of the stay permit, it needs to be in a Thai bank account

@Jim ******

you NEVER have entered Thailand on a "multiple entry Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa", because this type of visa got discontinued by October 2023. You rather have a "1-year Extension of the Stay Permit based on Retirement" for which you bought a multi re-entry permit for 3800 Baht

*** for the application to the initial 90-days retirement visa in your home country or anywhere in the World except in Thailand, the equivalent of 800,000 THB can be in ANY bank account ANYWHERE in the World as long as you prove it is in your sole name and has been in the account to for the recent THREE months!

*** for the application to the 1-year extension of the 90-days stay permit on Immigration inside Thailand, a minimum of 800,000 THB must be in your Thai bank account, and this deposit, on the day you apply, must have been sitting in your Thai bank account for a minimum of 2 months, which must be proven with a bank letter

WATCH the wording: in your home country, you apply for the “visa”. In Thailand, you don’t “apply for the visa” if you have entered on the 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. You instead apply for a “1-year extension of the stay permit”