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

I mentioned it "You also got the option of obtaining an "income affidavit" from your Embassy in Bangkok, confirming a monthly income of no less than 65.000.- THB"

I already explained ALLES to you

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

yes, correct. The Thai embassy in Paris is known for taking almost 4 weeks to process a visa application. She will need to use the visa exempt

If you'd care for your safety, I would transfer the bulk of the money to your Thai bank account using WISE or Western Union, by the account-to-account method. The diffrence to a cash exchange at a TT-Exchange booth is Pattaya is almost nonexistent !

@Jason ******

transferring with WISE from bank account to bank account is MARGINALLY better than transferring using the same method, with WU. You can really ignore the difference

Kay Rush . . You can surely do the “Change of Visa Type” from a visa-exempt to a “90-days Non-Imm-O retirement Visa” on Immigration. But that means that you need to open a bank account ASAP after you entered.

It would be easier to go the route via a 60-days single entry Tourist Visa from a Royal Thai Embassy. You enter Thailand, get 60 days stay permit stamped. However it can be executed straight from the 30 days admitted stay of a visa-exempt entry, if you can get your ducks in a row.

Right after you entered, you need to open a bank account and transfer from abroad a minimum of 800.000.- THB. For the application to the “change”, there is no seasoning needed, yet

On a visa-exempt, you will definitely need to pay an agent service to open a bank account for you, don’t waste any time trying to do it by yourself

You also got the option of obtaining an "income affidavit" from your Embassy in Bangkok, confirming a monthly income of no less than 65.000.- THB

Visit your Immigration and apply for the "change" to a "90 days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa". It will be issued 15 days “under consideration”. That’s why you need a minimum of 15 days left on your stay permit. After these 15 days, visit immigration and pick up the visa stamp.

The 90 days visa will start on the day you initially applied for the change.

Beginning from up of 30 days before the 90 days stay permit will expire, as soon as the 800.000.- THB deposit has been sitting in your Thai bank account for 2 months, you can apply for the "1-year extension of stay permit based on retirement".

READ the below instructions carefully. The “retirement” option is number 9. Click onto it, a .pdf document from Immigration will open. Carefully go through it as it lists the requirements.

If you want to play ultra safe, visit Immigration within the first 60 days of the 90 days stay permit and ask them for the requirements for a “change”, because some Immigrations apply their own rules which might differ slightly from the police order.

@Gene ********

that's correct. You need to prove that a minimum of 65.000.- THB arrive on your Thai bank account, month for month, from abroad. It needs to be coded in your bankbook as coming from abroad. The proof is made by a full year bank statement

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

and don't forget, the three months count starts on the day the Extension gets issued. I really need to mention this, because the Admin of this group had it wrong!

@John *********

strange. He should check the entry stamp he got when entering with the 90 days visa. Or when his previous extension expired.

@John *********

you are correct, but it would be 77 days. 2+29+31+15= 77 days