@Jack *******

they actually like me on that Immigration. The boss told me she would never give me another certificate of residence, because I live here for so long and I should take care and get a yellow housebook. And that's what I did

@Wayne *******

don't forget that you get the EOS issued by 4 weeks under consideration, so you need to go back to immigration, again, after this period. There is no under consideration period with the retirement extension. And they don't visit you at home and ask your neighbours, and they don't want a zillion photos of you and your wife at your house on a retirement extension.

@Ross *******

when I do my yearly extension of stay, I pay the exact 1900.- THB fee, they run a dozen copies and they even fill out the forms for me, I just have to sign. Nobody on my immigration ever asked for 100.- Baht for the dozens of copies. It is like that since 16 years 😃 🤣 😄

you could have saved 100 Baht if you did give them 1900.- THB in readily available banknotes. They cheated you and kept 100 THB change 😂😅😂

@Kate ******

Correct! Actually, there are many foreigners married to Thai women, who prefer to be on the "1-year Extension of Stay based on retirement", simply because the renewing process is much easier, needing less documentation. They do so despite the financial proof being double than the 400.000.- THB

@John *********

no, it doesn't. First of, you don't have a visa - the visa expired when you entered - you are on an "extended stay permit". And this stay permit must be applied for every year. Absolutely NO visa runs neccessary, because you don't have a visa

@Ian *****

well, a divorce takes some time, sometimes up to half a year or longer. So somebody who is experiencing a divorce process, has plenty of time to re-arrange his Extension of Stay. He could stock up his bank account to 800.000.- THB, season it for two months and apply on Immigration for the "change of reason" from marriage to retirement (he must be over 50 years old to do so)

@Will *****

you don't "renew a visa" every year. All you do is renewing your yearly "stay permit". That 90-days Non-Imm-O visa becomes invalid upon entry, and even Thai Immigration cannot "extend an invalid visa", not even when they, in their bad English, call it "visa extension"

@Matt ********

he sums it up really well

@Bob ********

you're wrong. It is like I described. It's deposit OR income. No combination method allowed for the marriage extension. And no age requirement