@James *******

you don't even have a "visa" any more. You are in Thailand on a "1-year extended stay permit" which is based on reason "retirement". And that's what the stamp in your passport says. A stay permit is not a visa. The visa you entered Thailand with expired 12 years ago and you have been inside Thailand on a stay permit since, and not on a visa.

@Stephen ***********

*** if you entered Thailand on a single-entry 90 days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa, you received a 90-days stay permit. The stamp will show an expiry date

*** the visa itself expired and became invalid when you entered.

*** if during these 90 days you plan a trip to Laos, you need to buy a re-entry permit for your 90-days stay permit in order to keep it alive when you exit Thailand

***so, when you return to Thailand, you will get stamped in only until the original expiry date you received on your first entry

***the 90-days clock will begin with day number one on the day you re-enter

I suspect you don’t have a “retirement visa” at all . . . you don't even have any visa (bad wording) but you are rather already on a “1-year extension of the stay permit based on retirement” . . but be it as it may, it doesn’t change a Yota of the info I have given you

@James *******

if somebody enters on a "90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa", he gets a 90-days stay permit stamped, and the visa will expire and become invalid for another use

@James *******

correct wording is important! . . . . . you cannot request a re-entry permit for a visa that doesn't exist. You can only get a re-entry permit for an existing STAY PERMIT, not for a "visa"

@Archit ********

you would be surprised when you find out that ChatGPT comes up with a truckload of WRONG information regarding Thai visa and related matters. The problem is that way to many people post wrong advice in all those Facebook groups, and ChatGPT is fishing in a pond full of bad advice. NEVER trust anything ChatGPT says about Thai laws and Thai visa rules. Better rely on the few experts that are maintaining the visa advice groups like Tod Daniels or

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

or

@John *********

@Kirk *********

with all the banking rules tightened since February 2025, I reckon that many banks would now not accept a hotel address if you tried to open a bank account, regardless which longterm visa you are on.

@Mike ******

is about to find out. Mainly in the deep South (where he is in Hat Yai) that are not touristy areas, he might find it difficult to get a bank account opened on a hotel address

@Jim *******

The bank will want an address and may even ask to see his lease. He should get the condo lease first, visit Immigration accompanied by the agent, get the TM30. Then get a Thai mobile SIM card, registered also on the address of the lease. After this he can get the bank account opened

@Mike ******

yes, a multi re-entry permit is 3800 THB and it will enable you unlimited exits and re-entries for the full duration of your "1-year Extension of Stay"

@Jim *******

it's not easy any more to open a bank account on a touristic entry and with a hotel address