@Ludo *********

the guy replied. Obviously, the mention of the Belgian embassy not handing out income affidavits any more was wrong. He already corrected it and deleted it from his text

@Sean *********

thanks for your Goggle explanation, however I have to correct you! There are only TWO Non-Imm-O Visa types! These are the Non-Imm-O Family, and the Non-Imm-O Retirement visas. . . . . . . . Other Non-Imm Visa types don't have an "O" ending but use different endings: Non-Imm-ED, Non-Imm-B, Non-Imm-M and so on 🙂

@Wayne *******

When you apply for the "1-year Extension of Stay", you have to show your original .pdf visa document on Immigration. This is what you call “status”.

By this and by the profile about your person, (picture, name, date of birth, passport number etc) Immigration has on their central computer, they see that you entered on a 90-days Non-O visa, and this means your status is undisturbed, so you can apply for the "1-year Extension"

based on the REASON (yes, on the reason, the reason the original visa was issued on, outside of Thailand)

"on the reason" of being either over 50/ or over 50 and retired.

Your status does NOT mean that you are "on a visa". You are on a 90-days stay permit, and this stay permit they will extend for one year . . .

Immigration office of Buriram uses CORRECT wording: "Extension of Stay Permit" . . they discontinued "visa extensions" because such a thing simply doesn't exist

@Wayne *******

Why do you post such a nonsense?

*** a 90-days single entry Non-O Visa has a visa validity of three months from the date of issue

*** if you enter 4 weeks after the visa got issue, you will get stamped in for a 90-days stay permit

*** the visa itself becomes INVALID for further use upon entering Thailand

The visa is a single entry type, which means you can only use it for ONE entry. Which further means that is becomes invalid after you have already entered Thailand ONCE.

*** you are now inside Thailand on a 90 days stay permit, and the visaclass you used when you entered, is marked in the upper right corner of the entry stamp.

The VISA itself is expired, invalid, used, void . . whatever you may call it. The visa has been used, boom, over and out

*** this means that you stay permit is linked to the Non-O Retirement Visa. However you are inside Thailand on a stay permit, not “on a visa”.

*** The visa cannot get “extended”, this is technically not possible. The only thing that gets “extended” on Immigration is the STAY PERMIT

*** this means you are able to apply for the “Extension of the Stay Permit Based on Retirement” up from 30 days before the 90 days stay permit expires

*** Check the “extension” stamp. WHERE on this stamp can you see anything mentioned that says “visa”? You won’t find it, because this stamp is a stay permit and not a “retirement visa”

@Ludo *********

oops! You could be right, the Belgian embassy still issues an income affidavit, if your info is only 3 months old they should still do it, and I will delete this remark from my text immediately. My bad, I must apologize

@Tony *******

I decided to start watching a Netflix movie instead of following silly visa advices 😂

@Terrence ***********

not really, the 1-year Retirement extension can be had for a 1900 Thai Baht fee. Do you really need a deep pocket for 50 Dollars ?

@Sean *********

same with Hua Hin Immigration . .maybe they got sick reading my posts in a dozen FB groups . . . .now the are leading the correct-word-pack

@Sean *********

some Immigrations have jumped the train and name it correctly . .Buriram does not extend visa anymore

@Marianne *******

ah, it's nice to see when people understood the correct wording 🤓 🙂