@Yo***

you can, however I don't like it. Because as myself being an admin to (another) visa advice group, I encourage to keep the topic public and open in the group itself, so everybody can learn

@Jesper ******

my Thai driving license shows my old address and an expired passport number. The bank staff wouldn't know. It is some cure for really stupid people. A Thai driving license does not replace a person's ID or a passport. If a bank staff was willing to accept it, you were lucky to meet such a stupid bank employee

@Jesper ******

your advices and comments are terrible, since you started to comment in this group. I have yet to read ONE post from you that makes any sense. You should take a long holiday from the group. There are plenty of barstool experts in Soi 6 who would be happy with your company

@Marty ********

exactly. The clock is running. That's why I do not recommend to waste much time running around trying different banks and meet incompetent bank staff, in vain. Get a 5000 THB agent service and you have a bank account opened within 2 days

@Jesper ******

what a useless waste of time . . . . . you forget to mention that the 30-day clock for opening a bank account in Thailand and transfer 800,000 THB onto it, starts on the day of entry . . so suggesting to "try hard and try even harder" might result in total waste of time. Visit bank branches as soon as having obtained the certificate of residency from Immigration (which already is a loss of days), and if you don't succeed on the banks, don't try much longer, get an agent to get your bank account opened in 2 days, transfer the 800K ASAP because the money needs to have seasoned for 2 months on the day you apply to the 1-year Extension of Stay Permit based on retirement

@Jesper ******

yes sure Sir, because you need a driver's license to drive your car to the bank branch. This is very useful information. The bank staff that served you must be some of the most clever people in Thailand 😂 . .Don't even try tell us you didn't have to show your passport. You may tell this to your grandmother. I love these fairy tales from the barstool experts like you

@Jay ****

To obtain a 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa in your home country, apply for it in the E-Visa online system of the Thai embassy in your home country.

***For the application to the 90-days Non-Imm-O visa, you can upload proof of a minimum of equivalent of 800,000 THB in your HOME bank account!

*** Enter Thailand on the 90-days Non-O Visa. Get TM30 registered at your accommodation, visit Immigration, get a “certificate of residence” from them.

Get a Thai mobile number.

Visit a bank branch and get the bank account opened

*** if the bank staff is too stupid to know how to do it, or if they are inventing rules they pull out of their noses so they do not need to service you

GET AN AGENT to get your bank account opened. The service fee should be something around 5000.- THB

*** Once the Thai bank account is opened, transfer from abroad a minimum of 800,000 THB onto it

***Wait until the 800,000 have seasoned for 2 months, get the bank letter that confirms it and visit Immigration. Apply for the

“1-year Extension of Temporary Stay Permit based on Retirement”

(which some people refer to as “retirement visa” . . but which is NOT a visa but just an extended stay permit)

@Marty ********

yes, you have the option to convert from the 1-year stay permit out of a O/A visa to the 1-yer Extension of Temporary Stay Permit, instead of doing a border run to get stamped into a second year. Is what I was saying! The downside of going into a "1-year extension" (EOS) is, that from now on you need the 800,000 THB in a Thai bank account, and Immigration does not accept a foreign health insurance any more (except if they acknowledge that you are under the "grandfathering clause"). And correct, I would not recommend the O/A for anyone who wishes to stay longterm in Thailand, as if you start with the Non-Imm-O visa, you keep your freedom of choice regarding the health insurance

@Yeo *********

a 1-year Non-Imm-O/A Visa is not a "retirement visa". A 1-year Non-Imm-O/A visa is a so called "Longstay Visa". A visa can technically NOT get extended. You have TWO options: Change from the current stay permit to a "1-year Extension of the Temporary Stay Permit based on an O/A Longstay Visa" by fulfilling the financial and health insurance requirements. You can start this process up from 30 days before your current stay permit expires. You need either a deposit of 800,000 THB on your Thai (!) bank account which must have seasoned by 2 months on the day you apply for the extension, OR show an embassy certified "income affidavit" over an income of monthly minimum of 65,000 THB . . . . . . OR you renew your health insurance for one more year and after this make a "border bounce" just before the O/A visa validity expires, show the proof of insurance at the border upon entry and then you will get stamped in for a last time for another 1-year (or maximum until the health insurance is valid until). If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask here

@Ralph ******

your assumptions are wrong . . . . . they applied for the single entry 60 days tourist visa, paid the 40 USD application fee and got rejected