@Ma***

Alibhai . . You need the up-to-date valid TM30 registration at your accommodation, or Immigration will not service your request for a "change of visa type" from the visa-exempt entry to the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa.

So first things first – tell your landlord you have been TM30 registered in a hotel yesterday, and returned to your premises today. So your landlord IS OBLIGED to file a new TM30, and “export” it (download after submitting and print)

FIRST the problem with your landlord needs to get solved.

For the application to the "change"you need a minimum of 15 days left on your "admitted until" stamp.

***(You DO NOT HAVE A TOURIST VISA, you just have been admitted for a 60 days stay permit)

You seemingly have the required funds of 800,000 THB in your Thai bank account (from your previous Retirement Extension of Stay)

so the only problem is that Immigration needs your rental contract, and a submitted TM30, and your updated bankbook showing the 800,000 THB sitting in your account (they might ask for a letter from the bank, though)

***you apply for the “change”, the fee is 2000 THB. The 90-days visa will be issued for “15 days under consideration”

***as soon as 30 days are left from the 90 days, you can apply for the wrongly called so “retirement visa” - which is NOT A VISA at all.

It just is a “1-year extended stay permit based on retirement” and you need a letter proof from your bank that the 800,000 THB have “seasoned” in your Thai bank account by 2 months. The fee for the Extension application is 1900 THB

*** Then you are back to square one, got a “1-year retirement extension” stamped, and you should ALWAYS immediately right after having been issued the extension stamp, buy a single re-entry permit for the 1-year extended stay permit, so it doesn’t become invalid should you exit Thailand

@John *********

she needs a valid TM30 registration at her accomodation, or Immigration will not service her request for a "change of visatype" from the visa-exempt entryto the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. So FIRST the problem with her landlord needs to get solved. For the application to the "change"she needs a minimum of 15 days left on her "admitted until" stamp. She seemingly has the required funds in her Thai bank account (from her previous Extensionof Stay) so the only problem is that Immigration needs her rental contract and a submitted TM30

@Jim ******

You can print your TM30 for 7 days after submitting it. You need to find the button that says "export". This will open the form that can be downloaded and printed

DON'T MIX THINGS UP !!! . . . . . . . for the application to the Non-O-family visa, you can show your original foreign marriage documents. . . For the application to the 12-months Extension of Stay Permit based on marriage to a Thai wife, you need a FRESHLY printed on the Amphur Kor Ror 22 for Immigration

@Tin *********

a big boy's thing DTV. A 5-year visa for a 6-months holiday ? It takes a 10,000 THB minimum fee and a proof of 500,000 THB equivalent in your bank account since 3 months (plus many other requirements). A 6-months holiday visa can be gotten much easier

the safest bet is the 6-months multi entry tourist visa, before you cope with the risk to be refused entry if you try to squeeze 6 months out of two visa-exempt entries

Savanakhet Thai consulate was the last Thai consulate to issue multi-entry 365-days Non-Imm-O family visa to foreigners married to a Thai wife, without having to show finances. . .this generated a high influx and many many agents visits and also visits from Expats married to Thai wives. Since the consulate went to the E-visa online system and the multi entry Non-Imm-O family was discontinued, the arrival of foreigners has ebbed to almost zero

@Josh ********

no he didn't miss the point. The Thai bank asks for a TWO-WAY-PROOF of your idendity, which means you have to show TWO official documents issued on your idendity. ONE can be your passport, and the OTHER ONE can be your dirver's licence or your national ID-card

@Pete ******

a yellow housebook is then just a substitute of the Immigration's "certificate of residency", which you need for several purposes like the opening of a bank account, the purchase and registration of a vehicle or the extension of your Thai driver's licence. With a yellow housebook, you don't need the Immigration's "certificate of residency" any more

@Paul ****

a yellow housebook is a substitute of the Immigration's "certificate of residency", which you need for several purposes like the opening of a bank account, the purchase and registration of a vehicle or the extension of your Thai driver's licence. You can get a yellow housebook from the Amphur as soon as you live permantently under your friend's or wife's address. The process might come a bit more or less complicated, depending on the Amphur and how they see it and how many requirements they will ask for