if you got a still valid visa or a still valid "extended stay permit", you need to fill in the number of it. If you got none such, like when you plan to enter visa-exempt, you can leave the field blank
I once got fined in Hua Hin for 2000 THB for missing to do a TM30. It is your landlady's responsibility, but you will be the one to pay the fine. When you are on Immigration, call the landlady on her phone, then pass the phone to the Immigration officer and let him tell her - in Thai - about her duties and responsibilities. That's what I did on the Hua Hin Immigration- My landlord visited Immigration together with me on the next day. Yet, it was still me who had to pay the 2000 Baht fine
some agents, after the tightening of bank rules in February 2025, have by now figured out a safe way to open a bank account even on a tourist visa or visa-exempt.
They however need the full cooperation of both Immigration and the bank in delaying the timely process of a "change of visa type".
Immigration allows them the application to the change without the existence of a Thai bank account.
The applicant will receive a receipt from Immigration for the 2000.- THB application fee, which says he is applying for the 90-days Non-Imm-O visa. The bank will accept this receipt as proof of the process in the issuance of a 90-days retirement visa, and will open a bank account for the applicant.
Right after, the applicant must transfer a minimum of 800,000 THB ASAP onto the account, and visit Immigration again with the bank statement that the 800K deposit now sits in the account. Only then, Immigration will stamp the 90-days Non-Imm-O visa as "under consideration" for 14 days. After this waiting period, the visa itself gets stamped, and as soon as the 800,000 THB have seasoned in the account for 2 months, an application to the 1-year Extension of Stay Permit can be made
yeah, I had the same issue. You can't find "Germany" under "G". It is under "F" as "Federal Republic of Germany". . . . . . . . and Thailand can't be found under "T". It is "Kingdom of Thailand"
are you a citizen of Zimbabwe? You need to check the requirements for an application to a 60-days Tourist Visa on the website of the Royal Thai Embassy which serves citizens of your country. The embassy in Harare is closed
I think I have read something somewhere about a 90-days travel insurance requirement for an application to a 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. But I cannot remember which Thai embassy that was . . . . could it be London?
it could be a London Embassy specific rule: the London Embassy might require a 90-day health insurance when you apply for the 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement visa. When he goes from the visa to the 1-year extension of stay inside Thailand, he doesn't need an insurance any more. Tell him to apply for the 90-days single entry Non-Imm-O Visa and go from there