@Pete ******

You have no clue! Myself I know exactly how this process is like. . . . . Applicants will get documents (faked!) from a school, enabling them to exit Thailand and apply for the Non-Imm-ED Visa, then re-enter, get a bank account opened, then do another border run, invalidating the ED stay permit, then apply for the conversion of the visa-exempt entry to the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. All this is completely unneccessary and much too expensive. It is easier and cheaper to exit Thailand and apply for a 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa outside of Thailand. Enter on this visa and get a bank account opened in no time. Agents take 5000 THB for this service

@Franco ******

that's the downside when you don't use an agent. Agents pay bribery money to Immigration officers so they look the other way and ignore that you don't fulfill all the requirements.

@Franco ******

the landlord must register you by the TM30 system in the house within 24 hours of your arrival in the accomodation. Having a rental contract for a house doesn't cut any ice when applying for the 1-year Extension. However you need to be properly registered in this accomodation, or Immigration will not service you. The fine for a late or forgotten TM30 is 2000 Baht

@Pete ******

go call them and find out, they tell you the full story

@Donald *********

Warin Chamrap next to Ubon Ratchathani is no touristic area. I reckon you but would have been successful in Bangkok or Pattaya. The situation right now since February has extensively changed.

@Pete ******

That’s not true anymore. Go give anyone of the many agents in Pattaya and Bangkok a call and find out!

It is NOT possible any more, not even when you buy their full package.

Your knowledge is OBSOLETE and outdated 🤓 and that’s why I keep telling people DON’T listen to Peter, ignore him!

@Roland *******

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Michael *****

there is no "1-year visa" inside Thailand. You apply for a "1-year Extension of the Stay Permit" . . this is not a visa, this is an extended stay permit

@Mary *******

he could apply for a 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa anywhere, even in one of Thailand's neighbouring country - as long as he fulfills the requirements

@Roland *******

oh, so now you emphatize and recommend bribery, a criminal offense. You are acting against the rules of this group you agreed on when you joined