@Charles ******

that's why we recommend to visit "your" Immigration and ask for the handout list of requirements you need for your specific extension of the stay permit. It with clear the path and remove all uncertainties

Brian Johnson. . . For the application to the O/A visa, the minimum of equivalent 800,000 THB can be on any bank account in the World as long as you prove the account is in your sole name

For the application to the “1-year Extension of the Stay Permit” after the second year out of a Non-Imm-O/A visa, your need proof of a minimum of 800,000 THB on a Thai bank account in your sole name,

and you need the bank letter (statement) that the money has been in your Thai bank account for 2 months (some rogue Immigrations ask for 3 months)

@Bradford *****

you don't have to show you still got that 500,000 THB in your bank account if you do a border run on a DTV. You just need those 500K in your account for three months for the application to the visa itself

@Patrycja *******

watch your language - it could get you banned from Facebook. . . You are invited to continue wondering why they keep telling you that you should get a DTV. Although a 6-month stay on a METV is technically legal, behind their smile I am sure they started thinking that you are working in their country illegally on a tourist visa - six years of consecutive METV's are like all fingers pointing to it. Pause for a second, stop your narcism, and try to look into the minds of these Immigration officials and their way to interprete what you are doing

@Patrycja *******

maybe you should remove "Living in Bangkok" from your profile. "Real" tourists don't reside in another country

it depends on the Royal Thai embassy of your home country if they require you to be "actually retired", or if they are willing accept your application based on you being over 50 years old. Some embassies do, some others don't. For example the Thai embassy in Vienna, Austria, for the Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa wants to see that you actually are receiving a pension. If you don't, they force you to apply for the Non-Imm-O/A visa instead

@Dave *******

it's like

@Jan *****************

wrote: You need to email the embassy and ask under which conditions your 45-years old wife can get a Non-Imm-O dependent visa issued. Theywill probably direct you, as the sponsor, to the 365-days Non-Imm-O/A visa, and once it got issued, your wife can apply to the dependent Non-Imm-O based on your O/A visa

@Francois *******

and the 400,000 THB insurance coverage you quoted is absolute nonsense! The coverage must be for 3 million Thai Baht

@Francois *******

complete nonsense. He is not married to a Thai wife. A Non-Imm-O/A visa is issued for 1 year. The financial requirements for a UK citizen are 800,000 THB equivalent in his home bank account, or proof of a minimum income of 65,000 THB equivalent. This visa comes with a mandatory health insurance, for the first two years he is free to choose any insurer. The LMG insurance for yearly 8000 THB premium is NOT available any more,since 2019, for Non-Imm-O/A visa and for O/A extensions

@Dana ***************

wrong! What you commented was the old taxation rule before January 1st, 2024