At midnight the 19th of Jan opened up at Chaengwattana for retirement extension

You can use proof of funds in your country to show you meet the financial requirements to get the 90 day Non-O visa based on retirement.

As far as will that be accepted, it's going to come down to who's approving your documentation.

All you can do is apply, they'll email you if it won't work

Get here, get 800k into a Thai bank account in your name only, let it season 2 months, then apply for the yearly extension

There is no requirement that the funds for a year extension originate from abroad.

@Steve ******

there you go then 🙂 you're set (y)

as long as it's valid (which it will be until your current extension expires) you can exit/re-enter the country all you want during that time and you'll get stamped back in for the expiration date you have now on your current extension of stay stamp

This is a re-entry permit stamp

this is a yearly extension of stay stamp based on retirement

@Steve ******

there is no such thing as a multi-entry 12 month extension

extensions INSIDE thailand are sold without any re-entry permit <- because you're already IN thailand when you get it

re-entry permits are sold separate,

You might have gotten a 12 month extension and THEN a multiple re-entry permit but they are two completely different stamps

No problem at all, buy a re-entry permit (either a single re-entry for 1000baht or a multiple re-entry for 3800 baht) at the immigration office where you got your extension issued OR at the airport before you fly out

you can then exit the country and when you come back you'll get stamped in until your current extension expires.

@Anthony *****

or you have to get up at 12AM to log into the system and get an appointment when they release the next available day 30 out.. 🙂

it's a FIVE YEAR visa, what difference would it make in the grand scheme of things ?

Just so everyone is clear, you would be hard pressed to find WORSE advice on entry/visa/extensions to thailand than you get asking any of the AI programs out there 😮

It's because so much bad information is out there, when it data mines it uses the bad info instead (because it's been repeated so often)

Be that as it may,

In bangkok you can apply for a 30 day extension on your 60 day visa exempt entry stamp when you have 45 days or less left on your current stamp. To get a 30 day extension on a 60 day visa exempt entry you go to IT Square Laksi Plaza, you go in person. You need a TM30 showing you're registered as staying at a place in Bangkok

No need to run your stamp down, you don't lose any time applying early, they add the 30 days to your current stamp expiration date