Usually showing where you're going to stay when you come here is sufficient

Surprisingly (or not) this actually happens quite a lot (especially at the smaller immigration offices) for both initial 90 day Non-Imm visas and year extensions which require an under consideration period.

That's because these applications need to go to the division headquarter to get approval before being sent back to the issuing office

I tell people, IF they took your application, charged you the 2000baht, gave you a receipt, with a report back date, you WILL get the 90 day Non-Imm visa.

I have never seen nor heard of anyone applying for the initial Non-Imm visa who did not receive it (even if the report back date had past)..

I know that it makes you feel uncomfortable but not a lot you can do other than wait it out.. With the Songkran holiday I'd say just stay in contact with the immigration office report back when they told you to..

Wait it out, don't panic, it's part of the process...

here's how that 6 month METV works.

It's an unlimited entry visa which is good for 60 days every time you enter for the validity of the visa (6 months from the date the visa was issued)

You say you have a 60 day entry stamp from it that is good until next week and you have two choices..

1 - take the 30 day extension at the immigration office serving the area where you stay for 1900baht

2 - bounce out/back to get a NEW 60 day entry stamp..

remember as long as you enter before the visa itself (the PDF they emailed you when the visa was approved) you get a new 60 day entry stamp, SO even if you exited/re-entered on the last day that visa is valid for (you say the end of July) you'd still get another 60 day entry stamp..

The 'change' you're talking about is only a proposal at this point AND it has nothing to do with the time people get when entering on a valid tourist visa OR how long of an extension you can get (which is 30 days on a free stamp entry OR a tourist visa entry

This mis-match between the TM30 system and the TM47 online 90 day reporting system causes a LOT of rejections.

Even if the hotel you're staying at inside the country fills out the 'check out' date on the TM30 online system once you check out/leave the hotel the system doesn't revert back to your home address. :(

That means when you go to file a 90 day report, your most recent TM30 will show the address from the hotel you stayed most recently not your home address here and that's what causes the rejection of the 90 day online system

You will have to file a new TM30 and chances are showing up with the old one isn't gonna help at the immigration office when you go to file a 90 day report in person. .

There is no real work around except filing a new TM30 if you stay at a hotel in thailand that does a TM30 on you.

I'm not going to keep the post open sorry, and I deleted the answers that weren't right

@Christopher *****

totally up to the consulate as far as IF you can or can't get it

SOME only sell to people who show legal residence in that country.

@Meagan ******

I think you should go and file a tm30 showing that you're registered is staying in that area and you should get the handout from them listing the requirements. I believe that immigration office allows you to apply for an extension when you have 30 days or less.

Definitely check with them when you go get the handout

Correct

@Michael *****

you need the Non-O visa to apply for the year "extension of stay" at the immigration office <- that's what you're calling the "yearly retirement visa",

Remember people holding a valid visa to Thailand doesn't guarantee you get in.

All it does is guarantee that IF they let you in you get stamped in for the days the visa allows.

Plenty of people with valid tourist visas (that they bought at a Thai consulate before arriving here) get denied entry because of previous extensive entry/stay history.

With that being said, very few people with valid DTV are denied entry and those cases usually have more to the story than the people relate in their post..

You can't be "out of the country" and have a 90 day report due

Here's how 90 day reporting works:

If you're on a visa/extension that does 90 day reporting and you're in country 90 continuous days you need to file a report.

If you leave the country on or before the 90th day the "count down clock" stops and when you return to Thailand your next 90 day report is due 89 days from the date you stamp in. (The day you stamp in us counted as day 1).

Your first 90 day report after coming back into the country usually has to be done in person.

You can file a 90 day report from 2 weeks before the due date until 1 week after the due date with no penalty

Unless you live/stay in india I wouldn't use the thai consulates there. If you want a Non-O visa you can apply from your home country OR go to a nearby country (Vietnam/Lao) and apply thru a thai consulate there.

IF you're going to do it inside the country you need to have a bank account with the 800K baht BEFORE you apply for the Non-O at the immigration office

You mention you're from The Netherlands so you should contact your embassy here to see if they issued the affidavit of income from abroad notary letter <- which you can use as proof of funds in lieu of having the 800K in a thai bank account