1. No, only way to change that date is to exit without a re-entry permit cancelling the extension you're on, come back in and start over from scratch.

2. No, you apply for the extension at the immigration office where you live

3. Yes, as a rule you need a TM 30, lease, sometimes landlord thai ID, and House book listing

Check with your immigration office to get the hand out listing the requirements for the retirement extension.

This is the online eVisa website that all thai consulates in the world use to issue visas.



Apply online, pay online, wait for the email that has the PDF file that is your visa. Print it out and hand it along with your passport to the officer when you stamp in..

At most offices you can go to get a 30 day extension on a 60 day free stamp (visa exempt) or 60 day tourist visa entry when you have 30 days or less left on your current stamp. Some offices (Jomtien/Samui, etc) only allow you to get the extension when you have 7 days or less.

Are you here on a 60 day free stamp entry OR did you buy a tourist visa online from the thai consulate in your country before you came here?

I ask because IF you're in Bangkok you go to different offices depending on what you stamped in on. People with real tourist visas go to the main office at the government complex (Building B) on Chaengwattana Road, and people with visa exempt entries go to IT Square Laksi Plaza (3rd floor).

As far as can you switch to 'family visa' that depends on whether you meet the requirements and if your immigration office can issue in country 90 day Non-Immigrant Type O visas or not.

This is a general list of what can be required at immigration offices for a 30 day extension on visa exempt or tourist visa entries.

No changes since a year ago.

Bank letter, 12 month bank statement (both can be up to 7 days old) update the bank book the day you apply for the extension.

Same paperwork as last year.

If you already have a thai bank account in your name only

@Steve *******

you could indeed come in visa exempt, get the funds in the bank and then apply for the in country Non-O visa at the immigration office where you live/stay.

@Steven ********

you can't get the first year extension inside the country showing monthly income,

Your only option is to bank the 800k in a Thai bank account in your name only for 2 months before you apply for the extension.

The following year you could use monthly income if you transferred in 65k per month, each month, every month, for the previous 12 months

@Colin ********

no one really has issues getting OUT by a land border when they say they're going to a consulate to apply for a visa.

Nong Khai got really hard on people wanting to bounce out/back just to get a new 60 day free stamp

@Colin ********

Sadly it is not :O you're going to have to search yourself

and

none of them are really all that bad to deal with if you're getting 90 day Non-O visa based on retirement/marriage

As you can see in that image grab of the requirements using employment inside thailand, there is a fair amount of documentation required from your employer.

Unfortunately, many employers are unwilling to provide it to their employees :/

Definitely talk to them about the things mentioned on that link I jumped you (the image grab) because without their help you won't get an extension with proof of monthly income based on employment inside thailand

I forgot to add you're also able to come here free stamp, then travel to a thai consulate in a nearby country and apply for the 90 day Non-O visa (showing proof of funds in your country as well).

Remember though you can't be in thailand when you apply and as a rule you have to stay IN that country until the visa is approved/rejected..