@Kevin ******

sorry is this an ironic post?

@Nick *******

BTW I’m not being righteous about using an agent thousands upon thousands of people do it. I’m just pointing out whilst it’s accepted it’s not legal. Your agent is bribing an immigration officer on your behalf to bypass the financial requirement. You also need to budget for the repeat agent fee as every year you must pay again. Another thing to consider is medical expenses as many sensible people have mentioned. You will need health insurance or you could end up with substantial bills in the event you need treatment.

Anyway best of luck to you.

@Osian *******

that’s not strictly true. It’s 800k baht in uk savings or UK bank statements showing monthly deposits of 65k baht equivalent for the three months prior to the visa application. I’m not saying is wrong for his opinion I’m saying he’s wrong for shouting bullshit from the safety of his keyboard.

@Damien *******

hi it’s not bullshit it’s a proper way to do it , you can get a non O outside of Thailand travel on the visa then if you use an agent they will get the extension of 12 months for a fee. Another way is to enter visa exempt for 60 as you suggest and then get an agent to get your visa and 12 month extension.

But please don’t forget using an agent to get around the capital / income requirement is actually illegal despite it being common practise.

Hi nick , don’t be put off by people saying you don’t have enough income. That’s all very subjective as different people have different needs. If you want to live in a pool villa or beachside apartment eating at top restaurants and drinking every day then stay in the UK on that income. If you are content with a small room no aircon, swim in the sea not a pool and eat street food or cook yourself you will survive. But there is a massive gulf between survival and living. As for your visa get an non O-A visa in UK , that’s 12 month multi entry visa , you need to show three months consecutive payments into uk account of 65,000 baht equivalent , you need to pay for health insurance , a health certificate and a police check.

The other way to get around the income / capital requirement is to use a visa agent. That will cost you 20-40k baht depending who you use. To do that route you need to get a 3 month non O visa before travel.

Hope some of that helps

I presume you want to move the money so that you can use it to support a Thai retirement visa extension? First you must obtain a non O visa. That’s valid for three months after entry. You get this from the Thai embassy in Canada ( E visa application) all requirements for visa process are on the website. Once you have your visa you fly to Thailand , use your visa and any other documents required by the bank to open a Thai bank account. All banks have different requirements but with the Non O visa you will get sorted. Once you have opened your Thai bank account your transfer options are numerous , Wise, Western Union, bank wire transfer from your Canadian bank. All transfer options will have different pros and cons, some will cost more. If using funds to support visa extension then they must show in your Thai account as coming from overseas. Hope that is if some help

How will you support yourself? Your SSI will cease if you are absent from the USA for 30 consecutive days I believe. You will be unlikely to be able to find work in Thailand as many jobs are reserved for Thai nationals. You would likely need some type of passive income from your home country or a nest egg of funds to rely on. Good luck

@Graham *****

I don’t think he was asking about the 90 day report. I think he was asking about the duration of the visa and that starts when stamped in not when visa is issued.

@Sean *******

no, one physical sim. But depending on the iPhone you might be able to download digital sims. I have a physical Thai sim in my iphone I also have a UK digital sim downloaded and an international sim downloaded to access all networks world wide.

Depends on your phone. If you have a phone that’s supports digital sim you can get a UK digital SIM card and a Thai digital sim. On iPhones you can have two SIM cards activated at the same time without switching. It’s quite easy to do