@Henrik ****

also as stated in my post I have a non O-A visa that’s a 12 month retirement visa granted by Thai Embassy in London so not a short term or a tourist visa.

@Henrik ****

is this new? I got two residence certificates 2 years ago on a 30 day visa exemption in order to by motorbikes. Never heard you needed to be on the country longer than 3 months to get a residence cert. In any event that wouldn’t make sense as if you cone into country on a 3 month non 0 you need to open a bank account almost immediately to season your money before the first 12 month extension.

@Pete ******

thanks

@Pete ******

I have a Thai number, had the same one for 4 years. Lease may be a problem but I can cross that bridge if its requested. Is the lease requirement something you have experienced personally? If so which bank was it?

@Gregory *******

hi , I needed to show the equivalent of 65,000 Thai baht , about £1490 uk pounds in my uk bank account for the three months prior to my application. Took about 3 weeks but I uploaded a CRB and had to wait for an ACRO certificate and needed to upload digital copies of the bank statements not the screenshots I actually uploaded. I went ahead and entered Thailand on visa exemption and will leave and return this week to activate my visa

After 4 years of flying in and out on visa exempt I finally got the non OA. The pros are if you are unable to stay all year round but want a long term visa it comes with multiple entry built in. If you repurchase your insurance before it expires then you get a further 12 months as long as your last entry is before it expires. You don’t need 800k baht sitting in a Thai bank. Cons, you need a UK address to apply, you need mandatory basic health insurance and a police check from your home country.

In reality the insurance isn’t a con because the basic requirement costs about £250 per year! TBH if you plan to live in Thailand at O50 years old without any health insurance then you might not be that clever….

UK costs

Can’t remember how much visa fee was but the Thai E Visa site tells you

Police check £66 - this is not the DBS, DBS no longer accepted it’s an ACRO certificate.

Insurance varies but I paid £250 for a year! Was directed to an approved insurer from the Thai visa site

Medical certificate varies but I paid £21 , no examination needed, answered an online questionnaire and got my certificate in the post two days later.

Your post is a little contradictory, you say you are getting 60 day visa on arrival ( not possible on US passport as Stuart says, it’s 60 visa exempt) then you say you are coming on a tourist visa ? A basic tourist visa is 60 days or 2 months and not worth doing in advance now you get 60 days visa exempt on arrival plus 30 days extension. The only way to get 6 months without a visa is to leave and return a short time later. You can do as Stuart suggests using a border bounce company where you will spend a day in a bus with 6 or 7 other people, crossing into another country then returning after paying a modest fee to the company. You could also fly to Cambodia or Vietnam or Singapore for a day or two and return to be stamped in again for another 60 days plus 30 extension. There is a slight chance of being refused entry flying out and coming back but if you’ve never been to Thailand before it’s unlikely. In practice now there is no limit to the number of times per year you can enter Thailand but if the IO who is stamping you in thinks you are trying to live in Thailand without the correct visa they may issue a warning upon entry or deny entry. If doing the fly in fly out option it’s as well to have the three proofs with you. 1. 20k Thai baht in cash 2. Proof of accommodation in Thailand 3. Proof of onward travel out of Thailand within 60 days of entry. A lot of people will probably comment about never been asked for the 3 proofs , but as someone who has travelled into Thailand on average 6 times a year for the past 4 years I’ve been asked for onward travel and accommodation proof 3 times but never been asked to show the money.

Sorry about the long response.

TDAC is not a visa it’s Thailand Digital Arrival Card , you can complete up to 72 hours before travel , you should get an acknowledgement email to show to immigration and in theory it’s supposed to speed up your progress through immigration.

@Cam *******

I would agree with this. Remove all processed food groups from diet and that includes rice , grain and anything in a tin or a packet. A diet of protein with some leafy greens is likely to drastically reduce inflammation, maybe even banish it altogether.

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