@Greg **********

do you know why the agents charge so much for the non O visa? Its sounding to me like its fairly easy to get?

@Greg **********

thank you for this detailed info. I Am considering this retirement visa option, but I'm also interested in the long stay visa. Can one also apply for this one from within Thailand? I am on a visa free entry. Can I apply for the non O from within Thailand for the long stay visa as well? Or only from my home country? Do I tell immigration in Thailand i want a non O in order to apply for the long stay visa? It sounds as if the non o is easy to get?and does the long stay visa require international insurance? I see the retirement visa doesn't. I time everything so that I always have travel insurance from my home country in terms of a return ticket. I do have private cover in my home country which is also valid for 3 months from departure. So I'm sometines doubly covered. But that isnt going to help if international health insurance is required. Am i understanding this correctly? I see the retirement visa has no international health insurance requirement. I travel a lot all over so I'm trying to go with the best option for me. Thailand would be my main place of abode. And regarding obtaining schengen visa etc, can I do this on both are retirement visa and long stay visa? I need to not have to return to my own country every time I need a visa. If you could shed some light I'd appreciate it. Thanks! Because Google doesn't give this detail.

@Michelle ****************

I'd love to know as well. Maybe rental agent contacts? Thanks

@Gordon ***********

for a first time applicant....can one apply from within Thailand? And how does one go about providing proof of 65k baht per month? Can one submit bank statements from ones home country? My embassy doesn't help its citizens at all, so a letter from them is not possible. Are you able to provide info on this at all? And a list of requirements for a new application?

@Paul ********

thanks for posing this question....

@Ellie ******

one more question....does this apply if we arrive in Thailand mid Feb. ? We can do our free 30 days, and then get the covid extention, which we will apply for before mid March?

@Ellie ******

can I please ask....can one still apply for the extension up to 25 March, so that one can leave 24 May?

@Benjamin *****

hi. What does the covid extention for 60 days cost?