A pension of 350K thai baht?

Dude.. If so you only need 2-3 months of planning and you are golden.

800K baht banked.. You should be able to manage that in that timeframe.

That's it..

@Robert ******

criminal check and insurance are requirements for a non OA one year visa. Notice the A at the end. For a 90 day non O, there are no such requirements.

@Vincent ******

the yearly extension of stay based on being over 50 cost exactly 1.900 baht. The same price as all other extensions. The initial 90 day visa, if bought in Thailand, at immigration, cost 2.000 baht. The 30.000 baht you mentioned is only if you use an agent.

@Michael *******

exactly. Went to kasikorn with my wife and it took half an hour to make one. We both have our own separate accounts too. I have one for my immigration money, and one for everyday spending. We just decided it would be good to have a joint savings account too. She has actually been putting more into that than I have.. all good. Only thing is you can only get one card for it. But we chose to have no cards and no online access to it at all. If we need to take money out of it we both have to be physically present on the bank. That way neither of us can take or spend any of it without the other one knowing and agreeing.

@Paul ******

if that were true you'd have to get a new passport anytime you moved within your own country. A passport is not linked to an address.

@Daniele **********

don't try to live here on those 60 day visa excempt entries. You will get stopped and denied entry sooner or later. Likely sooner as it is. You are cutting it short with the time for you applying vs expiration of your current stamp. Let that be a lesson for next time. It's wise to apply as early as possible. You would not lose any days, and it gives you time to correct anything that might be a problem with your application. Believe me, using the same office for 8 years straight now, for marriage extension, the exact paperwork they want each year can be slightly different. Let yourself have a buffer for that by going early and not having to stress about it.

For now though, worst case? Lets say there's something not okay with your documents, and they ask for additional/changed/updated something, and your time is up.

Then there is the 60 day visit family extension, that you can use only one time per entry. It has more or less the same requirements as the one year extension, just minus the money.

@Matthew ********

no.. They expect any Thai spouse to be *in* a blue book (tabien baan/house registration). Only the "house master" or actual owner will have the physical blue book. It lists who resides on that specific address.

@Jeffery ******

doesn't matter. You won't get inside the embassy at all to speak with them in person. It's only online now. Try emailing them or give them a call. Or just read through their website and determine what kind of visa you could apply for.

You didn't say anything about what you plan to do in Thailand full time. Retirement? Work in Thailand? Remote work? Study?

That's sort of important as your "responsibilities" (read; requirements) are very different for the different kinds of visas available. So without knowing anything about what you might qualify for or what your aim is, nobody can give you any usable advice.

@เฮินรี่ ********

some immigration offices only want a new tm30 if you actually move address. Some don't even care if you have been outside Thailand, as long as you returned to the same address when coming back. Many though want a new one even if you've just been staying in a hotel or similar in another part of Thailand, or even the same province.

It's quick and easy though to both register the address online for tm30, and then to just register a new one every time, after you've been registered somewhere else when being out. Or at least before having to do anything at immigration again. It takes only a few minutes to do online.