@Tod ********

mines phuket immigration, i dont go through agents or anything, i do it all myself

If you are renewing your retirement visa, you should already have your residency paper slip stapled in your passport, you need nothing relating to dwellings, because you've already sorted that, its 800,000B in your thai bank, letter & a years statements to prove that, a A4 printed picture you outside the propert, a hand drawed map, photo copies of a few things, fill out the forms & hand them in, sit quiet & pay

In on a tourist 60 days, open bank account put in 800,000Baht, this will take you below the 60 days you need the money in the bank with running around, so a one month extension, you have to get your timing correct with 14 days left on your extension, into immigration, all yes sir's, paperwork perfect, that its changed from a tourist extension to a non O, then the last 14 days of that 3 month non O, apply for what you call your retirement, which last a year, then renew again, if you leave Thailand at any point you must get a re-entry stamp or if your leaving a good few times, a multi entry re-entry stamp, its not difficult, just a bit of running around & of coarse your over 50 years old, at immigration in phuket, they'll have you photo copy stuff you thought, No i wasn't told of that, just do it with a thank you smile, never argue, polite, smile, thank you, say nothing, it sounds a bit harsh, its not, they see & deal with 1000's or 100'000's per months if regular tourism, so its easier to be polite, if not they can be awkward, its not worth it, but its easy, just you need that 60 days period of money in a Thai bank savings account for your non O first

I was late because of the district lockdowns, nothing said