No one can answer that with any authority as it’s completely up to the individual immigration officer you hand your passport to. Their call.

You’d certainly be high on the red flag list as you’re not doing what a typical tourist would do. You’ve maxed out two visa exempt entries and are trying to do another.

Be prepared to be denied entry and sent back. It may not happen but it possibly will.

@Graham *****

Sounds like they got an in country Non O.

@Ryan *********

I understand what you wanted to tell people but in this group it’s like telling people that water is wet.

I’m assuming you’ve gotten the in country Non O rather than one you applied for via the evisa system.

If so you have the “retirement visa” already. What you’re asking is when can you do the yearly extension off of it.

The answer is when you have 30 days left (some offices allow 45 days) or less on that visa.

Possibly the most known fact in this group.

@Brent *******

Yes the online information says it CAN be done, but immigration will pull every trick out of the hat to make it as difficult as possible to do so. They don’t want you to do it. They want you to bounce.

As I said some have managed it but I would hazard a guess that out of those that have most won’t bother again.

In most instances you don’t go to embassy at all, unless it’s for an asked for appointment.

A couple of embassies in Asia you do go to pay after submission but most are pay by credit card through the system.

It’s well known that immigration don’t want DTV holders to extend.

Although some have managed the vast majority just bounce for another 180 day stamp.

Easy to do. Fill in a form TM47, copy passport, entry stamp and print DTV. Ensure you have an up to date TM30 filed by your landlord.

For most embassies a 6 month course would suffice.

It’s 500k baht or equivalent. Doesn’t have to be Thai baht.