If you’re on a site that is charging you for a TDAC that’s for 30 days you’re on the wrong site. It’s a scam page.

This is the official site. It’s good for 10 days or 1000 days.

There are no criminal checks for a in country “retirement visa”.

Yes. It sends the confirmation QR code to your email.

The PDF file is your visa. Print it out.

Destination Thailand Visa.

Financial requirement is 500,000 baht or equivalent in a bank in your name.

Option 1 is remote worker - meaning you work for a company or clients outside of Thailand.

Option 2 is soft power where you sign up for a course like Muay Thai or Thai cooking or medical appointments.

For specific requirements you’d need to check out the website of the embassy where you’d apply.

That will be dependent on the embassy you use to apply. Some will just want the balance some will want 3 or even 6 months.

@Kieran ******

British Embassy don’t handle passport renewals. There is no option to fast track a British passport from over here.

Yes if you have 12 months of international transfers of at least 65,000 baht to your account.

The transfers do need to be shown as international transfers so using a service like Wise may be problematic as some deposits may be marked as a local transfer.

@Andy ******

It’s office specific. Some will insist on a re-filing after a stay in a hotel or hospital.

If you don’t need interaction with immigration then you don’t really need to file, but for those offices that insist on an up to date one you won’t get services without it.

Do it online here.