Departure details are not mandatory fields. You can leave them blank.

Turn around times are dependent on the embassy used.

London about 3-5 days. US ones about a week. France and Germany about 3 years (well it feels that long).

1. As a US citizen you can’t use social security as income as the US embassy wont issue an income affidavit.

For the first year visa and first extension you’d need 800k in a Thai bank.

After that you could switch to the 65k per month international transfer method.

A Non OA doesn’t require funds in a Thai bank for the initial visa but it requires (as do subsequent extensions) mandatory health insurance that some over 70 struggle to get. A Non O doesn’t require that.

Getting a Thai bank account is a struggle these days. An agent is probably the way to go.

The application is all done online. You are correct that the London embassy handles applications from Ireland but you don’t visit the embassy at all (you’re not even allowed to these days).

As to proving that you’re in Ireland, that may be harder, as you won’t have any entry stamps to prove that you are, but someone living in Ireland wouldn’t either. I believe most just upload copies of their passports and something like a driver’s license or utility bill and the like.

Send them what information/documentation you have. If they want more they’ll ask for it.

Your initial visa can’t be cancelled. It will expire when you leave the country.

If you were on an extension then that must be cancelled.

@Nav *******

Once you have the visa you can enter at anytime within the validity of the visa. It’s irrelevant what date you actually stated on the application.

Each entry you get 60 days. You can opt to extend once per entry for 30 days but you don’t need to if you are bouncing around SE Asia.

Last time I looked it was £150

Sure. 1,000 baht for a re-entry permit at an immigration office.

@Frangipani ******

You need the equivalent of 800k in a bank (any bank, doesn’t need to be a Thai bank) in order to apply for the visa.

Not a good look telling a moderator of this site that they’re wrong.

When applying for an extension of the visa you need the 800k in a Thai bank two months prior to applying.