@Tod ********

I found the information about the procedure! Thankyou. That gives me a lot more time to arrange all the documents and stuff!

@Willem ***

You get that support letter only when you can show receipt of 3 months retirement money. I am moving almost immediately after my retirement. Besides, I won’t count on getting regular income from a government or an insurance organisation. The Dutch government is as reliable as the Dutch weather (i.e. not reliable at all) and the EU is eating all Dutch pension plans, so I am not going to rely on an income statement. Money in the bank is the only thing that counts.

@Tod ********

So you get the non-O when you are already in Thailand? I thought I needed to get it while I am still in my native country… (??).

@Dannie **************

Ah. I stand corrected. 😉

@David ****************

Exactly. That’s why I do the marriage thing and put 800k in the bank anyway. That will enable me to work and secure me in case something happens in the marriage.

@Robert *********

Nope. The marriage extension still requires 90 day reporting. The main differences between marriage and retirement extension is that the amounts for marriage extension are half of the retirement extension and a marriage extension enables you to apply for a work permit whereas a retirement extension does not.

(I didn’t write you will actually get a work permit, but at least you can try…) 😉