Difficult one to answer this Mark, you seem to know what you are doing already. I would get a short term rental for a month to start, then when you have opened your bank account look at getting a 1 year lease, ready for your 12 month extension application. If you already have a non O and bank account with the funds, there should be no reason for your application to be rejected.

If you can do the 90 day report online before the move to Hua Hin I would. Getting the yellow book took ages for me personally and caused me some stress. Before anyone says it, I know lots of people seem to get the yellow book with one visit to the Amphur and very little documentation, but for me it involved; the UK Embassy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and translations as well as 3 or 4 trips to the Amphur. I have possibly upset someone at the Amphur by dressing smart and being polite🤷

You must have got a non O visa originally, so you don't need health insurance.

I think they are, but if not they will ask for the original version. If you edit the screenshot I doubt they could tell the difference anyway.

You can usually renew your extension of stay 30 days in advance, so yes you should definitely do that as the time is added on.

You need the letter from the bank and the requirements might have changed since last time, so go to immigration and get their latest list.

@Tony ****

that's ridiculous Tony, good luck I hope you get it opened tomorrow.

@Jan *********

I'm not an expert, but this seems quite a complicated thing to do. Are you of retirement age as that might help. Do you plan to get the non O before coming to Thailand, if so you can use money from Sweden. If not and as Paul said, your problem is going to be opening a bank account. To get the non O based on marriage when inside Thailand will require you to have a bank account with 400,000 baht. There might be a better way, but you might be better coming visa exempt for 60 days (you can extend this by 30 days if necessary), get married. Fly to a neighbouring country to apply for the non O based on marriage. Return to Thailand, open bank account, deposit money and 2 months later extend your stay for a year based on marriage. I hope there's an easier way, but that's my thoughts. The reason I suggested retirement non O at the start is that's an easy visa to get and you could use it and the first extension to get everything sorted, then swith to a marriage extension 15 months later. Good luck.

I've moved provinces a couple of times and not been asked for previous leases, but this is Thailand and different offices/officers can ask for different things, seems like you've been unlucky.

@Octo ******

I'm old, but not that old!

If you got it online before coming to Thailand, it starts the day you enter Thailand.