@Evan ******

I personally do not know what immigration's reaction will be when you don't have your old passport in your case. All comments made in that respect were assuming you still had your old passport. If it was an emergency travel passport then yes, but in your case I have no idea how immigration will react at the airport.

@Evan ******

go to chaeng Wattana with those

@Evan ******

you never mentioned you lost your old passport. Do you have a copy of the police report you filed, and a letter that might have came with your new passport, and, is this a brand new passport, or an emergency travel passport?

@Taketo ********

actually you can. The first stamp put in your passport is a reference number of your full history in the computer database. It doesn't matter what visa, or visa exempt stamp you are on.

You go to chaeng Wattana immigration for that.

@Kace ******

inside Thailand then you need the bt800,000 in a Thai bank account in your name only to start the process. As soon as it is in the account you can apply, and get the initial 90 day visa, then when the cash has been in the account for at least two months you can apply for the one year extension, but, being that you are in that town they might not let you apply for the one year extension until there is just one week left on the initial 90 day visa. They use different time frames there. If you don't have the bt800,000 then use an agent, but build your bank balance up to the bt800,000 so you can get rid of the agent at a later date, which will require you in most cases to start over completely. Most of the time you will need at least 15 days left on your visa to transfer over to a new reason, like retirement.

@Kace ******

initially you must have the equivalent of bt800,000 in your personal bank account. Applying in the US with that account balance will get you the initial 90 day type O visa based on retirement, and you'll have 90 days to enter Thailand once you get that. Then in Thailand you get a Thai bank account, and transfer the bt800,000 into it. After it has been in the account for at least two months then you can apply for the one year extension. You also have your pensions transferred into your account each month so that at the time of your next one year extension you have 12 months of regular deposits into your Thai bank account. Then you can change from the bulk deposit method to the monthly deposits method.

What age are you? Immigration doesn't care about anything you listed, except that you have the equivalent of bt800,000 in your personal bank account. The US embassy no longer issues wage verification letters, and that is the only thing immigration accepts initially to meet the monthly financial requirement. After you have been on the type O visa extension for at least one year, and have had regular monthly deposits into your Thai bank account from an overseas source of at least bt65,000, then, and only then, will immigration accept the monthly deposits method, as the US embassy will not verify your income. Sorry to say this, but it is reality with immigration.

@Scott ********

passively.

@Scott ********

with that level of investment you might also check with the BOI, board of investment in relation to getting an actual investment visa, the best visa to have. If the investments are approved by them, and you pass the extensive background investigation, it can be to your advantage to seriously consider it, and talk to them about it. They are in the chumchuri square building on the 18th floor in Bangkok, and very receptive.