@Ivan *******

we are on the same page and I never saw the 90 day visa they mentioned, I am also very confused about the insurance and certificate stuff, that’s why I said it’s hard to get a retirement visa from Thailand than Mexico and Portugal

To apply for a Non-Immigrant O Visa (Retirement):

1. Gather Required Documents:

This includes a passport, visa application form, proof of meeting financial requirements, medical certificates, and other relevant documentation.

2. Submit Application:

Apply through the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate in your home country or at an immigration office in Thailand.

3. Obtain Visa:

Once approved, you'll receive a Non-Immigrant O visa, allowing you to enter and stay in Thailand for the specified period.

Important Considerations:

Financial requirements: You'll need to show either a monthly pension or regular income (at least 65,000 Baht/month) or have a minimum bank deposit of 800,000 Baht.

Health Insurance: You'll need to provide proof of comprehensive health insurance coverage.

Criminal Record: You'll need to provide a certificate stating you have no criminal record.

Medical Certificate: You'll need a medical certificate stating you do not have any

@Ron *****

you still need to give insurance and medical certificates

@Ron *****

I went through the website and the didn’t find such a visa, I am planning to retire to Thailand or at least to stay more than one year and may travel to Bali or Vietnam during the stay

@Brandon ***********

I heard you can’t open an Thai bank account with tourist visa

@Brandon ***********

what non-O visa allows you long stay? Saying for a year?

Many people here talking about Mexico without any experience, but just read misleading information from the internet, it says they will check your Covid test results crossing border but actually they didn’t do it, I need to cross border every day during Covid and I was never asked such questions, many Americans live in Mexico side and work in America, how they can do Covid tests everyday, if you arrive by air, it’s needed. Also, you don’t need a passport to enter Mexico, just drive in like you drive into your garage, nobody ask you about anything. If you look at the cars on the road in Mexico City Tijuana, more than half of the have American plates, I have a global entry card which is needed to use the express line to get into America, so I just carry this card and leave my American pass port in my Mexico home, as for the price, they have a good restaurant where everything is 23 pesos which is about $1.2 including beer and tacos, you can get a taco for 1-1.5 dollars for street food, a decent meal is just below $10, I feel safe in Mexico, and I even drove to Mexico City without a drivers license which was stolen. Cancun is among top beaches worldwide like Hawaii and Bali, of course there are bad things also, if you caught by police when you drive, you need pay about $200 cash before they let you go, it’s corruption. Also Mexico night life is not that great. If you have a good wife or girlfriend, it’s really a good place to live, I lived with 3 girls for about 8 months there and traveled a lot of places in Mexico, I would say Mexican are lazy, they don’t have a English menu for most of the restaurants and no good food on the beach.

@Gabriel *******

I stayed in Mexico and crossed border to work in America every day for 8 months in different border cities, you can drive into Mexico without stopping and if nobody asked for anything. Millions of Americans retired in Mexico and Mexico beaches are very beautiful and you can drive into the water on the beach and enjoy the whole beach alone without seeing a human being in 10 miles and there is no pollution, but I like Thai food and night lifestyle so Thailand is an option to me but it seem hard to get the retirement visa, I posted and nobody can tell how to get the Thai retirement visa. I have good money and qualify for it, need going through an agent?

@Baz ********

so retirement expats are not welcome in Thailand