Get the 90-day non-o visa based on retirement in your home country.. ie. before you travel.. and then extend it in country.. then bolt on a multiple entry 're-entry' permit to solve your travel needs.. this approach will also avoid any difficulties at immigration that could arise if you try to enter on another visa exempt stamp.. given the many instances of immigration tightening up on this being floated in these forums!

@Stuart **********

I only paid for the translation and certification of the overseas marriage certificate.. i handled the visa application myself.. but needed this to get the KR22 from the Amphur.. before i could finalise my documentation 😉

@Pete ******

I was simply giving an overview of the process.. clearly there will be specifics relevant to the country where your marriage was solemnized.. which really makes it a no brainer to engage a translation specialist!

If you were married overseas.. meaning not in Thailand.. then the first step is to get a copy of the original marriage certificate certified by the Embassy of the country where your marriage took place.. for most people that's likely to be their home country.. but you could have had a vacation style wedding of course.. so, if you're British and got married in England the British Embassy in Bangkok would need to authenticate the marriage certificate in this manner.. the second step is to take this, along with a translated copy (in Thai) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok for certification by them.. but you need to complete the first step before you can move on to the second step.. and given the complexities and inconvenience involved it's best to use an agent who knows the ropes and can expedite this for you.. we are in CM and didn't want to waste our time and energy traveling to Bangkok in person.. so found an agent that could do everything and produce the requisite documents..which took around 2 weeks from start to finish and needed us to attend the final document collection at the International Convention Center in CM to reduce the wait by nearly a week.. the fee was just over 5,000 baht in total.. and they threw in a translated copy of my passport for good measure.. which wasn't needed by the Amphur to register the marriage but i guess it might come in useful sometime.. but be aware that the Amphur may try to retain the original certified copies.. ie. instead of simply taking copies of them for their records.. which is outrageous imo since you may need to use them elsewhere in the future.. and don't want to have a repeat of the hassle and further expense.. i pushed back hard and told our Amphur they could only keep them if they gave me a legal undertaking to return them if i needed them.. or alternatively, agree to pay an agent the necessary fee to produce another set for me.. and after deliberation and consultation with superiors they backed down and simply took copies which they certified for themselves!

@Cris *****

Absolutely agree.. there will always be 'slight' variations between offices.. but the core bundle of documentation will be the same.. like you said, take the kitchen sink just in case.. lol.. and if you live a very long way away from your immigration office.. then be ready to stay over locally.. and have anything you've left at home couriered to you overnight.. so you can get it done in one trip 😉

They want the same documentation every year.. so you just need to learn exactly what the requirements are.. and then make a list of everything you need.. preparation makes your life easy.. and unless it's your very first non-o married visa there should be no surprises in store for you.. especially when there are forums like this one to bounce things around and help you get it right.. apart from the learning curve on the first married visa application.. when i anticipated that i wouldn't be completing the submission on the day i rolled up at immigration.. every renewal has been straightforward and completed same day.. usually within a couple of hours.. the only noticeable changes have been things like 'we need 3 photos not 2' which is easily resolved if you took plenty and they are still on your phone.. or better still you printed 4-5 anyway so they could pick which one's they wanted.. and if i lived 2-hours or more away I'd definitely plan to stay overnight.. just in case i ran out of time (or rather they did) and they told me to come back in the morning.. it's really not rocket science but you do need to try and second guess everything they might throw at you and be ready for it 😉

It's much simpler and cheaper to renew your passport while you are in the UK.. doing so will relieve a lot of the stress doing it once you're here.. and it's one less thing you will have to think about 😉

If you were married overseas.. meaning not in Thailand.. then the first step is to get a copy of the original marriage certificate certified by the Embassy of the country where your marriage took place.. for most people that's their home country.. but you could have had a vacation style wedding of course.. so, if you're British and got married in England the British Embassy in Bangkok would need to authenticate it in this manner.. the second step is to take this, along with a translated copy (in Thai) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok for certification by them.. but you need to complete the first step before you can move on to the second step.. and given the complexities and inconvenience involved it's best to use an agent who knows the ropes and can expedite this for you.. we are in CM and didn't want to waste our time and energy traveling to Bangkok in person either.. so found an agent that could do everything and produce the requisite documents..which took around 2 weeks from start to finish and needed us to attend the final document collection at the International Convention Center in CM to reduce the wait by a few days.. the fee was just over 5k baht in total.. and they threw in a translated copy of my passport for good measure.. which wasn't needed by the Amphur to register the marriage but i guess it might come in useful sometime.. but be aware that the Amphur may try to retain the original certified copies.. ie. instead of simply taking copies of them for their records.. which is outrageous imo since you may need to use them elsewhere in the future.. and don't want to have a repeat of the hassle and further expense.. i pushed back hard and told our Amphur they could only keep them if they gave me a legal undertaking to return them if i needed them.. or alternatively, agree to pay an agent the necessary fee to produce another set for me.. and after deliberation and consultation with superiors they backed down and took copies for themselves!

@Pierre ********

You need to check with the immigration office in your location.. or the location where you will be residing if you are not already in Thailand.. since it can vary in terms of the finer detail 👍

Immigration should absolutely demand to see the bank book for the account.. at least if they are doing their job properly.. because they will check back to see that the terms of the previous visa application were actually met.. meaning not just the original seasoning period but the post issuance period as well.. and this will not necessarily be visible from bank statements alone.. at least my personal experience in CM has been that they still want to see the bank book if you try to present them with just bank statements.. although i accept that a different IO on a different day may think differently!