@Graham *****

I would agree.. assuming he is submitting a tm30 for the condo he recently bought.. but the OA suggests this has already been done.. i think he is referring to the rental apartment landlord (or unit management) instead.. which suggests he wants to use the rental address on his application.. rather than the condo he owns.. which doesn't make sense to me really.. understand there may be an overlap while he runs his lease down.. but if he's going to be living in the condo then surely use that address 🤔

@Tony *********

In CM you must produce your tm30 when applying for an extension.. and when doing your 90-day report.. and basically when applying for anything from immigration.. such as a CoR 😲

It sounds like you have a current tm30 for your condo.. which is presumably the address you will be using for your extension.. this remains valid until you either travel overseas or stay somewhere else in Thailand (such as a hotel) that registers you as a guest.. since being registered at another property severs your 'home' registration.. therefore requiring a new tm30 to be submitted once you return to your normal residence.. some provincial immigration offices waive the need to resubmit a new tm30 if you are returning to your permanent (ie. on record) address after touring inside Thailand.. so it's best to check with them.. however it is always compulsory if returning from overseas and getting an entry stamp in your passport.. your tm30 will state 'date entered' and this needs updating as part of a new tm30 submission.

@Bob *********

That's exactly what i said.. except i was not referring to an OA visa in my comments.. you misinterpreted my statement to introduce the OA visa which was not part of my advice at all.. I'm fully conversant with the relevant visa choices for this situation.. and suggested the non-o which was clearly going to be based on retirement in this instance.. so no other options were worthy of discussion.. so I'm not sure why you would start talking about an OA visa which had nothing to do with my remark.. other than the fact you misunderstood it! Otherwise, everything you've just said repeats what i had stated myself!!

@Bob *********

What OA are you referring to my friend? My reference to OA means 'original author's whereas your seems misplaced? But they need to apply for a 90-day non-o visa in own country.. then come here and open a bank account in readiness to deposit their own funds.. easy to do once you understand the process.. agents are only employed by people who are either too lazy to go the diy route.. or value their own time at a higher hourly rate than the agents time.. or those people who need to scam the system because they can't fulfil all the criteria!

@Bob *********

This is not true if the OA has their own funds on deposit in a Thai bank.. the agent is then simply checking the documentation and submitting it to immigration on behalf of the applicant.. so is really an unnecessary component.. maintaining personal control of the process is always better imo.. the first time you extend you will learn the ropes.. then every year thereafter it's a piece of cake 😉

I'm using Expatfone myself.. ported my UK number into it before i left the country.. gives me free calls to mobiles and landlines in Uk.. and masks my location since no international dial tones or country pre-fixes needed.. so it's just like you are making or receiving a call in the Uk.. free voicemail and ability to collect OTP's from your Uk bank.. perfect for maintaining a Uk 'residence' and eliminates potential difficulties with your home banking.. since some banks are forcing account closure if you admit to living overseas and are no longer tax resident in Uk!

@Andrew *******

Except you failed to mention the retirement visa requires deposit of 800k in a Thai Bank.. compared to the marriage visa which only requires 400k on deposit.. and if your married visa later becomes invalid.. either through divorce, failure to extend, or failure to buy a re-entry permit.. you can apply for the non-o based on retirement at that time!

@Graham *****

That is true.. but theoretically they could share a pot of 1.2 million baht and stagger the applications by 5-months.. meaning they wait 5-months to submit the second application and switch only 800k.. thereby leaving 400k in the first applicant's bank account.. then switching 400k back 5-months later.. far too cumbersome for most people.. and incredibly time critical in respect of the transfer dates.. but do-able if you have limited funds and the will to live in separate countries for the first 5-months.. or maybe only 2-months if the second applicant comes over on a 60-day visa exempt stamp and extends for 30-days.. then returns to their home country to apply for the non-o.. probably not ideal in this scenario given their ages but feasible if the situation demands it 😉

@Kevin **********

On the face of it that would seem to be a reasonable statement.. except we all know that the visa regulations can change and often do change with little forewarning.. just as the limitations on land border crossings and the ability to extend a visa exempt stamp was amended in the course of the last week or so.. meaning if you'd researched that scenario a week ago you would have received different advice to what your research would tell you this week.. and at the end of the day that is the reason why forums like this exist.. ie. so you can tap into the knowledge base of the membership and get a collective mind discussing the issues.. and usually the most upto date information will eventually surface.. sometimes that necessitates a debate like this to explore differing opinions.. but if we are going to call everybody 'lazy' for using this resource it kinda makes the whole purpose of the group pretty much redundant.. personally, if i can't offer anything constructive I'll just jog on by and not get involved.. because the people stressing over their visa dilemmas don't need any more negative energy from me 😉