You’ll need an IDP (1968 version) and a photo driving licence from your own country. Also check the car is fully insured.

@Stephen ******************

The agent will be able to get the extension early anyway - the one I use can get it up to 3 months ahead of time! Yes 3 working days plenty.

Again, this is in Pattaya with a well known and reliable agent.

It will depend where you are.

In Pattaya timescale for a ‘Retirement Extension’ is usually 2 or 3 working days max.

Visit agent with passport, photos, bank book (must be Bangkok Bank if you are using agent for the financial proof), proof of address etc.

Visit bank.

Visit immigration just to have photo taken by agent staff.

Collect passport from agent when ready.

@Tim ********

it’s just under 2 years since I got my Non O from London and it was required then. Good if it’s been dropped. It didn’t cost me too much anyway. I used a Thai agent who gave me the one-page summary I needed to upload and the policy was just a 90-day travel insurance policy.

Apply online for the Non O visa for over 50s. London Embassy is easy to deal with. This gives you 3 months then you can get 12-month Extensions of Stay each year.

You’ll need a Thai bank account with 800k baht. No insurance needed for each Extension but you will need insurance for 3 months for the initial visa.

Immigration are very unlikely to check.

If you have a problem it will be from the airline at check in. There’s no way to be sure how strict they’ll be. Some insist on a flight out of Thailand within the 60 days, others will say nothing.

You could book a cheap flight out beforehand, you could buy an onward ticket service from one of the companies that provide this or you can wait until check in and be prepared to buy a ticket on your phone if they insist.

eg tell them you are going to visit Cambodia or somewhere but not sure exactly one and then book the ticket if they won’t check you in without it.

90 days.

London Embassy requires US$0 cover that includes Covid cover for the Non O for ‘Over 50’. No insurance requirements are listed for the Non O for ‘Visiting Family’.

You’ll need to check the requirements from the Embassy you will deal with.

If you contact this pharmacy in Bangkok they’ll give you a price. They deliver anywhere in Thailand.

Interest rate cut expected in U.K., if not this time then soon. Further cuts expected over next 12 months. Expect £ to fall against many currencies.

Against this is the perilous economic situation in Thailand and the baht being propped up by the central bank there.

My only concern is if the agent gets your extension from Bangkok and not from the province where you live. If they get it from your ‘home’ Immigration Office then that’s fine, if not it would just niggle at me a little.