Hic 🤪

@Todd ********

Thanks Todd. I've got plenty of time, so I'll follow Roberts do it yourself plan. 🙏

Thanks for that advice. I've done a couple of O-A's in the past. I didn't realise you don't need insurance on the Non-O. So, are you telling me that if I arrive on a tourist visa, I will get 90 days, (30/60). Then I go to Immigration asap and apply for a Non-O? In effect getting 90 days plus 1 year? And the ). Then I go to Immigration asap and apply for a Non-O? In effect getting 90 days plus 1 year? And the 800000 baht? (which I have)

@Steve *******

Big footstep from Phuket (where Im based) to Laos🤪

Obtain an O-A visa in your home country then travel to Thailand. Just before the O-A expires, book a ticket to KL and step out of Thailand..return the same day and you will be stamped in for another year. So you get 2 years stay out of one year O-A visa. Note..when you depart Thailand for KL, get a single entry return stamp from the airport that you depart from. Around 1500 baht. If you don't do this you won't get back in.

Yes if you apply in your home country at the Thai Embassy you can obtain an OA visa which is for one year. However, if you step out of Thailand a few days before the OA visa expires and re-enter you will be stamped back in for another year effectively getting 2 years off the one visa. I have done this before..twice. Just be sure to get a re-entry permit ( 1000 baht ) at the departing Thai airport before you step on the plane..otherwise you won't get back in.

@Steve ******

I thought the Non Imm OA was the 'retirement visa'

Before I comment I just want to clarify something. So, you are in Thailand on a retirement visa ( OA ) which you obtained in your home country before your arrival. Your one-year retirement visa ( OA ) is coming to an end? Is that right?

Circus 🥸

Did you know you can get 2 years' stay out of an OA visa?