You have several choices depending on your income. The most expensive is the Thai Elite visa starting at 600,000 baht. The 10-year LTR for pensioners is 50,000 baht but you have to have a pension income of $80,000/year. The non- immigrant O visa is the most popular. The financial requirement for a 1 year extension is 800,000 baht in a Thai bank or you could pay a visa agent. There is the OA, only available in your home country. The 1 year extensions for the OA are the same as an O plus an insurance requirement. You can get 1 year extensions as married to a Thai and that lowers the financial requirements.

I recently shipped some of my late father’s paintings and sculptures to Thailand. It was expensive but they were sentimental items. One of a kind and sentimental items might be worth shipping.

@Willem ***

Yes. I know but I just wanted to alert them about the OA and not confuse the two visas.

If you look at the website for the Thai consulate in your home country you will see a yearlong visa called an OA visa which is, or used to be, used for retirement. The OA is NOT the same as the O visa that Tod talked about. I recommend you pursue the O visa in Thailand.

I saw a post a couple of days ago where it was reported that it took 5 weeks to complete the passport renewal in BKK

You can also get Thai baht from your bank in the US.

@Giorgio *****

luckily my luggage was one of the first on the turnstile. From plane to taxi it was maybe 20 minutes and that is because of the distance from the plane to luggage.

I hope you checked the permission to stay stamp to ensure that it is stamped to 5 years from when you got the LTR.

I did this last month. I had to walk a ways past the normal immigration entrance to another entrance. I kept asking for the fast track line. Eventually I got there and it was indeed fast.

@Todd ********

It has to be passive income. I got the pensioner LTR in January.