When I did mine I went down to the local court house and they printed out a statement to show I had no active cases. It wasn't a document a long criminal history or even extensive, it was only valid for the local municipality. The Thai Government will accept almost anything.

I would go to a dentist.

My Dentist charges 39,000, it takes a few trips and about 6 months. 3 months for the mouth to heal after the extraction and another 3 months for the mouth to heal from the implant of the post.

I hate to be the one to point it out.... There isn't four months in December

I was quoted 4500 to get an extension and 3500 to do a visa run.

@Jo *********

I used me driver's license. It's been a requirement for a few different visas, for awhile now. It's also the reason I feel comfortable applying for visas while in Thailand.

bahtsold.com is a pretty good site for finding places. Also, I would recommend walking around neighborhoods you may want to live in. Several/all condos have a juristic office (management office), which will likely have current available rentals. Last resort, craigslist

There is no limit to extensions but there is a limit to visa exempt (2 per calendar year by land, no limit by air).

The rules are suppose to change Monday to allow 60 days per visa exempt entry.

THANK YOU!!

In many cases a visa gets you a 30 day stamp that can be extended +30 days, but that depends on your nationality, so you will need to check the Thai Embassy [in your country].

@Eric *****

I haven't ever gotten a retirement visa, so I only know what I have been told. I have a friend that gets retirement visas (normally you just renew but he let his visa lapse). He told me that the insurance requirements were different so it was his preference to apply for the retirement visa in country.

I am not sure of other differences.

Differences between METV and retirement? The list is pretty long but basically METV gets you up to 9 months if you work the system, retirement visa is 1 year, no working the system.

"Working the the system" - stamp-in 60 days, extend 30 days, leave/return stamp in 60 days, etc. You only need to leave for 5 minutes (I go to Cambodia and return same day). Effectively you can get up to 9 months. Usually people will choose this option if no other visa option is available.