Retirement Visa

HI my name is gary im wondering if anyone has had problems with money going back in your account after doing retirement visa

- @garyosmond8

@garyosmond8

When you ask clarifications ask in such a way that everyone understands what you want to k ow. Not use slang.

- @stravel2014

@garyosmond8 when making application for Retirement visa stay permit, the required amount MUST stay in your account (2 month before and 3 month after) and should never leave your account. So what you asking sounds very unusual.

@garyosmond8 when making application for Retirement visa stay permit, the required amount MUST stay in your account (2 month before and 3 month after) and should never leave your account. So what you asking sounds very unusual.

- @Maxi Mari

..or hoping he didn't find someone that cheat him...

- @Maxi Mari

@Leeds forever! Hi I fiñnished my retirement visa and am wondering why my money doesn't show up in my account and I did it all through immigration

@Leeds forever! Hi I fiñnished my retirement visa and am wondering why my money doesn't show up in my account and I did it all through immigration

- @garyosmond8

@Leeds forever! Yes

@Leeds forever! Yes

- @garyosmond8

@Leeds forever! Slightly off-topic, but I'm intending to go to Thailand in September on a non-immigrant 'O' visa based on marriage and apply for an extension of stay when I arrive. I'll have to open a Thai bank account and deposit 400K into it almost immediately to ensure the money is in the account for the requisite 60 days before I apply for the extension, and because initially I expect to be travelling around the country, I'll probably open the account somewhere central like Bangkok.

Do I need to go to the branch where the account is held in order to get the bank letter you mention, or will any branch do? And what exactly does this letter say that wouldn't be evident from a copy of the bank book?

@Leeds forever! Slightly off-topic, but I'm intending to go to Thailand in September on a non-immigrant 'O' visa based on marriage and apply for an extension of stay when I arrive. I'll have to open a Thai bank account and deposit 400K into it almost immediately to ensure the money is in the account for the requisite 60 days before I apply for the extension, and because initially I expect to be travelling around the country, I'll probably open the account somewhere central like Bangkok.

Do I need to go to the branch where the account is held in order to get the bank letter you mention, or will any branch do? And what exactly does this letter say that wouldn't be evident from a copy of the bank book?

- @Retiree

@Leeds forever! Thanks

@rzugnoni Thank you. That's very useful to know.

You can do this at any branch of that bank. I opened my account in Loei but I go to the branch in Chang Khon to get the letter. The wait times at my local branch are ridiculously long.

- @rzugnoni

C'est une vraie arnaque pour renouveler mon visa OA.

J'ai en banque thai les 800 000 thb requis, pad de problème.

Par contre, pour l'assurance santé,  je suis couvert par la CFE,  qui couvre 80% des frais en cas d'hospitalisation en Thaïlande. Mais pour avoir un certificat d'assurance valide pour l'administration immigration thaï, l'Île doit payer une assurance de plus de 200€ pour justifier de mon assurance, alors qu'elle ne couvre rien, juste un bout de papier..

Toutes les complémentaires Thai m'ont rejeté,  cause souci cardiaque il y a 3 ans.

Dois-je omettre cet état de fait ?

- @jacquesestermann1

HI i am Richard i am planning to settle in Thailand after two moths because i am retiring from my services i want to spend my rest of life near beaches is there anyone who can help me out in Retirememt  visa is it applicable in Thailand ?

- @richardnathan654

@Leeds forever! SORRY i am not from Thailand i am from U.K

@Leeds forever! SORRY i am not from Thailand i am from U.K

- @richardnathan654

@richardnathan654 hi richard, I'm a local lawyer in Thailand and I have plenty of clients with retirement visas. I've set up many of their visas, many of them have had their visas when they had come to me. It's not difficult, and it's probably the best visa to have in Thailand in terms of bureaucratic horseshit.

Basically, you have to keep 800, 000 Thai baht in a bank account each year right before you re-apply, although it's better just to keep it in a Thai account.

You don't have to let it sit in a savings account. It can be in a Thai investment account.

I've been a lawyer here for 20 years. Contact me if you have any questions. My phone number is **** or email me at ***.com.

- @JacktheLawyer

@Leeds forever!

Be very diligent with that 2 month rule. I messed up and allowed my account to go below the 800000 baht minimum a week shy of 2 months. I ended up having to wait an extra week which caused me to be late with my 90 day reporting requirement. I ended up having to pay a fine for that.

- @rzugnoni

@Leeds forever!

Be very diligent with that 2 month rule. I messed up and allowed my account to go below the 800000 baht minimum a week shy of 2 months. I ended up having to wait an extra week which caused me to be late with my 90 day reporting requirement. I ended up having to pay a fine for that.

- @rzugnoni

You're correct, but you don't have to inform me. I've been living here many years. But there are people here reading posts that don't seem to understand the rules. What did your 90 days report have to do with your extension?  Those two are not connected. You have a 21 days window for the 90 days report, and that's a lot.

- @Leeds forever!

hi all.

My year retirement OA visa. is due in November 2022.

i am hearing that from October 1st. you will need bhts 3.5 million.

I have health insurance, but this new increase is ridiculous and unfair.

I am thinking of going for a O visa.

why are they doing to the expats with OA retirement visas.

- @andyreuben2003

@Leeds forever!

Be very diligent with that 2 month rule. I messed up and allowed my account to go below the 800000 baht minimum a week shy of 2 months. I ended up having to wait an extra week which caused me to be late with my 90 day reporting requirement. I ended up having to pay a fine for that.

- @rzugnoni

You're correct, but you don't have to inform me. I've been living here many years. But there are people here reading posts that don't seem to understand the rules. What did your 90 days report have to do with your extension?  Those two are not connected. You have a 21 days window for the 90 days report, and that's a lot.

- @Leeds forever!

Are you saying with a 21 day window that you can report 21 days prior to the 90 day date with
no penalty?

- @scbrock

I just got my one year "retirement" extension yesterday.  While in the process I decided to rent a place in Bangkok.  I did the entire process in Chiang Mai, so now I need to do a change of address process, which i am pretty clear about, and then 90 day reporting.  My question is, where can I go to do these things in bkk?  I see there's an office at the port in Khlong Toei, can I use this office for both changing address process and 90 day reporting?

Cheers,

FDG