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You seem to have good knowledge so I will give you my status and see if you can advise I lived in Thailand 2003 to 2018 then moved to ireland now i want to return to Thailand I am J&J vacinated and so is my thai wife. I have made requests for my blank english and irish criminal records to be released. I have sold the irish house that was acting as my home and completion should take place late sept We have flights booked in early nov but they are flexible tickets I qualify for most thai visas I am married to thai lady I am over 50 years in fact 65 years old I have more than 10 m in savings so i qualify for elite but i do not like terms i have the 10 m required for investment visa but I do not consider the restrictions to be fair I could opt for the 3 mill investment visa which seems like a good idea as I will probably take 3 mill with me to buy a condo Now ubonjoe what would you do if you were in my position. Would you wait until the Thai Visa in London decides to answer the phone and then apply for the non im o visa. Or would you just get covid insurance, a medical, and COE then fly to Bangkok or Ko Samui, or Phiket and get my o visa after I have done the quarantine.....oh yes doe my thai wife require covid insurance

Well it seems both you and myself consider the paperwork as inappropriate, but maybe we both lack education as to how the world and especially England has changed it seems when I worked as head of security at shrubland hall (yes james bond shrubland hall) the criminal record check made by my employers only went back seven years but now they go back 100 years

You are correct and to make things worse said people tend to preach, but hate it if anyone preaches to them

My instant re-action to your post was it was incredibly stupid, having said that anything is possible

You have to apply for a Thai Non-Immigrant Visa from a Thai Embassy or Consulate in your country. Contact the Thailand Embassy or Consulate where you will submit the visa application or visit their website. Learn about the opening hours, working days, and if you have to make an appointment. You can find a list of the diplomatic mission offices of Thailand here. Collect the required documents for the specific Non-Immigrant Visa you are applying for Submit the documents and visa application. Depending on which Embassy/Consulate you apply in, you can submit the application: In-person Through the post, in which case you have to enclose a pre-paid and self-addressed envelope Wait for the application to be processed Collect your passport with the visa affixed. If you applied by mail, the Embassy/Consulate will mail it to you. Note: If you are already in Thailand on another type of visa, you can apply to change the category to another type of Non-Immigrant Visa at the Thailand Immigration Department in Bangkok. This does not apply to holders of a Thai Visa On Arrival

Well according to the link provided a farang can visit thailand without a visa and then apply for a non im o visa whilst in thailand. Now I will tell you a story and maybe you can explain why it does not count. Four years ago i went on a cruise at said time I was using a retirement visa which had one re-entry allowed. We left thailand and returned so the one re-entry was used. The cruise stoped at thailand so if I went ashore a second re-entry would show and hence the retirement visa would become void. I told the cruise line that I would not leave the ship at the thai port and they should make sure my passport was not stamped...they agreed but then forgot and my passport which the ship was holding was stamped as me going ashore. When we arrived back in Thailand I was told my visa was no good...so I asked for another. Thai immigration said no and instead gave me a 30 day no visa residence. I was told the non im visa had to be applied for in another country then I could change it for a retirement visa when I returned to Thailand...I followed said instructions by way of visiting the thai embassy in hong kong........the question is why our years ago i could not convert a 30 entrance (without visa) to a non img O visa but it seems now it can be done...have the rules changed???

I am a british citizen uk passport living in Ireland ....my wife is thai from 2003 -2018 I lived in Thailand by way of retirement visa from 2018 to now I lived in Ireland but now want to go back to Thailand I registered with Thai E visa and wrote the above details. I was rejected and told (by computer) to visit in person the nearest thai embassy but they are all closed. I contacted thai consulate London who told me to contact thai embassy but the embassy will not answer my e mails or answer the phone when i call them

Let us make things even more complicated I am a uk passport holder I am living in Ireland The Thail embassy in dublin is closed forever? I apply for evisa for thailand which asks me for passport details and my address then a message appears a person with your circumstances should go in person to the nearest thai embassy but both dublin and london (desk service) are closed Obvious answer would be get the old fashion form for non im o visa and post it to london but I cannot contact london thai embassy to get advice on this matter

Now according to my experiences and reading it is possible to go from non im o visa to retirement whilst in Thailand, but the non im o has to be obtained outside thailand. I have done this before by going to HK but with travel restrictions and closed embassies that will not be an easy task

I contacted the thai consulate london they admitted my circumstances (ie nomad with UK passport but never lives in UK and has spent 85% of last 20 years in Thailand) makes it difficult to establish what hurdles i have to jump to get a visa. The Thai Consulate said a person like myself should contact the embassy. I did as requested and they wrote back saying they would write to me within a week., and they did saying they wanted my phone no so they could talk to me...so on monday i gave them my phone number, but they have not phoned. Hence today I phoned twice one call waiting 25 minutes next call waiting 30 then gave up

I know people believe that hurdles are easy to jump over but my hurdles are not so easy. First of all I put my Irish House for sale a few months ago when there was a lock down in Thailand but there was a great amount of confidence that Thailand would become open in OCT. Now selling a house is easy in Thailand but in Ireland it is normal to trust lawyers and agents. However, I have suffered at the hands of irish lawyers and agents and the people who are supposed to regulate said professions. Hence I prefer to be in the country where the sale is taking place. Now my plans were that I put the property on the market in July it sells subject to contract in early August contracts are exchanged in early Sept completion happens in early oct and we grab the money and go to thailand in OCT or Nov. Now my scenario has run smoothly apart from the Thailand situation getting worse rather than better. Getting back to the Thai Visa hurdles I have been watching ex pat advice programs who seem to suggest the if I go for the Phuket sand box I will need to restrict my travels after the one week in Phuket and obtain COE for the follow on destinations, but if I opt for 14 asq in Bangkok it might well be reduced and after completing the 14 or 7day asq i will have full freedom to travel anywhere in Thailand....is this true

Already sold house in Ireland and trying to get things sorted, lets do this by points 1) I am UK citizen, I lived in Thailand 2003-2018 mainly using retirement visa, then I moved Ireland now I want to move back to Thailand a) Is there a short cut for someone who only left thailand a few years ago b) I tried e visa got registered but it rejected my application it would seem because my place of residence does not match my passport. I received the message please apply in person at nearest embassy, but the Dublin embassy is closed and tells people to apply online, and the Thai embassy in London is closed. I tried phoning the Thai embassy in London but after hanging on for 30 min gave up. I have e mailed the Thai Embassy in London but after a week no answer.......Should I apply on a form to London if yes which form for Non Imm 0 visa leading to retirement visa 2) The thai visa webb site says I have to get a medical saying I do not suffer from certain deseases ....said deseaces are mainly tropical and not often caught in Ireland do I really need this certificate and if yes where do I go for it in Ireland a GP doctor or Hospital Doctor. 3) The thai embassy also ask for a criminal record report from couintry of residence and country of passport. Now I believe in England criminal records are deleted (spent) after 7 years so considering I have not lived in England for 18 years and have not visited england for 10 years the english criminal record check would be useless. Also in total I have only lived in Ireland for 2 years I cannot see how Irish criminal records are of any good......Therefore I would suggest an application for papers concerning my Thai criminal record would be the most appropiate 4) Also the thai embassy say I must have a flight going to Phuket. Well as of mid august that is reasonable but my booked flight to Bangkok is in Nov and when said date arrives Bangkok might be open...might reduce ASQ to 7 days, pattaya might be open, phuket might be closed, or everywhere in Thailand might be closed, or I might decide to go to ko samui Please answer the questions you can answer