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As I am in the same situation, can I confirm please, that I can convert a 30 day exempt entry/ single or double entry tourist visa to an O visa in Chiang Mai WITHOUT having a police or medical check. Then, when that expires I can extend it as per usual for retirement.

However, do I have to have 800,000 baht in the bank for 2 months or 3 months before applying for the O visa, or is that only for the extension? I have stayed 2 years in LOS on retirement before, but that O visa has expired, so I will be starting from scratch.

How long before the tourist visa expires can I go to immigration to convert it?

Then, having done everything and got the extension for retirement, can I get a re entry permit and return to country of origin for 6 months without losing it, or can I get a re entry permit on the O visa ( haven't got the extension yet ) without losing it if out of Thailand past the expiry date?

I may have to return to country of origin after 6 months, and if I have a double entry tourist visa that will take me up to departure date without reaching the end of the O visa so I can extend it. I hope that isn't confusing.

Sorry for probably repeating what has already been said, but I find it quite confusing and the discussion about O A and O visas hasn't helped. I just need to be crystal clear on the details before spending a large sum of money on the ticket.

Does the panel think it is better to just get a single tourist visa entry or a double entry?

I'd go to the embassy for a non O, but it is a very long way off and expensive to travel to/ stay in the capital. Their web site also says that I have to have the money in a Thai bank before applying. I know that it has been said that you don't need the money in the bank, but that is what they say.

A medical extension has been mentioned several times, but what is it?

Thanks for the help already given on this thread.

You probably should not doddle with the tourist visa conversion. My experience you should have at least one day left. They wont processnyou on the last day of validity I found out that the hard way. I've heard others say 15 days. Not sure about multiple entries on the converted o visa. You have to ask.

The retirement extension is valid one year, the clock start ticking when you get it and continues ticking even if you leave the country.

The medical extension is a letter from a doctor requesting additional time in country, valid 90 days, you may apply for a one year retirement extention from that.

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Righto anyway the bottom line it is basically the same visa based on retirement, as I recall my brother was given misleading information that he had to return to the USA to get his retirement visa. He is older and I subsequently figured out when it came to be my time to turn 50 I just had to got to KL and get an o visa., I had a B visa at the time. Apparently they weren't converting b visas to o visas. And once I cancelled my work permit I had a whole week to get outa the country.

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Thank you, I was not aware of all those distinctions, now I know why when my brother moved here he was stamped in for 20 months.

I would only add that US citizens can use an income affidavit for income verification, from the US embassy or one of thier many outreach programs. And that you can get an retirement extention from a tourist visa, an o visa or a medical extension. Without having to travel back to your home country. Also lately in Phuket anyway has been asking for a photocopy of your atm card.

As the saying there is more than one way to skin a cat

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I have removed several argumentative and inaccurate/misleading posts and their replies.

Once more, an O-A can only be issued in your home country. Anything after that done in country is a one year extension of permission to stay based on retirement. It is not a new O-A visa.

That's fine it was getting messy in here.

But now that we are clear in our terminology, it should be also made clear that a one year visa based on retirement can be obtained in country off a tourist visa or a medical extension, I wont call it an OA visa but it clearly says retirement and was issued here, I probably never have had an oa visa seeing how I've never applied for one in my home country.

But the bottom line is that the requirements are then same.

If there is a difference between the one year oa retirement visa issued outside Thailand and the one year retirement visa issued inside Thailand I would really like to know what it is.

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So explain to me what an oa visa is?

I have always been of the understanding the oa visa is a one year retirement visa.

What kind of visa are you talking about?

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It's a Long Stay visa.

It is only available from home countries.

It is good for a one year stay.

It can be obtained using showing money outside of Thailand totally unlike an in-Thailand retirement extension

When it's a MULTIPLE ENTRY, it can be stretch to about two years stay in Thailand without any need for an extension application in Thailand, by exiting and reentering Thailand before the validity of the original visa expires.

So there is no age requirement for this oa visa? Is is not in actuality the same retirement visa I am talking about!

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So explain to me what an oa visa is?

I have always been of the understanding the oa visa is a one year retirement visa.

What kind of visa are you talking about?

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The other option is to get a 90day medical extension with a letter from a doctor, and get the one year oa visa from there.

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O-A visas are NEVER available in Thailand.

Sorry but my understanding and experience differ. The one year oa visa is ONLY issued in country. There are several ways of going about it.

The medical extension is one, You can apply for an oa straight off a 30 day tourist visa with the correct documents. If you get jammed up somehow the medical extension is an easy bail out. Another way is apply for a non-imm o visa in Penang or wherever and then apply for the oa.

I think the only exception is if you apply for an oa at the thai embassy in your home country they issue a one year visa.

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My understanding is once you grasp the relationship and/or concepts of spontaneity and simultaneity you are here, there, and everywhere.

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The other option is to get a 90day medical extension with a letter from a doctor, and get the one year oa visa from there.

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Hello All, Ajinomoto my have the new patent, but was invented and patented in the US.

rice555

Not too surprizing, as Ajinomoto spreads a lot of money around, they for all practical purposes are part owners of the FDA. It very likely this new proposal for adding Apartame to school kids milk without listing it as an ingredient will pass.

Shocking but true.

http://www.ibtimes.com/aspartame-milk-big-dairy-wants-sneak-sweeteners-without-labels-theres-one-last-chance-comment-fda

In truth Aspartame is an addictive neurotoxin and shoud not be in the food supply at all.

http://www.safefood.org.nz/aspartaddict.html

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Check out dr Richard blaylock or blaycock. He's done a lot of work into msg and neurotoxins

Read carefully though

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Thing about neurotoxings like MSG and Aspartame is how tricky they are in hiding it in the ingredients of a product, all fish sauce and soy sauces have MSG. If you see "modified food starch listed" MSG.

Apartame is another neurotoxin which the dairy industry in the USA is trying to add to milk for kids without listing it as an ingredient. I suspect they are already doing it here.

Ajinomoto also owns the patent for Aspartame. The polical clout corporations like Ajinomoto have is enormous. With so much money at stake you have to take any research by them with a grain of salt or a pinch of Stevia, hehehe.

Naturally occurring MSG is great, Parmesan cheese , but you use it sparingly, and it's not a hidden ingredient anywhere.

Aspartame is bad because it tricks the brain into thinking you're getting something sweet but not giving your body the energy from the sweet craving, essentially making your body crave even more sweet, while starving you for the energy the body is craving for, effectively making you overeat and crave even more sweet, pretty insidious really.

Thank you Ajinomoto.

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Hi everyone

I am originally from the UK but have been staying in Thailand now for more than 5 years and am thinking about purchasing a condo here to stay. As I am sure I plan to stay the foreseeable future.

Would anyone recommend some things to look out for when I am going to inspect the condos? As this will be the first every property I will be purchasing.

A friend of mine has mentioned I should look out for the maintenance cost on some places being high he also mentioned about getting a mortgage.

How would I go about getting a mortgage here? Is it possible? I have read it's possible to get one through having a bank account in Singapore - which I haven't got at present.

Also would there be any problems with me being on ED Visa while purchasing property?

Really appreciate any advice

C

I'm surprized someone whose been here five years already is asking this question.

I myself just joined here but I've been here 10 years now. 8 years ago I made money on condos before the Thai economy really picked up. Now Thai people have money and prices have picked up.

Not a good time to buy right now. Better to rent and invest in other money making schemes. Things are already overbuilt in the resort areas.

Forget about mortgages. No one here lends money to falang even with a 200% guarantee.

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