My previous Retirment visa expired in May while I was outside Thailand so I went today to the Kalasin Imm. office with all my paperwork to get another Non-Imm O visa.
Seems rules have changed and I also need pictures (4) of wifey and me at the house.
Seems when you don't renew your Retirement visa it is cancelled (fair enough), but it's taken off the computer system as well, so the Imm guy, first of all didn't check all my previous extensions in my passport, then couldn't find any records on the computer.
So I was told they would visit our house to check we live there in about a month. But, I can in on a visa-on-arrival and only 30 days of which 8 days were used up.
These things usually work out, so after lots of talk Imm gave me my Non-Imm O subject to me bringing in the 4 photos tomorrow.
I post this just to let people know applying for the Non-Imm O visa is not just having the B800000 in the bank and filling in the correct TM form, you also now need a house inspection and photos, so you need longer than 30 tourist visa.
Lovely people in immigration Kalasin, but the staff have been moved around. The back office staff are now in the front office. Also the entrance to Imm parking is now the exit.