nowretired

Sir I am Australian. I have done my retirement visa 6 times in Pattaya. Contact me direct and l will tell you exactly what needs to be done. In fact l am re doing mine in 3 weeks.

Do you really have a "visa" ?

Can you post a scan of this "visa" so we all can understand exactly what you have ?

Just completed an online 90 day report. No problems using the Chrome browser with an IE extension.

Report now Pending with Phuket immigration

If you are talking about the O/A visa it can only be applied for and issued in your country of residence.

You will need to be able to demonstrate the equivalent of 800,000 Bht in the bank or an income of 65,000/month

You may be posting in the wrong place.

Try the "Visas and migration to other countries " forum

Application for an extension of stay based on retirement (it is not a visa) is made to the immigration office responsible for the area in which you live.

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2. Yes

3 Yes

4. ?

5. Up to you !

Do you need to send proof of onward flights for a triple at this consulate and pretty much all UK consulates now ?

Before, you could post to Hull and get a triple but I think that was stopped ?

No need for tickets. No visa by post except from London.

I think Hull will accept postal applications form people in their catchment area but the visa has to be collected.

They will also accept applications via email so if he qualifies he could email everything to Hull first and they will confirm eligibility for the visa wanted.

Suggest you check the Hull website which includes this statement .

"PERSONS WISHING TO APPLY FOR THEIR VISA BY POST MUST SEND THEIR FULL APPLICATION TO THE ROYAL THAI EMBASSY IN LONDON.

SUCH APPLICANTS SHOULD VISIT THE EMBASSY WEBSITE (www.thaiembassyuk.org.uk) OR TELEPHONE THEM (020 7225 5500 AFTER 2PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY)."

Staying "indefinably" using tourist visas will prove to be very difficult .

One year multiple entry visa based on marriage only provides for 90 day entries.

Therefore leaving every 90 days is a requirement although a 60 day extension is available from immigration at a cost of 1900 Bht for visiting your wife.

Penang does not issue double entry tourist visas.

Thank you very much for the reply. Do you have a paragraph reference and the precise name of the law in question?

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/doc/Immigration_Act.pdf

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I have not seen a successful report of a person being able to change the reason for an extension based upon education to retirement in a long time. Immigration has been refusing to do them.

Your best choice will be to go out for a single entry non-o visa in Vientiane. You will just need you passport and a bank book showing 800k baht in the account (60 days not needed) or proof of 65K baht income or a combination of the 2 totaling 800k baht.

OK. While it is not the news I was wanting to hear, It's better to hear it sooner than later. I guess I should get to work on getting some kind of criminal record report from back in the US. Income letter from US Embassy is in hand.

Damn, I thought I had done my last trip to Vientiane already.

A criminal record report is not a requirement for obtaining a single entry Non O visa from Vientiene

If you have a multiple entry non-b visa issued by an embassy or consulate it will remain valid for entry until it expires. You can use it for entry as many times as you want to until the enter before date on your visa.

No need to report your address to Phuket immigration.

Unless you LEAVE Thailand BEFORE a 90 day report is due ( then come back and fill out a new TM6 - it has your ENTRY date stamped on it --->> make sure the UNTIL date is correct or blank), you MUST report your address EVERY 90 days.

A multi entry "B" visa only provides 90 day entries. An address report is never required whilst using such visa.

Sounds as though you should seek advice from Social Services .

Is the child staying legally in Australia ?

What are you seeking to achieve?

Where is the child and who is caring for her? How old is the child ?

The heading of this topic asks about obtaining a passport but then you say you have a copy of the child's passport

All very confusing !

There is no new regulation it is just a local policy for the witnesses and home visit.

If your income letter was enough for retirement perhaps they were telling you about some rules to push you to get it

The very first thing she said was had we brought witnesses, last year we were told witnesses were only required for the first application. There was no home visits last year.

The second thing she did was hand back all the photographs and told my wife how they would be done. It was not until my wife explained what had changed that I then suggested a retirement extension.

It may not be a national thing but Sri Ratcha has altered the office layout, introduced more staff and changed the requirements on the marriage extension.

When I went to do my second year they wanted to have the owner if the house present and they wanted to do an unscheduled visit to my home and stated they would also interview my neighbors..

They also required almost all documents and photos to be stamped at the city hall office.

Did you comply with all the "requirements" and receive the extension ............Or ?

Open the link for information relating to obtaining a new passport

https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports

There have been no rule changes.

Tourist visa entries are extendable for 30 days at any immigration office at a cost of 1900 baht. Application should be made 1-2 weeks prior to the permission to stay date being reached.

Make sure your second entry is made prior to "enter before" date which can be seen on the visa .

Applications by mail are no longer accepted by the consulates.

Mailed visa applications have to be sent to the Thai Embassy in London.

If you intend to travel from the UK without a visa, be aware that airlines may deny you boarding unless in possession of an outbound flight from Thailand within 30 days of arrival.

Travelling to Bangkok from where ?

Nationality is important !

Last year, I moved to Chonburi. Passport expired and retirement visa was issued in Phuket. I had to travel to Phuket for the transfer of the retirement visa to the new passport.

That is interesting because Phuket immigration do not issue "Retirement Visas".

Didn't they used to do conversions to 90 day O visas as part of the two step process for those who would qualify for the second step ... the retirement extension?

I have such a "conversion" issued by Phuket immigration, some years ago, in my passport !

It is not a "Retirement Visa"

I have now been in Thailand for a number of years but have never succeeded in obtaining one of these mystical "retirement visas"!

Last year, I moved to Chonburi. Passport expired and retirement visa was issued in Phuket. I had to travel to Phuket for the transfer of the retirement visa to the new passport.

That is interesting because Phuket immigration do not issue "Retirement Visas".

Rael007

As already stated it is extremely unlikely that you will succeed in having a similar visa issued anywhere in the region.

It would be interesting to know which US Thai Consulate issued your current visa .

A re-entry permit can be obtained for any visa entry/extension of stay - 1000 Bht single or 3800 Bht for multiple entry.