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@marcus111 I prefer the 1 year visa. Is more comfortable and I can go to Thailand in Summer again. An Insurance I do anyway and the overpaid 6 month I will get back, when I am in Germany again. So I have the money right away for the next trip ????

@luicks Yes, I needed a health insurance. I also had to make the insurance for a full year, and not just for the 6 months I will be staying in Thailand. And in the "Confirmation of Insurance", which is needed in english or thai language, must be written: • min. 40,000 THB (or €1,300) outpatient • min. 400,000 THB (or €13,000) inpatient Important are the words outpatient and inpatient! I didn't have them in there at first, because my insurance has unlimited coverage. So it took 2 weeks, until the consulate called me and said, that they want to see those 2 words... Ridiculous!

Finally got my Visa today after waiting 25 days...

@ubonjoe Right, and that's exactly why I asked here - and got an answer. In my note: I meant the 2 Embassies, not all helpful people in here! You should read better, before complaining... ????

@luicks Thanks for your hint ???? This site was my first source of information when I started my plan in April. The insurance and my pension are not the problem. BTW, I am not nearly dead ???? My question to the embassies in Berlin and Frankfurt was, if I were to do a single entry visa for 3 month, whether I could extend it in Thailand for further 3 month. And for this question I didn't get any clear answer yet. I want do a single entry Visa, coz I only need 3 more additional month, and no full year. Also is a single just 75,- Euro and a multiple 175,- Euro. Also a TR Visa with multiple entries is 175,- Euro and you need to do 2 Visa-Runs, with the Non O-Visa just 1. So ridiculous... just a simple question but no clear answer at all.

@DrJack54 Right, but for this time I only go nearly 6 month. And for the Visa-Run the information from the embassies website say, it will be possible to extend at the immigration office in Thailand. You see, in 2 embassies in Germany or also here in the forum you get a lot of different informations, that in the end you don't know what you have to do. And all this for a simple question at the beginning.

@BusyB Yes, I contacted Berlin also, but Berlin always just send me to Frankfurt. More than 2 month I sent emails to both embassies, but never got an information which visa I have to apply for. Both embassies just say, I should look at their websites. So crazy!

I think, this is the point of our misunderstandings, @DrJack54! On the website of the Thai embassies in Berlin and Frankfurt they say, that you can apply for a Non-Immigrant "O" (retirement) Visa for single- or for multiple entry. Non-Immigrant-O "Retirement" The Non-Immigrant "O-A" is a different one with much higher financials requirements. Non-Immigrant-O-A "Long Stay" So for me it seems that it would be a good option, if I could get that Non-O with multiple entries. After 90 days I have to do a Visa-Run for the next 90 day stamp, same like @ubonjoe sayed, and maybe this I also can do at a local Immigration. But I have to see what will be possible in the e-visa platform.

Yes, my future plan is 6-8 month in Thailand, and the rest of the year in Germany. About the solution with the Tourist Visa and a Visa run to eg. Vientiane... Coz of my health I can not travel too much around. That's why I would like to get a non-O and that's why my question at the beginning, whether I have to apply for a single entry or multiple entry Non-O Visa for my 6 months in Thailand. I have always asked my questions politely. Why does your answer sound so harsh now? If I already knew everything about this type of visa, I wouldn't need to ask any questions here. Unfortunately, I can't reach the consulate in Frankfurt by phone and by email I always get different answers which have nothing to do with the matter at hand.

@DrJack54 Sorry for bother you again. For this: you not mean the financial requirements for the Non O-A (Long Stay 1 year), right? That would be: Financial evidence showing monthly income of not less than 65,000 THB or having the current balance of 800,000 THB. What is this 90 Day Report about, that I read in other posts? Do I have to do something about this too?

Where I have to go at the Airport, to obtain a re-entry permit?

@DrJack54 Thank you for your detailed reply! I even not considered the solution with a TR Visa with multiple entries. But I guess, the Non O - Visa with an additional extension is the simplest (and cheapest) solution. The financial requirements I would fulfil. Thank you for your help, to figure out the right Visa for me.

@DrJack54 That mean, I can make a Non O single entry what I can extend in Thailand for 3 more month? Do I need any form for do that extension? Which one? BTW: I am 61 and from Germany

Hi, I will travel to Thailand for 6 Month on October, 19th until April, 5th. For that I will apply for a Non-Immigrant "O" (Retirement) Visa. Which one do I need to apply for: The 3 months (single entry) Visa? Is it possible to extend the single entry visa for another 3 months at a local immigration? Or do I need the 1 year (multiple entries)? Regards