Upnotover

wasn't correct. gone now.

gone

You can't convert in-country. You can; - leave and re-enter visa exempt, hopefully you do NOT have a re-entry permit. - make sure you have THB800k in your bank. - at immigration apply for single non-O based on retirement, gives a 90 day permission to stay. - in the last 30 days apply for extension of stay based on retirement.

You "must" provide it only if you have one, or had one, and it tells you how to get a copy if you don't have the original. It also tells you what to do for non-UK documents. Your Thai divorce papers will suffice, in Thai.

Around my way hospitals, GP surgeries still have the signs up (both will give you if they are serious) and a few old people out shopping.

I think it's mentioned a couple of times in that thread, here's one; "No financial information was requested when applying."

I think you'll find what you need in this thread;

Where does he say British?

Arrival day is day 1. So in your example May 30 will be the end of stay.

"Chakkrit Juthawipat was driving his BMW sedan along Sukhumvit Road towards Sattahip" That may have been his intention but he apparently wasn't. Wonder why the story is written that way. BMW trumps Pickup I suppose.

Sooner than that if they can work out a way of collecting their 300 baht slush fund.

There's a tethered helium version for $20, I'd recommend that one if you're ever in the area.

Not needed. It's like giving someone intent on overstaying a checklist of things to do to evade detection.

I don't think UK Border Force are so daft as to think that a ticket is proof of anything. They make their decisions based on their questioning not box ticking. So if asked she can tell them what you have said here, it will be no problem at all (don't forget she can go through arrivals with you).

Maybe time flew as I was enjoying it so much, but certainly we always were back at Soi 13 by 16:00 at the latest, which reminds me there was a beer included on return as well. It is some years back and there was never any traffic to speak of.

While everyone has their calendars out might as well circle June 3 as well, Visakha Bucha.

No. Not now it has been clarified that she has an extension, not a visa.

Exactly.

Based in Pattaya I used to do the occasional 90 day run to Cambodia. That involved a nice breakfast in a pub, a not unpleasant 3 hour van ride (6 seats) to the border, with a toilet/smoke break en-route. A couple of hours max at the border, including duty free shopping if needed and a nice packed lunch. A return journey same as outbound. Home mid afternoon. Compared with travelling to the airport, all the queuing and messing around and then the same in return it was a no brainer at least as far as I was concerned.

.....I was hoping to avoid the next question...."does he need an onward ticket or not......"

Whatever he applies for he does it online at https://www.thaievisa.go.th/ All the consulates have been closed for some time. He can apply for a single non-O based on retirement and then extend in Thailand, or perhaps better to come in on a tourist visa, convert to non-O and then extend, gives him more time to sort out bank account, etc.

My points were based on a multiple entry non-O (retirement) visa as suggested by the title of this thread. I was not referring to an annual extension of stay (retirement). It is quite conceivable that the OP used the wrong terminology, certainly it wouldn't be the first time.

Nope. Just make sure she doesn't stay over 90 days each entry and if she makes her last entry close to the expiry of the visa she'll effectively get nearly 15 months out of it.

You can.

"CM"