Here's my situation:

I've been travelling the world for several years, always used LOS as a base when in SE-Asia. Here, I only ever used 30 day visa exempt or tourist visas. The new visa rules will make that more difficult for me, especially since I'm a bit tired of moving around so much and would like to spend more time (6 to 8 months per year) in Thailand in the future. I'm 41, not married, don't work in Thailand, and have sufficient funds.

I will be back in Germany this summer and would like to get a 1 year multi-entry non-imm visa there. I'll come back to LOS in Oct and will visit my home country again about every 2 years. I hope to do the same thing during the next 9 years until I'm old enough to qualify for a retirement visa. (Which hopefully still exists by then )

Questions:

1. Which type of non-imm is appropriate/possible for me?

2. What are the requirements? (Money? Reason, e.g. 'visiting friends'? etc.)

3. Which embassy/consulate in Germany is known to handle such cases with a minimum of hassle?

4. Is the timing of the visa application improtant? (I'd like to have another entry just before the visa expires so I can get a total of 15months out of that visa.)

5. Can I apply for a Thai DL and own a vehicle once I'm in the country with this typw of visa?

Any help would be much appreciated.

good luck.

maybe if you enroll in a degree at a uni here you could get a non immigrant ED visa, but all the other catagories are out of your reach, so good luck to you, unless your prepaired to study here.