John Phuket Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Does anyone have the latest requirement to renew a retirement visa in Phuket? I understand about the bank requirements but are photographs of you both outside and inside your house also required? (or even a video ?) Is a hand-drawn map of where you live also required? And are there any new requirements that might have been introduced recently? Thanks for any input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
federicoP Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 My last experience al Phuket immigration was on March of this year, hope it is still updated At the Immigration they were distributing this check-list: VistoIstruzioniImmigrationMarzo2023.pdf I gave also the hand-drawn map and a copy of my ATM card. Picture only outside, with evidence of the house number. Any more recent experience will be welcome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquorice Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 3 hours ago, John Phuket said: Does anyone have the latest requirement to renew a retirement visa in Phuket? You can't renew a visa at local Immigration offices. You can though apply to extend your period of stay based on retirement, which is a permit, not a visa. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Phoenix Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Here the link to the page with the 'Retirement extension' requirements as published on the website of the Phuket Immigration Volunteers. The info was last updated October 2023. > http://piv-phuket.com/retirement/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phuketcouple Posted October 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2023 In March this year, when I applied again for my Retirement Extension at Phuket Immigration, I received for the first time an "official" list for their requirements from Phuket Immigration officers- see attachment. Good Luck 2023 Phuket Immigration Retirement Extension Requirements.pdf 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novster Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Can confirm the Phuket immigration volunteers list of information was accurate when I renewed earlier this month. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutt Daeng Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 13 hours ago, federicoP said: My last experience al Phuket immigration was on March of this year, hope it is still updated At the Immigration they were distributing this check-list: VistoIstruzioniImmigrationMarzo2023.pdf I gave also the hand-drawn map and a copy of my ATM card. Picture only outside, with evidence of the house number. Any more recent experience will be welcome You gave immigration a copy of your ATM card? Why on earth would you do that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
federicoP Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 43 minutes ago, Mutt Daeng said: You gave immigration a copy of your ATM card? Why on earth would you do that? Because they asked me, and because number, expiring date and my signature are only at the back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFPhuket Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I renewed mine in Phuket in July. The only change was that the map (which had been required in previous years) was returned to me and I was told it wasn't needed. All other docs needed were as listed on the volunteer's website. When you arrive they now give you (or you may need to ask for) a queue number. When it's your turn, the immigration official sitting outside who checks your documents is quite young, fast and efficient. He has a computer and checked it for something as he went through the documents. I'm pretty certain it was to check for a completed TM30 since the person ahead of me was told that was missing and to return after doing it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJAS Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, Red Phoenix said: Here the link to the page with the 'Retirement extension' requirements as published on the website of the Phuket Immigration Volunteers. The info was last updated October 2023. > http://piv-phuket.com/retirement/ Of particular interest to the OP if he originally entered the country with a non-OA visa, having last used it for this purpose before 1 October 2019, is that Phuket are still not insisting on the mandatory health insurance requirement in such cases. The solitary non-rogue office in LOS in that regard, I believe! Edited October 21, 2023 by OJAS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutt Daeng Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 3 hours ago, federicoP said: Because they asked me, and because number, expiring date and my signature are only at the back. Fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LudwigK Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 https://piv-phuket.com/long-stay-extensions/retirement/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I renewed my retirement extension just a few days ago at the main Phuket immigration office and the list of requirements which has been posted by @phuketcouple was on the mark, although the young officer I was dealing with suggested that I should have come sooner because the bank stamp on the bank statements was 10 days previous, but that was because there was a holiday and a weekend in between me going into the bank and me receiving the printouts on the same day as I visited the office! A point here that I will make is that when I got there at 1 PM, there was around 35 people waiting to go into the office and quite a few Russian agents with stacks of passports to process, so I had to wait about 3 1/2 hours to get my ticket/receipt to come back the next day to pick up my passport – – which I did, only to find that the queue in order to get a re-entry permit had about 60 people in it (including sitting on seats inside the room waiting for their turn to be called) so I wasn't about to wait, and got the re-entry permit at the immigration office in Patong, waiting just five minutes to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Top Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 9 hours ago, Mutt Daeng said: You gave immigration a copy of your ATM card? Why on earth would you do that? A copy of the ATM that you use to withdraw funds from your bank is and always has been required if your on the 65,000 per month income way. I have always been asked to provide this at Phuket immigration on my previous 16 extensions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Top Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 8 hours ago, federicoP said: Because they asked me, and because number, expiring date and my signature are only at the back. Also , they have always requested this from me for my last 16 extensions. I am on the 65,000 per month way , they told me its because they want proof of how I access my pension funds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutt Daeng Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Brick Top said: Also , they have always requested this from me for my last 16 extensions. I am on the 65,000 per month way , they told me its because they want proof of how I access my pension funds. What if you don't have an ATM card? I let my ATM cards expire and now use the cardless withdrawal function in the bank mobile apps to get money from ATMs. Edited October 21, 2023 by Mutt Daeng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Brick Top said: A copy of the ATM that you use to withdraw funds from your bank is and always has been required if your on the 65,000 per month income way. I have always been asked to provide this at Phuket immigration on my previous 16 extensions Out of curiosity, does this mean that they will deny the application if, for safety reasons, you decide not to have an ATM card for the account? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikeItHot Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 13 hours ago, Mutt Daeng said: You gave immigration a copy of your ATM card? Why on earth would you do that? They absolutely demanded it from me despite me using the transfer method and them having absolutely zero grounds to request it. They refused to accept my embassy income letter 3 times until one of the volunteers finally intervened and told the actual officials they were wrong before they finally relented. Even then I had to wait for the extension boss to count out the age of my income letter on his fingers first and then with a pad and pencil as he could not believe the letter was less than six months old and was one of the last one issued by the US Embassy before they ended this practice and was still valid. The thought that I could be right and he was wrong was so overwhelming for him he did everything he could to try to deny me before finally giving me my extension but never admitting he was wrong. A process that should have taken minutes took hours to resolve. I thank God every day that I left those SOBs behind and now breeze through my extension every year in Samui where Immigration is staffed by actual human beings not robotic psychopaths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimn Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 13 hours ago, LikeItHot said: They absolutely demanded it from me despite me using the transfer method and them having absolutely zero grounds to request it. They refused to accept my embassy income letter 3 times until one of the volunteers finally intervened and told the actual officials they were wrong before they finally relented. Even then I had to wait for the extension boss to count out the age of my income letter on his fingers first and then with a pad and pencil as he could not believe the letter was less than six months old and was one of the last one issued by the US Embassy before they ended this practice and was still valid. Why are you commenting on something that obviously happened years ago. Its not relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Phuket Posted October 22, 2023 Author Share Posted October 22, 2023 Thanks to everyone who responded. The pdf info looks good although last year I was also asked for copies of all previous retirement stamps in my passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 3 hours ago, John Phuket said: I was also asked for copies of all previous retirement stamps in my passport. I forgot to mention this...............sorry!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 An insulting post, and the reply to it, have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 You cannot renew a visa. You can extend your permit to stay. If you wish to argue terminology that is fine but just understand the rules and restrictions of what Thai immigration can issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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