Retirement application from Vietnam, or within Thailand

[2long]

I'm currently waiting in Vietnam for my DTV application approval or rejection.

Just in case I don't get it, a retirement visa is an option. Would I be better off doing it from outside Thailand, or as DrJack has advised recently in other threads, enter on exempt and go to my local IO (Nonthaburi)? I have enough THB in a Thai bank, but not all of it came from abroad. It also came in bits over the past 10 weeks.

I have never had a retirement visa before, and not sure about health insurance or other docs. It sounds easier than a marriage visa regarding paperwork required.

 

Confident and hoping the ever-helpful @DrJack54 will pounce here.

Thanks in advance, and I hope this info isn't required by me... but who knows until the DTV gets answered.

[DrJack54]

18 hours ago, 2long said:

I have enough THB in a Thai bank, but not all of it came from abroad. It also came in bits over the past 10 weeks.

Dont think that would be acceptable. 

A few months + prob OK. 10 weeks doubt it. 

Only the immigration office can answer that. 

18 hours ago, 2long said:

I have never had a retirement visa before, and not sure about health insurance or other docs

No insurance required for Non O obtained inside Thailand or outside. 

The docs are basic. The main one is the 800k in bank. 

Funds from abroad. 

Rest is minor. TM30, map, etc 

 

Hopefully the DTV will come through. 

 

Edit: my first ever Non O retirement, I had to obtain at Vientiane since I could not show funds from abroad for Non O  application inside Thailand.

[BrandonJT]

If your DTV visa is rejected, you can apply from the same embassy for retirement visa.  You can use your Thai bank account with 800,000 baht in it for that visa application.  Then when you go to Thailand and want to apply for an extension, the international transfer requirement will not be applicable.