Applying for a retirement visa

[Rob Browder]

3 hours ago, Hellfire said:

I have a new passport valid until August 2026. Now I have another question. Since this is my second consecutive retirement visa and I already have 800,000 THB in my own bank account, shouldn’t I be paying Maneerat Agency less than I did last year (which was 20,000 or 25,000 THB)? That was my first application, and they helped fund my account at the time. Wouldn't 10,000 or 15,000 THB be a more reasonable fee for their services now?

First application is 25K, because it includes the initial Non-O 90-Day visa.  A "renewal" application is only 12.5K baht. In another thread, a poster noted the savings of having your own 800K with them was minimal. 

[Hellfire]

16 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Extension from that agent is 12,500baht.

 

However what about what Maneerat told you about pp with added pages.... 

"She told me that the extended passport is actually not a normal passport (even if it looks exactly like one)"

Seems agent cannot assist you. 

As I wrote in the beginning of my previous message - I have succeeded to get a new passport (not an extended one).

[DrJack54]

1 hour ago, Hellfire said:

As I wrote in the beginning of my previous message - I have succeeded to get a new passport (not an extended one).

Fine. 

Agent can obtain  new extension. 

 

[Liquorice]

On 5/19/2025 at 6:26 PM, DrJack54 said:

This is like extracting teeth. 

More like extracting blood from a stone.

 

This is what happens when Immigration and agents refer to everything as a 'visa'.

Perhaps they think foreigners are too stupid to understand the difference between a 'visa' and 'an extension of your permission of stay'.

Then again, I think maybe they are too stupid to understand the difference and explain it as such.