I am living in Kalasin Province and chose to apply for my non-resident O visa at the Immigration office in Kalasin town.

As I am living with my girlfriend, we needed to provide the 'happy snaps' of us outside the house (as per a marriage visa) and wait for a visit from immigration to confirm.

I do appreciate that different provinces may have slightly different requirements and so jump through the hoops as required.

My question is, has anybody had a similar experience, and can you tell me how long I should expect to wait from the visit to having the visa issued?

Thanks

You didn't apply for a Non O-A visa. 

Possibly a Non O marriage. 

You state "girlfriend" 

Are you married or not? 

How did you enter Thailand.. Meaning visa exempt or....? 

5 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You didn't apply for a Non O-A visa. 

Possibly a Non O marriage. 

You state "girlfriend" 

Are you married or not? 

How did you enter Thailand.. Meaning visa exempt or....? 

I have applied for a visa based on retirement, not marriage.

No, I am not married.

I came in this time on a 60+30 Tourist Visa.

8 minutes ago, graym said:

I have applied for a visa based on retirement, not marriage.

No, I am not married

So you applied for a Non O retirement and paperwork accepted. 

Used form TM86. 

Immigration will inform you of when visit will occur.. 

Out of interest how did you open Thai bank account with a tourist visa or did you obtain that previously.

 

I will edit your title and content as misleading. 

40 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

So you applied for a Non O retirement and paperwork accepted. 

Used form TM86. 

Immigration will inform you of when visit will occur.. 

Out of interest how did you open Thai bank account with a tourist visa or did you obtain that previously.

 

I will edit your title and content as misleading. 

Yes, thanks for editing that.

And yes, Form TM.86, paperwork accepted and we had the visit yesterday, no issues.

I've had a KBank account for many years, and a credit card for 10 years. I was married, back in the day!

10 minutes ago, graym said:

And yes, Form TM.86, paperwork accepted and we had the visit yesterday, no issues.

All good. 

The next step in the process is to obtain the 12 month extension. 

You can do that once funds seasoned for 2 months. 

 

You may wish to obtain a reentry permit at same time if you plan to travel outside of Thailand during that 12 months. 

1 minute ago, DrJack54 said:

All good. 

The next step in the process is to obtain the 12 month extension. 

You can do that once funds seasoned for 2 months. 

 

You may wish to obtain a reentry permit at same time if you plan to travel outside of Thailand during that 12 months. 

My funds have been over 800k for years!

I am trying to find out if anybody else has gone the 'local route' for O (retirement) visa application and can tell me how long they waited for approval after the 'visit'.

Thanks again 

6 minutes ago, graym said:

My funds have been over 800k for years!

I am trying to find out if anybody else has gone the 'local route' for O (retirement) visa application and can tell me how long they waited for approval after the 'visit'.

Thanks again 

 

Didn't they put an "under consideration" stamp on your blue receipt that tells you when to return to the immigration office to get the visa?

16 minutes ago, graym said:

visa application and can tell me how long they waited for approval after the 'visit

Your paperwork was accepted

You will receive final stamp in due course. 

You were not given a "return to immigration date"? 

2 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Your paperwork was accepted

You will receive final stamp in due course. 

You were not given a "return to immigration date"? 

Unfortunately not.

However, I will be going back there to get the 30-day extension on my current visa, so I can always ask...

2 minutes ago, graym said:

Unfortunately not.

However, I will be going back there to get the 30-day extension on my current visa, so I can always ask...

You cannot obtain a 30 day extension on a Non O 90 day stamp. 

Your posts are straight up confusing from the start. 

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You cannot obtain a 30 day extension on a Non O 90 day stamp. 

Your posts are straight up confusing from the start. 

I told you that I was currently on a tourist visa, which can be extended 30 days.

I also told you that I was applying for a non-immigrant O (I wrongly put O-A) visa in country at the Kalasin office.

Nothing confusing there.

I was not asking for advice on how to go about getting the O visa, I have already made the application.

All I was asking was if anybody had a similar experience of having a visit and how long they waited after that for the visa approval.

You clearly haven't had this experience and instead have chosen to give unwanted advice.

Thanks anyway, perhaps another member might have the answer.

44 minutes ago, graym said:

I told you that I was currently on a tourist visa, which can be extended 30 days.

I also told you that I was applying for a non-immigrant O (I wrongly put O-A) visa in country at the Kalasin office.

Nothing confusing there.

Joke? 

Here is cut paste... 

"I have applied for a visa based on retirement, not marriage" 

 

Your posts are all over the shop. 

If you "HAVE applied for Non O retirement"  then you cannot apply for 30 day extension. 

 

Also in another post you stated, 

"And yes, Form TM.86, paperwork accepted and we had the visit yesterday, no issues."

 

Seriously! All indicates that you HAVE applied for Non O retirement

6 hours ago, graym said:

As I am living with my girlfriend, we needed to provide the 'happy snaps' of us outside the house (as per a marriage visa) and wait for a visit from immigration to confirm.

So you are going to apply for non-o marriage 

5 hours ago, graym said:

I have applied for a visa based on retirement, not marriage.

In the past, not currently correct?

1 hour ago, graym said:

will be going back there to get the 30-day extension on my current visa, so I can always ask

You’re here on a 60 day, then 30 day extension soon. Then apply for the non-o.

6 hours ago, graym said:

My question is, has anybody had a similar experience, and can you tell me how long I should expect to wait from the visit to having the visa issued?

Under consideration is about 30 days. They will give you a date to return.

Just wondering, is English not your first language? If not, it might be more helpful for you to find someone who can help you with the language barrier because your posts are a bit convoluted.

3 hours ago, graym said:

I told you that I was currently on a tourist visa, which can be extended 30 days.

I also told you that I was applying for a non-immigrant O (I wrongly put O-A) visa in country at the Kalasin office.

Nothing confusing there.

I was not asking for advice on how to go about getting the O visa, I have already made the application.

 

If you've already applied for the Non-O visa, then any 30-day extension would already be stamped into your passport. You cannot apply for the 30-day extension after you apply for the Non-O visa, and the 30-day extension is issued on the spot, so there's no "returning to the office" for that.

16 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Joke? 

Here is cut paste... 

"I have applied for a visa based on retirement, not marriage" 

 

Your posts are all over the shop. 

If you "HAVE applied for Non O retirement"  then you cannot apply for 30 day extension. 

 

Also in another post you stated, 

"And yes, Form TM.86, paperwork accepted and we had the visit yesterday, no issues."

 

Seriously! All indicates that you HAVE applied for Non O retirement

Hahaha, yes, of course I have applied, but how do you think I entered the country this time? With a TOURIST VISA.

Consequently, I am still in Thailand on that TOURIST VISA and have applied for the non-O retirement visa whilst still on the first 60 days of that visa.

That 60 days expires on July 12th and as I have not yet had my non-O approved, I will be extending my TOURIST VISA 30 days.

I honestly don't know how much clearer I can be.

 

6 minutes ago, graym said:

That 60 days expires on July 12th and as I have not yet had my non-O approved, I will be extending my TOURIST VISA 30 days.

I honestly don't know how much clearer I can

The 60 day permission of stay stamp is now irrelevant. 

You have applied for Non O. 

You will not need to apply for 30 day extension nor is that even possible. 

You will receive your final stamp in due course. 

You will not be on overstay. 

 

Think have corrected your posts in this thread enough. 

Did you even bother reading post from @Caldera above your last post. No. 

On 7/5/2025 at 11:47 AM, graym said:

Hahaha, yes, of course I have applied, but how do you think I entered the country this time? With a TOURIST VISA.

Consequently, I am still in Thailand on that TOURIST VISA and have applied for the non-O retirement visa whilst still on the first 60 days of that visa.

That 60 days expires on July 12th and as I have not yet had my non-O approved, I will be extending my TOURIST VISA 30 days.

I honestly don't know how much clearer I can be.

 

You were on a Tourist Visa entry.

Then you applied for a Non-O 90-day visa, based on retirement, at your local immigration office.

As they did the home-visit, it would seem they did, in fact, accept your application.

 

When they accepted the paperwork, they should have put an "under consideration" stamp in your passport, with a date you should return to the office for the final-stamp.  That "under consideration" became your "permitted stay" now - not your original Tourist Visa permitted-stay.

 

If they failed to put the "under consideration" stamp in your passport, after accepting your Non-O 90-day visa paperwork (TM-86), I would return to that office and get that done.  First, check previous pages of your passport, as they sometimes find an unused-area on an earlier page to place a stamp (out of order).