Recently, a friend asked me a question about extending a Long-Stay/Retirement Visa, or renewal of permission to stay in Thailand for an additional year. I Googled it and found the attached guidance (updated in January 2014) provided by the Expat Club of Pattaya. It is well-organized, clear, remarkably complete and, in my view, very helpful given the guidance that is splashed all over this site and the web generally. I hope that it is helpful to you. (Note: information is also given through a link or two to other types of long-stay extensions.)

The guidance and information is completely consistent with personal experience at the Chiang Mai Immigration Office over the years except for a quibble or two. For example, the cost, apparently, is higher in Pattaya (2000 bhat). Another example: the window of time within which bank deposits in a bank letter and confirmation by bank book (maybe 7 days in Pattaya; sometimes reported to be within a day in Chiang Mai). This is the sort of detailed guidance which everyone needs.

There is a caveat, of course, as expressed in the Pattaya Expat Club of document:

...The following is the documentation required, but remember, the Immigration Office, at their discretion, can ask for more documentation...

retirementvisachecklist.pdf

Plenty of topics in the Visa forum for this so don't need one here with information from another region.

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