I have had a retirement visa for the past 3 years. Yesterday I passed by immigration to ask them if there were any changes as my renewal is coming up in a month or so, they advised me there were no changes. I also asked them if I could do my medical elsewhere rather than the Govt. hospital. They said I could do at any of the major hospitals which supprised me as in the past they insisted only the Govt. hospital.

By coincidence some friends yesterday recieved their initial retirement visa with TB 800.000 deposited to their account yesterday morning. The officer advised them they were lucky as effective 1 October you have to show at least TB 400,000 in your account for the previous 90 days.

On my renewals I transfer from my joint account to my personal account and back on the day of my renewal, as they do not accept joint accounts.

Does anyone have any info on this?

Not Samui related, moved to the Visas forum

Not specifically Samui related, moved to the Visas forum as you will get better answers there