can anyone put me straight with the retirement visa. i'm considering applying as i can meet the requirements,but today i was told in a phone conversation. that i could obtain a ret visa for 12 months outside of los cost 6300bht??(from someone who should know??) i came to thai visa and read 90 days .and then extend once in los?? i intend to stay 6 months but will return home for short spells so i can get by on a multi tourist

x 60 day as i don't want to leave 800k bht in a bank back home as window dressing for a visa.

lets hope los doesn't shoot itself in the feet withall these tourist visa jumping through hoops games??

Where do you reside? What is your nationality?

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lets hope los doesn't shoot itself in the feet withall these tourist visa jumping through hoops games??

Yes, that’s the strange idea you can get if you talk to friends who tell that if you want to stay in Thailand for 6 months you need to get a retirement visa and lock up the equivalent of 800,000 Baht in a bank back home.

I have a better idea: call a Thai consulate in your country and give them details of your travel plans to Thailand. They will advise you what visa is best for you and you will find that your friend was wrong and that you can indeed do with a double-entry tourist visa and without locking up any money in a bank account.

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Maestro

1. Long stay non immigrant O-A visa obtained in home country which allows a one year permitted to stay on entry with funds proven in home country.

2. Non immigrant O visa single entry obtained in home (or friendly) country which allows 90 day stay, which can be extended in Thailand for one year with fund/income proven in Thailand.

3. Non immigrant multi entry O visa obtained in home (or friendly) country which allows 90 day stays for up to 15 months. Can be extended as in 2 above or used for entry/exit at will but would require exit every 90 days.