Retirement qualifications for married couple

[john garland]

For a 'retirement' visa do you need to meet the 800K financial requirements x 2 - ie one for each person?

 

[glegolo]

It seems that you are talking about extension of stay based on retirement (NOT a VISA) and you talk about "you" are being a falang-couple??? If not and "you" being a guy-couple then you need to show income x 2...

 

In this case if male and female and married to eachother, you can use your wife as an dependent to your extension, and she do not have to show any proof of income..

 

But better educated people will soon answer you further in this thread.

 

Glegolo

[ubonjoe]

If both of you were to apply for OA long stay visa at a embassy or consulate or an extension of stay based upon retirement at immigration here you both would need to 800k baht in the bank.

If only one of you applied the other would get a non-o visa and then an extension as the dependent of the one with the visa or extension without needing any financial proof.

[dentonian]

Is your partner Thai, or another nationality.

 

You are applying for an 'extension of your permission to stay in Thailand', a permit, not a Visa.

A Visa allows entry to Thailand, a permit does not.

If you intend to leave/re-enter Thailand during the period of an 'extension' you must apply for a re-entry permit to keep your extension valid.

[tomdfc]

If you are both foreign and your intention is to stay in Thailand long-term as retirees, you may want to think about respective ages and health before deciding on who will be lead and who will be dependent.