From 1st March 2019 you must be 50 years of age or older . The Thailand retirement visa is a popular term for "Extension of Stay Based on Retirement”. It is an extension of a Non-Immigrant O Visa or Non-Immigrant OA Visa if you apply for it abroad. The visa can be valid either for a single entry or for multiple entries. It is a long term Thai visa that entitles the holder stay for 1 year periods in Thailand. The visa is renewable every year and the renewal process can be done inside Thailand. you need to re-apply every year.
Non OA Visa
If you are applying for the Retirement visa in your home country you will need to
present all the above mentioned documents and submit an application form to the Thai Embassy.
If everything is in order you will receive your Non Immigrant OA visa. Then you simply fly into Thailand.
According to new rules for Thailand Retirement visa,
new applicants for a Non-OA and those wanting to renew their Retirement visa on a Non-OA must have health insurance.
The health insurance will cover their stay period in Thailand, including a minimum of THB40,000 out-patient treatment
coverage and THB400,000 in-patient coverage. However, the cost may vary accordingly.
Any visa type
If you enter Thailand as a tourist or have any other Non Immigrant visa and wish to apply for a Retirement visa,
we can certainly help you. As long as you have all the requirements mentioned above all you need to do is contact us and
we will take care of everything else for you. We can change any visa type into a Non Immigrant O Retirement Visa in Thailand.
The next requirement for the one-year retirement visa is that you either have 800,000 Baht in a Thai Bank account
in your personal name for 3 months before applying then once the visa is granted you will need to keep the 800,000 Baht
in your account for another 3 months, thereafter you can reduce the balance to 400,000 Baht for the following 7 months,
before having to top the account up again to 800,000 Baht 2 months before reapplying.
For any questions, please use the forms on the website to contact us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
