Immigration, Visa & Work Permit

Retirement Visa

Long-stay retirement status in Thailand — the first application, the annual extension, and the reporting routine in between, planned so the evidence is right before each filing.

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Retirees aged 50 or over planning a long stay in Thailand
Couples retiring together, one as a dependant
O-A visa holders managing insurance and renewal conditions
Residents switching to a retirement basis from another status

Non-O applications and in-country conversions on a retirement basis

One-year extensions of stay, year after year

Planning the financial evidence — deposit, income or combination

O-A insurance requirements and their renewals

90-day reporting and re-entry permits

Dependent extensions for a spouse

Confirm eligibility and choose the deposit, income or combination route
Plan the financial evidence and its seasoning dates
File the Non-O application or in-country conversion
File the one-year extension of stay
Arrange the re-entry permit for planned travel
Hand over the reporting and renewal calendar for the year

Documents to prepare

Passport, current visa and entry stamp
Thai bank book and a bank letter, or evidence of monthly income
Proof of address in Thailand
Health insurance policy, where the category requires it
Photographs and the application forms

Age 50 or over, plus financial evidence — currently applied as a Thai bank deposit of 800,000 baht held for the required seasoning period, or monthly income of 65,000 baht, or a combination. The figures and the seasoning rules are set by regulation and office practice, so we verify the current position before each filing rather than relying on last year’s.

The deposit route has seasoning rules before the filing and minimum-balance rules after it, so the account cannot simply be emptied once the extension is stamped. We map the dates onto your banking so a routine withdrawal does not cost you next year’s renewal.

The O-A is applied for from your home country and carries a health-insurance requirement; the Non-O retirement basis can be established in Thailand and is extended annually at Immigration. Which suits you depends on where you are now, your insurance position and how you want the first year to run.

No — the retirement basis does not permit employment, and a work permit cannot be issued on it. If work is part of the plan, the status has to change first, and we advise on the sequence.

A fine applies, and repeated lapses complicate the file the extension officer reads next year. We put the reporting dates — and the online filing windows — into the same calendar as the extension, so nothing depends on memory.

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