Visaswhre

Dear Mr. retiredenglishgent  Today 05:31:18

I came in on 30-day visa-free stamp and went to US Embassy in Bangkok to get my income affidavit notarized stating how much my monthly income was (I didn't go the 800k in bank route). I then signed a 6-month lease and went to Immigration the next day and applied for a 3 month O visa and 12 month O-A extension (commonly referred to as retirement visa). It took about 3 weeks to get my passport back with the visa stamps and the multiple re-entry permit. I did all of this within the first week of arriving and couldn't apply for a 30-day extension since I didn't have my passport any longer, Immigration had it. In your case, I assume you would have a letter from Bangkok Bank stating that you have sufficient funds in bank instead of using the income affidavit route.
The docs needed are: (sign all copies)
- passport
- copy of passport data page
- copy of passport entry stamp page
- copy of lease agreement & original lease to prove residence in case they wanted to see original
- TM7 extension of stay form filled out
- passport photo (1) paper clipped to TM7 form (print name on back)
- income affidavit notarized at your embassy stating sufficient monthly income OR a Thai bank account letter/statement showing sufficient funds, 800,000 THB
- cash for the fees 7700 THB if you want everything; 3 mth O visa, 12 mth O-A extension and multiple re-entry permit

** looking at my receipts, it was 2,000 THB for 3 mth non-immigrant O visa, 1,900 THB for 12 mth O-A extension (retirement) and 3,800 THB for multiple re-entry permit the first time in July 2016. I used income affidavit from US Embassy (cost $50). I paid someone extra to help me at Immigration to make easy the first time in in addition to the 7,700 THB in immigration fees...

Good luck... hope that helps...