Retirement Visa Extension Thailand Services

Health insurance is strictly mandatory. It must be from an insurer approved by the OIC (Office of Insurance Commission), with medical coverage in Thailand of no less than 3,000,000 THB (or 100,000 USD), covering the full period of the requested extension.

The holding rules are the same: you must show the funds untouched in a Thai bank account for no less than 2 months before applying, and keep them for a further 3 months after approval.

No. The police clearance certificate is required only for the initial visa application at a Royal Thai Embassy abroad. For extensions in Thailand, only financial documents, health insurance and proof of residence are needed.

Yes, it will. For inspections or any other transactions with the immigration office, your health insurance must provide continuous coverage. Allowing it to lapse may affect the credibility of your file when you apply for the following year's extension.

In practice this is quite difficult, as they are visas with different entitlement codes. In most cases you would have to let the existing visa expire, or leave the country and re-enter to change the visa type, in order to remove the high-coverage health insurance requirement.

The visa is approved in 2 periods of 5 years each. Once you have completed the first 5 years, you must file an extension of stay application at the Immigration Bureau to receive the second 5-year period.

You must have a deposit of no less than 3,000,000 THB, kept in the account for at least 1 year after entering Thailand, and in subsequent years the balance must remain no less than 1,500,000 THB.

You must have health insurance covering outpatient (OPD) treatment of no less than 40,000 THB and inpatient (IPD) treatment of no less than 400,000 THB throughout your stay.

It is restricted to the 14 countries listed in the Ministry of Interior announcement only, such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, France and Germany.

You must still do 90-Day Reporting as usual, and you must also report your bank deposit balance every year.

It is valid for a total of 10 years. You receive an initial 5-year permission stamp, and can apply through the BOI system for an extension of a further 5 years, provided you still meet all the qualifications.

You must have personal income or a pension (Passive Income) of no less than 80,000 USD per year at the time of review or application.

You must show evidence of investment in Thailand (in the applicant's name) with a total value of no less than 250,000 USD, such as Thai government bonds or the purchase of a condominium.

You must have health insurance with medical coverage in Thailand of no less than 50,000 USD (with no less than 10 months of coverage remaining on the date of application), or show proof of a deposit of no less than 100,000 USD in a Thai or foreign bank account, held for no less than 12 months.

No. The LTR visa carries a premium privilege: reporting is changed to once every 1 year instead, which saves a great deal of hassle.

Under specific rules, Indian nationals cannot file through expedited channels or have an agency submit on their behalf. They must attend in person and queue as normal at the Chaeng Watthana (Lak Si) immigration office only. (However, ETHAIVISA can help prepare your document set so it is 100% correct.)

The marriage certificate must first be translated and registered as a record of family status (KR.22) at a district office in Thailand. Only then can it be used in full to extend the Dependent Visa (Non-O dependant).

For Non-O and Non-OA visas, the extension of stay fee is 1,900 THB per application. Premium visas such as the LTR have their own fee rates under BOI rules (50,000 THB for approval of the entitlement).

This is where ETHAIVISA can help. We provide in-depth advice, plan your account structure and find solutions to immediate problems, so that your financial file is correct, clean and safely meets the criteria reviewed by the immigration officers.

Because our team of Senior Consultants closely manages your fund-holding timeline, checks your residence details (TM.30) and rigorously screens health insurance conditions, so that every step of your extension is completed quickly and safely, with absolutely no risk of refusal or your visa lapsing.