Newbie questions on Non-Immigrant O and retirement visa

[Bobbi]

Until now I always stayed for 89 or 90 days with a Tourist visa.
This time my boss granted me a slightly longer stay.
So I got a simple Non-O visa for the first time and nobody (not even Thai embassy in Switzerland who saw my airplane ticket) told me that it is not extensible until I went to Kap Choeng.
There they suggested a retirement visa (I'm 57 yo), but of course I didnt have all the bank papers and stuff.
So they told me to do a visa run for another 15 days, as I'm only staying 100 days in total.

Questions:
What papers do I have to bring to the border?
How many fotos (I read that I need more than one)?

Questions concerning retirement visa:
They told me that I must have 400000 in bank, but I read about 800000.
Which is true? Did they half it because I'm married to a Thai?
If I get the retirement visa, is there any time limit on the stay in Europe?
I mean can I stay outside Thailand for more than 4 months?

Thanks for any enlightening answers

[Starman]

If you have an O visa you can extend at immigration , based on marriage, for 60 days.

Take your wife. Also take copies and originals of Thai marriage cert, wife's I'd card and house book.

No proof of funds required.

Copy of your passport and one passport size photo.

Will cost 1900 baht.

[urleft]

I have not done a marriage "visa" yet.  But here is what I have found to be needed for a Retirement "visa":

http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php/topic,8136.0.html


You are welcome to PM me for support, my shop has 100% success rate on these "visas" so far.  However, I make no guarantees as you will need to present the paperwork to KCI.  But then any paperwork my shop would do is specified and provided in the posting.  What I have found is that people come to my shop once, get the package along with digital copies, then find out it is not that hard, and do it themselves from then on.

[Starman]

You have never done any visa in Thailand, Urleft.

You have, however, managed an extension of stay.

[davureborn]

You have never done any visa in Thailand, Urleft.

You have, however, managed an extension of stay.

I remember a question in my 'Use of English' examination many years ago.: what does the usage of double apostrophes around a word indicate?

[Starman]

You obviously didnt listen to the teacher.

I cant see any apostrophes.

At least not in the post you have quoted.

Using the wrong word in apostrophes does not make it right.

Lets say the question is " Where can I get a new visa?"

What is the answer?.

The OP also mentioned staying 100ish days. I gave the best solution.

[Starman]

Look at the bigger picture. 90 days entry, been to immigration already.

No time to season money.

[davureborn]

You obviously didnt listen to the teacher.

I cant see any apostrophes.

At least not in the post you have quoted.

Using the wrong word in apostrophes does not make it right.

Lets say the question is " Where can I get a new visa?"

What is the answer?.

The OP also mentioned staying 100ish days. I gave the best solution.

of course you did sir, you always do give the best solution, that must feel really satisfying. I imagine that urleft used the "apostrophied" word because he realises how confusing the concept of visa versus visa extension can be to newbies.
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Quote: You are welcome to PM me for support, my shop has 100% success rate on these "visas" so far.  However, I make no guarantees as you will need to present the paperwork to KCI.  But then any paperwork my shop would do is specified and provided in the posting.  What I have found is that people come to my shop once, get the package along with digital copies, then find out it is not that hard, and do it themselves from then on.

Don't bother sending any more half arsed PMs, I don't read them.

[Starman]

How would you know anything is half arsed if you don't read them?

Can't see an answer to my question.

I help many people with info about staying here. That's how I know the right terminology.

[urleft]

You have never done any visa in Thailand, Urleft.

You have, however, managed an extension of stay.

You need to get Thailand understanding that.  Whenever I fill out the TM 8 I check the box for "non immigrant visa" on the form as to "My previous visa for Thailand is of the category of"

Let me know how that works out for you. 

[Starman]

Works fine for me as that is correct.

You are applying for an extension of stay on a previous Non Imm entry.

Immigration need to know the type of visa that you entered on so that they can be sure that you are entitled to the extension that you are applying for.

I'm quite sure they understand.

[urleft]

Works fine for me as that is correct.

You are applying for an extension of stay on a previous Non Imm entry.

Immigration need to know the type of visa that you entered on so that they can be sure that you are entitled to the extension that you are applying for.

I'm quite sure they understand.

Ok so if I never did a visa in Thailand (your words) how can immigration want to know what type of Visa I entered?   Which is it Starman, I either did a visa in Thailand or I did not? 

[Starman]

I don't understand what it is you don't understand.

You enter on a visa. You get a permission to stay stamp. Your visa, if single entry, is stamped "used".

If you wish to stay longer than your permission to stay then you get an extension of stay.

Not a visa. Visas are available only outside of Thailand.

In some circumstances you nay be able to convert an entry in Thailand.

[urleft]

I don't understand what it is you don't understand.

You enter on a visa. You get a permission to stay stamp. Your visa, if single entry, is stamped "used".

So I entered on a visa when I arrived in Thailand, therefore I did a visa in Thailand.  That makes your posting wrong when you said: 

You have never done any visa in Thailand, Urleft.

You have, however, managed an extension of stay.

Try to make accurate statements next time. 

[Starman]

If you entered Thailand on a visa then you got that visa outside of Thailand. You were at a border control. You used that visa to enter Thailand. You did not "do" it in Thailand.

My posts are very accurate.

You inability to not understand is confusing.

I will ask one more time....where can one obtain a new visa?