i Phad Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 A coworker of mine is retiring in the new year. He is a friend of mine and my husbands and for the last few years has asked a lot of questions about retiring in Thailand. He has done a lot of other research and yesterday told my husband that for the retirement extension he must pass a police check here in the US. He says he read it on ThaiVisa. My husband (who was a police officer) says he never had to provide this. Our friend was convicted of stealing his parents car when he was 19. Is a police check required for retirement visa? Will something 40 years old keep him from getting one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, i Phad said: Is a police check required for retirement visa? It is if you get your retirement VISA from your home country. It isn't if you get your retirement extension in Thailand. Edited August 3, 2020 by BritManToo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Post #2 is correct. The "retirement visa" you would obtain in USA is a non O-A (retirement). It previously was a good option. However now it requires useless health insurance. Your friend is best to enter Thailand on a tourist visa or visa exempt. He can then apply for non-o (retirement) visa. It's gives 90 day permission of stay and in last 45/30 days can obtain annual extension. The extension has financial requirements which you can look into. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Whatever your friend is doing he should not lie. Over 20 years ago I applied for a journalist visa in Thailand. I was qualified for it and I was asked for some documents from my home country. I supplied the documents and didn't think much about it. And then I got a phone call from back home "what is this about?" The Thai embassy in my home country contacted the people who signed the documents to check if they are real. That was over 20 years ago and I was very surprised that that happened. But all was real so I had no trouble. What I learned from that is: Don't lie or don't give anybody not so perfect documents. They will possibly/likely find out and I am sure that will have bad consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i Phad Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 That's interesting, only need it if he applies here. Strange thinking. I'll let him know to first go to Thailand, then get it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicscene Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 If I remember correctly In England after a number of years any offence is discounted if it was not serious It is worth checking if the same applies for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statman78 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 On 8/3/2020 at 7:35 PM, DrJack54 said: Post #2 is correct. The "retirement visa" you would obtain in USA is a non O-A (retirement). It previously was a good option. However now it requires useless health insurance. Your friend is best to enter Thailand on a tourist visa or visa exempt. He can then apply for non-o (retirement) visa. It's gives 90 day permission of stay and in last 45/30 days can obtain annual extension. The extension has financial requirements which you can look into. As DrJack describes is a good way to do it. I did the same thing September 2018. I entered on a tourist visa then applied for a non-o visa while in Thailand. During the last 30 days I applied for an extension of stay based on retirement. I received it without any problems. All of the paperwork that I would have needed if I applied in the US was not needed. As mentioned above, check the financial requirements. Since I worked in Thailand before, I had a savings account with the required amount of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 58 minutes ago, statman78 said: As DrJack describes is a good way to do it. I did the same thing September 2018. I entered on a tourist visa then applied for a non-o visa while in Thailand. During the last 30 days I applied for an extension of stay based on retirement. I received it without any problems. All of the paperwork that I would have needed if I applied in the US was not needed. As mentioned above, check the financial requirements. Since I worked in Thailand before, I had a savings account with the required amount of money. Yes it's a good option. Others reading this be aware that entering tourist visa or visa exempt you really need bank account available and also need to demonstrate funds came from overseas both for money in bank method and income method. Previously the non O-A was excellent visa. Now rubbish for most folk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimn Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 On 8/3/2020 at 1:48 PM, i Phad said: That's interesting, only need it if he applies here. Strange thinking. I'll let him know to first go to Thailand, then get it. Thanks! No its not strange its just 2 different processes. If he applies in the US he will be applying for an OA visa that requires a police check and health insurance. The other way is If he goes to Thailand on a tourist visa, an O visa or gets a 30 day visa exempt entry he can convert this to an extension of stay based on retirement that is commonly known as a Retirement visa. He will have to have the relevant funds for both methods. There are extensive threads on TV detailing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwebb8825 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) have your friend petition the courts to have his record expunged. (DC embassy background checks are run through the FBI database) problem solved unless he's in a hurry to retire here in which case he doesn't stand a chance of even getting into the country atm. (unless he's coming in via freighter) You guys seem to be overlooking the #1 country for preventing covid outbreaks does NOT want passenger flights from the country with the highest recorded covid cases in the world. especially after the mishap in June that reclosed most of Rayong. in today's environment, 1 person really CAN make a difference. Edited August 5, 2020 by mrwebb8825 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 8/3/2020 at 7:47 PM, OneMoreFarang said: Over 20 years ago I applied for a journalist visa in Thailand. Now I know why you are well written in you post. "Well written", is that good English? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 47 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said: Now I know why you are well written in you post. "Well written", is that good English? ???? I don't know. English is not my 1st language. There are also journalists from all those other countries in this world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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