Pillar guide: Non-O extension Pattaya — Jomtien guide
Full guides: Non-O retirement visa · Jomtien hours and queue evidence · Re-entry permits
Scope: extension, not first visa
This checklist concerns an extension of temporary stay on the retirement basis. As published by Immigration and checked 1 August 2026, the applicant must already hold non-immigrant status and be at least 50 years old. Initial visa issuance or an in-country change of visa category is a different procedure.
National core documents
- TM.7 application: the Immigration public handbook lists one original with a photo attached, checked 1 August 2026.
- Passport: the handbook lists the passport and a copy, checked 1 August 2026.
- Financial evidence: the handbook lists evidence of income such as pension, interest, or dividends and/or a deposit certificate from a Thai commercial bank with a copy of the bank account, checked 1 August 2026.
- Application charge: the Immigration public handbook publishes 1,900 baht, checked 1 August 2026.
Financial routes and account maintenance
As published by Uttaradit and Phitsanulok Immigration and checked 1 August 2026, the national retirement criteria provide these routes:
- income of at least 65,000 baht per month; or
- at least 800,000 baht in a Thai commercial-bank account for no less than two months before application and no less than three months after approval, after which the balance may be reduced but must remain at least 400,000 baht; or
- annual income plus a Thai commercial-bank deposit totalling at least 800,000 baht at application. The deposit component must remain for the same two-month pre-filing and three-month post-approval periods; afterward at least half of that deposit component must remain.
The older “three months before every application” wording and the claim that a longer history is always safer were not retained. Current provincial Immigration guidance checked 1 August 2026 states two months before application.
What the official sources do not establish
A current official Chonburi checklist does not publish one fixed application window, bank-letter validity period, photo count, map requirement, universal lease or TM30-copy rule, accepted-account list or automatic outcome for mobile screenshots. Ask Chonburi Immigration for its current local supporting-document list before attending.
Jomtien items to confirm locally
Official Chonburi material checked does not publish fixed building, clothing, same-day processing, queue or bank-preference rules for every retirement-extension file. Confirm the current local process before attending.
After approval
Check the permission stamp and retain the financial evidence. Re-entry permission and address-reporting obligations are separate Immigration procedures; verify them from their dedicated official guidance before travel or a reporting deadline.
Non-O vs O-A strategic note
Do not transfer O-A document rules automatically to an ordinary Non-O retirement extension. Confirm the passport category, then use the maintained O-A route guide and O-A insurance requirements for that separate evidence question.
Income evidence
The official handbook checked 1 August 2026 gives pension, interest, and dividends as examples of income evidence. It does not establish universal lifetime-guarantee wording, apostille treatment or acceptance of particular countries' social-security documents; confirm the form of evidence with the processing office.
Property ownership and Non-O
The published retirement criteria checked 1 August 2026 list income, deposit, and combined financial routes; property ownership is not one of those financial routes.
Official sources checked
- Immigration Bureau Order No. 12/2568, clause 2.22 (Thai PDF), checked 22 August 2026
- Immigration public handbook: retirement extension (English)
- Phitsanulok Immigration public-service guidance (English and Thai)
- Uttaradit Immigration extension guidance (Thai)
Related: O-A health insurance 2026