Som et aller siste forsøk på å få noen av dere til å forstå at det dreier seg om et VISUM og IKKE en "oppholdstillatelse så har jeg her sidene til både det thailandske utenriksdepartement og Immigration i Thailand. Og disse sidene sier følgende.
Visa Extension - In the case of Retirement
การขออยู่ต่อทั้งหมด - Immigration
In the case of retirement:
Criteria for Consideration
The alien:
(1) Must have been granted a non-immigrant visa (NON-IM).
(2) Must be 50 years of age or over.
(3) Must have evidence of having income of no less than Baht 65,000 per month; or
(4) On the filing date, the applicant must have account deposited (saving / fixed account) in a bank in Thailand of no less than
Baht 800,000 for the past three months. For the first year only, the applicant must have proof of a
deposit account in which said amount of funds has been maintained for no less than 60 days prior to
the filing date; or
(5) Must have an annual earning and funds deposited with a bank totaling no less than Baht
800,000 as of the filing date.
(6) An alien who entered the Kingdom before October 21, 1998 and has been consecutively
permitted to stay in the Kingdom for retirement shall be subject to the following criteria:
การขออยู่ต่อ - กรณีใช้ชีวิตในบั้นปลาย - Immigration
3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA
EXTENSION OF STAY
Those qualified persons can obtain an additional one year stay permit counting from the date of entry in the Kingdom pertaining to the Office of the Immigration Bureau's regulations on extension of stay. The extension of stay is at the discretion of the Immigration officer.
N.B. Applicants wishing to stay in the Kingdom longer than 90 days have to file their application either at the Thai consular mission aboard or at the Office of Immigration Bureau in Bangkok located on Government Center B, Chaengwattana Soi 7, Laksi, Bangkok 10210, Tel 0-2141-9889 (or website at (
http://www.immgration.go.th ) . The consular officer must refer the case to the Office of Immigration Bureau for approval. Upon receiving approval, the consular officer may issue the visa as instructed by the Bureau
Thailand Visa Information : Issuance of Visa - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand