Non-imm OA (retirement) renewal: any changes?

[hhfarang]

It's time to renew my non-imm OA (retirement) visa again. Last September when I renewed using a pension income the following list is everything I needed. Can anyone who has renewed recently tell me if anything has been added or changed or is my list from last year still correct?

For the Retirement renewal using monthly pension income:

1) TM7 form filled out
2) 1 copy of my passport - photo page, every stamped page, and the attached immigration departure card.
3) 1 4x6 photo
4) Certificate letter from the U.S. Embassy stating the amount of my monthly pension.
5) A copy of my Yellow Book (house registration)
6) A hand drawn map of where my house is located
7) 1,900 Baht fee

For the Multiple Re-Entry stamp

1) TM8 form filled out
2) 1 copy of my passport - photo page, every stamped page, and the attached immigration departure card.
3) 1 4x6 photo
4) 3,800 Baht fee

Other than that I had to produce the original of my passport and house registration for verification and that was it!

[lomuamart]

You don't actually renew a Non Imm OA or O visa. You get an annual extension to that original visa - terminology, I know, but you don't get a new visa.
Co-incidently, I did mine this morning and it was really painless. Arrived at 9am (they open at 8.30am) and I was the only customer in the office.
I took:
TM7 form filled out
Passport copies of the details page, original visa, entry stamp, previous extension and departure card. Only 1 copy of each required.
The photo
Income verification letter from the British Embassy.
1 copy of the rental contract for my house
A hand drawn map
1,900 THB.

A bit of advice - the lady who dealt with me said that the office can get busy in the afternoons, so get there early before they've all had to deal with "problems".
I can't emphasise how easy the process was. Very efficient today.

I'm not sure about the re-entry stamp as I didn't ask for one, but the lady reminded me that if I did need one I had to ask at the HH office. The airport one is closed as per another thread.

[hhfarang]

Thanks Lomu, sounds "same, same" as last year!

[hhfarang]

I went this morning and got a one year extension and a multiple re-entry visa. I got there at 10 a.m. with exactly the list I posted above and was out of the office and done by 10:20. The immigration official was polite and efficient!

Piece of cake!

[heretostay]

rumour in bkk this week retirement visa going back to 55 yr of age, and ED visa pay 1,900 baht every 90 days

[PeteC]

rumour in bkk this week retirement visa going back to 55 yr of age, and ED visa pay 1,900 baht every 90 days

Folks on here really need to pool efforts to try to find out if the age 50 to 55 change is true. If it is, it could really screw up some people's plan.

What it would mean is that those in the 50-54 age group who were planning to retire before age 55 really need to get a retirement visa immediately before the law changes, even if not really retired yet.

These changes always have 'grandfather' clauses that pertain to those who already have visas. Pete

[JimmyGreaves]

rumour in bkk this week retirement visa going back to 55 yr of age, and ED visa pay 1,900 baht every 90 days

No change in amount need 800K I hope?