Legal know-how
Guides and explainers about Visa & Living in Thailand, written for people who are not lawyers.
If you hold an extension of stay in Thailand and leave without a re-entry permit, your permission to stay ends the moment you depart. Who needs one, single versus multiple, the fees, the documents and where to apply.
If a foreigner stays in your house or condo, you must file a TM30 within 24 hours; a foreigner staying in Thailand over 90 days must report every 90 days. Who does what, how to file, the filing window and the fines under the Immigration Act.
Foreigners aged 50 or over have several ways to retire in Thailand, from a yearly extension on a Non-O visa to the O-A, O-X and LTR visas. The money, income and health-insurance tests, the fees, and what you must do every 90 days.
Staying in Thailand even one day past your permitted date is an offence. The fine, the 1- to 10-year re-entry bans, the difference between turning yourself in and being caught, and what to do as soon as you realise you have overstayed.
