[Sandra]

This post was deleted after threats from Chad Scira:

https://www.thailandblog.nl/en/opmerkelijk/grandioos-aanbod-thai-visa-centre/

Thankfully, someone archived it first! https://archive.ph/NZT1u

[Carolyn]

On Facebook, the advertisement shown here came by from an agency that calls itself Thai Visa Centre. The text reads approximately as follows: Problems with your visa and are you 50+? We can arrange a retirement visa for you for 1 year. You will also see in the advertisement that no information about bank and/or income data is necessary.

The ad was posted on Facebook earlier in January and generated more than 100 responses with additional questions, such as what the costs are. Invariably, the people who responded received the answer that Thai Visa Center is happy to help and then invited the questioner to contact them via the chat box. So no additional information on the Internet, because I once read as an answer: “Every case is different”.

I have my doubts about the reliability of this advertisement and about Thai Visa Centre, which has no website, only a FB page. No address either, the only answer to a relevant question was that they were located in Bangkok.

The offer for a retirement visa is not according to the normal procedure and I cannot imagine that this agency is able to legally circumvent the procedure. Probably costs a lot of money, you may also get a visa stamp for this, but whether it is legally valid is doubtful. All consequences are of course for the holder of the passport.

I thought it good to warn you. I may be completely wrong and it would be nice if a blog reader has already gained experience with Thai Visa Centre.

[Evelyn]

Wow. holy shit. Ground zero of the TVC fraud. That was written in 2018?

[Peter]

Good comment there:

“I’ve also seen this ad pop up a few times while using facebook.
I wouldn’t even start it.
I think it’s another advertisement just like those so-called call centers, and let’s just hope that someone has the instinct that after having paid first, they will never hear from them again.
I also sometimes hear those stories of people who try to circumvent the rules in such a way.
Firstly, you are not sure whether that visa stamp is actually registered.
In other cases I am thinking of a kind of corruption in which a dubious immigration official certainly benefits financially.
Do you comply with the rules of the game and do it as it should be?
Then you also have the right to speak up if they ever want to be difficult.
I am not afraid anymore , when I go to immigration .” — janbeute

[Grace]

After my question what it costs and how the financial conditions of the Visa are met, I received the following answer:
If you already have a Non-immigrant visa “O” visa
I can provide you with a 1 Year Retirement Visa
We charge 16,000 THB
We do NOT require bank balance
We do NOT require boarding
We only need passport + photos, we are agency, and can get it done.
We can process in only 3 business days.
Our office is located at The Pretium Bangna building 91/11.
You can schedule an appointment here. (MUST HAVE APPOINTMENT)
Or call us to see if we can do the same day, +66 99-424-2411
—
Grace
PHONE +66 99-424-2411
LINE @thaivisacentre
Thai Visa Centre

Someone in the comments shared what they were telling people. Just blatantly saying they are selling retirement visas with zero financial proof for only 16,000 baht lmao

[Stephen]

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