In this talk, we focus on a general linear algebraic group $G$ over a local field $k$. By a use of standard construction of pseudo-reductive groups and by considering open subgroups of the topological group $G(k)$, one can provide algebraic conditions on $G$ equivalent to the existence of maximal compact subgroups in $G(k)$. For groups satisfying these conditions, we provide a sequence of successive quotients from $G(k)$ satisfying some conditions.