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They don't, but it's generally considered good practice to keep the 400K in the account until the extension application is approved. A couple of years ago, a friend had his application accepted by the local Immigration office, but 2 weeks later the regional office requested the complete set of documents be resubmitted as the copies he supplied were badly faded and unintelligible. He had to resubmit, including new up-to-date bank statements and letter from the bank. Had he withdrawn any of the funds, he'd have had a problem. I lock the funds in a 12 month FTD account, which I think many others do.

I was under the impression the required 400K THB had to be in a Thai bank account as per previous reports.

@Equatorial In contrast to a Non Imm visa issued by a Thai Embassy, Thailand offers an alternative to apply for a Non Imm O at a local Immigration office if you entered visa exempt or with a tourist visa. To apply for a 1-year extension of stay, you must have Non Immigrant status. Unlike a Non Imm O issued by a Thai Embassy, a Non O issued by Immigration does not permit any entries, although it does grant you permission of stay for 90 days just the same as if you entered with a Non O visa. Basically whether you entered VE and are applying for the Non O, or entered on a Tourist visa and applying to change the visa type, you are in fact merely applying to change your visa status to 'Non Immigrant', from the status of 'Tourist' in order to facilitate and meet part of the criteria for applying for 1 year extensions of stay.

Whilst that may be a general definition applicable to many Countries, that is not the case for Thailand. Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs explains it thus; https://www.mfa.go.th/en/page/general-information?menu=5e1ff6d057b01e00a6391dc5 7. Please note that the period of visa validity is different from the period of stay. Visa validity is the period during which a visa can be used to enter Thailand. In general, the validity of a visa is 3 months, but in some cases, visas may be issued to be valid for 6 months, 1 year or 3 years. The validity of a visa is granted with discretion by the Royal Thai Embassy or Royal Thai Consulate-General and is displayed on the visa sticker. 8. On the other hand, the period of stay is granted by an immigration officer upon arrival at the port of entry and in accordance with the type of visa. For example, the period of stay for a transit visa is not exceeding 30 days, for a tourist visa is not exceeding 60 days and for a non-immigrant visa is not exceeding 90 days from the arrival date. The period of stay granted by the immigration officer is displayed on the arrival stamp. Travellers who wish to stay longer than such period may apply for extension of stay at offices of the Immigration Bureau A Non Imm 0 visa issued today 10/7 by a Thai Embassy would be valid to enter Thailand before 9/10. You could enter on 8/10 and still granted permission of stay for 90 days until 5th January. The stamp received on entry often referred to as an entry stamp is a 'permit' allowing you to temporary stay for a period of time subject to the visa type. As @BrandonJT points out, the visa is stamped as 'USED' on entry as you have used the single entry it permitted and no longer valid to enter Thailand. In slight disagreement, the visa is still relevant in so far as it determines your Immigration status in Thailand. When completing a TM7 form 'APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY STAY IN THE KINGDOM' where it requests the 'type of visa' you state 'Non Imm O', although the visa is no longer valid, it informs the Immigration officer of your Immigration status > Non Immigrant, category '0', which defines the permitted extended period of stay. Extensions are 'permits' extending your permission of stay.

Apply for EOS before your 90 day permission of stay expires, not the visa.

That makes no sense at all. Did you apply for the Non O based on retirement or the 1 year extension of stay?

Patience! Don't interrupt her while she's speaking. Not spoken to mine for 3 days now.

There are no 'retirement' visas. There are Non Imm O visas obtained for the reason of retirement and extensions of stay which are permits. The video is about those entering VE or with a Tourist visa, then wanting to convert to the Non Imm O visas for the reason of retirement, but due to banking restrictions can no longer open an account to deposit the funds, which is old news.

Immigration Order 35/2561 (2019) Clause 4. 2 months prior to filing date = date of submitting the application. 3 months after being granted permission = receiving extension stamp. At most IO's the extensions are approved and granted on the same day. Applying in advance does not affect your period of stay. If your extension was due 30th June, but you applied early on 15th June, the new extension would start from 30th June 2025 to 30th June 2026.

Understood now. You didn't have the 800K seasoned for two months prior so used an agent, but for the following extension you were able to provide a 12-month statement showing the 800K in the account for the 3 months after, then > 400K remainder.

Roi Et. They also insist the balance on the passbook, statement and letter are identical. Not an issue if using a FTD account. If using a Savings account, then you need to ensure you have enough funds in hand to last while waiting for the statement to arrive. Collect then update passbook and request letter, branch date stamp and sign all the day of collection.

My IO insist the statement, passbook and letter are all dated the same day as the application. Even though the statement has to be pre-ordered at Bangkok Bank several days beforehand, the bank should be date stamping and signing the statement and letter on the day of issue. At least my branch does, and it's those stamp issue dates Immigration accept. Straight forward if using a FTD account.

Calculation of the funds is from the date of application, whether that be 15 or 30 days prior to existing extension expiring. If your extension expires 30th June, but you submit the application on 15th June, then the 800K must have been in the account from 15th April and remain in the account until 15th Sept > 400K

My wife is a cosignature on both my Savings and Fixed term deposit accounts, both in my sole name. She even has a separate debit card for the Savings account. All statements, letters and the passbook are issued in my sole name. Her signature only shows in the passbooks under a UV light.

Incorrect. If you used an agent this year, the financials for the next extension would not meet the criteria of keeping 800K for 3 months and subsequently 400K in the account since the last extension.