drquincy

Thank you. I really appreciate the feedback

Just for info please see below a copy / paste of the advice I received: " To clarify, in order to renew your Marriage Visa, Thai immigration requires that a minimum balance of 400,000 THB be maintained in your Thai bank account for at least three months after the initial extension of your Non-Immigrant O visa to a one-year Marriage Visa. Throughout the year, you may withdraw funds from your account; however, the balance must not fall below 200,000 THB at any point. Then, two months prior to your next visa renewal, the account must once again reflect a minimum balance of 400,000 THB. Based on this requirement, even if you top up your account with 400,000 THB now, you would not meet the financial criteria for the past year. In this case, the only available option is to leave the country and apply for a new Non-Immigrant O visa, thereby starting the Marriage Visa process again. "

Thank you. I have deposited 400k - 3 months ahead - and can also show deposits of over 500k in the last 12 months (on top of my original 400k). Sounds like I should be fine

No, just a marriage visa. I've seen the requirements for the retirement visa do state maintaining a minimum balance. This is why I'm confused I've been told I'm all of a sudden not compliant with requirements. It seems like I'm fine, but it's very disappointing to get such advice from a reputable firm

Good Morning, I am currently preparing for my first marriage visa renewal after being here for nearly 12 months and have transferred 400k a few months in advance. I have now been advised (by one of the larger legal/advisory firms in BKK) that I should have maintained a minimum bank balance of 200k for the last 12 months and for the 3 months following me getting my original visa last year I should not have spend any of the 400k I had deposited. I'm being advised as I don't comply with these points to let my visa expire and go back to the UK and to the start of a 3 month e-visa process I have a call with another adviser tomorrow to validate this. Looking on line I can see no reference at all to it. I've also e-mailed the embassy in London to see if they can advise. Have you ever heard of such a thing? Any advice is appreciated Thank you