DrJack54

That's all well and good. Some offices do home visit every extension . Also from post couple above yours.. .,..."they wanted photos on the bed" You happy with that, then fine. (He means sit on the bed for photo) How demeaning

Two completely separate things. The folk wanting eVisa would be for a Visa eg Non O marriage/retirement. A border bounce for 60 day stamp from visa exempt entry is a different animal. Unrelated

The 2013 is out of date. Things changed dramatically in recent times. Your Welsh neighbor experience is atypical. Don't know vaguely what you mean by "as a guarantee" The OP is married and still has no success. Which bank and where was your neighbor successful. Did he purchase insurance

And what year did you obtain this bank account. Were you on visa exempt status at the time?

"Bit of an imposition" for YOU. "No Go" for ME.. I would find that ridiculous and demeaning. Also the witness thing (if required) I wouldn't be happy with. As I stated previously...to each their own

Different strokes for different folks. I regard myself as the friendly type at places such as bars etc. however as far as some random official coming to do a home visit that's a No No for me. In any event I think the OP has decided not to do Non O extensions marriage..

I understood what you meant. In particular Non O popular at places in Laos... Savannakhet and Vientiane. Hopefully the process time will be under 5 days. Anything much longer would become unattractive option. Moreso as there is option to border bounce and obtain the Non O in Thailand from visa exempt entry. The added kicker is that seems no online payment possible for the eVisa in Laos as least in initial months.

You are comfortable with what your office requires so stick with that. My point is that does not apply across the board. Good summary from @Tod Daniels from another forum. Note the word SOME "The 400K baht banked money method for proof of funds for an extension based on marriage to a thai need to be in the bank account for 2 months before you apply for the extension. SOME offices request you keep the funds in the account during the under consideration period (but this is not a posted requirement). After that you can do what you want with the money as long as it's back to 400K baht 2 months before your next yearly extension"

Think you won't find any written rule about maintaining the 400k during the under consideration period. What you will find is various immigration offices having their "rules" Here is one random post from thread one year back. " Cecil Right. Each renewal of my marriage visa I had to show 400k when picking up the stamp a month later. And one can hear the officers say the same to other applicants: leave the money in the bank until you get your visa approved" On other hand you will find many posts that it's not required at "their office" You have posted in few previous threads that your office does not have this requirement. On the rare occasion that head office would require something extra its best advised to maintain the 400k till final stamp is in pp. Edit: sorry for oversized font and bold type. I did not do that

Here is a cut and paste from typical sources.... "As of November 2024, visa-exempt nationals of 93 countries entering Thailand will need to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) for each trip". The ETA is only required for visa exempt entry. Still in the pipeline. That will be you as for such a short stay you would enter visa exempt. (it's not visa on arrival it's visa exempt) Currently visa exempt provides 60 day stamp. I would keep an eye on things. It will be simple online thing if/when it's introduced. If you have an return/onward flight for your visit that will be helpful for airline at departure. Some guesswork in recent thread on ETA https://aseannow.com/topic/1344826-the-thai-eta-electronic-system-for-travel-authorisation/

So bottom line: you obtained extension. Also OP is not dealing with Hat Yai. You ran into a nutter on a particular day and received extension. How did home visit go?

No problem. Marriage is 400k for 2 months prior to application. Retirement 2 months prior to application and 3 months after application and as low as 400k in other months. That is for money in bank method.

There is no back peddling. You left out first sentence to the bit you took out of context. I stated..... "I live on retirement extensions and currently changing to income method. No way I can live on as little as 65k per month. So it's easy to choose income method if you want to avoid the extra requirements and home visit" Clearly I'm pointing out to OP that he can use income method to avoid 800k in bank and do extensions based on retirement so no home visit.

Many threads with this type of advice https://aseannow.com/topic/1298009-money-in-bank-for-extension-based-on-marriage-minimum-must-be-kept-there-whilst-under-consideration/ You can choose what to do.

As usual you have taken my post completely out of context. The OP is concerned with keeping 800k in bank for retirement and also concerned with home visit if doing extensions based on marriage. Using income method for extensions based on retirement would solve both concerns. There are numerous threads concerning using money in bank for extensions based on retirement requires 800k to be locked into bank account. Using income method avoids keeping funds in bank account. Obviously if anyone has other assets such as real estate, car etc then WILL is required Such an obvious thing. As stated above.