Khun Roberto

3 minutes ago, homemade514 said:

No. 

Thanks homemade514 🙂

1 minute ago, DrJack54 said:

 No. 

For extensions funds not required to be from abroad

Thanks Dr. Jack

Thanks Upnotover.

What about if 3 months after the renewal I take out 400K, and 6 months later, three months beofre the next renewal I top it off with 400k.

Are they goint to ask where that 400K came from?

Related question:

When I renew my Non O "retiremnt" visa next week at CW, I intend to show a deposit of 810,000 THB that I’ve had in a fixed deposit, in Kasikorn bank for over a year, since May 2024.

Is the immigration department going to ask me the source of those funds?

Last renewal I used the Income affidavit, but that’s not an option anymore.  

If it's high grade, it's worth maybe US$200,000 - $250,000 wholesale in USA. (According to Grok)

Putting increased power in the hand of traffic cops will also increase bribery.

On 5/28/2025 at 9:17 AM, DrJack54 said:

@Khun RobertoRoberto what you outline is fine however I'm too conservative. 

Would prefer to satisfy both methods 

1. Funds in bank (stand alone)  +

2. Combo method. 

Then for next extension outline plan to move to combo only for the July 2026 extension. 

 

You can withdraw the 400k as you outlined however I would put that back in for the two months prior to next extension. 

Folk will tell you not required to go back up to the 800k. 

That's correct, however I like the idea of all bases covered. 

Currently I'm changing from money in bank to income method. 

In line with what I posted... I will satisfy funds in bank + 12 monthly deposits. 

Obviously check with your immigration office that they accept combo method. Few don't. 

 

 

Kh. Moh Jack, yes, great minds think alike. Always have a plan B.

This time I was planning on using the embassy affidavit even though I’ve had the 800k deposit for 14 months. The sudden change by the embassy policy means I go to plan B.

Yes, as you suggest, for next year I’ll do the monthly but also try to comply with the 800/400/800 system.

If I dip in too much, or too long, I’ll still have the combo method as backup.

And we all have plan C - getting an agency to do it for 15K.

Cheers

I’ve been using the embassy letter for years, but no more.😞

I’ve also had the 800K in the bank since May 15 2024, so this extension I’ll change to the bank deposit method. (That deposit has been in the bank since two months before the last extension, but I did not use that method back then, so now it’s been there for 14 months, I hope that works.)

Question for the smart folks here:

Please tell me if I’m wrong.

I will file for another Non 0 extension around July 15^th 2025. Visa expires Aug 4^th. (CW)

This time I’ll use the deposit, not the Embassy letter.

If I extend on July 15^th 2025, after Oct 16^th I can withdraw 400K, (3 months after renewal, right?).

But… for July 15^th 2026 extension, I want to switch to >Combo method.<

When should I start sending the monthly 35,000?

Is starting July 1^st 2025 ok?

Then in July 15^th 2026 I’ll have one year of 35k/month plus 400k in the bank for over 2 years.

OK mai? 

Canada!

Oh no!

I just got the news from Asean Now (Thaiger)

The Canadian Embassy should have given us warning. 

My non O Visa needs to be renewed in July.

😞

The online 90 day instructions on the Immigration website are plain wrong.

“Aliens can report their residence before 15 days or after 7 days “ <- mai chai

To file online, you’d better get the application in the window between 15 and 7 days before due date.

(Maybe the 7 days after due date applies to in-person filing, but not online.)

In January this year I filed online with 3 days left before expiry, and the application was rejected. I had to go to CW and waste the better part of a day.

As for travelling, my experience has always been that if you leave before 90 days, you don’t need to file anything. When you come back in, the clock starts ticking and you’ll need to file for an extension. If you do it online, it’s the window of 15-7 days before expiry.

50 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

COR not done there now.

 

Thanks Dr Jack.

At some point during Covid they sent me from CW to that Popular Rd. Office to do the 90 days. 

I guess that was spreading out the crowd.

Now they're back at CW.

I shall follow your instructions.

Thanks again. 

🙂

Hi Folks,

Is that the main Immigration building? (The big upside-down pyramid building.)

Or the office just north of Impact Expo?

I have copies of my TM 47, and Electricity bill.

Need the CoR to renew my driver's license.

Cheers

2 minutes ago, Presnock said:

if you extended on Aug 24 using the monthly transfers, then you will need to have 12 monthly transfers when you wish to change  next year.  That has been how it was explained to me as I used to do the monthly transfers too.  But, with all the changes in visas recently, to be sure you should contact immigration unless some "expert" on the renewal methods see this  and  advises you...I thought that is who is here answering you already but ...

I think like DrJack. 

Simultaneous method until new method is accepted. 

Like a monkey swinging through the jungle, don't let go of one vine until you have the other vine firmly in hand. 

Another thing is this new threat of possible income taxation on foreigners, or at least having to file paperwork to avoid the taxation.

If you’re advertising that you’re bringing in 100k or whatever every month, that leaves a paper trail.

800k deposit or Embassy affidavit avoids monthly transfers.

33 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Why? please.

Another thing is that Embassy’s change the rules.

My embassy still does the affidavit, but that could change.

Other embassies used to do the affidavit and stopped.

That could (has) leave (left) some of us with a sudden surprise when we’re suddenly unable to renew. 😮

8 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Why? please.

I think most of us who want to change method, for whatever personal reason, figure it’s best to use the simultaneous method, like DrJack and I am doing, because it’s unclear what Immigration will decide when it comes to the day we need to renew. Best cover both options.

My query is: really how much do I need to keep in the bank?

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Seems that you did not do the monthly transfers from Aug 24 (your current extension) 

I would have done it differently.

Continued the transfers and 2 months prior to Aug 25 have 800k in Thailand bank account also continued the transfers up till application for next extension.

 

Currently I'm doing the reverse to yourself and doing both methods simultaneously. 

Satisfying money in bank and will show 12  transfers at my next extension. 

 

I’ve never done the monthly transfers, only the embassy affidavit.

This last time I renewed, I started what you are planning, the simultaneous method.

I had the 800k in the bank, seasoned for over two months, but didn’t show it. I used the embassy letter.

So next time I renew, I will have both options, the letter OR the affidavit.

But… I want to spend some of the 800k for a couple of months, and it’s not past the three months since renewal Aug 4^th, even though I didn’t use 800k method to renew.

So if it drops a little bit below 800k it would violate the 3 month after rule, but I didn’t use it for this renewal, I hope to use it for next one, which theoretically would be only 2 months. 

45 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Seems that you did not do the monthly transfers from Aug 24 (your current extension) 

I would have done it differently.

Continued the transfers and 2 months prior to Aug 25 have 800k in Thailand bank account also continued the transfers up till application for next extension.

 

Currently I'm doing the reverse to yourself and doing both methods simultaneously. 

Satisfying money in bank and will show 12  transfers at my next extension. 

 

1 hour ago, Tod Daniels said:

In theory, because it is the first time you were using banked money method for proof of financials it should be seasoned for just 2 months before you apply for the next extension.

BUT

We all know how theory can go out the window dealing with Thai immigrations.

 

I would get the yearly transaction detail print out from your bank, which will show how long you had the funds in for,

but

I would try to apply for the extension with only showing 2 months of bank balance.

 

Only bring out the year transaction detail report if they give you grief about the seasoning.

Right? Theory and practice are not always the same.

Right? Theory and practice are not always the same.

When you’re new to the system, with the 800K method, you only have to prove two months prior, but once you’re in the system you’ve got to prove 12 months prior. The 800k/400k/800k over the past year.

If you’re new to the system with the affidavit method, they aren’t looking at the past. Your affidavit just says “That’s what this guy gets every month.”

I’ve always renewed my Non O with an affidavit of income from my embassy.

But next time I renew (Aug 2025) I want to change to the 800k deposit method.

I have the 800k in a Kasikorn Savings account since 2 months before I renewed this time, (Aug 2024) but I didn’t tell them about that, I used the Embassy affidavit method to get the extension.

**The Question**: In Aug 2025, I’ll change from affidavit to 800K deposit, is Immigration going to want to see the 800K since Aug 2024? Or for the two months before Aug 2025?

No LTR for me, just a lowly Non O

I think I'm stuck going up to CW

Update.

The folks at the Land Transport Office area 3 office won’t accept my condo title as proof of address, I have to have the address certificate from either the Embassy of the Immigration Bureau.

I have to take a training course which apparently is 5 hours!

(My Thai car license is expired for over three years.)

Interesting, so you never stayed long enough for a 90 day regsitration.

I do have the TM47, and an electicity bill in my name, and blue book for a condo.

My friend is Falang, had his TM47, and said he did not go to CW to get his COR.

I'll dig some more and report back if I get any info. 

Hi Dr Jack,

I sold a motorcycle to a guy a couple of months ago, and he said he didn't go to CW to get his Certificate, that he got it in town.

it was mailed to him, took two weeks.

Cheers