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I suspect, I think, I presume..... Your experiences only.... I reiterate, the OP was to alert those without experience, for the likelihood of having to expect further complications, that "may" need to be considered....

Only making reference to this single occasion, who knows what the future holds, I don't, do you ?

That's right, someone turned it into a nonsense thread, when all along it was solely to alert viewers to extra scrutiny when attempting to remit funds to an overseas account. No red herrings, nothing to do with buying / selling condos, nothing to do with bringing money into Thailand, nothing to do with surgery and nothing to do with lovely Thai wife's who look after us. 🙏

Explanation required, otherwise you sound angry ?

Yes, similar experience with the money in, very easy,it's getting the money out which seems protracted.

Appreciate your input & comments DJ but, this is April 2024, not 2021 as per your pointer. Scrutiny of applicants for extensions is clearly greater, I recall some comment on this matter following the saga with the beach steps in Phuket. This combined with greater scrutiny on source of funds in to Thailand, surely we must all provide up to date & current information. Many years visiting Thailand has taught me that what was accepted a year ago, may not be accepted this year. Simply an heads up to newcomers to Thailand to understand that up to date postings due to actual experiences are the most relevant and as a forum source of very useful information, there is an obligation to present the most up to date information. We all know requirements change periodically....

For first time, non imm o extension due to Thai wife, immigration require funds to be remitted from overseas and into exclusively the applicants name for the preceding 2 months. The essence of this OP was to advise those first time applicants that they will meet issues with funds repatriation if attempted due to the new 2024 scrutiny. Nothing to do with if I need the money or not, nothing to do with if my wife has funds or not, nothing to do with keeping the 400 K baht in a Thai account or not. Clearly my post makes a lot of sense once it is explained further....

The essence of my OP was to warn all prospective non imm o's that due to the new "rules" monies in does not necessarily mean monies out - so be prepared for this scenario.

Plenty here in Thai wife's name

Don't need it here, was the only way to open a Thai bank account with funds sent from overseas as you know.

Why not ?

Greetings Everyone. I was hoping to post a more upbeat first post- but here we go.... I started my application process for the 12 month non imm o extension, due to being married to a lovely Thai lady for over 20 years. Trying to make Thailand our home after being in Europe for the last 20 years.. Sent my 400,000 Thb (from my EU account) to my new thai bank account in January. Received my 11 month extension ( not 12 month as expected) all good and thank you immigration for being very helpful with the process 🙏. Went to send the same money back to the original EU account and was met with a brick wall... Can not do, not allowed. My wife, very polite and obviously speaks good Thai, could not reason with them. All legitimate and I have the transactions from the EU bank into Thailand. Still they would not allow the same amount to be returned to my EU bank. Major word of warning, be prepared to have the money stuck in Thailand, no recourse to this. You have been warned.... Money has left my Thai account and has not been returned yet €10,000.