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The admins of my son's school confirmed that there's no requirement to prove that the funds deposited come from abroad.

It's written up there. She's Japanese. And it's also confirmed up there, in the first reply by Liquorice, the deposit in a Thai bank in our case is 500K.

I agree. Some of the reactions are weird.

OK, then I do not know what the school admins were referring to, but again they said it's possible, although not advisable from a timeline perspective. Thank you. We already have a birth certificate which has been 1. legalized by the ministry of foreign affairs of my son's home country, 2. translated by a certified translator of my son's home country and finally 3. legalized by the Royal Thai embassy in my son's home country. The school admins have checked the legalized document and told us that everything is fine. We also provided this document to the embassy when applying for both my son's and my wife's visas.

I think it is that one: 8. FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OR BEING A DEPENDANT OF A PERSON WHO HAVING RESIDENCY IN THAILAND (NON-O) Not sure though, since the words used under 4 do not all make sense to me: "In case the applicant’s family is a foreigner with a permit to reside in Thailand: residency certificate, alien registration certificate, work permit, a copy of passport and house registration". Never heard of an alien registration certificate. Work permit can't be a must, just an option, since the title says "FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO [...] A PERSON WHO HAVING RESIDENCY IN THAILAND". https://bangkok.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022C1_08.pdf

Interesting, thanks. The school admins told us it would be possible (they even mentioned the fee, "Arrival on exemption – exemption visa change to 3 months NON O visa ..........................2000 THB"), but not advisable from a timeline perspective. EDIT: Anyhow, she's applied for hers in our country of residence already. I was just anticipating, in case there is an issue with her application. We'll see how it goes.

OK good to know. Then I don't know how we will do it. My son can get a certificate of residence from his embassy. Not sure if my wife can, she has a different nationality.

Residing with non-Thai family, my son having been issued a non-ED for studying at an international school.

A non-imm is even a prerequisite at the moment, as far as I understand it. She will have a non-O. The questions is only if she will have it when entering the country or later, after she has applied for a change of permission to stay from visa-exempt to non-O.

Thanks for the warning. I am not too worried, since she's Japanese. She has 2 DL from 2 different countries. We should be able to get a residence certificate and a lease agreement too.

Thank you for your help. Just reacting to the edit that I did not see before. She's applied for the non-O, but I've been also told she could transform her visa-exemption stamp into a non-O in Thailand if necessary. Do you mean that we would have timeline issues then because of the bank account that needs to hold funds for at least a month before applying for her extension of stay?

Oh and I'm aware that opening a bank account is not as straightforward as it used to be. However the admins at my son's school told us that my wife should not have any issue as a non-O visa holder.

Thank you. I am not a newbie, I have lived and worked in Thailand before. I know about the TM.30, TM.47, and so on. Well obviously the school we have enrolled our son in is the major criterion for looking for a place of residence. And by the way, we cannot use Wise to transfer funds out of the country where we are currently residents. The same goes for Thailand, one can transfer funds using Wise into Thailand, but not out of Thailand. I know Wise, and they provide a great service, which I have used to transfer funds into our current country of residence, but they're of no help in our current situation.

Thank you for your help. Yes, my wife has applied for a non-O. My son already has a non-ED. No, my wife hasn't got a Thai bank account yet, she will have to open it once there. We're used to travel with big amounts of cash. In our current situation, we'd even better do so, because if we want to transfer funds from the country we currently live in, we're looking at a 7~8% fee. And yes, of course I know my wife needs to pay a rent, eat food and pay for utilities. My question was only about the deposit for a one-year extension.

I will ask my son's school admins and report back.