Non Imm OA-Paris Embassy New Requirement

[sqwakvfr]

At this time only the Thai Embassy in Paris has this new requirement:  The following has been translated from French to English

 

Attention: from the 2nd request of this type of visa to the Embassy, a bank deposit of 800 000 baht in a bank in Thailand is mandatory, and to present in the form of a recent certificate or a bank book well updated (less than three months)

I guess this means if one returns from Thailand and applies for a new OA then you must show evidence of 800K in a Thai Bank account.

 

For additional information you can go to thaiembassy.fr.

[onera1961]

I think it is still better than getting an extension. 1 you don't tie up your money here and 2 the visa is good for two years.

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[ubonjoe]

If they actually require it that is certainly a Paris requirement only.

I can assure you that is not on the e visa site that you have to use to apply for the visa. The embassy in the UK is also using the the same website and it has not mentioned as being requirement by those that have done it for there.

Evisa site is here: https://www.thaievisa.go.th/ Also there is info here. http://www.thaiembassy.fr/fr/visa-rdv/e-visa/

 

[elviajero]

The Paris embassy seem to be a law unto themselves. That would be a crazy requirement.

[patinchis]

Yep I just had to show the required money amount in my bank account in uk.......I took in three months of statements but they only looked at one the latest month ...very quick, helpful straightforward london embassy


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[Nowisee]

Thailand wants (maybe needs) foreign money coming into thailand.  

They know some people are going back home and getting a new visa to avoid having to bring money here.   
This is clearly a big money grab for them and unnecessarily costly to those of us that don't want to park 800k here earning nothing.     

Stay tuned, I can see this catching on to other countries in the future.   

  
 

[elviajero]

7 hours ago, Nowisee said:

Thailand wants (maybe needs) foreign money coming into thailand.  

They know some people are going back home and getting a new visa to avoid having to bring money here.   
This is clearly a big money grab for them and unnecessarily costly to those of us that don't want to park 800k here earning nothing.     

Stay tuned, I can see this catching on to other countries in the future.   

This is simply bureaucrats in Paris making it harder for someone to apply for the O-A visa. Paris has always been anomalous and obstructive when issuing visas. 

 

If your conspiracy theory was correct they would have announced this worldwide already. No one with sufficient income needs 800K in a Thai bank account to retire to Thailand. And many banks still don’t want to take our money. The 800K is just an alternative way for someone to prove they can afford to live in Thailand for one year.

[HampiK]

It would be interesting to know how long you have to wait till you can ask for the next O-Visa in France without showing money!

Or this mean, if I had a O-Visa 10 years ago, I can't ask for one again in the future forever?

[Caldera]

Their goal seems to be to "encourage" people to get an extension instead of coming back to bother them for a 2nd Non-OA visa in a row. Too much work for them?

 

I'm unusually sympathetic to their implied view that someone who has trialed living in Thailand for 1-2 years and decides to continue to do so can be expected to move some funds to Thailand / to use Thai banks. I've seen many rules or expectations that are more idiotic in comparison.