Single Entry Tourist Visa to Thailand now requires foreigners to show funds of 500k THB

[bubba]

16 minutes ago, Jorgendk said:

Even people, who have reasonable money, don’t usually have that amount joust sitting in a normal bank account.

They have it in shares or other investments that pay a higher rate of interest.

My recent experience with a non-imm O is that they accepted a recent statement from a brokerage account which also showed an adequate cash balance. I don't know whether they looked at the overall portfolio value or just the cash. Like most, I don't leave the equivalent of 500k baht languishing in a zero income checking account.

[Joe Mama]

Now I can see the flood of tourists racing back to Thailand!

[cheapcanuck]

30 day tourist visa it is then. With the odd visa run to neibouring country in between will make for a good vacation. ONLY after this Covid situation clears up.

[tingtong]

Err, all those tourists can get a visa free entry to Thailand for 30 days, and most young backpackers that more than enough to see Thailand.

If not, immigration office will extend for a fee.

 

Or want to say Thailand deleted the visa free status for US, UK, EU citizens?

 

As a side note: curious when marriage extension will have a higher requirement, right now if Thailand stick to that 500k for tourists that would be a natural step to keep consistency.

[Selatan]

13 hours ago, unamazedloso said:

A good majority of tourists this country has had for years wouldnt have this kinda money. Young people, out of school and choosing to live. They spend money to have fun. Thailands retarted! 

A good majority of tourists do not have the need to hang around for months in Thailand so for them the SETV is not needed. Top 3 source countries: China, Malaysia, India. China alone is over 27%. Malaysians are visa-exempt, the Chinese and Indians may get VOA.

A typical Malaysian like me may travel to Thailand once every few months and stay for just a few days. First time there may spend a longer time, may be up to 2 weeks, that's all. Those that live near the Thai-Malaysian border may go there once or twice per month and that may be for half a day to one or two nights.

[roxnadz]

Hmmm.

 

Requirements to get into Thailand:

 

CoE
FtF cert

17K$ sitting around in a bank

100K$ COVID-19 insurance

1300$ outpatient insurance 
Negative COVID Test 72h prior to arrival

15-night ASQ booking: 3000$

Biz Class ticket US West Coast-BKK: 4800$

Expenses for two months: $3000

 

Requirements to get into Costa Rica:

 

50K$ COVID-19 insurance

Biz Class ticket US West-Coast-SJO: 1000$

High-level condo: $1000/mo

Expenses for two months: $1500

 

HMMMMM.

 

????

[AmySeeker]

Alot of European countries having a huge health and economic toll of opening up too fast, same in America. I'm surprised they've even opened up this much. 

 

Try getting into Singapore and Malaysia or Vietnam - next to no chance. 

 

I'm often surpised people keep asking why they have to go through certain hoops - HELLO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC !!!!!! I'm thankful Thailand are actually taking care of it's citizens and not opening up and letting the virus run rife. 

[AmySeeker]

27 minutes ago, roxnadz said:

Hmmm.

 

Requirements to get into Thailand:

 

CoE
FtF cert

17K$ sitting around in a bank

100K$ COVID-19 insurance

1300$ outpatient insurance 
Negative COVID Test 72h prior to arrival

15-night ASQ booking: 3000$

Biz Class ticket US West Coast-BKK: 4800$

Expenses for two months: $3000

 

Requirements to get into Costa Rica:

 

50K$ COVID-19 insurance

Biz Class ticket US West-Coast-SJO: 1000$

High-level condo: $1000/mo

Expenses for two months: $1500

 

HMMMMM.

 

????

 

I keep hearing this type of argument. People threatening to go elsehwhere. But then they still be posting on this forum months later waiting for Thailand. 

 

Costa Rica has the virus running rife. If you want to go there, go. 

[Bkktodd]

15 hours ago, HanSRT10 said:

Good!  Less crowd funding required for dumb @$$ cheap charley tourists who get themselves in to trouble and need others to solve the financial problems they and their family cant deal with

Plenty of cheap charlies expats on soi baukhao and the dark side. 

[Bkktodd]

14 hours ago, Techno Viking said:

great news, should keep the smelly cheap charlie farangs away !!

Plenty of smelly cheap charlie farangs still there.  

[roxnadz]

27 minutes ago, AmySeeker said:

 

I keep hearing this type of argument. People threatening to go elsehwhere. But then they still be posting on this forum months later waiting for Thailand. 

 

Costa Rica has the virus running rife. If you want to go there, go. 

 

And you'll keep hearing this argument, because it's a good one.

 

Thailand doesn't have enough cachet to lay down the kinds of restrictions and requirements it has for people trying to get into the country. If it did, STV applications would be through the roof. Only people with major ties to the country, such as Thai family, are doing the hoop jumps to get back.

 

Costa Rica is handling the pandemic just fine. Charts show the number of infections trending down, despite having no restrictions from the United States of COVID. Everybody knows Thailand's numbers are pure fiction, if for no other reason than because nobody tests there.

 

Don't be salty. Remember, they don't want you in Thailand either.

[Mad mick]

15 hours ago, a3tsw said:

Genuine tourists will simply go elsewhere , if they think that the entry requirements are too onerous , Thailand is not the be all and end all of holiday destinations , there are plenty of options available.

Vietnam or Phillipines , Once countrys open thailand is finished ccp 

[Bkktodd]

14 hours ago, Sharp said:

Pfizer will put that all back in order soon enough !! ????????

Yup. Add the vaccine to the shopping list for entry to the LOS.  Insane rules now already. Thailand never paid my bills for the 20 years /175 trips ...so why ask how much i have in my bank account now.  Hire a clown.  Expect a circus

[Grace at Echo Lake]

First the Thai government uses the COVID to purge expats like myself (since I left in May, it's been way too overly difficult to return to Thailand), now they arbitrarily raise the necessary funds level.  Fortunately, I can afford to display the needed funds level....but why on earth would I??  There are so many other nice beaches in other countries who actually like Americans.   I think the bottom line here is that the Thai government knows that BIG trouble is brewing within and they want as few Expats in the line of fire.  Probably not a bad plan!

[Techno Viking]

4 hours ago, karunasup said:

The question is who really benefits from this policy? Are they trying to reduce # of Western witnesses when they take drastic action to save the kingdom from the angry crowds?

The expats living here enjoying the peace and tranquility.

[stigar]

Good news from the royel thaiembassy in norway.

Non-O Retirement Visa (Single entry) – Royal Thai Embassy in Oslo.mhtml

[Bkktodd]

25 pages in responses...a near record i think.  My only thought is I  wonder if thai authorities read thaivasa and these comnents to get a true pulse of tourists. If anyone one with common sense will know needing 500,000 plus funds to pay for tix , quarantine etc etc ...and for what???

[Gerefan]

Try reading the UK Embassy website and then try to understand what you have to do to get the visa. Obviously written by someone with a very poor understanding of English.

 

Next, try to register. It wants your email address but won’t accept the @ symbol!

 

I have literally spent hours, unsuccessfully, trying to get the application form to accept my date of birth. I have still no idea whether I need to send copies of flight bookings or just give them the dates. I won’t pay for a flight until  I’m sure our lockdown will finish early December.

 

Dont even ask me about trying to get any of the insurance companies to help.

 

Good luck to anyone trying this route into Thailand.

[assayer]

16 hours ago, HanSRT10 said:

Good!  Less crowd funding required for dumb @$$ cheap charley tourists who get themselves in to trouble and need others to solve the financial problems they and their family cant deal with

It must be great to be as noble as you apparently are sir.

[Don Chance]

Thailand has a problem. They want rich tourists but rich tourist come for short vacations then go back to their high paying businesses and jobs.

Long term tourists are typically cheap tourists. No income then no spendy.

[Trip Hop]

16 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

I ran a successful accounting practice which ran on an overdraft and took out money as and when I needed it. My savings were my pension policies not money earning no interest in a bank account. 

 

Exactly, don't leave it in the company and if you don't need it, stick it in an ISA, shares or pension.  Similar to you I currently run a successful little company and have a disposable net income after bills etc of approx £60k pa.  Under these rules, I wouldn't qualify for the visa so I suppose I'll have to go elsewhere?

[stigar]

---non-thai from norway and iceland can apply for non-o-retiremend in thailand.Say minimim 5o yers old..minimim 65000 bath pr month.Single entry.Proff of accomendtion.Proff of minimun 65.ooo bath a month(mostly have thatI)

Return tickets,Valid travel incurance all the period that cover mimiumim 40.000 bath and outpasient minimum 400.000 bath.Incurance cocer the whole period of or stay.REturtn ticketc.Proff or where u can stay(even privat)the period.

Can be hotel or ur gf home.Pluss ur valid passport.If u dont have proof of the last income pr the last 6 months u must proff inimum 800.000 bath the last 3 months

 

 

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[Geoffggi]

Putting it in plain English "Thailand does not want any foreign tourists" unless they are Chinese, it would be interesting to know if this rule applies to the single entry Chinese tourists though ...............!!!

[San888]

Time to move on and pursue other destinations nearby . Thailand has changed. No going back...with the strong bhat, political turmoil following student  protest, exacerbated by a ban on Pornhub, Protests against  the establishment, ban on political opposition parties and last but not least a dislike for equality in areas of ownership (49% max) for those from abroad willing to invest hard earned cash into a country that they love .

 

The new generation of Thais that 10 and 20 years ago  may have headed straight to Bangkok or Pattaya, are now more likely to be found in downtown Bangkok protesting for reform. ....resulting in high vacancy numbers with the night entertainment industry!

 

 

 

 

[GeilGeilertzen]

11 hours ago, jobas69 said:

Another nail in the coffin 

I’d say to all of you who donthave this money. Skip Thailand for a year or two, set a side savings and come back sometime in 2021/2022 when apartments in Phuket and Pattaya are up for grabs. 
The nail in the coffin is just to some. ????

[lkv]

13 hours ago, overherebc said:

I was also thinking about 'Kev and Tracy' from Essex who are both 19/20 years old working in their first office job and fancied a fortnight in one of the Thai Island resorts, ( to get to know each other better).  Of course they both have 500,000 sitting in the bank for 6 months ( not ). Spain/Greece wherever, here they come. ????????

The only reason why Kev and Tracy considered Thailand in the first place was simply because:

 

- flight promos got ridiculously low, at 300-400 pounds per person return booked in advanced

-Kev and Tracy realised they would pay  rates starting at 15-20 pounds per night for accomodation.

 

So they did the math and thought...better travel to Thailand for roughly the same budget (or just a bit more), it's more exotic.

 

Kev and Tracy will be missed.

 

The demographic Thailand is looking for prefers Maldives, with no visa requirements whatsoever. Not Phuket scammy rubbish.

[mvdf]

Why are you all complaining and calling officials here "retarded"?? Isn't that what your own embassies demand from us Asians too if we want to go visit London or Chicago or Toronto? We too have to show a consistent bank balance maintained over a similar stretch of time to demonstrate that we are "eligible" to step foot on your holy soil! 

[redwood1]

2 hours ago, AmySeeker said:

Alot of European countries having a huge health and economic toll of opening up too fast, same in America. I'm surprised they've even opened up this much. 

 

Try getting into Singapore and Malaysia or Vietnam - next to no chance. 

 

I'm often surpised people keep asking why they have to go through certain hoops - HELLO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC !!!!!! I'm thankful Thailand are actually taking care of it's citizens and not opening up and letting the virus run rife. 

Yawn....

[roxnadz]

9 minutes ago, mvdf said:

Why are you all complaining and calling officials here "retarded"?? Isn't that what your own embassies demand from us Asians too if we want to go visit London or Chicago or Toronto? We too have to show a consistent bank balance maintained over a similar stretch of time to demonstrate that we are "eligible" to step foot on your holy soil! 

Not in the US you don't. A B2 visa has no seasoning requirements. Try again.

[redwood1]

1 hour ago, Bkktodd said:

25 pages in responses...a near record i think.  My only thought is I  wonder if thai authorities read thaivasa and these comnents to get a true pulse of tourists. If anyone one with common sense will know needing 500,000 plus funds to pay for tix , quarantine etc etc ...and for what???

A near record postings not hardly...........I guess you missed the O-X visa threads....And the authorities ignored every single suggestion made in those epic threads just like they will ignore all suggestions made in this thread...