Non-immigrant O-A - financial requirements increased

[Merron]

Since last week, the financial requirements for a Non-immigrant O-A have been increased.

See Thai Embassy The Hague 1200 000 Baht and Thai Embassy Brussels 1000 000 Baht. Why the difference?
Has any information about that appeared in the media or did I miss it? If so, where can I find that. Preferably the official info/note.

Will this also apply to O-A extensions?

 

 

 

Non-immigrant Visa “O-A” (Long Stay) Visa for Long Stay (retirement) – Royal Thai Embassy Brussels

Financial proof
An original attestation (scanned/electronic version is not accepted) from the bank with at least 1,000,000 baht or equivalent to 27,000 € (bank in Thailand or in Belgium) +  the bank statements from the last 6 months of this bank account
OR An attestation which mentions that you receive at least 2,7000 € (two-thousand-seven-hundred euros) per month as well as bank statements of the last 6 months which prove that you receive that amount. The communication on the bank statement must indicate that concerning monthly pension.

 

Non-Immigrant Visa O-A (long stay) - สถานเอกอัครราชทูต ณ กรุงเฮก (thaiembassy.org)

financial evidence
A copy of bank statement showing a deposit of the amount in local currency or in THB no less than 1,200,000 THB; OR
An income certificate (an original copy) for the past 3 months with a monthly income no less than 100,000 THB; OR
A copy of bank statement showing a deposit account together with an annual income totaling no less than 1,200,000 THB.

[ubonjoe]

It appears to be incorrect info posted on a few odd embassy and official consulates.

It has not been announced by the MFA or immigration.

[Merron]

5 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

It appears to be incorrect info posted on a few odd embassy and official consulates.

It has not been announced by the MFA or immigration.

That's what I thought too but it's official on those websites

[ubonjoe]

19 minutes ago, Merron said:

That's what I thought too but it's official on those websites

Being posted on their websites does not make it official.

For it to be official it has to be done as a order by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[Merron]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

It appears to be incorrect info posted on a few odd embassy and official consulates.

It has not been announced by the MFA or immigration.

 

34 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Being posted on their websites does not make it official.

For it to be official it has to be done as a order by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It is an official website of those Thai embassies and the applicant will have to meet the requirements. Not that they have much choice. I can only hope that this gets in the media and hope that MFA reads and corrects this by sending their embassy a note about this

[CANSIAM]

Absolute nonsense, or they are doing their very best to phase out long stayers, looking forward to killing off my OA soon anyway.........dig up another 1.8m and get yourself a 10 year OX........

[ubonjoe]

16 minutes ago, Merron said:

It is an official website of those Thai embassies and the applicant will have to meet the requirements. Not that they have much choice. I can only hope that this gets in the media and hope that MFA reads and corrects this by sending their embassy a note about this

Perhaps contact them and ask them where they got their info and send them this link on the Department of Consular Affairs of the MFA website. https://consular.mfa.go.th/th/content/80325-non-–-immigrant-visa-“o-a”-long-stay?page=5d68c88b15e39c160c0081e5&menu=5d68c88d15e39c160c008280

I has this infographic on it.

 

[Merron]

10 minutes ago, CANSIAM said:

Absolute nonsense, or they are doing their very best to phase out long stayers, looking forward to killing off my OA soon anyway.........dig up another 1.8m and get yourself a 10 year OX........

This is a possibility and there are more, but no solution to the problem.

[Merron]

24 minutes ago, CANSIAM said:

Absolute nonsense, or they are doing their very best to phase out long stayers, looking forward to killing off my OA soon anyway.........dig up another 1.8m and get yourself a 10 year OX........

 

16 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Perhaps contact them and ask them where they got their info and send them this link on the Department of Consular Affairs of the MFA website. https://consular.mfa.go.th/th/content/80325-non-–-immigrant-visa-“o-a”-long-stay?page=5d68c88b15e39c160c0081e5&menu=5d68c88d15e39c160c008280

I has this infographic on it.

 

They are very well aware of those requirements. That's what it said until last week. They just changed it last week. If you follow this, a medical insurance of 3000,000 Bath is not necessary either  

Applicant must have a health insurance covering the length of stay in Thailand with no less than 100,000 USD or 3,000,000 THB for overall medical coverage. (must be specifically mentioned) 

Non-Immigrant Visa O-A (long stay) - สถานเอกอัครราชทูต ณ กรุงเฮก (thaiembassy.org)

[ubonjoe]

8 minutes ago, Merron said:

They are very well aware of those requirements. That's what it said until last week. They just changed it last week. If you follow this, a medical insurance of 3000,000 Bath is not necessary either  

I have not seen anything official about the insurance increase either.

I have looked for press releases or announcements on both the MFA and DCA websites and found nothing about the change. Also nothing about it on immigrations websites.

[Merron]

10 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I have looked for press releases or announcements on both the MFA and DCA websites and found nothing about the change. Also nothing about it on immigrations websites.

Agree. Been looking for that official document where it says this for months. The only thing that has appeared about it is in newspapers and from a spokesman, but no official note about it but it is a requirement for NON OA by most Thai embassies. 

May be it show up one day . Thanks anyway