12 minutes ago, proton said:

Had an email from the Thaivisa  centre, why do they need 5 months notice, is it harder to find IO's willing to look the other way these days?

They don't need 5 months notice.

Not even clear what you needed agent for.

From their email seems your next extension is months away. 

 

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

They are saying they don't want people pestering them if the extension is 5+ months away

 

Really, I must have mis understood it, wont be me pestering them anyway.

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

They don't need 5 months notice.

Not even clear what you needed agent for.

From their email seems your next extension is months away. 

 

 

Never used them never gave them my email, no idea where they got it from, could only have been immigration!

3 hours ago, timendres said:

I have my doubts that 800K sitting in a Thai bank account could be used to obtain the Non-O outside Thailand.

 

Why do  you think that the funds in your Thai bank account could not be used to get a visa for Thailand from a Thai embassy? 😁 

3 hours ago, timendres said:

That said, I have my doubts that 800K sitting in a Thai bank account could be used to obtain the Non-O outside Thailand. Maybe I am wrong about that,

Yes you are wrong.  I did exactly that last year.

7 hours ago, Upnotover said:

Yes you are wrong.  I did exactly that last year.

 

Thank you. That is good to know.

12 hours ago, robz said:

My bank transfers always contain the remark :

Descriptions: Trade Finance Deposit
Channel: Trade Finance

That's Kasikorn speak for International transfer.

On 3/23/2025 at 1:18 PM, timendres said:

 

The issue was that I was here on a Non-B visa, which I extended based on work permit. However, my working days ended and I wanted to change to a retirement extension. The retirement extension requires a Non-O visa. You cannot obtain a retirement extension based on a Non-B visa. Thus, I was required to leave and re-enter the country to obtain the Non-O. There are some who claim to have managed to make the change from Non-B to Non-O without leaving the country, and at the moment I cannot remember the circumstances that allowed then to do that, but prevented me from doing the same. Having left and re-entered "visa exempt", then obtaining the Non-O in country, I was required to show the 800K and demonstrate that it came from abroad - requiring both bank statements and the transfer "credit advice" from the bank.

 

When I retired from Mahidol, I like you thought I would need to change my visa from Non-B to Non-O. As it ended up, however, when I went to Nakhon Pathom immigration (where Mahidol is located and where university employees were directed for extensions), the immigration officer said not so. She simply wrote a note in my passport underneath the extension that was expiring, issued me a letter, and sent me to Chaengwattana, because I actually live in Bangkok and would henceforth need to do my extensions there. Subsequently, I extended on my Non-B for purposes of retirement at Chaengwattana and have now done so for nine consecutive years.

19 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Subsequently, I extended on my Non-B for purposes of retirement at Chaengwattana and have now done so for nine consecutive years.

Exactly. You changed what your extension (permission of stay) was based on. 

In your case to retirement. 

23 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

When I retired from Mahidol, I like you thought I would need to change my visa from Non-B to Non-O. As it ended up, however, when I went to Nakhon Pathom immigration (where Mahidol is located and where university employees were directed for extensions), the immigration officer said not so. She simply wrote a note in my passport underneath the extension that was expiring, issued me a letter, and sent me to Chaengwattana, because I actually live in Bangkok and would henceforth need to do my extensions there. Subsequently, I extended on my Non-B for purposes of retirement at Chaengwattana and have now done so for nine consecutive years.

 

Thank you for confirming this. I was told by numerous people (an agent and a CW IO) that I could not get a retirement extension using my Non-B visa. It is good to hear confirmation that someone has done it with a Non-B. Sounds like immigration just wants to create more business for itself (in my case).

1 hour ago, timendres said:

 

Thank you for confirming this. I was told by numerous people (an agent and a CW IO) that I could not get a retirement extension using my Non-B visa. It is good to hear confirmation that someone has done it with a Non-B. Sounds like immigration just wants to create more business for itself (in my case).

 

The one thing I might add that could be important is that when I retired from Mahidol they also gave me a letter certifying the retirement. Nakhon Pathom immigration wanted and kept the letter before writing the sentence notation below my expiring work extension and sending me over to Chaengwattana.

On 3/21/2025 at 1:03 PM, DrJack54 said:

If you are doing "bank to bank" Transfers then they will show as international in your Thai bank account. 

Many guys in Thailand use companies such as WISE and sometimes transfers are not show as international, 

Yes I found that out when the immigration officer asked me to get foreign funds transfer receipts from the bank for every single transaction that was done from overseas. The Wise transactions that were done on a real time basis, that is all transactions below 50.000 Baht were shown as local bank transfers. The Wise transactions that take 1-2 days to process (transactions over 50.000 Baht) were correctly shown as "ftt" transactions. 

17 minutes ago, AusDieMaus said:

The Wise transactions that take 1-2 days to process (transactions over 50.000 Baht) were correctly shown as "ftt" transactions. 

Don't follow. 

FTT so you use Bangkok Bank? 

My Wise transfers from Oz bank takes seconds. 

31 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Don't follow. 

FTT so you use Bangkok Bank? 

My Wise transfers from Oz bank takes seconds. 

Yes the code "ftt" in banking refers to Foreign Telegraphic Transfer, and I am using bangkok bank. Wise transfers of less then 50.000 Baht take seconds. But in my case they did not show up as "ftt" transfers and immigration did not accept them. Luckily I had enough correct transfers to cover 700k+ Baht which they accepted for my application.

19 minutes ago, AusDieMaus said:

Wise transfers of less then 50.000 Baht take seconds

My monthly transfers of 100k+ take seconds.

17 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

My monthly transfers of 100k+ take seconds.

 

Yours are funded from a Wise balance.  I reckon AusdieMaus will be transferring from his home country bank.

1 hour ago, treetops said:

Yours are funded from a Wise balance

I don't have a Wise balance.

Step 1 transfer funds from my Westpac account to Wise. (Instant)

Step 2 Transfer from Wise  to Thai Kasikorn a/c (basically instant) 

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

I don't have a Wise balance.

Step 1 transfer funds from my Westpac account to Wise. (Instant)

Step 2 Transfer from Wise  to Thai Kasikorn a/c (basically instant) 

 

Your screenshot says differently so something isn't the same.  For me your 2 steps are done in one press of a button, although I'm not using Aussie sources of funds so things may not be identical.

1 hour ago, treetops said:

Your screenshot says differently so something isn't the same

You are referring to second line in my screenshot....

"You used AUD in your wise account" 

I don't keep money in the wise account.

WISE some time ago had all AU customers set up a "wallet" with them. The balance can be zero.

So anytime you wish to do a transfer it's....

Open online banking app and transfer to Wise Account.

Then in WISE hit send to Thai bank account.

Always seconds total process