I just got my 1st retirement extension this past December and at some point will be traveling out of the country with a re-entry permission.

I have a question about the official monetary requirement when returning to Thailand. Do you still need to be prepared to show 20k baht even though proof of income was provided when getting the 1 year retirement extension?

I am looking for the legal and official requirement not a "don't worry about the 20k" reply.

Thanks

Don't worry. It is almost never checked if you realy have 20,000. Especialy since you have permission to stay in the country already you will be fine.

The only type of entry that says anything about showing funds is for visa exempt entries.

You can go to this page on the MFA website and check to see if it is required for your entry.

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2637.php

But I can tell you that immigration at the airport never asks for it.

Don't worry. It is almost never checked if you realy have 20,000. Especialy since you have permission to stay in the country already you will be fine.

Cute. You know, it is OK not to know the answer.

Perhaps you didn't read my post clearly.

I am looking for the legal and official requirement, not a "don't worry about the 20k" reply.

I have already done over 1/2 a dozen crossings with my non-immig visa and have never been asked but I was wondering with a retirement extension, if anyone here knows whether the same 20k requirement applies.

Is it a visa exempt entry? No it is not.

The 20,000 baht rule does not apply even more so since you are using a re-entry permit for an extension of stay.

Upon entry into Thailand one must have sufficent means to support one self. I believe the norm is now 40,000 for a family, 20,000 for a single person. That goes for any entry with a visa or visa exempt entry or visa on arrival

In case of using a re-entry permit in combination with an extension of stay of a non-immigrant visa such requirement is unlikely, since immigration has already determent that you have sufficient means to stay when they grantedd you the extension of stay.

In the case of a multiple non-immigrant it can be argued that the requirement is there every time you enter.

That would be my interpretation of the rule. But I have to say I have not seen the official wording of the rule.

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2482.php?id=2489

My take on it is that you have already shown you can support yourself by applying for and getting a 12 month extension. But as I do not really know the answer feel free to disregard my opinion.

My take on it is that you have already shown you can support yourself by applying for and getting a 12 month extension. But as I do not really know the answer feel free to disregard my opinion.

As much as I value your opinion LB, that type of common sense logic doesn't always apply in the LOS.

Thanks all.

My take on it is that you have already shown you can support yourself by applying for and getting a 12 month extension. But as I do not really know the answer feel free to disregard my opinion.

As much as I value your opinion LB, that type of common sense logic doesn't always apply in the LOS.

Thanks all.

You could well be correct. That is why you are never going to get a definitive answer to your question as I do not think there is one.

You could well be correct. That is why you are never going to get a definitive answer to your question as I do not think there is one.

Now that's answer, I can live with.

There is no requirement to show money when you arrive in Thailand with a re-entry permit.

There is no official document to say that there is no such requirement.

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Maestro

There is no requirement to show money when you arrive in Thailand with a re-entry permit.

There is no official document to say that there is no such requirement.

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Maestro

The elusive definitive answer.

There is no requirement to show money when you arrive in Thailand with a re-entry permit.

There is no official document to say that there is no such requirement.

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Maestro

:D

Vagabond :D

The only type of entry that says anything about showing funds is for visa exempt entries.

You can go to this page on the MFA website and check to see if it is required for your entry.

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2637.php

But I can tell you that immigration at the airport never asks for it.

They may not ask Farang

But several of my Asian Friends have been asked to show

the Funds when applying for Tourist Visa Exemption.

And that is NOT the only category

Visa on Arrival is also required to have Funds

but not everybody is aked to show the money.

If you are arriving without permission to stay

- Tourist Visa Exempt - Visa on Arrival - the rules mention the Funds requirement.

If you have permission to stay when you arrive

Visa - Visa Extension - Re-entry Permit

The Rules make no mention of any Funds requirement.

Bill

The only type of entry that says anything about showing funds is for visa exempt entries.

You can go to this page on the MFA website and check to see if it is required for your entry.

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2637.php

But I can tell you that immigration at the airport never asks for it.

They may not ask Farang

But several of my Asian Friends have been asked to show

the Funds when applying for Tourist Visa Exemption...

Lest somebody should get confused:

– When Ubonjoe wrote “...check to see if it is required for your entry...immigration at the airport never asks for it”, he was referring to the OP's entry with a re-entry permit.

– WilliamIV refers to arrival in Thailand without a visa or re-entry permit.

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Maestro

The only type of entry that says anything about showing funds is for visa exempt entries.

You can go to this page on the MFA website and check to see if it is required for your entry.

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2637.php

But I can tell you that immigration at the airport never asks for it.

They may not ask Farang

But several of my Asian Friends have been asked to show

the Funds when applying for Tourist Visa Exemption.

And that is NOT the only category

Visa on Arrival is also required to have Funds

but not everybody is aked to show the money.

If you are arriving without permission to stay

- Tourist Visa Exempt - Visa on Arrival - the rules mention the Funds requirement.

If you have permission to stay when you arrive

Visa - Visa Extension - Re-entry Permit

The Rules make no mention of any Funds requirement.

Bill

Agree

If you look through MFA website the only reference to funds is when applying for a visa. When you make an application for a visa on arrival it is the same.

On arrival the only entry that requires the funds is a visa exempt entry.

It does not mention re-entry permits but it is considered the same as having a visa. That is what you use when you check in for a flight so that you don't have to have a return or onward ticket.

I believe all entry into Thailand requires you have sufficient funds, regardless of the kind of visa. Not only a visa on arrival.

Agree with Joe on the MFA webiste, that one makes it looks like if you need to show it when applying for a visa.

The OP was asking about Regulations regarding showing Funds at point of Entry.