Retirement Visa.Bank Deposit In Uk ?

[strikingsunset]

I am looking at applying for a retirement visa in Hull,England.

I note that,to be recognised,funds need to be held in a Thai bank for 3 months.

Is it possible to open a Thai bank account in the UK,Deposit the £ sterling equivalent of 800,000 baht in the account and for this to be recognised as valid by the thai visa section in the UK ?

Many Thanks in advance

[Lite Beer]

If applying for a "Retirement Visa" Non Imm O-A Visa.

Hull cannot issue. Only The Thai Embassy in London can issue this. The money can be in a UK bank.

If applying for a Non Imm O Visa then Hull can issue.

You then travel to Thailand and open a bank account, deposit the 800,000 Baht and apply for a 12 month extension once the money has been in the bank for 2 months.

[lopburi3]

You can not apply for such a visa at Hull as they are not authorized to issue the non immigrant O-A visa. Only the Embassy in London can do so. And there is no need for a Thai bank account - you just prove income/cash in home country and provide medical and police reports.

For one year extensions of stay inside Thailand the money would have to be in a Thai bank account for two months the first time and three months each year thereafter.

[Colabamumbai]

If you can show the equivalent of 65,000 bhat coming into an account from abroad, per month, just once in the year, like I do as a Canadian living here on a retirement visa, I show the Canadian Embassy in Thailand that I have made a deposit (from a savings account Interest earning) into another account, chekqing) I take a copy of the deposit to the embassy here in Thailand and they give me a letter for Immigration here stating that I have the required Income, Immigration here issues a one year retirement visa.

Saves you having to deposit 800,000 bhat in a Thai bank account for 2 months or more.... It is like a card game show your hand or fold.