Can a 90-day Non-O visa be converted into a retirement extension using monthly transfers of 65,000 baht?

I will touch on this one more time.. When they changed the rules (just after the three big embassies here [UK, US and Aussie] stopped the income affidavit notaries) and went to the monthly income method by international transfer they did have a provision written in to the rule that said special dispensation should be given to people getting their FIRST retirement extension using monthly transfers insofar as if it was the first yearly extension from a new Non-O you didn't need 12 months of transfers.

BUT

With that being said, I have NEVER, as in not even one time, seen any immigration office accept less that 12 months of international transfers to issue a yearly extension, and never saw an office issue an initial yearly extension using monthly transfers not even one..

All I can say is CONTACT YOUR IMMIGRATION OFFICE and ask what their policy is..

The only one who can tell you IF monthly income method via 65k baht a month international transfers for the previous 12 months will work would be the immigration office where you would apply for your extension..

The reason I say that is I had someone at Chaengwattana who was here on a 90 day Non-O visa they got from a thai consulate, AND they had 12 months of international transfers in excess of 65k baht a month,

BUT

they were denied the yearly extension based on monthly income because they weren't ON an O visa/extension for the previous 12 months 🙁 They had to use banked money method (which they luckily had in another bank account)

So I'd say as soon as you get here, GO to your immigration office with your bank book and show them the 65K baht a month transfers and ask IF you can use it or not