Can I renew my NON-O visa in Thailand without an agent after depositing 800,000 baht in the second year?

You will need to deposit 800,000 for the first year, no more agent BS. Times have moved on.

I believe from what I've read and videos I've watched that this was one off the main reason bank accounts were frozen because it was the money of the person applying for the visa.

If you can afford it then you should put your own money in.

The 65k monthly for 1st renewal if you come from a country that allows a letter from your embassy that is the way to go.

But if you are like me a UK citizen then my pensions can be paid directly into the Thai bank account and a statement will suffice.

Many said there, some agents put the money 800,000 THB ( it is their own money ) into the bank account and after minutes they withdrew it. This is a trick. But, To whose Thai account they put their money in? Applicants account in Thai bank?? or their own name account??? if the applicants account, in my case, there is no record of transactions of this 800,000 THB in the bank transaction history or bankbook at all. There was no 800,000 THB in and out at all in the bank record of my account. How could they do this? if they really put the money into my account and withdraw it? , there must be a deposit record of this in the bank statement and bank book. But I can not find any of this. Did you check your account history or record of this money in and out?

You can use an agent to do the paperwork and use your 800K transfer to avoid getting stuck with that agent in the future.

My 1st year I had the 800k ready to transfer but the sneaky agent did the deposit using their funds and withdraw immediately following getting the letter from the bank.

I did the transfer of 800k immediately into the account and left it there all year. I then used their funds agent the 2nd year but no funny funds transfers to validate my bank history for the year.

I'm a bit confused. If I get a visa now with an agent who deposits 800,000 baht into my bank account for 10 minutes, and then I transfer my 800,000 baht from abroad and keep it in the account for a year, will I get a visa extension or not? Can someone answer this question for me? Thank you.

You can use the ag3nt as your first time visa.because alot of paperwork etc..and they won't make your application smooth..as the agent and imm..got involved with the fee ..2nd time as long you must remember all the papers..you can renew yourself be sure to have your wife along as 1 thai can speak thai is better..cheers

The problem comes from the agent depositing the 800k for 10 minutes. That 800k isn't seasoning for 3 months after the extension is granted therefore the terms of the extension aren't met and in theory you're on overstay. So.. start fresh.

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Can’t you just switch to the baht transfer every month for the second year? Should be no problem.

Generally if you use an agent to “fund” your visa/extension they you’re stuck on that gravy train until you start afresh with a “clean” visa.

Like everything here it is probably office dependent so check with yours as to their policy.