Can I use a foreign currency deposit for the 800,000 Thai baht requirement for a retirement visa in Thailand?

if i buy a condo in Pattaya for 800,000B does that work for a retirement visa

If applying for an O-A type retirement visa in the home country (long stay - "retirement"... the deposit can be in your home country bank account (in your name only) in sufficient currency "equivalent" to 800,000 Baht - deposited 3 months prior to application at the Thai Embassy /Consulate... (example USD = to about 25,526 USD give or take an accurate exchange rate reading at time of deposit. Best to add a bit more USD.

Another aspect to getting the O-A in the Home Country is that once the O-A Visa sticker is placed in your Passport - you can withdraw the 800,000 Equivalent and put it somewhere else or pay back the loan from whence the funds came. After award of the O-A Visa Sticker in the Passport no check on the funds by any authority is ever done again.

foreign currency account ok 100%

News to me. I was always told it had to be in THB and that they were very particular about following that rule.

Do not forget that by using a FDC account, I have one at Bangkok Bank, you are at the whim of currency fluxuations, so that foreign currency is not always equivalent to bt800,000, or more. The exchange rate can change making your FCD money worth less than the bt800,000. It is best to use a Thai baht account for that, then the actual amount never changes.

Can be in foreign currency deposit provided it’s in a bank in Thailand Must also have the full balance in the account for the minimum required period.