Can I use an online bank account like Ally for a 90-day Non-O retirement visa application in Thailand?

@Randy ******

The only 'issue' we had opening our Thai bank account was that they wanted a "letter or statement" saying that we are retired. Since no such thing exists in the States, we just showed last year's tax return showing zero income (from wages). After that it was just a matter of them stamping papers and us signing them.

@Doug ******

well - when I applied for my non-o - which I did several times - I always used the annual tax report - no problems.

@Doug ******

Yes, last 3 months statements from your USA bank. My statements, 3 months, online printout, concatenated into a single .pdf file, from a Japanese bank, were fine. I got the eVisa.

@Doug ******

funds only need seasoning for an extension in country, not to buy the visa.

@Doug ******

Just check out the requirements on the Thai E-visa website. I don't know which embassy or consulate you belong to in the US.

@Doug ******

I can't say for sure as each embassy has its own requirements. We applied from Ho Chi Minh City and they only required the most recent statement showing a minimum of 800k Thai baht.

@David *********

same as Laos. They asked for the last 3 months of statements but the most recent statement is the one that had to show 800k. It tripped me up at first as well because I kept overlooking the key word "currently". I feel like they ask for 3 months of statements just to verify it really is your account, I'm probably wrong just my opinion.

@Doug ******

I came over here on a 90 day non-o from the L.A. (US) office in May. You just need to provide proof of 800k available in the account from your most recent statement. They might ask for 3 months worth of statements but only the last statement has to prove you currently have 800k in the account.

@Doug ******

when I did the 90 day non-o in Washington using the L.A. office it took about 10 days for an approval. When I did it in Laos , they killed it in 4 days and that was ony because I didn't send what they needed. If I had I, truly believe it would have been accomplished the same day. I did have a problem with my files being to big and I found a file compressor online for free that made it work. If I had that knowledge ahead of time I could have saved so much time. Best of luck to you.

@Doug ******

DeepSeek response...

@Doug ******

you have been banging your head against this wall for at least a week. There is no seasoning of the 800K funding requirement for an out of country non O based on being over 50. You simply show the money, you don't need to show it sitting in the account for x days, weeks, months.

@Doug ******

She is correct and maybe you should stop using ChatGPT. Just saying.

@Max ************

I'm a solid he, hehe

@Wannikea ********

They haven't got a clue about official requirements and they keep using crap like ChatGPT. 😎

@Doug ******

You're totally clueless when it comes to visas and requirements and you're questioning people that knows. Either you're listening to wrong people or you're reading stuff from questionable websites or forums. If I were you I wouldn't argue about stuff you know nothing about.

@Max ************

the answers are a direct relation to the quality of the question