Can I use my bank statement for the 650,000 THB per month visa requirement if I send large amounts yearly?

The monthly income route seems way too complicated and the rules very strict, thus I'm glad they offer the 800k lump sum option. But to avoid dipping below that amount around visa renewal time, I use 900k with no worries of meeting day-to-day expenses. Just my method for ease and peace of mind.

Herd (sic) that they are stopping this.

@Glenn ****

800 before you could teach it for 3 month, now i d ont now....

If your just under the 65k baht per months, however have the 800k baht ready for a Thai Bank account and excess funds in an off shore account, will the combination prevail for an OA application 🤔..Thanks in advance 🙏

Why don’t you simply open an fcd account and send your monthly there when you don’t want to convert?

Just make sure it’s more than 65k when converted, even when you don’t want to convert.

Bangkok Bank allows you to open a usd or eur account without a y problem and you can access the money every day during bank hours.

You can do anything you want with the money that is deposited meaning you can spend it as soon as it arrives

100 BHT to the bank for their service. They also know exactly what immigration wants to see.

Agree with John L above. The rules are very simple. per month minimum. My company pension is paid directly to SCB. I go to bank and get them to prepare a copy of all pages of my account showing the monthly deposit.(Which actually says "pension"). I get bank to produce a cover letter addressed to immigration stating that I received 12 monthly pension payments in the last 12 months. Get this letter and copy of account on day I go to immigration. Dated on the same day. This has worked every year for the past 12 years plus.

Need statement for every month shows 65k transfer

It's minimum transfer of 65k p/m for 12 months without missing a single transfer every single month. (I'm not sure if it can be broken up into separate transfers or it needs to be 1 single transfer though).

Minimum of no averaging

The process and rules are very clear.

At the time you apply for your extension, you must be able to show 12 CONTINUOUS months of at least 65,000 per month of international transfers into your bank account. If you miss it by even one day in a month, for example you made the transfer on the 30th but it didn't clear until the 1st of the next month, your extension would be denied because you failed to meet the requirements. The only thing that varies with immigration offices can be that some will require the 65,000 to be in a single transfer each month, and not a combination of transfers throughout the month. Some immigration offices have also started asking for proof of the income, such as proof of the pension payments or something along those lines.

You ALSO must have met the requirements for the previous year's extension. Those requirements were that you keep your bank account at 800,000 baht for 3 months after you received the extension, and then never let your bank account drop below 400,000 the rest of the year. They will check your 12 months of bank statements to make sure those rules were met as well. If you failed to meet those requirements, your extension will also be denied.

If you meet all the requirements and get your extension, you can then withdraw the 400,000 and use it as you wish, and you'll need to continue the monthly transfers of at least 65,000 each month.