Can my Chinese parents apply for Thailand’s Non-Immigrant O-A retirement visa using a Chinese bank account?

1. Apply for a 90 day non-O retirement visa online at your countries embassy/consulate.

2. Enter Thailand using the visa.

3. Go to your local immigration office the next day to get a residence certificate and whilst you are there get the list of requirements to extend your stay and the form.

4. Get a Thai sim card for your phone linked to your passport.

5. Open a bank account using your non-O visa and residence certificate and sim card phone number + usually an additional form of id like a driving licence. You might need to try several banks to find a farang friendly one, so do this within the first week of arrival.

6. Transfer 800,000 baht into your Thai bank account.

7. Wait 2 months for your money to season, then return to immigration with all of the information provided on their list, the completed form and 1,900 baht in cash to get your extension.

8. The 800,000 baht may partly used during the first year but never may reach lower than 0 baht, when needing a prolongation there must be 0 bath again

1.Applicant must be aged 50 years and over (on the day of submitting application).

2. Applicant not prohibited from entering the Kingdom as provided by the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 (1979).

3. Having the nationality of or residence in the country where applicant’s application is submitted.

4. Applicant must have a bank deposit of Account balance no less than 800,000 Baht

5. Hotel booking or accommoddation arrangements.

6. Itinerary showing flight from U.S. to Thailand and flight out of Thailand.

For the proof of where you rent you need =

a.Signed copy of the Landlord's Thai ID card (or passport if the landlord is a foreigner).

b.Signed copy of the Blue Book (Tabien Baan, which shows the registered house/condo details and ownership).

c.Signed copy of the Chanote (Title Deed) or proof of ownership.

d.Rental / Lease Agreement signed by both you and the landlord.

e.TM.30 Receipt (Notification of foreign resident arrival submitted by the landlord to immigration).

f.Hand-drawn map showing the location of your residence (often required by local immigration offices, sometimes signed or verified). ask immigration is there needed anything more because it is not on all places the same

You will get a 12 month Non-OA visa and each entry during those 12 months will be for up to 12 months based on the expiry date of your mandatory insurance

If you eventually extend the OA inside Thailand then you will need the 800,000 baht to be in a Thai bank and they will need qualifying health insurance.

These are questions for the thai consulate in China where you will be applying

Finances in a Chinese bank are okay. The accompanying spouse would need to apply for a 90 day Non-O visa based on being the dependant of the Non-OA holder, they would get an extension inside Thailand which would be aligned with the date of the Non-OA holder