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Can my friend apply for a Thai O visa using monthly transfers of 65,000 THB?
A friend of mine wants to move to Thailand next year and he has opened a bank account this week. He wants to start transferring the 65000 THB every month and apply for the O visa (was it O?) end of next year based on these transfers. Is that even possible? or does he have to do the 800K first and the 65K is only allowed for extension of stay? He doesn’t live in his home country and he will use his bank card to withdraw money from time to time too. Thank you for your insights
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The friend can start transferring 65,000 THB monthly and later apply for the Non-O visa. However, to get a yearly extension, he needs to show evidence of these transfers for the preceding 12 months. He may want to start with a Non-O visa at a Thai consulate and then follow through with the extension process by proving his financial transfers and savings.
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Tod *********
@Flo****
, well, there are 70+ immigration offices inside this country, you don't say where he'll be, and each one has it's own quirks. The rule is written to get a yearly extension based on retirement using monthly income method he needs to transfer in to the country from abroad a minimum of 65K baht per month, each month EVERY month for the preceding 12 months before he applies for an extension.
That's how it's written and following that at any office SHOULD be able to meet the proof of funds to get an extension
Tod *********
I would have him begin transferring in the 65K baht minimum as soon as he can AND then get a 90 day Non-O visa based on being over 50 from a thai consulate in a nearby country to start the 'retirement extension process'.
He'd come in on the 90 day Non-O visa, then when he has 30 days or less left on it he'd go to the immigration office and apply for a yearly extension by showing the monthly international transfers and his thai bank book and letter from the bank.
That SHOULD get him a year extension.
He'd come in on the 90 day Non-O visa, then when he has 30 days or less left on it he'd go to the immigration office and apply for a yearly extension by showing the monthly international transfers and his thai bank book and letter from the bank.
That SHOULD get him a year extension.
Florian ***************
OP@Tod ********
thank you. noted the SHOULD. 🙂Tod *********
He should just get the O-A visa from a thai consulate in HIS country before he wings his way here. Whether he lives there or not he could use the thai consulate there to get the visa..
Florian ***************
OP@Tod ********
then does the way he intends to do it work?Tod *********
@Flo****
That's the BEST and easiest way.. I didn't say anything about it being the only way.Florian ***************
OP@Tod ********
So that’s the only way? Not sure in which country he will be by then - he is sailing around the worldActivity
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