Do I need to keep the full 65,000 monthly deposit in my Thai account for a Non-O visa, and is proof of source required?

@John *********

are they enforcing this silly nonsense about coming in 90 days after the visa is issued, to show you still have the 800k?

@Jackie **********

most offices just check when you go for your next extension. If you didn't keep the 800k for 3 months (not 90 days) the next extension will be refused

@Jackie **********

each office is different. I think Jomtien/Chonburi is the only office that specifically makes you come back to prove it. But many other offices will give you an under consideration stamp and general guidance is to leave the money alone until you return and get the full stamp.

@Bobby *******

why is that Bobby? Anyway, I already have the tourist visa and in hand and am landing in 4 weeks - so too late for that. ;-) All others had suggested I take the route I am using.

@Jamie ******

Because as John has said, for an initial non-O in country they may request 800k in a bank account. For an extension the 65k is acceptable

@Bobby *******

Thanks then John said "if your Embassy provides you with an affidavit confirming your income you can use that, in fact I believe you have to use that rather than the monthly transfer option. You can also use it for the initial application". And this is the information I have been operating with - advice I got back here on this site several times earlier.

@Jamie ******

As far as I know the Affidavit method affirming your pension by your embassy in Thailand (I will hazard a guess that you are probably Canadian) is a different ballgame. It allows you to apply from within Thailand for a Non-O (Retirement) Visa.

You will have to clarify what you mean by "take some out" as of course you will have to take some out (or all) to live on in Thailand and that account will be replenished monthly! But if you mean whether you can send large amounts back to your home country to pay bills there...that I do not know. Although I cannot see why that will be a problem if you can live on what you are left with in that account. The pension money being transferred in will show where the money is coming from...overseas.

@Mark *****

Hi Mark, that original question re: taking some out, was not actually mine. I was just riding on this question to clarify the validity of the affadavit approach for Canadians in Thailand seeking non immigrant O retirement.

@Jamie ******

The affidavit method might be different, I'm not sure, but if you've been advised previously I'd say you have no worries.

@John *********

whew...thanks John .. was worried there for a bit