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Do I need to show funds in a Thai bank account when applying for a Non OA Visa?

Michael ********
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Just received my Non OA Visa. Flying end of the month to Thailand. Do I stil need to block the equivalent if 800 K THB here. Do I need to have them on a bank account in Thailand when i apply the first time within the 90 days after arrival st the immigrstion on Samui ? Would appreciate your sdvices very much.
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The user has received a Non OA Visa and inquired about needing to maintain an equivalent of 800,000 THB in a bank account while applying for immigration within 90 days of arrival in Thailand. The comments clarify that for a Non-OA visa, there is no requirement to show this amount in a Thai bank account initially. Instead, they need to demonstrate the required funds only when applying for a one-year extension, with the amount needing to be maintained in a Thai bank account for at least two months prior to the extension application.
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Rok ********
Rok ********
Non-OA is 1 year visa potentially could be 2 (if re-entering just before 1st year expiry with a new 1year insurance). No bank account deposit needed.
Greg ***********
Greg ***********
a Non-O/A visa gets you stamped in for one year. No need to show any money in a Thai bank account because for a Non-O/A visa you only need to show money in your home bank account. If you do a border run on the last day of the one-year visa validity, you will get stamped in for 365-days for the last time, given that your mandatory health insurance also is valid for 365 more days. Only when you then wish to stay in Thailand longer, you need to apply for the 1-year extension of the stay permit - that's when you need to show 800,000 THB in your Thai bank account, seasoned for 2 months on the day you apply for the "1-year extension" . . . . . . . . I strongly suspect you have not been issued a 365-days Non-Imm-O/A visa, but a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa instead. PLEASE CONFIRM what you got
Michael ********
Michael ********
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@Greg **********
Non OA 1 year Visa multiple entry
Michael ********
Michael ********
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@Greg **********
365 Non OA Longststay Visa with proven funds in home country, health insurance for 365 days. So I do not need to go to immigration before 1 year expires ?
Greg ***********
Greg ***********
@Michael *******
during the first year of a 1-year stay permit out of a Non-Imm-O/A visa, you only need to do your 90-days reports on Immigration. However when the day of the expiry of the visa validity (do not confuse the end-date of the visa validity with the date your stay permit is valid until!) is nearing, you need to do a border run in order to get stamped in for another 365-days period. You must secure a new one-year health insurance, get their F.I.C. statement which you need to show at the border when re-entering, as you will only get stamped in for as long as the health insurance is valid when you do a border bounce. During the "second year" (after the expiry of the visa validity) you do not have a multi re-entry permit any more, so if you wish to exit Thailand and return, you need to buy a single re-entry permit to keep your most recent stamped stay permit alive
Greg ***********
Greg ***********
@Michael *******
for a legalization with the embassy, you need an appointment, which can mean a more than 4 weeks wait. It is easier to get the income affidavit with consul Hofer in Pattaya on short notice and sometimes even as a walk-in
Michael ********
Michael ********
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@Greg **********
Thanks for this information. Will check with my Embassy in BKK directly. Got confused by the information circulating on the Internet.
Greg ***********
Greg ***********
@Michael *******
Your information is wrong. The German embassy and the honorary consul in Pattaya, A. Hofer, are still issuing official income affidavits of your income or your pension ("beglaubigte Einkommens-Bescheinigungen") for presenting to Immigration. It could probably mean that Immigration will NOT allow you to do the financial proof with the 12-months bank statements of transfers from abroad
Michael ********
Michael ********
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@Greg **********
German embassy does not. Abyway thanks for yr. comment
Greg ***********
Greg ***********
@Michael *******
I cannot say if your Immigration will accept a bank statement over monthly transfers from abroad of a minimum of 65,000 THB, month for month. Because normally only citizens of countries whose embassies in Bangkok do not issue "income affidavits" any more, are allowed to use this method of the financial proof. In case you are a German, Swiss or Austrian citizen, Immigration might insists that you use the embassy- or consul-legalized proof of income, as long as you are a citizen of a country whose embassy in Bangkok still issue the income affidavit
Greg ***********
Greg ***********
@Michael *******
no, you don't need the financial proof when doing the border bounce into the "second year". However when applying for the 1-year Extension of Stay Permit when the second year is ending, you need to prove 2 months seasoning of a minimum of 800,000 THB in your Thai bank account in your sole name. AND you will need proof of a one year Thai private tgia-listed health insurance, as from the extension on, foreign insurances will not be accepted any more from Immigration
Michael ********
Michael ********
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@Greg **********
Ok thanks - I have got that. But don’t I need to have after the first year a new financial proof ( either 800 K blocked or 12 monthly trsnsfers from abroad of min 65 K) ?
Keith *******
Keith *******
@Greg **********
perfect answer
Bob **********
Bob **********
Yes there’s a big difference in the two
Brandon ************
Brandon ************
Do you have the 90 day non-O visa or the 1 year non-OA visa? Because you're asking questions that make it seem like you have the 90 day non-O visa.

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