Do I need to transfer my income to a Thai bank account for a retirement visa in Thailand if my embassy no longer confirms income?

I have married to Thai visa, my monthly income 40,000 (married to Thai) comes from Uk directly into my Thai bank, and they supply me with confirmation each month with a print out. Just a note, this system is long and complicated, much paperwork, and you have to supply 2 copies of everything.

Apply for DTV visa in your country before you move to Thailand. This visa is much easier to maintain and it's 5 year multi entry. Retirement visa is so complicated and you must keep funds in your account in Thailand.

Go to the local branch of your Thai bank that deals with International transactions for all branches in your area.

They can provide a printout of international transfers to your account.

For example for KBank in Chiang Mai it is the Tha Pae Rd branch.

Chiang Mai Immigration accept this printout as monthly proof of funds

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@Tod ********

The information I got and am doing when Canada stopped issuing letters was to open a bank account in a Thai Bank which was very dificult and do an international transfer of a minimum of 65,000 baht each and every month for 12 months prior ot applying for my next retirement visa. I am not allowed to miss any months and make it up the next month. If I use wise it will not show up as an international transfer so I have to transfer it directly from my Canadian bank into the Bangkok bank. We will see what happens next year. I have had a retirement visa for at least 10 years.

Many Immigration Offices will not accept 40k transfers for marriage extensions, only Embassy affidavits or monthly salary of 40k in Thailand.

You can show monthly income to get the initial 90 day Non-O visa based on marriage at the embassy in your country before you wing your way bere BUT

You will not be able to use monthly income method to get the first yearly extension on that 90 day entry after you get here..

The US/UK/Aussie embassies all stopped affidavit of income from abroad letters back at the end of 2018 (so this isn't a new thing by any means)

What that means for people from those countries is IF they want to use monthly income method to meet proof of funds for visa/extensions they have to transfer in to a thai bank account in their name only the required minimum (for marriage 40kbaht a month), each month, every month for the previous 12 months before you apply for the extension <- you see how that rules out using monthly income by transfer for the first year extension 😕