Do I need to transfer my pension monthly for a retirement visa in Thailand?

@John *********

I see there’s comment about this and I don’t know, but if there’s an updated list at the immigration offices over which embassies who provides and who don’t, I guess this is right. So this means if you’re pension is below 65K a month and your embassy provides a letter, you’ll anyway need 800K in your bank also for your second year extension of stay. (Combination option is out).

@Anne ******

As I understand from Norwegian people living in Thailand is that they just send their pension papers by e-mail to the Norwegian embassy in Bangkok, pay a small fee and after a while have the confirmation letter in return and that this is sufficient for the local immigration when they apply for their yearly extension of stay. (Or when applying for a Non O from Thailand if that’s the case). If you’re not already in Thailand it’s best to apply for a 90 days Non O in Germany first as it’s not easy to open a bank account in Thailand without a Long stay visa. (An agent might anyway help you to open).

@Anne ******

As you see her if they’ll ask for your bank, at least the last two months is sufficient. As told, normally letter is what’s required. But practice varies and I’ve heard of someone also asked to show bank statements when they applied for extension of stay. (Chiang Khan).

@Anne ******

I think the letter from the embassy it’s self it’s sufficient for to proof your income. (Nice to hear that you anyway can live a good life in Thailand with less than minimum of what’s required for visa😉).

@Jan *****************

that's my understanding