Do non-OA visa holders need to maintain an 800K balance for 3 months after the extension?

@Tod ********

that was mine 😉👍🏻

@Sandy *****

Chaengwattana does NOT require you to go back 3 months after you get the year extension and show your bank balance. Next year when you apply for your new extension they will look in your bank book and see if you met the terms of keeping the money in the bank for 3 months after or not.

@James ********

, you can open a straight savings account if you want to. Keep in mind if you're going to open a fixed account that there are two types in thailand.

One type of fixed account allows you access to the money anytime (even if accessing it makes you lose all the interest or get a penalty) and this is the one you CAN use for the bank account if you want to

The other type of fixed account does NOT allow you to access the money during the term of the deposit (it's frozen in the account) and this is the one you CANNOT use for the bank account.

@James ********

mine is on a savings account at BBL, not a problem