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How can I prove that my savings for a NON-O visa extension in Thailand came from overseas?

Jul 5, 2025
10 days ago
Tan ************
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I have non o visa, going next month to extent and open bank ac. Question is how to prove that saving came from oversea. I have problem to transfer the amount in one month after opening ac. Can I bring cash when I enter. ? Thks
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The user is seeking advice on how to demonstrate that their savings, necessary for extending their Non-O visa, are from overseas. They express concerns about transferring funds into a Thai bank account within a month of opening it and ask if bringing cash is a viable option. The community responds by clarifying that cash cannot be brought in for this purpose and that funds must be shown as foreign transfers through a bank. They also mention that the money needs to be in the Thai bank account for at least two months before applying for the extension.
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Henrik *****
Don’t expect it to be easy, even with non-o, to open a bankaccount, without having stayed months in a permanent Thai adress.
Jim *******
Simply, you can not open a bank based solely on an account based on overseas bank account whatever money you may have in it. What you can do, said here many times, apply for an "Non Immigrant O visa, 90 days. Then your bank account counts, wherever you are,

Then the process starts.
Tan ************
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@Jim ******
pls READ before you comment
Jim *******
@Tan ***********
I am in that process right now, in Baqngkok. Came on 90 days, Evisa.

What else should i read?
Graham ******
You will not be going for a 12 month extension in a month if you don't already have the funds seasoning in a Thai bank account
Dorothy ******
Following
Dorothy ******
Kool *******
Do not forget the money has to be in your Thai bank account for at least two months before you can apply for the extension.
Dek ******
@Kool ******
it's now 4 months
Kool *******
@Dek *****
no it's not.
Darren *********
You cannot bring the cash. It has to show from the bank as a foreign transfer.
Giovanni **********
@Darren ********
They weren't remotely interested where the money came from at my immigration office.
Reinhard ********
@Darren ********
At our Immi nobody cares from where the money comes.
Tony **********
Doesn't matter. You won't be a tax resident in 2025 so you won't be liable for tax on any funds you remit to Thailand.
Tan ************
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@Tony *********
to put open bank ac for the visa extension purpose.
Andy ************
@Tony *********
It sounds like he's bringing in savings, which are not assessable for tax anyway, irrespective of days spent here
Tony **********
@Andy ***********
you're guessing, but it doesn't matter for the rest of this year.
Andy ************
@Tony *********
Yes I'm guessing he's bringing in savings, but if he is then it's not taxable. Even the UK can't tax savings (as much as they'd like to!)
Anna *********
Not that much cash 😀When you transfer funds visa Swift, Wise and others you are asked to enter a reason ( code) From memory it’s something like ‘ long stay’ or ‘retirement’
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