How can I show that my THB 800,000 transfer is legitimate for my O-A visa extension in Thailand?

@Michael *****

You received TONS of misleading advice here, so I am gonna try to get your ducks in a row

“Okay, so I will come back to Thailand again on my current OA before it expires, with health insurance, and will get a one year stamp”

That’s alright, if you enter before the Visa validity is up, you will receive 365 days stay permit, however only if your health insurance will carry you that far, too. You will have to show the insurance policy (must be in English) at the border, together with the signed F.I.C. (foreign insurance certificate)

“Then if I need to leave TH before end of that year”

During this “second year” you have no more re-entry permit. You can travel freely and exit and re-enter Thailand, but you need to buy a re-entry permit (single 1000.- THB, or multi 3800.- THB) before leaving Thailand, in order to keep your last stay permit alive

“I will top up account to 800k+ baht and before I leave Thailand get a non-O visa with re-entry permit so I can come back again on that non-O visa.”

This is NOT POSSIBLE, not this way around. In order to apply for a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa in your home country or on Immigration inside Thailand. You firstly have to invalidate the last stay permit you got stamped. This is easy during the second year, because leaving Thailand without a re-entry permit, will invalidate your stay permit and you are free, again, to apply for another visa

„Question: Is there no benefit in already having a valid OA when applying for a new non-O?”

It sounds wrong, because that’s what it is

It’s actually not possible to apply for another or new visa, if you still got a valid visa or a valid stay permit

You can get around the health insurance requirement only with an initial “Non-Imm-O retirement visa” and a subsequent application for a “1-year Extension of Stay Permit based on retirement” (in brief: EOS)

For the application to the “EOS” (which by the way is technically NOT a visa but an extended stay permit) on the day of application your 800.000.- THB deposit must have seasoned in your Thai bank account for two months. SOME immigrations ignore the police order and ask for 3 months seasoning. Beware!

For the application to the EOS out of a Non-Imm-O visa which you received abroad, you don’t need a proof that the money came from abroad.

However if you want to enter visa exempt or on a 60-days tourist visa, and apply for the “change of visa type” on Immigration, the 800.000.- THB will have to sit in the account yet, no seasoning proof required, but you need to prove that the money came from abroad.

@Michael *****

The receiving Thai bank must code the transfer accordingly. To receive this by a WISE transfer and being coded as coming from abroad, you must mark the transfer as “Funds for Longstay in Thailand”

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask here. I will stay with the thread

Where did you invent that idea?

I transferred much more than that twice for property purchase this year.

No problem.

The bt800,000 must be transferred in from an overseas source. This creates a paper trail of where the money came from. He can't just deposit cash in his account. It must be transferred in with a bank to bank transfer.

People do it every day no problem

And maybe a little bit more expensive, but you can transfer it in a couple of parts as international transfer. Only thing is that you reach the 800k฿ 2 months before you ask the extension (not end date of visa)

I transferred millions of baht to Kasikorn last year when I bought a car and built a house. No questions asked.

If you are an American and have over $10,000 in a foreign account at any time then you must file an FBAR around tax time.

I doubt that 800kthb is enough to trigger anti laundering checks, as long as its not a regular occurance, if possible get the payment sent for "living expenses". If still concerned you call the Bangkok bank helpline, they could probably give you the latest details.

The recently introduced 50kthb per bank transaction or 200kthb aday limit in a day only checks who you are by face recognition.

If you have an OA visa expiring in December all you need do is step out of Thailand a couple of weeks b4 expiry date then come back in and you will be stamped back in for another year. No need to tran 800K.

You will need to have another 12 months med insurance organised and possibly a re entry permit if your OA is not multi entry.

When you make the transfer it needs to be tagged for living expenses or retirement purposes.

If you are on the first year of your OA and you border bounce just before it expires and you have the necessary insurance you will get stamped in for another 12 months.

Show the immigration requirement for 800k THB in order to get a retirement visa. immigration issues a list of the requirements