How can I transition from a visa exempt stamp to a Non-O visa in Thailand?

I think what you are looking to do is have an agent help you open an account, deposit the money and then apply for your 90 day and the 1 year extension on the same day. This is the service that most agents provide.

Then after a week or so you put the 800k in the account.

The problem I can see with this approach is that your balance has dropped from 800k to whatever you opened the account with on the same day you applied for your 1 year extension. The requirement is that you maintain 800k from the day you apply for the extension for at least 3 months. I belive you will have an issue when you apply for your second extension.

The solution is to get the agent to get you the 90 day Non Immigrant O only. You send the 800k into your account as planned then 2 months later you can apply for your first extension yourself.

Best of luck.

To go to siem reap cambodia or laos and get a non o will be less than a month. You get to visit another country and explore and you spend less than 50k and can do it all yourself legally and properly. I would do instead of paying an agent.

Too messy and complicated !

Lots of Beautiful nice Countries that are smart, welcoming tourists( short/lobg, retired , students etc etc…)

It would be the bank giving you up to immigration if they are taking notice and dont forget it is supposed to be coded as overseas transfer.

I just did a 90 day non-O plus one year Visa extension. I used my own funds and used an agent. The total cost was ฿24,500. It’s all rumor, but I didn’t feel comfortable using the agents money For the bank balance. I heard immigration is not looking the other way at that sort of thing as much now.

Anyway, as I’m sure you know you have to leave the country to apply for the 90 day non-O. Even if you do it online. But that doesn’t mean you have to stay out of the country until it gets approved. If you come back in on a Visa exemption you’ll just have to leave again and come back again when the non-o gets approved. I was coming from my home country, but Mine took so long to get approved That’s what I did.

wonder if the visa exempt and other visa issues will change after the imminent election??

Probably deposit your own cash and not break any rules but will need the help of agents to open your bank accts and do your extension for the 1st year .....keep your funds in there so you can do your own extensions the following year

Better idea . Leave Thailand to somewhere like Vietnam, apply for you non-o using your home country bank statement, get visa, arrive in Thailand, open bank account and transfer at least 800k baht in. Leave for 2 months and pay 1900 baht for your 1 year extension.

You have just identified yourself on social media

Agents break the law to get your visa

So now you’re probably going to be flagged at immigration