How can you provide proof of 12 months deposit in a Thai bank for an O Visa if you've just arrived?

@Mark ******

this is how it works

IF you're comin' here and wanting to apply for a 90 day Non-O visa and then the year extension BUT you come from a country whose embassy does NOT issue the affidavit of income from abroad letter (US/UK/Australia, etc), you MUST transfer in to a thai bank account in your name only a minimum of 65K baht a month, each month, every month for the previous 12 months <- which means you cannot use monthly income method to get the in country 90 day visa (with just a few transfers in) OR to get the year extension after that (with just a few more transfers in).

Your only option the for the Non-O and the first year extension is the 800K baht banked money method.

THEN you can start transfering in 65K baht a month and NEXT year you can use monthly income for your new extension.

That's the only way it can work, never seen someone who can't get an embassy letter get a year extension on monthly income with less than 12 previous transfers 🙁

You can't. For the initial Non-O inside Thailand (if you plan getting that) you need to transfer in 800k from overseas and then you can also use that for the first annual extension. Use that time to build up your monthly transfers. Unless of course ones embassy provides an income affidavit (UK doesn't)

Which country are you from? Depending on that you have either (a) affidavit from your embassy certifying pension payments in your home country, or (b) 12 monthly international transfers into a Thai bank account.

Ain't gonna happen for the first year if you just arrived.