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How does the 65,000 baht monthly income requirement work for the Thai visa extension?

Oct 12, 2025
6 days ago
Ron ********
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How does the 65000 baht per month work? Can I withdraw it right away? I am talking about the 2nd extension. Tia
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The 65000 baht per month income requirement means you need to have that recurring amount transferred internationally to qualify for a visa extension. Once the money is deposited, you can withdraw and use it as you wish. However, if you are opting for the 800,000 baht savings method, you must maintain that amount in a Thai bank account for three months. To switch to the income method, you could have your pension certified by your embassy or arrange for the monthly transfer after fulfilling the savings requirement for a year.
Robert **********
If your embassy will certify your pension, you can do it this way. Otherwise, you need to put in the ฿800,000 as normal, and then for a year, arrange a transfer of ฿65,000 per month. Then you can switch to the monthly income method. 
Einat *******
@Robert *********
I dont understand...you mean, its not enough to prove that the income is pension to the Thai embassy (who issued the 90day visa..??? when the 90 days end, the same thing needs to be proved again ...???
Robert **********
@Einat ******
you have to prove international transfers each and every month for one year.
Glenn *******
@Robert *********
so the 65,000 must come into a Thai bank? You can't show proof of bank statements from a US account?

Shaughn ***********
@Glenn ******
correct, unless your embassy certifies that. Only a very few country’s embassies will certify your income in home country is an over that amount. Most dont
Glenn *******
@Shaughn **********
so as a follow up, I wouldn't be able to get the income certified if I came first on the 90 day visa, then tried to convert to 1 year there in Thailand?
Shaughn ***********
@Glenn ******
it would depend on your nationality and the immigration branch you use. There’s only a handful of countries embassies that do it so you are best to ask both your embassy and then your local immigration office. There’s a few past posts about this on the forum so best you start searching through here first.
Einat *******
@Shaughn **********
I dont understand...you mean, its not enough to prove that the income is a pension to the Thai embassy (who issued the 90day visa..) ??? what is the logic to ask me to prove it again when the 90 days end?? , why would they ask that the same thing needs to be proved again ...???
Shaughn ***********
@Einat ******
it’s your country embassy in Bangkok may verify income once per year when someone goes for their 1 year extension. Not many do this service
Alf ***********
@Einat ******
, Thai embassies doesn't grant stay permits in Thailand. That's up to Immigration Bureau to do.

So you comply with their requirements.
Einat *******
@Alf **********
I see. thank you . do you happen to know if WISE.com transfer counts like transfer from abroad ...?
Roberto *********
@Einat ******
You don't have to prove anything. You just have to transfer 65k from overseas every month into your Thai bank account
Einat *******
@Roberto ********
I dont understand what you mean by writing "you dont have to prove" because you wrote before that one need to go to my embassy and ask the embassy to confirm that there is a pension which is the source of this income of 65 k TBH. is this not proving ?
Roberto *********
@Einat ******
I'm talking about transferring 65k each month
Gary ******
Good luck, it’s Thailand, nobody knows, what a stupid Government
Kree ****************
@Gary *****
#thaiembassy
Russ *****
Yes. I suppose one could live on half that, and send the other half back home to reuse for subsequent transfers
Thomas ***********
They dont play around on that
Thomas ***********
Statements to get visa
Thomas ***********
Yes you can but your gonna have to show the 800,000 in your thai bank for three months of statemenrs
Garrett ***********
Peter ************
It’s a piss takes most Thais live on 10 thousand baht a month
Udo *********
@Peter ***********
They're doing it right. They don't want people who become social welfare cases in an emergency. Unlike many EU countries, which allow social parasites into their country.
Nick *******
@Peter ***********
eh yes, it's their country. We are tourists.
Chris ******
I still don’t understand why
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method, suppose if allowed to work remotely, home salary should be far more than that. If so, 800k should be a very easy saving
James **********
@Chris *****
you have to have the 800,000B in your account 2 months before your visa renewal and 3 months after you can’t drop below 400,000
Frank *********
@Chris *****
you are obviously not European, where pension is very often less than that. The income can not be from a salary for the retirement visa btw
Peter ***********
@Frank ********
not true. The
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can be from anything.
Andrew ********
If you are talking about income requirements, that just means that you have a total of
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coming in per month to qualify for visa, what you do with it after it deposit is up to you.

If you are talking savings requirement id keep that in the account for your visa
Marianne ********
The transfer method of proof of income just needs to show the incoming international transfer. You can do whatever you want with it after you receive it.
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