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.
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. 
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 ...???
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
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?
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.
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 ...???
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 ?
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.
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
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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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