How long do I have to go to immigration after receiving my bank letter for a visa extension in Thailand?

@Tod ********

that is what I thought. They are telling my thai gf on the phone that I need a letter from US Embassy or put $800k again for 2 months before I apply for my renewal. How can I convince them about doing it the way you're describing???

@Dave ********

the real question is why is your g/f talking to them and not you, those immigration offices speak english well enough to do their job.

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There are indeed some offices that just won't let you use monthly income for retirement extensions, they will just put up road blocks by asking for documents you can't produce until you use the banked money method

@Tod ********

good questions. I asked her to call for me because I have a bad hearing loss and speaking on the phone is really hard for me. I think the immigration office I go to is doing what you said (road blocks, etc,). I will drive to the office myself and speak with them in person and see if I can resolve this. I do know I am NOT putting in $800k again. Thank you 🙏

@Dave ********

ok so you used the 800K baht the first time you got the extension (which meant you needed to have the 800k in the bank for 2 months before you applied, then it needed to stay IN the bank for 3 months after you got the extension issued and after that the balance couldn't have gone below 400k baht the rest of the year

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during all that you needed to be transferring in to the country from abroad a minimum of 65K baht a month, each month, every month for the previous 12 months before you apply for the next yearly extension