How much do Pattaya Visa agents typically charge for the second year of retirement visas including an 800k bank deposit?

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John Kenealy indeed, a justified warning, given the many reports of the tightening of the guidelines. Well, before we go down to the legal aspects, we should not forget that Thailand deeply endowes the "tea money culture" which means that every bureaucratic act can be bought with money

Greg Alexander ok good info

After the first years extension then you can take out the 800 k as long as your Thai bank account shows 12 monthly transactions from your pension or foreign sources then you can take out your 800 k after you get stamped for your second extension? Yes or no?

Murray Odgers if you got the money in bank it's 1900b mate just fill out a few forms

Paul Taylor because these people don't have money mate, just winging it year by year without savings and living on a pension

Paul Taylor you opinion, is that valuable?

Paul Taylor u need 2 get out more dude

Paul Thomas I've never been a supporter of fraudulently bypassing the immigration rules but I know people who used to send their passports on a trip to the border years ago and I know people whose passports never came back !

One day this will implode and you might have 7 days to sort it.

We got the LTR Visa issued today. The process was pretty smooth. The LTR Visa issued a 5 year retirement visa with reporting once per year, extended after 5 years. We were able to use our taxes from 2024 . It offers multiple re-entry and does not require you to park any money in the bank if you earn over $80,000 In income per year.

Thanks all, for the advice

Paul Flemming no it has to be in your thai bank account for at least 3 months b4 you apply for your retirement visa

Paul Flemming 800k saved in Thai bank keep it in there for year on year extensions

Well, let’s not talk about any legal aspects, but let’s accept that money can buy ways around bureaucratic rules in Thailand.

There however, is something you should know.

You would not get very far in applying for the next application to the retirement extension by yourself, if you had borrowed the 800,000 THB from the agent, who would put these funds into your Thai bank account for only 10 minutes, for the first year extension.

You cannot get away from the agent and do it by yourself, not even if you had your own 800,000 THB in your bank account.

Reason is, when you apply for the next EOS, Immigration will see in your bankbook that you violated the terms of keeping the money in your account.

You could actually get arrested for overstay.

This is exactly the reason why people who use agents, cannot escape the agent hamster wheel, because they violate the terms of the 1-year extension regarding the upkeep of the deposit in their account, from the very moment on when the agent removes the deposit.

The requirement for the 800,000 THB deposit is:

For 3 months after the EOS got issued, the deposit cannot fall under 800,000 THB.

For the rest of the year, the deposit must not fall below 400,000 THB.

Two months before the application to the next extension, the minimum of 800,000 THB have to be back in your account.

Immigration will check your bankbook if you have complied accordingly on these terms. If not, from the moment on the agent took the money out of your account, you are technically in "overstay"

Now just try to escape the agent’s “hamster wheel” and tell me how it went

Paul Flemming it is going to cost the agent fee for both of you. For a first year extension not using your own funds, the prices start at 30,000 THB. So you must expect at least 60,000 THB for both of you if you wish to avoid parking 800,000 THB, both of you, into your bank accounts. In case you enter without a Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa that you obtained in the UK, before you travel, the price will be up from 60,000 THB for each of you - 120,000 THB for both of you

Paul Flemming also from UK I did the non immigrant o before we came in UK. Had to show the funds in UK bank over 3 month period. Then got an agent to do extension in thailand.saved a lot of money and time doing the main bit in uk

Paul Flemming yes

David Fulcher Why is it ripping people off? They are doing a service that people need. I am sure you never worked for free.

Jon Warner that's just to do the paperwork for you, its not providing the required £800k in your bank account.

Jon Warner not for financials