Is a 6-month bank statement sufficient for extending a Non-O visa for retirement in Thailand?

The reason they started doing this (back in 2019) was that the seasoning of funds for the banked money method changed.

Before you needed the funds in the account for 2 months before the first yearly extension and then for 3 months every year after that

BUT

when they went to the show the funds in the account for 2 months before you applied for the extension, keep it in the account for 3 months after the extension is granted and then the balance can't go below 400K baht the rest of the year, they started asking for a whole year of transaction history.

It was because most people don't update their bank book every time they do a transaction often times all the bank book prints is a summary of Money in/money out since the last update <- THAT is not enough to show that you met the requirements so that's why you need the year detail transaction history print out from the bank.

I tell people that you need THREE things from the bank to apply for an extension using banked money method

1 - standard bank letter (name, account balance on the date the letter is written) <- this can be up to 7 days old in BANGKOK.

2 - year transaction detail print out (there is no date this has to be dated on, just has to be for the previous 12 months)

3 - update your bank book on the date you apply

Okay that's totally NORMAL if you're using banked money method to show that you meet the proof of funds AND it's also totally normal for some Bangkok Banks to not be able to print more than 6 months on demand.

ORDER the year transaction detail print out and go back and get it then go get your extension

In the App K+ from the Kasikorn-Bank I can order statements for the last 12 months, but for 6 months at a time. That means I have to request two statements for 6 months each. That goes very quickly. They come by email.

12 months required for sure

Show bookbank and letter from Bank, they want check you did not use 400.000 that have been minimum in your account

You'll need to request the letter and printout, allow some days for this to be done.

You don't get to fiddle with anything immigration asks for, you give them exactly what they want, how they want it, and when they want it. There is no wiggle room.

If immigration want 12 months of statements is it possible and be a good idea to get statements every three month and save them for when you go for your extentions.

You need 12 months for monthly or yearly deposit go to your home branch try there

They need 12 months to ensure the balance was 800k for the three months after your extension and the balance didn’t drop below 400k for the remainder of the year before being topped back up to 800k two months before applying again.

1 year

Easy for bank to do just open you account on computer and print ? My bank UOB do easy for me when ask

Use to be two months you are ok no problem

It needs to run from your extension the previous year. Has to come from head office which takes a few days, but immigration will accept it up to seven days old. Make sure you update your passbook on the day