Is depositing 800,000 THB in a Thai bank sufficient for visa renewal?

Thank you for contacting Consular section, Embassy of Canada, Thailand.

Kindly note that there has been a policy change started on April 01st 2025 for discontinuation of income affidavits, also known as income letters.

Since April, 1, 2025, the Embassy of Canada in Bangkok and Consulate of Canada Chiang Mai had no longer issued any income letters/affidavits.

Thai immigration authorities accept income affidavits as part of the requirements to obtain a non-immigrant long term stay visa. However, the Embassy of Canada in Thailand has no mechanism to either verify or guarantee an individual’s income and therefore cannot legally claim to do so.

The Embassy of Canada in Bangkok and the Consulate in Chiang Mai are not required by Thai law to provide an income affidavit for their citizens to use for Thai visa applications. The former issuance of the affidavit in lieu of actual income evidence has been a matter of informal practice rather than regulation.

Because the Embassy of Canada has no means of confirming a Canadian citizen’s income, a notarized affidavit from the Embassy of Canada has never met the requirement to prove a minimum income level for a non-immigrant long-term stay visa.

Consequently, the Embassy has presented Diplomatic Note to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Thai Immigration Bureau requesting their assistance in consider document which Canadians would submit to Immigration office directly for one-year visa renewal.

There are other more suitable methods for citizens to demonstrate they are eligible for this Thai visa category. Canadian citizens should refer to the Thai government for information regarding visa requirements and verification of their income:

Thailand Immigration Bureau:

Thank you for your understanding.

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Umm, it's not 'between the lines at all" it's part of the seasoning requirements for banked money method works

You need to have 800K baht in your account for 2 months before you apply for the next extension, you need to keep that 800K baht in the account for 3 months after the extension is granted then you can't let the balance go below 400K baht the rest of the year..