Is the 800,000 Baht fixed deposit required for the retirement visa in Thailand per person or per couple?

@Giovanni ***************

One thing to remember and take to heart,

NEVER EVER trust an immigration officer INSIDE the country about anything you can do visa-wise at a thai embassy OUTSIDE the country

AND

NEVER EVER trust an embassy official OUTSIDE the country about anything you can do visa/extension-wise at an immigration office INSIDE the country.

They are two completely different governmental agencies (who seem to rarely interact other than to contradict one another 😛 )

When you go to talk to the immigration office tell then you and your spouse are comin' in on 90 day Non-O visas, you for retirement and your spouse based on trailing spouse.

Leave it at that and ask the requirements so you can get your retirement extension and what is needed to be done as far as any certification of your marriage certificate so your spouse can get the matching trailing spouse extension.

As people pointed out the only way to use just ONE bank account with 800K baht in it (for the primary retiree visa holder) is to get BOTH people a 90 day non-O visa based BEFORE you wing your way here.

Otherwise you're BOTH gonna hafta have 800K baht EACH in a thai bank account in your own names.

SO your first step is applying for the 90 day Non-O visas in your country before you come here. (y)

BTW...many of the replies you received on another forum you posted this question on...are...pardon me... wrong.

Its good you asked here...

And

@Tod ********

in the morning in Thailand will review my replies to you.

He is the expert and The LEGEND in Thai Visa Advice.

If you are already in Thailand BOTH of you will need to have 800,000 Thai baht on deposit at a Thai bank.

800+800=1,600,000 Thai baht in deposits.

There is NO trailing spouse or piggy back option when applying for the one year extension of stay as retiree age 50+ in Thailand.

Depending on what visa exactly you are on.

1. If you two are on Non-O retirement for each, you need 800K for each for your 1-year extension.

2. If one of you is on Non-O retirement (or being over 50) and another is on Non-O dependant on the foreigner who is staying in Thailand legally (or trailing spouse), you need 800K for only the person who is on Non-O retirement for a 1-year extension for both

And the fixed deposit account SHOULD be withdrawable even with some fee. IF it is totally fixed, means you can not withdraw ONE baht until xxx date, you cannot use that account for your extension.

If you are outside of Thailand...

...Both of you need to obtain a Non O as 50+ retiree...at your Thai Embassy or Consulate.

Then when in Thailand...

...Only one deposit of 800,000 Thai baht is needed in a Thai bank account in one persons name and a TRAILING SPOUSE one year extension of stay is granted to both of you.

Your husband is applying for a Non-O Visa Based on Being Over 50 at the local Thai Consulate.

...The "piggyback visa" is known as the Non-O Visa Based on Being a Trailing Spouse to a Foreigner.

...The marriage must be legal and actual (that means, you two will be living together, and you formally have a marriage certificate).

...Both of these visas are 90 day single entry visas.

...The Non-O Visa Based on Being a Trailing Spouse to a Foreigner can only be acquired OUTSIDE of Thailand.

When there's 30 days remaining on the existing "ADMITTED TO" stamp, you and the husband will go to the immigration office and acquire the relevant One Year Extension of Stays. He will get a One Year Extension of Stay Based on Retirement, and you will get a One Year Extension of Stay Based on Being a Trailing Spouse.

There is no income requirements or health insurance requirements for this extension of stay.

its for one, and the other follows with a so called "dependend-visa " , so you can say its per couple

Are you NOW inside or outside of Thailand?