What are the bank account balance requirements for Thai visa applications in Vientiane and Hanoi?

@Paul ******

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

That is 100% FALSE..

The reason they went to that was to STOP the agents from banking the money for the applicants for a minute to update the bank book, then pulling the money right out and using it for someone else the same way.

An agent got caught in Savannakhet with I think a dozen people who all had the money in the account the day before the went to the consulate to apply, AND when asked to access their bank account had NO funds anymore

Making people show the funds are in the account for a specific amount of time was to STOP agents

@กิตติศักดิ์ *********

They obviously won't be doing that if you apply online and thus once Laos moves to the e-visa system, they'll be forced to stop doing that.

The main problem is Laos insisting on 3 months worth of banked 500K minimum balance. That's a long time to keep money just sitting in a transaction or checking account earning basically no interest just to satisfy a bureaucrat.

Only reason Vientiane is insisting on this is so they can push applicants to use the services of expensive agents.

@กิตติศักดิ์ *********

they were asking that at the walk up consulates when you apply.

@Henrik ****

And how is that done exactly? How do you ask someone to show you their phone and banking app when they're not applying in person at the embassy and everything is done online

@Henrik ****

which is neither here nor there as far as how the nearby consulates will do it. I mean can we go there, apply, pay, then come back to thailand and wait for it to be approved? OR do we have to stay IN that country for the approval period and only come back once we have the visa? That's gonna be tough if there's FOUR WEEK processing 😕

@กิตติศักดิ์ *********

OR you think you can 😛

@Tod ********

Yes but at least you can apply and then re-enter Thailand on exemption and wait for your application to go through