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What are the financial requirements for the retirement O visa in Thailand if my monthly income is $1214?

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Harry Swensen

Hello everybody, I am interested in the retirement O visa.

I understand the basic requirements.

What I’m not clear on is how much I needed to deposit in baht if my VA disability is only $1214 a month

Do I need to make up the difference in cash deposit for one month, or 12 months?

put another way I need 65,000 baht equivalent government money or equivalent per month. I’m several hundred dollars short of that.

How much would I need to deposit in order to satisfy the O visa requirement?
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The conversation discusses the financial requirements for obtaining a retirement O visa in Thailand, particularly for individuals whose monthly income from sources like VA disability falls short of the necessary amount. It highlights that for the first year, the individual must deposit 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account, as they cannot use the combination of monthly income and banked funds until after their first extension. After securing the initial visa, it becomes possible to use the combination method for future extensions.
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If you have the equivalent of 800k baht in a bank account in your home country, you could apply for the OA visa, which can effectively give you two years in Thailand without having to transfer the lump sum. During the two years you can progressively transfer 65k every month, so at the end of the two years you will be able to show the monthly transfers
Tod *********
Tod *********
OP
You will not get an in country Non-O visa and year extension using the combination method (part monthly income and part banked money) you would need to bank the 800K baht for the Non-O and the year extension for the first year.

That's because you need to have monthly deposits from abroad, each month every month for the previous 12 months and just coming here you wouldn't have that which is why your only option is to use the 800K baht banked money method.

After that first year, when you did bring in 1200 USD a month each month every month for 12 months for your NEXT extension you COULD use the "combination method" (part monthly income and part banked money)

Let's do the math; 1200 X 36 baht to the dollar is about 43,000 baht a month,

43,000 X 12 = 516,000 baht, that means you'd need to bank 284,000 baht in a thai bank account in your name at least 2 months before you apply for the next year extension to show you hit the 800K baht for the year (516K + 284K = 800K).

The banked portion of the money would need to stay in the account for 3 months after your extension was granted then the balance could not go below 50% (142K baht) the rest of the year.

That's how the combination method works.

As I said you can't use it for the first year because you need 12 months of monthly transfers using monthly income to get an extension so your only option that first year is the 800K baht banked money method
Steve ********
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I guess you would have to allow a little extra for fluctuating exchange rates . That could be a little tricky . It would be hard to get an exact equation when calculating your monthly deposits .

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