What are the implications of the new cash requirement for retirement visa holders in Thailand?

Colin - to cut through the clutter, I have read hundreds and hundreds of posts and thousands of comments on visa related boards and groups...

I have not read of one report where at a Thai Border Checkpoint / Border Crossing that an I/O or an Immigration Officer at an airport asking any foreigner who comes to Thailand holding an O-A Long Stay Visa or someone who is entering on a 90 day O Visa or B Visa or anyone on an Extension of Stay based on being over age 50/Retirement to show 20,000 Baht cash or any other financial evidence.

These report only apply to people who come to enter Thailand on Tourist Visas or Exemptions for not having a visa or those who enter on Visa on Arrival.

It does not seem to apply to those on Multi-Entry Tourist Visas who are doing an out and back in to get another 60 day stay under the terms of the METV...

be happy that retirement visa is easy to get and to renew.... coz for younger ppl is not that easy to stay here!!!

Too funny they making problems for lots of people then shortly after they will complain about the lack of foreigners in thailand. Glad I have a work permit.

just bring 20k+ cash with backstatements I don't see the problem here

It's like anything else. There's a law against j-walking in the us. 98% of the time you won't get called out on it but if you do, live with it because it's a law and you just broke it. Not saying it's good or bad but it's there.

Clamp down on illegal work by much higher punishments, thousends of Loas, Cambodian and Birmese people without proper paperworks run back to their home country. Others just hop over the border and come back on a new bought Tourist Visa, well in either way Thailand want foreigners to bring in the money and not run around here and work and gain money illegally.

Be very aware that ANYBODY can be asked to show the funds in cash or travellers cheques.

Sorry Colin , you've lost me , are you saying you have arrived in Thailand with a ' retirement ' long stay ' visa ' .. no immigration are asking you to show them 20,000 bht in thai cash ??

Or you've just arrived on a m

Normal 30 day 'free visa ' and you must show them 20,000 bht ? ..

It's been a stipulation for a long time however never enforced. It seems now that they're clamping down on everything and looking for excuses not to let people in.....this being one perfect excuse.

Only for tourist visa u need to show baht.. I think

So funny way to start a topic, Thanks 😀

We will grow old and die perhaps ???

I think he's referencing the immigration asking for you to show 20,000 baht in cash

What BS is that ?

What BS?