What are the latest requirements and options for extending a retirement visa in Thailand?

I thank you for this post, because you have shown me option number two ~ which says over 65,000 b a h t per month is all you require - you do not need 800,000 baht in a bank account. I'm going to check on this and help my friends who have a good income but do not want to have 800,000 Baht sitting in a bank account - this is the first time I've seen this option to do the Visa yourself for less than 2000bt..🤗

I think they just change the rules all the time to make sure that enough people have to use a "visa consultant" to help things go through...

As it’s been said many times, the requirements depend on the office. I moved the required funds to Thailand and applied to change my tourist visa to Non-O for retirement at the Chiang Mai office merely days later. The application was accepted and I was told to go back at the end of the month to get the stamp.

a problem might arise when your bank needs a full week to supply the 12-month statement. The clock will start running!

That's why this year I will visit my immigration office Sisaket three (!) weeks ahead of the expiry of my extension.

Because my SCB local branch can't supply a 12-month statement on the same day, they can only print the "bank letter of guarantee" showing the recent 2 or 3 months on the same day.

They need to get the 12-month statement from their headquarters. Some banks can print the 12-month statement on the same day.

So I strongly advise to ask your bank how long they take, so you know how early or how late you can show up for your next application to the extension

I bet they mean an account statement covering one year by that. At least that is what is asked here in Chiang Mai for the last years. They want to see if you kept minimum account balance.

0B left in the account for x number of months @ next to zero interest. Yeah/Nah. I'm getting 6% on call I wouldn't be in a hurry to transfer $$ over.

It says showing activities, not sure what they are looking for and its say 400k until visa expires, so I believe that means you can run down the 800k to 400k but it must be topped up again to 800k two months before the visa is renewed!

Valuable info.

That guy that wrote an entire post arguing that an agent extension at Jomtien would be fine if you want to do yourself next year because Jomtien doesn't care if you have the 800,000 in your bank account after you get your visa and they won't check the 12 month bank statement. This seems to show the exact opposite 🤔