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What are the options for transitioning from a 90-day Non-O visa to a one-year visa in Thailand?
Am on a Non O visa for retirement (90 days) exactly what are my options for getting one year visa before the 90 days are up. Can get the 880K deposited but will leave me little to fall back on if needed is there any other option ?
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To transition from your current 90-day Non-O visa for retirement to a one-year visa, you primarily need to fulfill the financial requirements of having 800,000 THB deposited in a Thai bank account. This amount must be seasoned for at least 2 months before you can apply for your extension at the immigration office. It's also crucial to apply for the extension when you have less than 30 days remaining on your current visa. Note that maintaining a bank balance of at least 400,000 THB throughout the year is essential.
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Tod *********
when does your 90 day entry stamp from that Non-O expire? That's the linch pin because you need the funds to season 2 months before you apply for the year extension.
David **********
OP@Tod ********
90 days from entry into Thailand 4th June currently in quarantine due to finish quarantine 18th JuneTod *********
@David *********
(that's on or about the 1st of Sept then) If you're going to get a year extension you need to move the money in to the country pretty quickly after getting out of quarantine so you can hit the 2 month seasoning time frame that it needs to be banked before you apply for the year.
What country is your passport from? <- meaning are you from a country whose embassy here issues the income affidavit?
Tod *********
@David *********
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David **********
OP@Tod ********
Thanks Tod I’ll do that first thing Monday be busy Friday escaping ( released) and moving into condoTod *********
@Da***
you should contact the Ireland consulate here to see if you can get the affidavit of income from abroad notary letter. The UK, US and Australia consulates stopped issuing them but some consulates still do. .. Check into it David **********
OP@Tod ********
came in on Irish passport but bank in Northern Ireland ( UK) am dual citizenTod *********
Just so we're totally clear, I have NEVER EVER <- (as in not a single time in the many hundreds of people I know on retirement extensions) seen someone use monthly income method from a country whose embassy doesn't issue the notary letter anymore like US, UK or Australia, EVER get their first yearly extension from a 90 day Non-O visa without a full year of 65k baht a month transfers IN to the country in a thai bank account in their name only.
The only option available to a person for their first yearly extension from a country where you can't get the income affidavit from your embassy here is the 800K baht banked money method.
The only option available to a person for their first yearly extension from a country where you can't get the income affidavit from your embassy here is the 800K baht banked money method.
Gregor **********
"and you must have 800K THB in the bank account at least 3 months before you get your next extension of stay." . . not correct. The 800,000 THB must remain in the account for 3 months after being issued the yearly extension. And they must have seasoned in the account for TWO (not three) months for the next application of a yearly extension of stay
Benjamin ******
ASSUMPTIONS (correct me if I'm wrong):
1. You currently have a single entry Non-O visa based on being over 50 that lets you stay for 90 days
2. You are currently in Thailand
3. You want a one year extension of stay based on being over 50
To get this extension of stay:
1. You must have 800K THB in a Thai bank account, transferred from overseas, seasoned for 2 months.
2. After the 2 months, APPLY for the one year extension of stay based on being over 50 at the immigration office where you live. AT MOST IMMIGRATION OFFICES, you will apply when you have 30 days or less remaining on your current stamp/ extension of stay.
3. You CAN NOT let your balance fall below 400K THB in the year, and you must have 800K THB in the bank account at least 3 months before you get your next extension of stay.
1. You currently have a single entry Non-O visa based on being over 50 that lets you stay for 90 days
2. You are currently in Thailand
3. You want a one year extension of stay based on being over 50
To get this extension of stay:
1. You must have 800K THB in a Thai bank account, transferred from overseas, seasoned for 2 months.
2. After the 2 months, APPLY for the one year extension of stay based on being over 50 at the immigration office where you live. AT MOST IMMIGRATION OFFICES, you will apply when you have 30 days or less remaining on your current stamp/ extension of stay.
3. You CAN NOT let your balance fall below 400K THB in the year, and you must have 800K THB in the bank account at least 3 months before you get your next extension of stay.
Don-Laura *******
Question to clarify, since we're embarking down a similar path...must the 800K THB requirement be met for the INITIAL single entry Non-O visa, or just when the 1-year extension is filed? Just working out the timeline for all this. I know the money has to be in 2 months prior - just wondering whether that's prior to the single-entry non-O that gets you in, or prior to filing for the extension.
Don-Laura *******
Thx Tod. We'll be getting that 90 day single entry Non-O visa back in the US, as we have to do a run back home for a bit (family business & can't convert our current visas in-country). We'll have that in our local Thai account before leaving to return home to be sure we don't hit any timing snags.
Tod *********
Don-Laura Traub IF you're buying the 90 day single entry Non-O visa INSIDE thailand at the immigration office the 800K baht needs to be transfered in from abroad into a thai bank account in your name (BUT there is no amount of time it has to be in the account for <- there is no seasoning)
Bobby ********
Benjamin Hays. No proof is required for the initial 800,000 Baht being transferred from overseas. Only the
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Baht per month has this stipulation.
Claude **********
@Benjamin *****
I have one of those in Phuket, the 800k must be in a Thai bank account, in your name only, 2 months before and 3 months after you get the extension (400k min the rest of the year)David **********
OP@Benjamin *****
thanks Benjamin, have heard about 65K monthly income is possible, how would that work ?Bobby ********
David Thompson. I'm assuming you're from the UK? In which case you cannot get an embassy affidavit to verify pension received, so you need to actually transfer 65k baht every calendar month into a Thai bank account, and it MUST be shown as a foreign transfer. Unlike the 800k process, you can spend every baht of the 65k as soon as it's in your account.
Claude **********
@David *********
for the 65k monthly it depends if your embassy do deliver a letter of confirmation. If they do, you need that letter, if they don’t you need to show 1 year of bank records with at least 65k transferred from abroad every month for the last 12 months (in a thai bank account in your name only)Activity
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