What are the requirements for a Non-O Retirement Visa extension in Thailand, especially in Krabi?

@Burkhard *******

"And it has to be a international transfer, i made it by using wise, in euro and let wise change it, its more expensive but a sure transfer for immigration." . . . . . no way, not needed at all. And please be aware: WISE transfers now are showing as being made inside Thailand. . . . WISE discontinued making sure a transfer from a foreign account gets coded as coming from abroad in the recipient's Thai bankbook. It wil show as an inner-Thailand transfer (from the Kasikorn bank WISE is using for the last step) . .check your bankbook and you will see that the transfer came from within Thailand. . . .but don't worry, as there is no requirement to prove it came from abroad when you do the extension based on retirement out of a former Non-O visa which you obtained abroad

@Burkhard *******

you can definitely get a bank account opened on a Non-Imm-O Visa type. If the bank's staff is unable or unwilling, use the service of an agent. . . .and for the application to the 12-months extenson based on retirement, you do NOT need a proof that the money came from abroad. . . . .this proof is only needed if you apply for the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O Visa inside Thailand

@John *********

sorry… I was talking about putting together the 0 B in your home country prior to applying for the non-0 visa. All good, cheers.

@Sasha **********

the money needs to be in a Thai bank so it's baht that matters, not dollars. It will sit there a lot longer than that, the rules say it has to be there 2 months before, 3 months after and can't go below 400k at any point in the year. Your money doesn't do nothing but interest rates in Thailand aren't great.

@John *********

is it 2 months or 3 months? And… if you have $ sitting in your account on Jan 2, then you leave it in there until Apr 2, then you print off 3 monthly statements reflecting $ has sat in there doing nothing for 3 months, is this correct?