What are the rules for switching from monthly income to the banked money method for a Non-O retirement visa extension in Thailand?

listen to your Immigration...

Not only that, but early August is not 2 months before Sep 26 anyway- are you sure thats not the issue ?

If you were using monthly income method to meet proof of funds (either by using an embassy letter OR by transferring in 65K every month for the previous 12 months before you got the extension) and you wanted to switch to banked money method, the seasoning requirement would ONLY be that you have the funds in the account 2 months before you apply for the new extension.

Once your current extension was granted using monthly income (last year) if you were wanting to switch to bank money method for proof of funds, you are under no obligation to do ANYTHING until you get the 800K in the bank 2 months before the next extension.

You wouldn't need to have kept transferring money in each month once you got the extension granted last year (the one you're on now) and you wouldn't have needed the 800K in the bank since the last extension either because you didn't use bank money method for the proof of funds for the extension last year

I'd go back there and say you want to talk to someone who really knows, not just is pulling an answer out of their backside 😮 because there is NOTHING in the rules about it

The only time you need to meet the seasoning requirements for BOTH your current extension and the one you will apply for the following year is when you're switching from banked money method to monthly income. With that swap you have to have the 800k in the bank for 3 months after your extension was granted and then never let the balance go below 400K as well as transfer in 65K baht a month, each month, every month for the next 12 months before you apply for the following extension

You failed to meet the requirements of your current extension (i.e. maintain 800k for 3 months after approval then never go below 400k for the rest of the year) so you cannot get a new extension and will have to leave to start again with a new 90 day Non-O.

Can you just leave 800,000 in the bank full time.

I understand this isn’t for everyone but I hopefully would be able to do this next March.

It’s seems to me that may be easier long term unless they change the rules again

Do a BORDER BOUNCE WITHOUT a re-entry permit... start over with a New Non O Visa as a retiree...then one year extension of stay as retired.

Or get a NEW Non O Visa as retiree from a nearby Thai Embassy or Consulate... enter Thailand with it, gets you 90 days STAMP on arrival...go to your local Thai Immigration office within 45 days of end of the 90 days received on arrival. Get a one Year extension of stay as retired.

From what I understand, on the next extension, if you change ways, you have to have had satisfied both ways for the year. Meaning, if you go from 800,000 to monthly, you would have to have the 800,000 banked then drop to 400,000 and months before extension, bring back to 800,000 as well as having the 65,000 in international transfers for the entire 12 months prior. And vise versa.

Sounds like there are some crossed wires somewhere. To use banked money the 800k baht would have had to be in your bank for 2 full calendar months (not 60 days) before you APPLY for next extension, NOT the date your extension is due. You would also need to satisfy the terms of your current extension.

Does the 800k need to be in the local bank or can it be proven as in overseas accounts

Did you maintain the monthly payments for this current year? If you did not, and wanted to change to 800k, you would have had to put it in essentially the day you got your last extension.