What happens if I cannot open a bank account in time for the 800k requirement with my Non-O retirement visa in Thailand?

okay, I KNEW this would be a slow motion train wreck of a thread and we've had to delete a LOT of b/s bad information and just plain OFF TOPIC answers.

Hopefully the O/P knows to "hit the ground running" once they get here on their 90 day Non-O visa. <- By that I mean hit bank after bank, branch after branch until they find one that will allow them to open a bank account

It would behoove them to go to their immigration office as soon as they have an address here and get a certificate of residence because that is almost 100% a required document to open a bank account.

Best of luck to the O/P, thanx one and all for the comments 🙂

we are DONE

My local Immigration Office gave me a letter authorizing the bank to open an account for me. Account opened there and then.

This topic comes up quite a bit,

sadly for you and/or anyone else this happens to, if you get a 90-day non-immigrant type of Visa based on retirement but are unable to get your bank account open or the funds in so that they can season the required 2 months you have no option for a short-term extension.

Unless you're legally married to a Thai national or have half Thai children where you can get a 60-day visit Thai family extension you're stuck.

If you can't get the bank account open, funds transferred and seasoned the appropriate time you leave when that 90 days is up, get another visa and try again.