What is the deadline for maintaining 800,000 Baht in a Thai bank account for a Non O retirement extension?

Thai Immigration Bureau Order ( คำสั่ง สตม ) #: , dated 23 January 2025:

The original Thai language text:

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(๔) ก่อนยื่นคำขอไม่น้อยกว่า ๒ เดือน และหลังจากได้รับ อนุญาตไม่น้อยกว่า ๓ เดือน จะต้องมีเงินฝากคงอยู่ในบัญชีธนาคาร พาณิชย์ที่ตั้งอยู่ในประเทศไทย...ไม่น้อยกว่า ๘๐๐,๐๐๐ บาท โดยเมื่อได้รับ อนุญาตแล้ว ๓ เดือน สามารถถอนเงินฝากนั้นได้ โดยต้องมีเงินคงเหลือในบัญชีไม่น้อยกว่า ๔๐๐,๐๐๐ บาท

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(4) For not less than 2 months prior to the date of application submission, and for not less than 3 months after receiving permission, there must be a deposit maintained in a commercial bank account located in Thailand... of not less than 800,000 Baht. 3 months after receiving permission, the said deposit may be withdrawn, provided that the remaining balance in the account is not less than 400,000 Baht

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Published in the Royal Gazette on 19 February 2025

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the rule is spelled out like this..

You need to have 800K in a thai bank account in your name only for 2 months before you apply for the extension.

The 800K has to stay in the account for 3 months after the extension is granted

Then the balance can't go below 400K the rest of the year.

As far as the 3 months after being from the date the extension is granted (the date you apply) OR they start counting that 3 months from the date the new extension starts (the date the old one expires)

Personally I wouldn't drop the balance below 800K until 3 months after the new extension takes effect <- there can't be more than 45 days max between the date you apply for the extension and the date it takes effect because that's the soonest you can apply for an extension.

This is the english of the seasoning rules and it seems to say it's 3 months after the extension is granted <- meaning 3 months from the date you apply (because they ink in retirement extensions when you apply for them)