What should I do about the new 800,000 baht requirement for my Thai visa?

This is the reason Why so many foreigners have left Thailand, Immigration can't get their act together, changes every year.

Just get married to a Thai. Then you only need half that lol

800,000 baht, yes, usually.

Depending upon where you are from you may be able to get the retirement visa (O-A) in your home country, and the Thai embassy there may just ask you for your financial information from your local bank accounts and income streams, and if they give you the O-A that gives you time to possibly work your way into meeting the requirements for the 65,000 Baht monthly deposit option (but I forget if that is a 6 month or 1 year record of monthly deposits, so you may need to come to Thailand first for a couple of months, open a bank account, then go home and start the O-A process while making monthly 65K deposits to 'prime' the process.

The other option is arriving here on a tourist visa and try to convert to an 'O' visa (same as an O-A with same financial requirements, although no insurance requirements,so depending on your need for health insurance would make for a cheaper, if not very wise, option.) Also be aware that arriving on a tourist visa and converting in Thailand is not ' a given', they may turn you around and tell you to apply from your home country ... a good immigration agent, or lawyer (at a cost of probably 25K and up Baht, might make that option more viable, but still probably safer to go the O-A route frim your home country.

The above is all just my opinion, do your own research since there's chance I could be wrong.

Sounds ludicrous

$26,000 USA dollars need to be in a bank account in Thailand, for the retirement visa? I need to learn more about this …

Give them 2k bht

A 90 day visa check has nothing to do with having or needing 800'000bht in the bank. That is only req'd in some form for a 1yr renewal

Troll

So as of now you have no visa ? If so you must leave Thailand ASAP, if you get caught before leaving you will get an immediate detention and 5 yr ban.

Key word is his visa expired. So I would guess he has to start from the beginning all over.

When did you do your annual extension, was it more than 90 days ago?

Insist on speaking to superviser

This thread has hurt my head. 🤣 So, the visa has expired, so you need to start over with 800,000 in the account, whenever or however you can get that. Wouldn't you need to leave the country for a bit?

You are being condoned

What a scam. Go to diff office

Someone is taking the piss eh ppl.

The 800k has nothing to do with the 90 day report. Either you've misunderstood - maybe the official means when you renew your visa you need 800k - or you're being scammed.

Which immigration office did you go to?

What visa are you on?

Scam

There are some details missing. The 800k needs to be seasoned for two months. How can someone just lend it for a day?

You sound completely confused. I assume you mean you tried to do a 90 day report and then discovered your extension of stay had already expired which means you have been on overstay since it did. That normally carries a 500 baht per day fine.

What visa did you originally have and have been extending for the last 3 years, was it a Non-O visa or a Non-OA visa? This is important and will determine whether you need insurance or not?

You need to use the office where you live for your extension, do you have the money required for the extension or not? Only some offices allow the combination method I'd just ask them for their handout highlighting their requirements and see what it says.

Lucky for you and how convenient that he should have a friend to lend you the money at interest...

lie

😳. Unheard of !

How do you not know when your visa expires? Seams like it would be an important date to know.

Run...to a different office

Leave the country immediately and return and start over

That's not true, my friend just did it at samui.

Can you not do this 90 day report online ?

Weird they are asking this for a 90 day report…in the future just do it online and avoid this altogether

This agent will sort you out without any issues.

Maneerat Transport & Travel Visa and Tour service

081 863 0320

Not normally ask you about funds in bank for a normal 90 day report ???

Which province?

Call the anti corruption hotline.

Definitely a scam. Lol

Are you referring to the 90 days after you received your 1 year extension from Jomtien? This is the office where they make you return after 90 days to show your bank book.

Where are you now?

How much

Do it online

Another immigration scam. Use another IO

Turn the annoying inconsistencies between offices and officers into your advantage. Try first: Go another day, hoping for another officer. If that does not work, go to another office in another district. This is the general fix for issues at the immigration office, imho.

Use a different office