What should I do to keep my Thai bank accounts active while I'm temporarily leaving Thailand?

@Andrew *******

I’m from the UK but applied for the Non-O visa online whilst in Indonesia. I showed the contract for my local accommodation. I showed bank statements from a UK bank account with equivalent of THB800k. It didn’t need to be seasoned. I don’t normally keep £20k sat in my current account so I just transferred some in so it appeared in my monthly statement and put in back to savings straight away. Took about a week to get it. I came to Thailand and immediately went to a bank and asked what they needed. Then I got AIS postpaid number ( the receipt they provided is essential for bank accounts) I got the landlord to email me the TM30 and took that to immigration. I got 3 certificates of residence (bank accounts, car licence and motorcycle license). Banks took about 30 minutes , they were professional and happy that I had all the documents. I started on Monday morning and by Thursday I had eSIM, accounts at two banks as well as licenses for car and bike. I can see why some people use agents but for me I have plenty of time and quite enjoy the challenge

@James *****

I could but it doesn’t feel right having a retirement visa for country when I’ll be absent for the first 5+ months. On top of that life throws curveballs so might as well just start again as I will have all the hard stuff in place

@Michael *******

Absolutely - seems an important thing here.

@Jesper ******

I can’t comment on wether what you suggest is possible (applying in Thailand) but I think doing it online before I come back costs about the same, I know the process and yes I could use my Thai bank account to show funds however I don’t want to put the 800k in Thailand until after I get my visa granted.

@Greg ********

I got the certificate of residence from immigration, TM30 (even though only booked 2 weeks), the receipt from AIS, my passport and a copy of my non-o eVisa. Opened accounts and KBank and Krungsri.

@Martyn **********

If I come back June 1st on a new 90 day non-o then I will need funds roughly July 1st. That’s a long time to leave funds on low interest with no benefit. I will trickle small amounts in to keep things active

@John *********

I will leave 10-20k in there so shouldn’t be problem

@David ******

I have wise and was going to leave enough in one to pay AIS but now may also do as you suggested and trickle money into the others too