What should we do if the Thai embassy requires bank statements we cannot provide for our Non-OA retirement visa application?

Go to a friendly nation?

Boy you sure picked a piss poor thai consulate to deal with. The thai consulate in Paris is know all over the EU as being a one way, difficult consulate to deal with.

I'd say take the advice of previous posters and BOTH you and your wife apply for 90 day Non-O visas based on being over 50 (meet what ever requirements they have to get them). Come here, get stamped in for 90 days, get the 800K baht in your account here and in there for 2 months, then you apply for a year extension based on being over 50 (retirement) and you wife applies for a year extension based on being the trailing spouse of someone on a retirement extension.

I'm going to shut this post down (for the night).

1. Different consulates have different requirements. The Thai consulate of France is in French, and I can't read French, and I don't know what that consulate requires.

2. MOST consulates require the following for a Non-OA visa:

- To be a citizen or a long-term resident

- To have 800K THB in a local bank account in local currency

- Health insurance: Outpatient benefit with a sum insured of not less than 40,000 THB, and Inpatient benefit with a sum insured of not less than 400,000 THB

3. Non-OA visas may or may not allow a trailing spouse visa ("Non-O visa based on being a dependent to a foreigner").

4. IF a Non-OA visa is not possible, then here are the following options to enter Thailand:

A. A Non-O visa based on being over 50. Benefits:

- No medical insurance requirements (for most consulates)

- Allows ONE entry for 90 days

- No income/ savings requirements.

- Allows one person to get a Non-O visa based on being a trailing spouse. There is NO financial requirements for a Non-O visa based on being a trailing spouse.

B. A visa exempt:

- No medical insurance requirements

- Allows entry for 30 days (starting September 30th)

- Can allow a purchase of an in-country Non-O visa based on retirement inside Thailand.

C. Purchasing a Non-O Visa Based on Retirement Inside Thailand

- No medical insurance requirements

- Require 800K THB in a Thai bank account FOR EACH PERSON

- Allows a one year extension of stay based on retirement.

5. All entries require COVID-19 medical insurance and quarantine, which is outside the scope of this group.

6. For the Non-O Visa Based on being a trailing spouse, you WILL NEED a marriage certificate, and it needs to be legal.

7. AGAIN, PLEASE DO NOT HIJACK POSTS. IF YOUR QUESTION IS NOT RELATED, MAKE YOUR OWN POSTS!

And please, contact your local consulate for information what they want. This is the Thai Consulate of Paris website, and I can not read French.



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questions may be there.

Thank you.

When you only do do a Single entry 3 month non-O you will needuch less money and you can extend when you are in Thailand at the immigration

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Different Thai consulates have different policies. What the Thai consulate policy is for Savannkhet, Lao, will not apply for France (for example). Thank you.

IF, for whatever reason, they do not accept the bank account from Aus, you can get a single entry Non-O visa based on being over 50, and you can enter for three months. During the three months you can get a one year extension of stay based on retirement.

Are you officially a permanent resident of France? If this is the case the embassy there should accept money held in a French bank account.

Do you have a Thai account mate

I'm surprised the Thai Embassy in France are processing your Non-OA visa. But...

As one of the requirements to get a Non-OA visa, you must show 800K THB in local currency in a local bank. It looks like 24K Euros is 800K THB, per person.

I don't think anyone can give any advice to you, sadly, because Thai consulates normally do not issue the Non-OA visa for passport holders outside of their passport country 😮