Will my financial history affect the renewal of my Non-O retirement visa in Thailand?

we are done. Thanx one and all for the comments (y)

Good Luck to the O/P (y)

next door neighbour went to renew his ext of stay at cnx imm

his bank in Bangkok only sent him a 10

month branch statement of account.

imm refused his request for new visa.

trying agian with branch. for 12 month.

statement.and new letter

over one week now.

he Chinese bit vaque on requirements.

@Ja***

was on to a good idea

@Rob***

, and it MIGHT <-(as in MAYBE) work;

BUT

It would mean you would go in to the immigration office and cancel your current extension based on retirement THEN apply for a covid extension <- in order to 'break the chain' you'd have to cancel the extension you're on now.

Then when you get a covid extension you should be able to apply for a NEW 90 day Non-O visa (and there is no seasoning for the funds to get that visa inside the country) After you get that new Non-O 90 day visa you would go for your first year extension on it and that's where you'd only need to season the funds 2 months (y)

That's the ONLY way I know of to "wipe the slate" and start over because you did not follow the seasoning requirements to get a new yearly extension

They HELLA strict about the seasoning and if you used banked money method last year you would have needed to keep 800K baht in the account for 3 months AFTER your extension was granted and then not let the balance go below 400 for the rest of the year until you brought it back up to 800K baht 2 months before you will apply for your new extension.

Sadly there isn't ANY wiggle room as far as I know :( Meaning the fact this covid shit show hit doesn't negate the fact you needed to meet the financial requirements for your yearly extension.

That's why they have you bring a years transaction history with you in addition to the bank letter and the bank book so they can look at the balance month by month to see you met the seasoning terms.

Sorry, deleted the comments because it had a mix of good and bad info in them and I couldn't pick and choose what to keep or not