Hi everyone,

I’m planning to apply for the DTV visa soon, and I have a question regarding the bank statement requirement.

For the “minimum 500,000 THB / 15,000 EUR balance for the last 3 months,” does the embassy check only the current ending balance shown on each monthly statement, or do they also verify the previous balance listed on the same document?

For example: on my November statement, the new ending balance is above 500,000 THB, but the previous balance (the balance listed on 07 October at the start of the statement) was below 500,000 THB.

Does the Thai Embassy in France (or any other embassy) evaluate the ending balance of each month only, or do they consider the previous/starting balance as well?

If anyone has experience or confirmation from an embassy, it would help a lot.

Thank you!

I recently had my Non-O retirement visa extended, but BB’s new policy made the process extremely difficult, complicated, and costly in both time and money.

I would now like to transfer my funds from BB to another bank. Would it cause any problems if I withdraw all the money from my BB account, which I used for the visa extension, since one of the conditions requires maintaining a minimum balance of THB 400,000? Or, as long as I have THB 800,000 (THB 400,000 2 months prior to the filling date) in any Thai bank account, would that be acceptable?

In other words, for my future visa renewal, must I continue using the same bank account that I originally used for the visa application and initial renewal?

If anyone has experience to share, I would appreciate it.

I am moving back to the United States tomorrow. I have 60,000 baht in my bank account that I'm going to take out. I don't want to close my bank account because I don't know if I'll be coming back to Thailand plus it was a pain opening it up without having a working Visa. How much money should I leave in there so my account doesn't close.

I may be coming back in a year or two.