58 years old, looking at visiting Thailand for 6 months in April, Had O retirement visa 3 years back. was easy to obtain.

What visa should I get for just 6 months?

Was considering O visa, but not sure about the funds I need to deposit (800k, or was there another option of 400k then a monthly transfer of 65k)

But if I'm not worried about renewing my visa in 12 months, I could send 800k to my Thai account, get visa and then next day send it back to my Australian bank account

what do you think, is there an easier visa for 6 months?

Australian citizen, when applying for DTV, can funds be in bank and superannuation account. My super is readily available and can be accessed online with payment in 3 days. Thanks

EDIT: I have emailed the Embassy in Canberra to ask the question, will let you know response.

Hi, my uncle came into Thailand on a TV 1 month ago. We want to change it into a retirement visa. But to stay as long as possible would it be best to extend the tourist visa for 1 month so he get 90 days in total on TV and then go for RV? Or should we just go for RV immediately?

Thanks