Renewing my retirement extension. Australian passport. 800k in a fixed deposit account, but I moved it to a Savings deposit account on 14/10/21 and back into a fixed deposit account on 5.11.21. The balance was much less than 400K which I am told is the minimum continuous balance now required. I had thought it was only that the 800K had to be in the account three months after renewal and 2 or 3 months before? When did that change? Thanks!

Hi, I am just after some clarification please. The 800,000 in the bank for the “O” retirement visa issued in Thailand— after the initial retirement visa, or even a renewal, how long does the 800,000 need to stay at that level and not drop below 400,000, and again before renewal, need to be at the 800,000 level?

I am told it only needs to be at 800,000 for two months before a renewal, with no requirement to keep the figure at 800,000 (but not below 400,00) after being issued a retirement visa?

A reasonably recent answer from Tod, which was a reply about an “OA” visa and not an “O” indicated the funds had to stay at the 800,000 for 3 months after being issued and then for 2 months before renewal.

Is this the same requirement for the “O” visa as well? - 3 after and 2 before?

Or for the “O” purely 2 mths before renewal?

Cheers

Mark

We get a LOT of posts about what's required for a "marriage visa renewal" or a "retirement visa renewal" which is a way people ask for what does their immigration office require to get a new yearly extension of stay.

The reason we say go to your office, get the hand out and talk to them about what you need is not because we don't want to provide information, but because we don't want to provide the wrong information.

There are OVER 70 immigration offices in the country and sadly for us most of them do things their own way. There is very little across the board consistency between them.

What might work at one, won't at another, what's required at another might not be required at yours. It's just TOO hard to list every permutation of what's required at your office.

That's also why we say post on a f/b page related to where you live. I'd bet dollars to durian you're not the only foreigner in that province who has gone for an extension at that immigration office.

BTW: this is the same reason we tell people wanting 60 day covid extensions to go and ask OR post on a f/b page related to where they live.

Good Luck to each and every one of you, take care, stay safe

Hello, I have to renew my retirement visa that expire in april in phuket , same things needed for first time? Bank account with letter of Bank and copy of book and original, contract of house, and may be picture in front of house?

Thank you