Hi,

I am currently coming to the end of my OA 1 year + 1 year retirement visa and instead of returning to Australia and starting the whole process again I intend applying for the "in country" Non O visa based on retirement.

Today I approached my Kasikorn bank branch here in Chiang Mai and enquired regarding the document/letter regarding confirmation of transferring funds (800,000 baht) from my Australian bank account to my Kasikorn bank account, as an international transfer.

The service staff wasn't sure that they could provide that service and so I spoke to a service officer at " head office". That lady said she could email me a "bahtnet" document but she wasn't sure whether immigration would accept it.

Anyone on here dealt with Kasikorn re this issue.

Regards!

Graham

I know that in the middle 6 months of the visa year ( 1 year retirement visa ) the balance can drop from 800000 baht to 400000 but needs to be back at 800000 baht 3 months before renewal . My question is does the money to top it back up HAVE to come from abroad or can it be topped in cash or transferred from another Thai bank account ?

I have an O-A visa. Does anyone know how soon we need to transfer the funds in the bank? Like as soon as I get there?

Question

If you transfer funds using Transferwise which reason to you put that satisfies Thai Immigration in regard to you bank statement.?

Thanks for any input

Hi everyone 🙂 I am planning to apply for a one year extension of stay in January 2021 when my permission to stay expires on my O A visa. Is it permitted to transfer the 800,000baht from overseas to my Thai bank account now? or do I need to wait until about two months before my application? I was just thinking about taking advantage of the good rate at the moment against the Aussie dollar. Thanks

Thai Elite (TE) question. I have the approval letter. I have the funds in Bangkok Bank (BB).

So I go to my local BB branch and ask how to proceed. First she talks about dividing into instalments over 10 days. That won't work, of course. So she calls over a superior and it emerges we can do this quicker. But! They need the "juristic" number of the company (I'm guessing some sort of legal ID number.) So I write TE and ask if they can help with that. And they just send me the account info again. Sigh!

I think my next move is to go the EmQuartier BB branch and inquire there. But it feels a bit stuck.

Anyone have any idea 1) about this "juristic" number nonsense. And 2) something magical I can say to facilitate this.

Btw, my BB account is a regular savings with a debit card.

Thanks in advance!

If you transfer cash with Transferwise, when it asks for reason for transfer, there is now an option for ‘funds for long term stay in Thailand’

Thought it was worth mentioning.