What's all this dribble on Bangkok Bank and visas? Is this going to affect renewing my Marriage Visa with the 400k in the bank for 3 months? But BKK Bank is only providing the certificate/statement if it's been there for 4? Is this Thailand wide? It's great that there's a crackdown on people abusing the system with dodgy agents, but is this going to affect people doing it correctly with the immigration 3 month rule?

Okay, to apply for a 90-day non O retirement visa while I’m in the USA I need at least two (maybe 3) bank statements showing I have at least 800,000 baht. My question is would an account with one of those “online only” banks be acceptable? Ally is one example. Thanks everybody.

My husband and I are considering moving to Thailand I will be there in the next couple months to scout out homes.

In the interim have a couple of questions for visas and medical insurance.

For a retirement Visa is Tricare for life acceptable.

Also just to clarify. Is it either or to put the money required for the Visa and a bank account or is 65,000 baht proving a Year's worth of deposits sufficient enough?

I am also a realtor with 40 years of experience and work through a referral company where all my transactions are online. Would this be something the DTV Visa would allow?

The other question I have is with a sponsor letter. How does this work and is it acceptable. This would be for funds if the 65,000 baht monthly income is not acceptable.

My remote location would be something new and as such I can show just a little bit of activity. Would this be frowned upon?

I have a question for the “sponsorship” part of the application if we choose to go that route, will be handling my girlfriends DTV visa and does the 500k baht need to be from her account? Or can i sponsor her showing proof of funds in my account? We are not married. Im guessing its a long shot but just curious to hear if anyone has gone this route

What is the best Visa for a Retiree who is self insuring for health because of age and pre existing conditions?

Cheers,

Tom Gallagher

So a family applying for the DTV visa if both parents work remotly and married is it better to get two main DVT and a child dependent or one DVT with a spouse and child dependent visas. Do all applicants need access to the 500,000 THB in both cases or would we just need 500,000 THB between the three of us making it better to apply for the latter.

Good morning, so in 2 months and 3 weeks I am going to apply for the retirement visa non-o in Jomtien as I will reach 50 yo.

I have the 800k sent by international transfer that have been sitting for years in my Bangkok bank account.

My first question is what needs to be done with the bank in advance. I am going to update the bankbook at the machine every months from now.

Do I have to get a letter certifying the funds have been there for a while with the bank as well ? Should I wait the day after I am 50 yo to ask for this letter?

Any other administrative stuff that need to be done long before applying for the visa. Thanks

Up to now I've been renewing my extension of stay using an income affidavit from my consulate. The writing is on the wall that this will be discontinued at some stage in the future. Is depositing min 800k in my Thai bank 2 months prior to visa renewal sufficient? I read somewhere between the lines that you have to maintain a min of 400k over a 12 month period.

Thank you

There has been alot of excitement regarding Bangkok bank's introduction of a requirement for you to have a 4 month lumpsum either before your ext or feeze funds afterward, to obtain a balance certificate for your visa extension. What I've not seen is where someone is using the monthly income method to fulfill the financial commitment? Do they now need the lumpsum as well?

I have a question about the DTV visa in Thailand. I want to apply for it. I've been in Thailand in February. I left to do a border run in Malaysia and then I came back and I have been training Muay Thai in Chiang Mai for the past month. I just left again on July 4th to meet my parents in Sicily and then I'm supposed to fly back the 19th. I talked to my coach. He told me to go to Bali to fill out for the DTV visa. My question is about the 500k baht. I have a Vanguard account that's had over 11,000 usd in it within the past three months and now I just went ahead and completed it and put the 15,000 USD which is the 500,000 baht. Will that be acceptable or do they need to see that 500k bot in my account for more than three months? My coach’s is filling out the proper paperwork for my dtv visa through Muay Thai. I also have 55k USD in my 401k on my vanguard but I’m not sure if that matters. I know have 17580 usd in my vanguard account now. This is not a 401k. Also where is the best place and fastest to apply for the dtv visa. I fly out the 19th and do not have a flight out yet so figuring out my next move to apply for this