Question. If I am to apply for a 1 yr pension visa based on monthly income of 65.000 tb can I spend that money?...is there a minimum that needs to stay on that Thai bank account on a regular basis?Thank you🙂

I’m due to renew my extension next month at Chaeng Wattana BKK. This will be my first renewal using the 65k Baht per month transfer to my Bangkok Bank account. I understand that I need to provide a letter from my bank confirming 12 monthly international transfers of 65k Baht into my account. Can anyone tell me if the local bank branch where I have my account will be aware of this requirement, and be able to issue this letter without too much hassle. Also, has anyone got any experience of the time scale for the bank to issue this confirmation letter.

I want to warn others in the group that even if you are doing an international transfer from your foreign bank using a SWIFT code (as advised by admins in this group in preference to Transferwise), to your Thai bank account, to meet immigration requirements for 65K a month deposited in your Thai bank account, that your international transfer may still not appear as an International transfer in your bank book. I transfered money last week and the code in my Bangkok Bank book is BTN which apparently refers to a domestic transfer even though I transferred it directly from my Australian Bank to my Bangkok Bank account using a SWIFT code. Apparently it was sent from my bank account to Citibank in Bangkok and then to Bangkok Bank. The staff member at Bangkok Bank was insistent that this will not meet immigration's requirements

I've heard conflicting reports ...so would just like clarification ...is it still possible to use the money in bank plus pension transfer to Thai bank for your visa extension based on retirement ...TIA