Hi, many thanks for all the useful info you provide (particularly Ellie’s charts), based on which I’m preparing an application for 90 day Non-O inside Thailand (before 1 year extension based on retirement) and have following clarifications:

Which immigration office do I need to use in Bangkok and confirm review period there will be 15 working days? (maybe I could book an appointment but that meant nothing when I did it for my visa exempt extension last week)

Currently opening TH bank account and transferring funds, they will come from my UK bank account via a currency exchange house (since rate is ~4% better than interbank rate) - is that likely to cause any snags and will the bank statement(s) be sufficient to (A) demonstrate the funds are in a TH bank account and (B) that they came from overseas?

I now have a lease and also a TM30 from initial AirBnb stay - the chart and previous posts don’t indicate if either of these (or anything else) is required?

As always, thanks for all you do for us 🇹🇭❤️

Hi, anyone used Currency Fair to transfer funds internationally for 'O' visa?

There is no short way to explain this! I'm just putting together everything I need for my extension of stay application(over 50 based on retirement). I have left plenty of time to cater for any problems. In the past I have had proofs of income certified by the British Consulate but of course this time I'm getting my SCB to provide a single page letter showing monthly income by International Fund Transfer from my pension provider(the UK govt) to the SCB. I easily exceed the minimum required amount of baht 65k a month. So far so good and the SCB are on side after a very long discussion!. BUT my income reaches my bank on the 30th of the month. The only snag is when the 30th falls on a bank holiday/weekend when the main bank is closed for whatever reason. That means it is credited on the 1st or 2nd of the following month. For example 30 Mar this year was a Sat therefore my income was credited on Mon 1 Apr( actually my March pension). The next credit was 30 Apr - two credits of income in the same month.This has happened 5 times over the last 12 months. Has anyone else experienced this problem and is immigration relaxed about it - the Jomtien/Pattaya one that is?