You don't really need to show two years of income, even though that mysteriously appeared in the instructions a few months ago - they only care about the last year (and your most recent income tax return).

Whether they'll accept evidence of *prospective* unearned income, like a letter from your pension provider saying that you'll get x amount per month starting on y date, I have no idea. I would assume it would be better to at least be able to show a few months of the promised income, but that's only a guess on my part. No harm applying and seeing what happens, though.

@Paul ******

No, they won't.

@Brook *******

I paid 50k for the 10 year LTR visa, which comes to 5000 per year. For my non-O, I was paying 1900 per year for the extension, plus 3800 for a multiple reentry permit, which came to 5700 per year.

So, the LTR saves me 700 each year, while eliminating the need for 90 day reports and annual visits to Immigration and keeping 800k in the bank, PLUS giving me Fast Track access at the airport. I think I pass the financial literacy test, but thanks for your concern 😉

It's a reasonable question. Plenty of frequent travelers, who should know better, get in the queue for visa on arrival when they're actually using visa exemption. Enjoy your stay, OP!

You can compare bank TT rates at

Normally the rates are fairly similar, other than Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya), which is usually worse than the others.

@Kool ******

Airlines do not have any way to charge fees for some passengers but exempt others, and they have stated this publicly several times. Some carriers do request nationality and passport information during booking, but many others don't ask for it until check-in. The 700 baht charge (which is an airport user fee) is charged to every passenger, so it's very easy to add to the ticket price.

@Kool ******

The TT rate is pretty much never better than the SuperRich rate, though for Bangkok Bank it's generally not too far off. Anyone who wants to compare the rates can check

No visa was necessary when we transited there in April (US passport and Thai passport). The procedure is a bit strange - they have your name on a list, and collect and keep your inbound boarding pass before allowing you into the transit security screening area - but it works.

@Mark ********

Bank branches in different provinces are definitely not different companies. Thailand has only one banking regulator, and there is no separate licensing by the provinces. The idiotic fees for transactions in other provinces are often listed on their fee schedules as "communication fees", and are an archaic leftover from the days - obviously long, long past - when they would have to send a telex to the account-holding branch to pass on the transaction information. This clearly makes no sense in the modern era, but they hang onto it because hey, why not make some extra money if you can?

Oh, and CDM is "cash deposit machine".

@Mark *****

I guess as a non-smoker I never noticed those!