He can still show show on his 1st extention that he has the funds to transfer 40,000 per month even if he just opened a Thai bank account . That what I did 8 year ago
and also I never got a letter off the embassy because they don't give them out. I just showed 40,000 a month. My agent give paper work to take BBK bank and 30 mins later I had a Thai bank account
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