@Nongnuch *******

I am fully aware of that. It’s what I do and I have a non-immi ‘O’ visa and have always used this method. I have never had 0 baht in a Thai bank account.

You can also get a non immigrant ‘O’ visa if you fulfil the income requirements i.e. you remit a minimum of baht to Thailand from overseas every month. Then you do not need to put 0 in a Thai bank account, or need health insurance.

@Nick ***********

My Wise transfers show the name and overseas address of the sender, which is me. The amount of foreign currency exchanged, the exchange rate and the amount of Thai baht remitted to my specific Thai bank account and my name and Thai address. All of which tie up with the paperwork associated with my visa extension application. This is acceptable at Hua Hin Immigration. Obviously, this is not the case at your local office, which must be annoying and shows the ludicrous inconsistencies between offices. Good luck with your application.

@Michael ******

I transfer using Wise and provide a copy of the Wise documentation pertaining to that transfer and cross reference to my Kbank bank statement. Never had a problem at Hua Hin.

@Paul **********

Yes, but you don’t have to pay tax unless you actually work here, or remit money from earnings/pension overseas. And even then, with dual taxation agreements, you may not need to pay tax. Good idea to take legal advice rather than rely upon Facebook comments.

3 months. Easy to transfer over to a Thai licence.

@Kev ********

You are to be commended for the effort you put into that application. One of the problems with may visa agents is that they are in it for the money, they don’t actually care about their clients. I’ve helped many friends apply for various visas and I put the kind of effort, care and attention into it as if I was applying for myself.

@Kev ********

Got lucky I guess. But the application was like writing War and Peace, maybe they got bored reading it. On a separate occasion, in 2007, I applied in the UK for permanent residency in Australia. I obviously fulfilled the criteria, and having submitted a box file full of paperwork, in person, to the Aussie Embassy in the Strand, I was granted my permanent residency within 24 hours!

@Kev ********

Settlement

@Kev ********

I helped a friend and his Thai girlfriend apply for one a couple of years ago and it was granted in less than a month, so obviously there are variations in timescales.