@Philippe ********

you can use any bank account at a consulate. I don't see 1 year on the evisa site can you point me to ir

Same question but to a different group. Same answers as in the other group. Discounting the mother in law as she can make a 90 day Non-O visa based on retirement but will need 800k baht in a Thai bank for the 12 month extension of stay. That still leaves 7 people trying to get DTVs out of a single 500k baht amount, it is simply not feasible. I guess the three youngest kids could just come in visa exempt as there is no penalty for them until they hit 15 other than an overstay stamp on their passport but I wouldn't recommend this. That just leaves you, your wife and 2 oldest to apply for DTVs but whether any consulate would allow this based on only 500k baht for 1 and sponsorship letters for the other I really don't know.

@Philippe ********

here you go

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You are applying personally using funds in a personal account so utility bill, driving licence etc. And after you apply you must remain in the UK until the process completes.

@Peter *******

what's not possible? You can't pick a bank?

@Farang ********

its worth him renewing his passport before applying for the 12 month extension of stay, assuming it can be done quickly enough after opening a bank account. If he doesn't get a new passport the extension will only be up to the date his passport expires

@Peter *******

pick one

If you have a TM30 you should be able to get a residence certificate. If you have a residence certificate and your thai phone number is registered against your passport you should be able to open a bank account

@Kevin *************

I don't see what's confusing? Do you have a job you can do remotely? Or do you plan to sign up for soft power and not work at all? If the latter can you show you have money to support yourself? That's just for you. Every member of your family would require their own DTV, and some embassies allow you to write a sponsorship letter for them but for such a large family I doubt any would allow it. You would also all need to leave Thailand every 180 days to get a new stamp. The DTV route seems totally unworkable to me. I don't know how you make the equivalent of 100k baht per month where you are, but even if you have that money guaranteed somehow you are still going to struggle to live on that in Thailand with absolutely nothing to cover emergencies such as hospital bills and so on

Even if you can get cover the 500k baht for a DTV for yourself what are the rest of them going to do. I can't see any consulate would allow you to sponsor 6 other people using that same 500k baht. According to Numbeo the average cost of living for a family of 4 in Bangkok is almost 80k baht per month before you pay rent. So that's 100k baht and you have 4 more mouths to feed on top of that. Its highly unlikely any of you will be able to get a job here and the 80 year old will struggle to get health insurance so there are also hospital bills to consider. This can give you an idea of costs and you can change the cities to view different areas, but there are also visa costs as well