Anonymous participant 267 show the merged account balance. Then merge PDFs statements of the other accounts showing where those funds came from so they can see they had been in your own name elsewhere for a longer period. Include an explanation note.

@Andrew *****

and expensive!!

@Jeffrey ****

they may or may not chase you up on it the next time you are at immigration for something like an extension, or 90 day report. Not at the airport.

@Merwin ******

what’s her travel history to Thailand been like recently? If none/very little then Jan’s approach may bridge most of her time to 50. Maybe consider some time in other nearby countries as well as Thailand over the next 18 months?

@Abu *******

seems partly accurate. Tourists visas opening now almost impossible. Have seen posts recently of a mixed bag for opening accounts with these non-O visa types depending on bank and branch visited. People just need to be prepared to visit at least a couple of banks before one accepts them.

@Jim ********

for the yearly extensions it does need to be in Thai.

The next step for her after arriving on her 90 day will be to getting the yearly extensions. There are a lot of posts on here for doing that.

Maybe the single entry 60 day TV for the May trip as you suggest. At January you will be ok as not much time spend in country at that time.

The people being told to get a tourist visa have already been in and out of the country previously for some time recently. Getting a tourist visa requires some level of financial evidence so they are making repeat travellers who are pushing the visa exempt scheme a bit to go have a bit of screening before entry. They mostly trying to filter out illegal workers

@Brook *******

because it’s mostly holders of tourist visas of various types mostly being affected and this bank was the easiest to open previously. This same subset of people are still unable to open at the other banks unless they get a long term visa. A lot of them may have Thai spouses but no long term visa since they are likely to be bouncing back to home country to work a bit before returning.