That depends on a lot of factors. What embassy you use, what visa you will get, which immigration office you'll be using. You didn't give us any information. For most people they'll have to keep 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account for as long as they want to remain in Thailand.

It's a numbers game. The branch manager of each individual branch can make their own rules. You said you visited 3 but that means you only visited 3 branches. Even a Kasikorn bank and another one a block away will have different requirements. You just need to keep checking different branches. Sometimes even the same branch you went to before will have different requirements on a different day.

As long as you have one original that says it's for drivers license, you can use the original and a copy for the car license and the motorcycle license.

@Anthony *****

most immigration offices will not let you get the 60 day visiting Thai family extension anymore if you entered visa exempt. Since visa exempt moved to 60 days they stopped allowing it.

@Anthony *****

as Chris said, many offices will allow you to do a 60 day "visiting Thai family" extension if you need a little extra time for the money to season

You are supposed to get a visa before you travel to a country. That's what embassies are for and that's how visas work. You MUST be able to show 400,000 baht in YOUR Thai bank account if you want to try and convert to a non-O visa inside of Thailand (which is a courtesy offered by immigration and is not the way it's supposed to be done). Without the bank account, you're not getting a visa.

Do it the way it is supposed to be done. Leave Thailand, apply for the non-O marriage visa from the Thai embassy where you travel to. Once you get your visa, return to Thailand and open a bank account using your visa and other required documentation (varies from bank branch to bank branch) and then immediately transfer your 400,000 baht.

The money must be in your bank account for 2 full months at the time you apply for your extension, so that means you only have 30 days from the time you enter with the visa to open your account and transfer the money. The faster you can do it, the sooner you can apply for your extension.

The non-O visa is not an LTR visa. You chose LTR visa. If you want to apply for a non-O retirement visa you must choose that option.

@Ian **********

not really. Thailand doesn't care how you booked your ticket. They only care which passport you use to enter the country

@Scott *****

yes but many say the wording doesn't make sense

@Ellen *********

they're not going to stop accepting IDPs. They're going to stop letting you skip the written test to get a Thai drivers license if you have an IDP