@Jordan ****

how is your account not the bank's business? They are now required to pay for any and all frauds and scams. They're going to eliminate every scrap of risk. Tourists present a risk and they'll close those accounts. They don't care about your attendance.

Did you not get a stamp in your passport when you entered Malaysia? That's proof that you are in Malaysia.

A non-O visa is valid for 90 days. You can apply any time within 90 days of your intended arrival date to Thailand.

The Thai embassies in Malaysia are not known to be easy. They are very strict, often request additional documents multiple times, and application processing more than 1 month is not uncommon.

@Stephen ***********

There's not a SINGLE agent in all of Thailand that offers a bank account, conversion from tourist to retirement non-O, and then the 12 month extension, for 12,000 baht. The price you are talking about is for someone who already has the bank account, already has the visa, and is just looking for the 12 month extension. Completely different case.

How about including some actual information in your post?

What visa? What embassy? What passport?

All of those make a difference.

@Wayne ******

It used to be very easy to enter as a Tourist, open a bank account and apply for the visa. Those days are long gone. Now you get the visa before you travel as it's meant to be done.

No reports of issues on re-entry.

If you already have the multiple re-entry permit then you don't need anything else.

It's your date of departure FROM THAILAND. Also it's not required. Don't even fill it out.

@Marty ********

they definitely don't charge that for people that don't have 800,000 in the bank. That's the price if you already meet all the requirements including having a bank account with the required money in it

@David *****

not likely to find an agent there