FYI, I just transferred from my Wise to my KTB account less than 12 hours ago.

I'd say it worked just like usual, but it was slightly different. Within seconds I saw the balance updated in the KTB app (as usual), but I didn't get the notification of the deposit, or the funds appearing as available until 3-4 hours later. It usually all happens within seconds.

Maybe they're having issues at the moment, or they increased dilligence and reviews 🤷

Good luck!

It's all up to the IO. In 2022, I was in Thailand "only" 4 times, 2x on Tourist Visa and 2x on Visa Exemption, for a total of 6 months (non continuous, always at least 1 month out of the country in-between visits). My first entry in 2023, the IO brought me to their supervisor and I was asked questions and told they did not believe I was there as a tourist anymore. They still let me in, but they warned me not to come back on another visa exemption or tourist visa or they wouldn't let me in next time. They said to come back on work visa or education visa. And they asked me to book a flight out on the spot for leaving max 44 days later (that was when visa exemption went from 30 to 45 days). I did end up going back on and ED Visa 11 months later, and had no issue when arriving.

So I think it's safe to say that you might have been lucky so far to come in 10 times without any question or issue. Be prepared for questions, with onward flight booked, hotels booked, an itinerary, money in an account you can show them easily and maybe even source of income outside Thailand. Anything that might help you prove you're not there for work or business.

Good luck!

@MD ******

No one knows for sure until you try, but if you have that monthly statement for each month in 2024 and it shows detail of your trades, that could be equivalent to my trading/tax report to date in 2024. If you can provide also similar documents to the rest of what I provided, you might have a good chance. Good luck!

@Paul ******

It's great for them if it worked out, but I wouldn't recommend people go there to apply thinking it will work every time without 3-6 months of showing the 500k...

Good luck to everyone though 🤷

@Paul ******

Please don't confuse people. You DO need to show you have had the 500k THB (or equivalent in another currency) for 3-6 months by providing the statements.

They don't want to see statements just to look at your transactions. They want to see you had the 500k balance for that long.

@Paul ******

Hold on, I believe we're confusing 2 things here.

The 500k THB requirement for 3-6 months can be in any bank account, in any currency. It just has to be equivalent to at least 500k THB.

The payment of the application fee (10k THB) is in whatever currency that specific Embassy accepts payments. For Vientiane, it is exactly 10k THB indeed.

@Paul ******

They want to see that you've had it for 3-6 months. If it was in another account and you just transferred it, then you could show statements from both accounts to prove that you had it for 3-6 months.

@Antoni ********

When I booked the appointment online, the earliest availabilities were a month later. Right now I see 12 September as the earliest one. Doesn't sound too bad!

But sometimes they add availabilities a bit more last minute, like right now you can see the 4 September as example. For the same date, they have the normal time slot of 09:00-12:00, and then they later added one called Additional for 11:30-12:00.

You could book the 12th now, or take a chance, wait and check every day to see if they add availabilities earlier.

Good luck!

@Tyler ******

Yes, I simply printed out my hotel booking in Vientiane.

The Embassy in Vientiane doesn't accept walk-ins, you need to book an appointment online via their website. I don't know how appointments are right now, but when I booked, the next availabilities were almost a month later, so plan ahead!

@Jennifer *****

Any bank account and any currency, as long as you can show the 3-6 months statement and it's equivalent to at least 500k THB. And I guess it should indicate the currency? 🤔