@John ********

-apprc you

@Roberto **********

-So i wish were that simple. Walk in. Get letter. walk out.

@Roberto **********

- post was to seek edification. Does not preclude embassy. But US embassy doesn’t generally provide appointments for certification letters of US passports. After all, isn’t that the definition of redundant?

thinking my dr. license as a backup. It’s not like my name is John Smith.

@Bob *********

- thanks Bob. It’s so weird. I have to adapt to the randomness.

@Gordon ***********

- that was my sense. But bkk bank rep in phrom phong said she wants me to come back with 3 valid picture IDs w/full names, incl middle name. 2 are my passports and 1 is dr license. hoping next branch has less comprehensive requirements. The entire exchange with somebody wearing a covid mask - it weirded me out.

@Nongnuch *******

- so grateful to you. I’ve been here a week already - ready to wire in the 800,000, but am finding difficulty in getting a bank account. They look askance at 90 Day Non 0, so it’s a catch-22. I also produced Tm30 + my current 2 month lease as paperwork. My goal is get the money seeded, and spend next weeks finding a long term Condo to lease. And move there Feb 15. I can see from your advice i need money wired no later than xmas. My visa expires Mar 13. Will seek u out for options should that date loom and stay still not have been extended. If comes to that, can travel out of country for a day and return on 60 day visa exempt to complete extension process, or must i be on a current Non O at the time?

@Nongnuch *******

- let’s say that 82 days into 90 days visa stamp, u finally get to immigration with everything, and apply for Extension of Stay. What happens next? Will one likely need to leave Thailand, at least temporarily, within 8 days becuz of 90 day non-o Visa expiration? Or does 1 year extension approval normally arrive quickly? ie Whats the latest in 90 Day countdown to visa expiration that one can submit their extension application and not hv to flirt with overstay?

@Tony *********

- i re-read your post and think i have it wrong. I will be applying for Extension from within Thailand, hence looks like I need to transfer into Thailand my foreign funds and season them in a Thai Bank for 2 months prior to even applying for the Extension.

@Tony *********

- hi Tony. Found this post most intriguing. I did apply and receive my Non-O out of the country. I used my bank balance (over the equivalent of 800,000tbt) as proof of funds for the 90 Day. I am honestly gobsmacked that I can keep this balance in my home country and still qualify for “extension of stay.” This info is invaluable and I can’t believe no other poster on this site is spreading word of this. You mean the rest of us have been needlessly worried about opening and transferring their money into an actual Thai bank in time to season it for 2 months bf their 90 Day Visa expires? When we are already set with the source from which it was originally reported for the 90 Day Non O? That’s crazy good news if 100 factual!