@Andy ******

Does your immigration never verify your money via statement and certification from your bank that it’s your account and money came from outside the country?

@Carsten ***********

If you know that so well then go ahead….

Why don’t you explain how you can get a statement showing that you lawfully had the amount in your account over 5 months in each of the last 3 years?

@Floyd *****

Yes. 65k per month *every* month.

I did it wrong the first time, believing that the average is counted - but no, it must be every month.

@Andy ******

They open one for you? How without you ever being there and signing?

And where are the statements that you have the money 3 months before and after the day each year in that account?

@Floyd *****

If you’re asking to get around the 800k requirement… don’t, just don’t.

If you start with bribing an officer there will be no way back as there are no records of you ever having a bank account in your name.

If you don’t have the 800k, send 65k every month and use the bank statement to get your retirement extension.

Do not try the non-OA.

All other visas do not require any check.

@Victor ******

You get the nonO visa from the Thai embassy in your country.

You enter Thailand.

You open an account and send 800k THB (must say “foreign transfer” on the statement).

You go to the immigration and get a one year retirement extension near the end of your visa.

If one branch doesn’t let you open an account, Goto the next. You might need a proof of residence from the immigration. Best chances are Bangkok bank, then Kasikorn.

@Jessica *****

You just go.

Visa exemption is for almost all counties. No need to get a visa beforehand. Currently it’s good for 60 days - planning to reduce back to 30.

You can extend that for 1900 baht adding another 30 days.

And yes you should have a return ticket. Some airlines want to see that you’re leaving the country.

That’s what wanted to do, but it ended differently.

The first lady (damnit why is my phone capitalizing that?) accepted it and said “done”. But I wondered how I could prove that I “paid taxes” without paperwork!

An hour later the boss of the Buriram revenue office had compared the taxes I paid in Switzerland (on the full amount I get) and those for Thailand (only on what I transferred) and I had a paper in hand that stated 0 taxes, plus a good laugh for “you can try to get back the 38k taxes you overpaid in Switzerland”.

Why ask “dumb” people on FB when you have “knowledgeable” people in the embassy?

THEY will judge if you can get the visa, not us.