Homepage of the embassy in Paris is the one you need to read.

That said…

Get a NonO visa (OA needs a health insurance which you will probably replace later) or at least a tourist visa.

Open an account and put 800k in it (must be transferred so that it says foreign in a statement later!) and never touch it again.

Or

Assert that you will be able to transfer every single month to that thai bank account even if the euro looses 50% of its value.

I’m doing the 800k because I missed the 65k one month on my first try and had to restart (going back out of the country).

About 2 weeks before end of your visa go to the immigration and get your retirement extension. They will need a statement and certification from your bank and other papers.

There are other ways but those are the simple and sure paths to follow.

The immigration of your province will answer all questions (this is Thailand and nothing is written in stone)

Get a NonO visa at the Thai embassy.

If that is approved, you’re good, because the retirement extension (or LTR or whatever you want to get) are done within the country. Nobody will ever know about what happened before.

LTR all the way.

You need one person who can prove USD passive income per year to bring everybody else in.

Passive income can be dividends or pensions.

Google LTR agencies and choose. They charge 50-80k THB on top of the government fees and all react quite fast. (Im just starting LTR myself)

Either 800k once or 65k every month… must be money coming from outside into a Thai bank.

Exception is if your embassy verifies your pension. But be aware that 2000 euros maybe less that baht one day. ;)

If you don’t get it, we can’t help you.

Your edit so clearly states “ this guy is using visa exemptions instead of regular visa to stay almost all year. He must be evading government for some reason”

@Osian *******

Please for your own sake for her the fees!

The exchange rate makes all the difference.

Just use a calculator.

0.5% fees vs 2-3% loss in exchange rate!

@Emmanuel *************

Pretty dumb to look at the fees. Specially on large amounts.

Important is what arrives at the destination.

Wise fees: 0.5%

Difference in exchange rate: 2%

You loose 1.5% if you don’t use wise. Simple math.

@Mick ********

Decent but killing too.

Banks are horrible at exchange rates

Use Wise.

Interbank exchange rates (about 2-3% better than banks)!

Multicurrency account (wait for good exchange rate)!

Less than 0.5% fees.

CC without fees.

I had the same problem with Swiss bank and kasikorn. Swiss bank took 5CHF, but exchange rates killed me.

PM me if you want a small bonus when opening your account.

@William *****

Definitely. It shows that you’re not trying to circumvent the system.