@Phil ******

That’s sensational.

The branch in BigC buriram couldn’t do it. The lady showed me exactly 6 months to the day and said a he can’t do more than that, she needs to order it.

@Phil ******

Have you tried recently? No.

I had all year sent to me via app on 20th December.

Now I can’t do more than 6 months.

Went to the branch and even they couldn’t. Had to wait a week to get last years statement for the revenue department.

Concerning the phone. You can buy a SIM card in 711

As many said, you need to start with 800k. I would do that right from the embassy, because the money is in your US bank anyway.

Then after a year you sure can switch to monthly income.

Here’s my reasoning:

1. You must prove what comes into your Thai bank account from abroad.

2. Your wife has enough and you miss a little.

3. Let your wife send the missing from her US account to your Thai account, and you’re good !

Hint: keep US account (or a lot better: Wise account). You pay tax on money coming into Thailand, but if you pay with Wise credit card nobody sees that ;)

But very important!!!!

Make sure that you have enough USD income so that you can send the 2x65k each and every month even if the USD crashes. We’ve seen the GBP/THB being halved within 20 years.

That’s my reason to have 800k in a Thai bank. I have more than twice the needed income, but god forbid, we don’t know the future, and we (wife and me) can live here from 30k easily if need be, but my visa would be lost.

@Chris *****

One of the two.

@Chris *****

yup. 2x

If you don’t have 65k each month (per person), that is. And if you go for that, make sure that the worst exchange rate won’t break your plans.

I once said that we need twice the minimum and ppl laughed. Then the the baht rose and they had to leave.

Yes

@Chris *****

Good plan. 800k isn’t that much anyway.

And should you get married to a Thai, then it’s 400k only (and hopefully she will have a good job to contribute).

@Stephen ********

and

@Chris *****

Once you start using an agent to fake the money in bank, you can’t go back.

Mind you, I didn’t say anything about letting an agent do the paperwork. I wouldn’t pay for that but some ppl just can’t do it, so they need to pay for it.

But getting around the requirements by letting an agent bribe the officer is just dumb. There will be no record of your money anywhere (the immigration takes the bank statements for a reason).

Are you talking about tax declaration, maximizing your profits or what?