@John *********

Yes, well familiar with the boiler plate info. opt 1 and 2. I don't remember opt 2 being offered/suggested when i was using the embassy letter at that time, but in any case it's so ludicrous viz using the embassy letter, would of been ignored straight away if it was. Guess I'll be visiting Immigration to discuss and querying the 'agents' for a work around on the 65K method. If nothing else one could use other visa types to stay Thailand while banging in 65K monthly for a year.

@John *********

I don't see 'the rules' anywhere on this except 65K/month for a year. I have seen a little more info, rule, on Thaiger. It's hardly a work around. The embassy letter was a once a year event that validated monthly pension/income. This, on it's face is brainless.

You know this how?

@John *********

Doesn't sound right. Can you discuss with Imm officer and show existing deposits of 65K?

@John *********

So how to manage living visa-ed in Thailand while building a year of 65K deposits?

Be diligent and detail oriented in getting your Thai Pass.

@Tod ********

Bingo! that is the simple plan just as you've now said. Live, creatively, in Thailand and rack up the transfers. Then move on to the brass ring. At the outset of this thread I was trying to understand how much baggage and when, came with the Non O Imm. Now abundantly clear and will steer clear until close to or at 1 year of transfers. Thanks

@John *********

Thank you. Would one be able to hold off applying, salting in 65K baht per month, then apply with a verifiable bank history of twelve monthly 65K bhat deposits? *Source of transfers to the account from outside Thailand.

I'll appreciate your leaving out the salty euphemisms in future, thanks. My details, - bank account is open now, for years, and by the time the Visa exempt with extensions runs out there will be 3 months of of 65k deposits in the Thai account, (towards a full year of same). I understand the timing issues to apply for the Non O. But is getting the Non - O predicated on an 800K in bank deposit or a full year of 65K deposits? 800K in the bank would not happen, should of included that in my original post.

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