Required Documents to get an E-Visa.

Financial evidence showing monthly income of no less than 65,000 THB or having the current balance of 800,000 THB, e.g. bank statements, proof of earnings

@Tony ********

Yea, usually can count on his advice

@Brandon ***********

you are, you're learning impaired.

@Lim **********

One of the E-Visa requirements of a Long Stay Retirement Visa on the embassy website, in order to get the visa, is you need to show 65k baht a month for a period of time OR the 800 K baht. If you read further or google them you will see they have to be in a Thai bank account if you are in one of the countries, like the USA that can get verification by our embassy, SO, because of that, I called several visa companies and Bank of Bangkok and they all said I had to be in Thailand to open an account. I CANT GET A RETIREMENT E-VISA WITHOUT CONDITION #4 SATISFIED. So the whole "get your retirement E-Visa and then go over and get the bank accounts is beyond lame.

@Bra****

Thurkettle YIKES!!! EXACTLY, SAME GOES WITH THE 800K BAHT. It needs to be in a Thai bank account. SO I HAVE TO HAVE ONE. You're defeating your own argument

@Brandon ***********

DUDE!!! You can't get the Long Stay E-Visa without the 800k baht in a Thai Bank, or financial evidence showing the 65k baht (#4 on required documents on the Thai E-Visa website) and our embassy doesn't verify.

@Brandon ***********

I can only get a Thai bank account if I am in Thailand. I can't get one stateside, I have to present ID. I've been told this by numerous vias agents and Bank of Bangkok, New York office accounts manager

@Brandon ***********

This is the formula right here.

So the way it's gotta be done is you come over on a 60 day tourist visa, use an agent to get you a bank account, as banks won't open one on a tourist visa. Deposit the 800k baht in and then with all the documents listed thar they require on the Thai E-Visa Website apply for your retirement visa. Is there any other way?