@Thomas ******

*** if you send 26,000 U.S.Dollar with WISE, the recipient gets 839,490 THB

*** if you exchange cash 26,000 U.S. Dollar at Superrich, the todays rate for 50-100 Dollar notes is 32.48 : 1 Baht.

You will receive 844,480 THB

The difference between a cash exchange and WISE is 4,989.23 Thai Baht, which is 153,609 U.S. Dollar

@Andrew *******

there is only a small difference in bringing in 26,000 USD in cash, which you have to declare to Thai Customs at the airport, and exchange it at a SuperRich or SiamExchange exchange office, compared to transferring it using WISE. We are talking about a difference of 2500 to 3500 Baht

@Bjørn ********

not really helpful. Scroll on or better, leave this group

@Andrew *******

if he enters on a Non-Imm-O Visa, he has enough time to get the 800,000 THB transferred and get it "seasoned" for 2 months, so he can apply for the "1-year Extension". Opening a Thai bank account and transferring the money sets him back about one week, or two at the max

@Andrew *******

for the application to the 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement visa, the equivalent of 800,000 Thai Baht can be on a home country bank account (you need to prove it with bank statements over three months). Only for the application to the 1-year Extension of the Stay Permit, the money must be in a Thai bank account (seasoned for two months on the day of the application)

@Andrew *******

the threadstarter asks how to transfer 800,000 THB to his Thai bank account. So I suppose he entered Thailand on a Non-Imm-O Retirement visa and got a Thai bank account opened on this visa, which is definitely possible even after the many changes since February 2025. . . . NOTE: You cannot get a bank account opened on a DTV, because it is a "tourist" visa - this is a whole different story

Mahmood Fatemi . . use WISE for the transfer, they will get you a very good exchange rate. ATTENTION: chose as reason for the transfer "funds for longstay in Thailand", then it will be coded as having come from abroad

@Andrew *******

and that's why a Brits needs to transfer a minimum of 800,000 THB onto his Thai bank account, in order to be able to apply for the first "1-year Extension of the Stay Permit". He doesn't have the option to the "or"

@Üsame *********

if you apply through the e-visa system in Germany, you will first have to pick one out of three Thai diplomatic institutions which will processyour online application. It depends on your location in Germany. The 3 diplomatic institutions are the Embassy in Berlin, and the General Consulate of Frankfurt and Munich.

@Bernie ************

I left the village in the southern Isaan, near the Cambodian border, out of the same reason. Every other day some villager burns plastic, and their children play around the fires and inhale the toxic smoke. Now we live in a settlement house 20 kilometers away. The trash gets picked up, nobody is burning anything. I have noticed during travels in the South that the population of the South keeps their environment much more clean than the farmers in the Northeast