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@Vlad ********
have an agent help you, they got their connections. Usually their service opening a bank account for you on top of your 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa, costs 5000 THB
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@Kieren *********
there has NEVER been a "1-month tourist visa", and since February 2025, you cannot get a bank account opened any more on a touristic entry
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@Maksym **********
that's wrong. Usually, many people, including you, are confusing the visa validity with the duration of the stay permit you will receive upon entering Thailand based on a visa

a Thai visa is VALID for use for an entry, for 90 days, beginning on the date of its issue

If you enter Thailand within this validity period, you will be stamped in for a 90-days stay permit. A single-entry visa will EXPIRE / become INVALID when you enter
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Matthew Wheeler . . . . The website of the Royal Thai General Consulate Frankfurt says clearly:

β€œDon’t apply for a visa earlier than 3 months before your planned trip”

Usually, many people, including you, are confusing the visa validity with the duration of the stay permit you will receive upon entering Thailand based on a visa

You visa is VALID for use for an entry, for 90 days, beginning on the date of its issue

If you enter Thailand within this validity period, you will be stamped in for a 90-days stay permit. Or for a 60-days stay permit if you have a tourist visa. The visa itself will EXPIRE and become invalid when you enter, if it is a single entry visa. Only multi entry visa will remain valid for the full length of their validity
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@RJ *****
keep in mind, Immigration might want to see your marriage documents translated and legalized by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ask them
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@David ******
everything correct, except you should exchange the wording "visa" with "extension of the stay permit" because he will not be on a "visa" as there is nothing such after he got issued the 1-year extension of the stay permit. The "visa" itself will already expire when he enters Thailand. When you enter on a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa, you get a "90-days stay permit" stamped, not a visa
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@Kool ******
I got over 250 pre-texted visa advice Word.doc on my laptop's hard disc. All cover a wide range of the typical questions asked in FB Thailand groups. It is a work I completed many years ago, long before AI and ChatGPT were introduced. And I keep updating and changing the texts accordingly when the Thai government or Immigration are updating or adding police orders. I add new texts out of my mind and memory, the most recent been my remarks about the TDAC. Here my "Thailand files for FB advice" . . . . . I never use ChatGPT 😎 I needn't unless maybe a situation arises when you need it on a special topic. Yet, this would still have to happen 😜
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@Kool ******
I texted everything out of my memory. I don't need ChatGPT for visa-related info. I got my own visa-advice group, and have been a member of former Thai Visa Forum (now ASEAN NOW) for over 20 years
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@Wannikea ********
I reckon when the WISE webpage got updated, the web-designer added one "zero" too much, making 500,000 out of the 50,000. I asked a few people and they confirmed the 50,000 limit is still up and standing