@George ***********

when transferring with WISE, you need to mark it as "funds for living costs in Thailand" and by thus, it will be coded as having come from abroad. Same applies when you choose "to buy property in Thailand"

@George ***********

you can open the bank account on any visa, for 5000.- THB at F.S. Consulting Co. And with own funds, with 800,000.- THB in your bank account, you don't need to pay any agent 32.500.- THB to put the money up for you. Mainly not, because when you start out with a agent, you will need the agent every other year, you will be caught in what we call "the agent carousell". You can do the "change of visa type" from the tourist visa to the initial 90-days retirement visa, all by yourself. The "change" fee is 2000.- THB, and the Extension fee is 1900.- THB. An agent who helps you to sort both applications (again, using your own funds) would charge maybe 12.500.- THB for the complete service

@Rolf ********

and since you will need a rental contract in order to apply for the "change of visa type" from a tourist visa or exempt-entry to an initial 90-days Non-Imm-ED visa, you are perfectly set up with this rental contract and a properly registered TM30

@Rolf ********

so everything is fine. That guy who accompanied you to Immigration would be the housing agent, working either for the condo management or for your landlord who owns your apartment. He obviously took you to Immigration in order to register you TM30 - I guess HE is holding the condo documents which make him elegible to apply. The mentioning of the 2000-10.000 TH fine was just a warning of what would happen if you don't follow him to Immigration 🙂 🙂 🙂 everything is fine, stay calm and behave politely

@Rolf ********

you said the condo management dragged you to Immigration? You said you signed a 1-year rental contract for a condo. So WHY did the owner of the condo not register you by TM30 when you moved in? Did you already move in or are you staying at a hotel?

is there a way to fly cheaper the other way around? For example from an East Coast airport with Qatar Airways via Doha to Bangkok ?

@Nigel *************

are you married to your Thai partner? Then as soon as the 60+30 days are expiring, you can apply for the 60-days "family visit" extension on Immigration, to buy more time

@Lloyd *******

so both want to see 2 months, and seemingly they don't want to see any proof that the money came from abroad (which actually is a requirement on the police order regarding the "change of visa type" from exempt or tourist to Non-Imm-O retirement)

@Jet *******

WATCH OUT, your airline might ask you for an onward travel proof out of Thailand within the first 60 days you will get stamped in

@Alex ******

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