@Periklis **************

there is no "reset". This is the usual BS from some stvpid misinformed Immigration officer. 🤣 😀 🤣 Or something you asked got lost in translation 😅

@Craig ******

exactly. That's why Immigration counts in "rolling 365-days", not in "calendar year". A calendar year comes into play if you become a tax resident in Thailand, for example

there is no "reset" per calendar year. The count is "per 1-year stay period"

ArticulateSloth6363 none. . . As I said, you can only get the bank account opened on a tourist visa or exempt entry, if you buy the complete "retirement" package. You will be on a tourist entry, but the agent brokers a deal between Immigration and the bank - ensuring that he gets your bank account opened on the much needed 90-days Non-Imm-O Visa from Immigration. And from there on you get the 1-year extension issued, beginning 90 days later

@Alex *****

just carry 750 US Dollar on you in cash. You will get stamped in visa-exempt for 60 days. Only ATTENTION you must pay with the airline that flies you to Thailand from Vietnam. They could ask you for a proof of onward travel out of Thailand within these 60 days

@Christopher *******

you also need 500,000 THB equivalent in your bank account for a minimum of three months for the application to the DTV outside of Thailand

@Dan ******

Last thing I would recommend starting to argue with the Immigration officer you are standing in front of. . . . . That's on my list of "stupid things"

@Henry *********

. . . pay attention: Immigration will ask for the 20,000 THB in CASH if they want to deny entry. . . . . . . In this case the "reason" they will write into the denial form, will ALWAYS be "Section 12, §2, no proof of required funds" . . . . . the cash requirement is a welcome "tool" when it comes to a denial of entry

@Ray *******

*** that’s the price nowadays for circumvening many requirements:

*** you can’t get a Thai bank account opened on a tourist visa.

The agent can!

*** you can’t apply for the “change of visa type” without 800,000 THB in your Thai bank account

The agent can!

*** you can’t apply for the 12-months Extension of the Stay Permit based on Retirement without own funds in your Thai bank account

The agent can!

Thus, 49,000 THB is a good price for all those services that require a bribe under the table. I guess it includes a multi re-entry per mit for the 12-months extended stay permit.

I know agents that take from 60,000 up to 90,000 for this service

***the 16,000 you mentioned, is probably the price for the service to obtain the next year 12-months extension

*** keep in mind: you are caught inside the agent hamster wheel unless you exit Thailand, let everything expire, start again on a 90 days Non-Imm-O Visa and have your own funds

@Tony ******

the 20,000 THB in CASH is a requirement, no matter what you think, dream or smoke . . . . . and if it doesn't get asked it still is a requirement. I have never been asked for my driver's license in 40 years, so, according to your opinion, it is not required to have one? Immigration will only ask for the 20,000 THB in CASH if they want to deny entry. In this case the "reason" they will write into the denial form, will ALWAYS be "Section 12, §2, no proof of required funds"