@Max ************

it probably was the "certificate of residence" from Immigration, containing a text adressed to a Thai bank in order to get a bank account opened for the bearer. NOTE: most COR's contain a text that states the PURPOSE the COR gets issued for. It can be for a driver's license, it can be for the purchase and registering a vehicle, and it can also be especially issued for opening a bank account

@Chris *****

I don't understand your question

@Marie ***********

many Thai embassies websites haven't undergone any updates since years, so don't expect to find much information on exactly this part, the question of how many months the 500K have had to sit in your bank account for a DTV application. Good Luck!

@Ron *****

a visa advice group

@Carsten ***********

my reply was aimed at

@Michael *****

and Jo Clemente, not to the OP

@Paul *******

No, he doesn't need a Thai bank account in order to apply for the "retirement visa". He can use any bank account anywhere in the World for the application to the "90-days Non-Imm-O retirement visa". The Thai bank account is only needed when he applies for the extension. The obvious problem is your wrong wording, you say "retirement visa" but you do not mean the visa itself, you mean the extension of the stay permit (which is NOT a "visa")

@Marie ***********

I would not apply for the DTV in New Zealand as the Thai embassy in NZ is charging CRAZY fees!! Better apply abroad in like Vietnam or in the Philippines

@Anna ********

I would not apply for the DTV in New Zealand as the Thai embassy in NZ is charging CRAZY fees!! Marie Szamborski . . . Better apply abroad in like Vietnam or in the Philippines

@Paul *******

for the application to the initial 90-days retirement visa, you can show funds in your home bank or use your income! And for the application to the 1-year Extension of the Stay Permit based on retirement, you use EITHER the 800,000 THB in your Thai bank account, OR you use the affidavit of income if your embassy in Thailand still issues it. In this case you don't even need funds in a Thai bank account, not even in the first year - this is a requirement only for US, AUS and GB citizen whose embassies don't issue income affidavits any more

@Carsten ***********

. . .

@Michael *****

doesn't need 800,000 THB in a Thai bank account if he does the financial proof for the Retirement extension by the affidavit of income from his embassy. As he apparently is a German citizen, he can use the affidavit from the first year on. So, the bs talk is coming from you