@Randy ******

you can get the first 15 months without proof of own funds for less. Last advertisement I saw was quoted 37,000 THB , muli re-entry permit included for the extension. However - this is not legal. It means bribing the Immigration, and once you are inside the agent hamster wheel , it is difficult to break out of it

@Brian *******

For the application to the initial 90-days visa in the E-visa system of the Thai Embassy, you qualify with original proofs of your income.

However, for the application to the 1-year extension of stay, you need the minimum of 800,000 THB in a Thai bank account in your sole name, at least in the first year of the Extension of Stay.

Because the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok will not issue any "income affidavit", so you can only use the "800,000 THB deposit method". . .

Only after having collected 12 consecutive months of transfers from abroad to your Thai bank account, of a minimum of 65,000 THB, month for month, you can switch to the financial proof by the 65,000 THB income method

@Lester ********

insure you for what? Health insurance? What a farce.

@Crispus ********

I guess it saved the World some disasters when you retired from working as an engineer . . . . Trump's silly tariff politics will make everything in the USA more expensive, and it will backfire onto the American people. This guy is an idiot, not a politican. Just good that only 20% of Thailand's rice exports are going to the USA. The Thais will find new markets for their Hom Mali rice

@Drew ****

you can cancel it so you won't get automatically charged for the yearly renewal

@Crispus ********

there is no official limit. The Immigration officer at the border has sole discretion over his decision if he will allow you in or not. If he thinks that you have stayed in Thailand "too long" on visa-exempt entries or consecutive tourist visa combined with visa-exempt entries, - which would be in the case of starting from more than 180 days within a one year span - he can refuse entry

@Orlane ****

no. I only know one school in Pattaya - "EASY ABC"

you can't apply for a Non-Imm-ED visa on Online seminars. You will need a licensed school which you have to physically attend, because Immigration will be checking it. Some online schools will tell you that you can, but they are actually making you commit an offense against Immigration rules. It could have severe repercussions on your future visa applications

the insurance they try to sell you as a by-product, can be a yearly accident insurance and shouldn't cost you more than 5000 THB. . . . . .for 50,000 THB she is having a caroussell ride with you

@Crispus ********

a lot of what YOU posted was WRONG info! The one who hasn't understood the visa rules and requirements, ist YOU. It's not Richard Parker. If I had the time and was willing, I could disprove most of what you posted