@Dave ********

yes, absolutely, you can use their Facebook page. You might even get a much faster reply

@Duncan ******

Thailand is just going on-par with other countries. In my home country for example, a tourist cannot open a bank account. Never in decades before could

@Joe *********

yes Sir. That's what the rules say. You CAN get deported. If you can show a flight ticket with a departure date of the same day or next day, you can expect some leniency. But it is not guaranteed

@Jim ******

wrong again! "2 months before applying for the Extension, and 3 months AFTER the Extension has been issued, 800K THB in place" would be the correct advice! . . . . . . . . But now you have left the topic. . . . . . . . We were talking about the application inside Thailand to the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. There is NO seasoning requirement for the 800,000 THB at this point (only on crooked Pattaya Immigration, they want to see a 2-months seasoning for the application to the visa - these crooks will pull out of their bandit noses their own requirements, to enforce you use an agent to whom you need to pay tea money to get things done)

@Ellen ************

he wrote "into my Thai bank account" and this clearly indicates he already got one 😉

@Ellen ************

you have completely misunderstood the proceedings, so here AGAIN:

He already HAS a Thai bank account and he only needs a minimum of 800,000 THB sitting in his account ON THE DAY he applies on Immigration for the "change of visatype" from a touristic entry to an initial 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa.

There is NO seasoning requirement for the funds at this point.

So, if he deposits 1.5 million Baht into his account by next week, he can apply for the “change of visa type” theoretically on the same day the bankbook update shows the funds in his account and the bank issues a statement

The only downside is – he needs a minimum of 15 days left on his current stay permit stamp to be allowed to apply for the “change”

In case he can’t meet this timeline, he will need to do a border bounce using a reputed Visa-Run Agency to receive a new 60 days stay permit

@Ant **********

yes, Pattaya Immigration is a bandit nest. They try to enforce you to pay bribe money to a agent to circumvent the absurd rules they made on their own. Their requirements are against the standing police order! . . . . . . . . . . . there must be a minimum of 15 days left on the current stay permit not the "visa" this is the typical BAD Immigration English) THIS HERE is the official police order

@Ellen ************

he already has a Thai bank account

@Ant **********

officially he needs to have a minimum of 15 days left on his current stay permit, because the 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa will be issued for 14 days "under consideration". On day number 15 he needs to visit Immigration and pick up the visa stamp. The 90 days stay permit will start on the day he applies for the "change", though!

@Ant **********

no he doesn't. Read my explanation on how to apply for the "change of visa type" from a visa-exempt entry to an initial 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa on Immigration inside Thailand. He only needs a minimum of 800,000 THB sitting in his Thai bank account on the day he applies for the "change". There is no seasoning requirement at this point. Only 60 days later, for the application to the 1-year Extension of the Stay Permit based on Retirement, the 800,000 THB must have been in his account for two months (NOTE: you just need the funds in your account at the date you apply for the change, shown as an international transfer, unless you apply at Jomtien immigration. Only in Jomtien they pull their own absurd rules out of their noses, trying to force you into the fangs of agents)