@Maxim **********

for the application to a Non-Imm-O Visa by the E-visa system of the Thai embassy in Laos, you can show a 400,000 THB deposit ON ANY BANK ACCOUNT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD as long as the account is in your sole name

@Rachelle *******

none of the aforementioned from you account holders have lost one single Satang 😅😄 You are off-topic. Irregularities with holders names, SIM-card discrepancies etc, opening a bank account on a tourist visa - all these reasons have absolutely nothing to do with the question of the threadstarter. Your money IS SAFE and this is GUARANTEED to up to one million Baht by the Thai government

For the application to the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa in the e-visa system inside the USA, you can use your original proofs of income.

However as the US embassy in Bangkok no longer issues an income affidavit, this means that for the application to the 1-year extension of the stay permit, your only option in the first year is to deposit a minimum of 800,000 THB in your Thai bank account. On the day of the application to the 1-year extension, the 800,000 THB must have sat in your Thai bank account for a minimum of 2 months and you need to prove this with the bank letter that confirms it

When you apply for the second yearly extension, you can use the income method, as long as you have deposited a minimum of 65,000 THB into your Thai bank account for the last 12 consecutive months, month for month.

For this application, you will need to show a 12-months bank statement that also proves that the money was transferred from abroad, month for month

The website says I have 90 days to get stamped in to Thailand . . . that's WRONG. Actually you have 365 days starting from the day of issue, to enter Thailand. Of course you would not want to wait until the last day, but enter as early as possible near the issue date. You will get stamped in for 365 days - or maximum as long as the health insurance is valid until . . .applicants who wish to get the utmost of stay permit out of the O/A visa, naturally take up an insurance that is valid for two years plus 2-3 weeks, starting at the day you apply for the visa

@David **********

because it takes out the guessing it could be a copy. A blue ink signature under a black n white text is more of a statement

@Francesco ***********

it doesn't matter if you are visa-exempt or or have used a 60-days tourist visa first. Every "touristic entry" counts . . . . if you exceed 180 days within a 365-days period, some Immigration officers do not believe any more that you are a "real" tourist

@Francesco ***********

Myself I would stick to the multi entry tourist visa method. You can get fully legally almost 8 months of stay out of it. Pretty enough for a 6-months stay. And you can apply for the METV every other year, no problem. . . . . any consecutive visa-exempt entries if you accumulate them and maximize the stays with 30-days extensions, will within a 365-days period eventually get you to the point that your re-entry into Thailand will get rejected

@Peter *********

I know that. The main street of our small town is literally strewn with insurance agent offices

@Joseph ************

an injury because of a vehicle acident is covered. Of course pre-existing health conditions are not covered - I thought I have clearly mentioned it. Is a broken collarbone after a motorcycle accident a pre-existing condition? I surely hope it is not . . you have left the actual topic somewhere

@David ******

if you like your Western World Bubble, why did you come here in the first place? Awgh, we know why. Caught out! You came to Thailand only because of the cheap prostitutes.