@Helen *******

it's true. Thai Immigration refused to acknowledge income proofs given purely by swearing with a hand on the bible - something that I support unconditionally. I swear, this was the reason. It is a true story 😇

@Helen *******

yes, for other embassies that's true. We have to show official and original income and/or pension statements. Only on the Embassy of the United States of the Holy Mainfest Destiny, your hand on the Holy Book and you swearing was sufficient a proof 😂😂😎

@Mark *******

and you will need to make it a tgia-listed Thai private health insurance, if you decide to take the "extension of stay" out of a Non-Imm-O/A visa. Foreign insurances won't be accepted by Immigration any more, from this point onward. Check with your Immigration for the actual requirements

@Moshi ****

65.000.- THB per month income, not 80.000

@Helen *******

The U.S. Embassy discontinued issuing income affidavits, because Thai Immigration refused to acknowledge the process which the applicant had to pass on the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok

All that a U.S. citizen needed to “prove”, was putting his/her hand on the Bible and say “I swear by God I earn 2500.- Dollar per month”

No other documentation was needed

So, since every person and his grandmother could theoretically lie about their real income, Thai Immigration discontinued to accept American income affidavits

In order to apply for the “90-days Non-Imm-O retirement visa” through the online E-visa system at the Royal Thai Embassy of your home country,

You can use the proof of income of a monthly minimum of 65.000.- THB, by using your pension letters. Or you use a deposit of a minimum of 800.000.- THB or the equivalent in your home country, or on your bank account in your home country or anywhere in the World

However, for the application inside Thailand, for the “1-year extension of stay permit” out of the 90-days Non-Imm-O retirement visa, if you are a citizen of a country, whose embassy in Thailand does not issue the “income affidavit any more (USA, UK, Australia)

you would need proof by a “12 months bank statement”, showing that for the past 12 months, you have been transferring from abroad to your Thai bank account a minimum of 65.000.- THB, month for month

If your embassy still issues an affidavit of income, you can use this method for the financial proof, which needs a monthly income or pension of a minimum of 65.000.- THB

For British, Australian and U.S. citizens, there is no other way around, than depositing a minimum of 800.000.- THB in your Thai bank account and use this deposit for the financial proof which is required for the application to the “one year extension of stay permit based on being over 50/retired”

NOTE: it is income OR deposit. And there is a third method, called the “combination method”: a combination mix of income and deposit. Some immigrations don’t allow the combination method in the first year.

On the day of application, the 800.000.- THB need to have “seasoned” in your account for two months, and this has to be proven with the “bank letter of guarantee” (rab roong thanakan).

After been issued the “Extension”, the 800K need to remain in the account for 3 more months. After the deposit shall never go under 400.000.- THB. And two months before your application for the next “one-year Extension of Stay”, the minimum of 800.000.- THB have to sit in the account, again

When you get issued the “1-year extension of stay permit”, you should buy a re-entry permit. A re-entry permit will keep your stay permit alive if you exit Thailand before the expiry of the 1-year stay permit. A single re-entry permit is 1000.- THB on Immigration.

@Diego **********

go to Pattaya for a few nights. The agency "F.S. Consulting Co." will open a bank account for you with the Bangkok Bank, for 5000.- THB, on any visa, even on a visa exempt entry

@John *****

I do this every year since 17 years - pay 1900.- THB and apply for the next Extension of stay based on retirement. However this needs 800.000.- THB in my Thai bank account

@Brandon ***********

well spotted 🙂