in order to ANSWER the question, instead of propagating irrelevant personal opinions to the question if you should deposit the required dough for a retirement extension or not, HERE the CORRECT reply to the ACTUAL question: . . . . The governmental Thai Deposit Protection Agency (DPA) guarantees Thai Baht deposits up to a limit of 1 million baht per depositor, per financial institution. This protection covers various account types, such as current, savings, and fixed deposits, and applies to both Thai and foreign citizens with accounts in Thailand. In the event of a bank failure, the DPA will reimburse the covered deposits within a specified timeframe.

and even if you can prove finances with an embassy issued income affidavit, some Immigrations now want to see that you at least transfer some of your income/pension onto a thai bank account in your sole name. You may but succeed when showing you transfer it to your Thai wife's account, in this case she should accompany you to Immigration with her blue housebook, her bankbook and proof of your marriage

for a DTV application, isn't the upload of three months .pdf account statements enough (with your name clearly to be seen at the top) ? Why would you need to get your bank set up a statement?

@Ryan *********

Are you applying for a 90-days Non-Imm-O Visa, or are we talking about an application to a DTV? As when you mentioned 500,000 THB, this is the financial proof for the DTV. The 500,000 THB need to be in a savings account, instantly accessible, for a minimum of 3 months prior to an application for a DTV

@Stuart ********

Stuart, he doesn't ask for a retirement visa application, I guess. He rather is applying for a DTV, and needs a 3-months account statement over 500,000 THB in his bank account (which can be anywhere as long as he can prove it is in his sole name)

@Alastair *******************

if you wish to get your transfer coded as coming in from abroad 100%-ish, then you must use a direct SWIFT transfer from your home bank to the Thai bank account

@Alastair *******************

WISE use their Kasikorn account for the last step, so unless you haven't choosen a specific purpose, the last step in your bankbook will show an inner-Thailand transfer

@Vicki ******

WRONG: in Laos you don't apply for a 90-days extension. In Laos you apply online for a "90-days single entry Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa". You enter Thailand on this visa, get stamped in for a 90-days stay permit, then immediately open a Thai bank account and transfer 800,000 THB into it. Once the money has "seasoned" in your account for two months and you got the bank letter which confirms this for Immigration, and when you have a minimum of 30 days left on your 90-days stay permit stamp, you can apply for the "1-year Extension of Temporary Stay Permit Based on Retirement"

@Robert ****

WRONG: she actually COULD apply for a "change" from a visa-exempt entry to a 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa, but for this she needs a Thai bank account with 800,000 THB already sitting in it

@Len ****

WRONG: "Leave it in there for three months and then go to immigration with all the documents" . . . . . the seasoning of the 800,000 THB in order to apply for the 1-year Extension is TWO months, not 3 months